7/14/01

Defending F-USA Champ Returns to Series, Wins Handily.

With two weeks off in the normally grueling AMA schedule, many of the regular series riders traveled to the Formula USA dirt track held at the Oklahoma City half-mile, and Chris joined them, choosing to ride his single-cylinder 676cc Rotax especially prepared by Kenny Tolbert for the F-USA races rather than the traditional twin-cylinder XR750 Harley.

Winning his heat race with the fastest time put Carr on pole for the main, and although he was unable to turn it into a holeshot, the Pennsylvanian picked off his rivals one by one until he took over the lead, which he steadily increased until the end of the 25-lap affair.

The H-D of Sacramento squad has a week of rest before traveling to Charlotte, NC for the next AMA battle.

"Well, I guess I didn't get that great of a start, I got off the line fourth or fifth. After I completed lap one, I was running fourth, and I was able to get around King and Poovey both on the outside, turns one and two. I set after Johnny (Murphree) - Johnny was riding really good - I didn't really make a whole lot of ground on him for the first eight or ten laps, then I started changing a few lines here and there, trying to roll through the middle of the corner a little bit. I inched up on him, and as soon as I got to him, he made a bobble off of two, and I was able to get by. I just tried pretty much to stay mellow the whole way. Everything worked out, it was good.

"Oh yeah: My Mom will read this as soon as it gets posted, so, Hi Mom."

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