Chris Carr was looking to make his historic 200th podium finish a win, but in front of the MotoGP crowd at the Indy Mile it was Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Bryan Smith (pictured right) who took the big win. Carr had to settle for second at round 11 of the K&N Filters Grand National Championship while Kenny Coolbeth rounded out the podium with a third place finish.
“I had dreams about winning this,” Smith said. “We knew when we got to these tracks with the long straightaways, we’d be all right. We’ve been struggling on the half miles, but we’ve been learning a lot.”
Series points leader Joe Kopp led the 19-rider pack into turn one but Carr quickly moved into the lead and held it for three laps until Stevie Bonsey crashed, forcing him to the pits and sending the field to a re-start.
Carr assumed control once again but only a few laps later Smith relieved him of the point. The two continued to pull away from the field while Coolbeth was doign his best to work his way into third from a second-row start.
“Those guys just got away,” Coolbeth said. “I started from the second row and it was pretty much chaos where I was. The first five laps were pretty crazy, that red flag kind of bunched us up again. I couldn’t gain anything.”
Jake Johnson held on to finish fourth followed by Sammy Halbert.
JD Beach was victorious at the Indy Mile, leading the last 11 laps of the Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles Grand National Championship main on his Red Bull/Top 1 Oil backed Honda to take the win over Michael Toon and Jeffrey Carver.
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Indianapolis, Indiana
Results: August 28, 2010
GNT HEAT 1 (8 laps; 16 riders, top 4 transfer): 1. Bryan Smith (Kaw); 2. Joe Kopp (Duc); 3. Jared Mees (H-D); 4. Matt Weidman (H-D); 5. Jethro Halbert (H-D); 6. AJ Eslick (H-D); 7. Nichole Cheza (H-D); 8. Steve Murray (H-D); 9. JR Schnabel (H-D); 10. Doug Lawrence (H-D); 11. Tim Eades (H-D); 12. Aaron Lindfors (H-D); 13. Chaz Landers (H-D); 14. Ben Evans (Suz); 15. Jerry Steele (Duc); 16. Darren carter (Suz).
Time: 5:06.746
GNT HEAT 2 (8 laps; 16 riders, top 4 transfer): 1. Chris Carr (H-D); 2. Sammy Halbert (H-D); 3. Kenny Coolbeth (H-D); 4. Rob Pearson (H-D); 5. Larry Pegram (Duc); 6. Shawn Baer (Tri); 7. Aaron King (Apr); 8. Mick Kirkness (H-D); 9. Joe Hartrich (H-D); 10. Wade Camlin (Suz); 11. Jeremy Higgins (KTM); 12. Chad Cose (Suz); 13. Cory Strickler (H-D); 14. Brad Hazel (H-D); 15. Shaun Russell (H-D); 16. Ion Stear (Suz).
Time: 5:08.120
GNT HEAT 3 (8 laps; 16 riders, top 4 transfer): 1. Stevie Bonsey (H-D); 2. Jake Johnson (H-D); 3. PJ Jacobsen (H-D); 4. Willie McCoy (H-D); 5. Henry Wiles (H-D); 6. Brandan Bergen (H-D); 7. Luke Gough (H-D); 8. Adam Carpinello (H-D); 9. Justin Hittle (H-D); 10. Dustin Crow (H-D); 11. Jesse Janisch (Suz); 12. Ken Yoder (Suz); 14. Garret Wilson (H-D); 15. Jake Mataya (H-D); 16. Johnny Lewis (Kaw).
Time: 5:11.112
GNT SEMI 1 (8 laps; 18 riders, top 3 transfer): 1. Shawn Baer (Tri); 2. Jethro Halbert (H-D); 3. Luke Gough (H-D); 4. Shaun Russell (H-D); 5. Adam Carpinello (H-D); 6. AJ Eslick (H-D); 7. Aaron King (Apr); 8. Jeremy Higgins (KTM); 9. Doug Lawrence (H-D); 10. Jesse Janisch (Suz); 11. Wade Camlin (Suz); 12. Ken Yoder (Suz); 13. Chaz Landers (H-D); 14. Brad Hazel (H-D); 15. Ben Evans (Suz); 16. JR Schnabel (H-D); 17. Jake Mataya (H-D); 18. Johnny Lewis (Kaw).
Time: 5:17.323
GNT SEMI 2 (8 laps; 18 riders, top 3 transfer): 1. Larry Pegram (Duc); 2. Steve Murray (H-D); 3. Brandan Bergen (H-D); 4. Mick Kirkness (H-D); 5. Henry Wiles (H-D); 6. Nichole Cheza (H-D); 7. Joe Hartrich (H-D); 8. Dustin Crow (H-D); 9. Justin Hittle (H-D); 10. Aaron Lindfors (H-D); 11. Cory Strickler (H-D); 12. Brett Pankey (H-D); 13. Chad Cose (Suz); 14. Jerry Steele (Duc); 15. Garret Wilson (H-D); 16. Tim Eades (H-D); 17. Darren Carter (Suz); 18. Ion Stear (Suz).
Time: 5:14.772
GNT DASH FOR CASH (4 laps; 6 riders): 1. Chris Carr (H-D); 2. Sammy Halbert (H-D); 3. Bryan Smith (Kaw); 4. Jake Johnson (H-D); 5. Stevie Bonsey (H-D); 6. Joe Kopp (Duc).
Time: 2:37.318
AMA PRO MOTORCYCLE-SUPERSTORE.COM PRO SINGLES MAIN (12 laps; 18 riders): 1. JD Beach (Hon); 2. Michael Toon (Hon); 3. Jeffery Carver (Yam); 4. Mike Avila (Hon); 5. James Rispoli (Hon); 6. Brad Baker (Hon); 7. Mike LaBelle (Hon); 8. Zakk Palmer (Hon); 9. Corey Crawford (Hon); 10. Kurtis Lee (Hon); 11. Cody Johncox (Yam); 12. Jake Cunningham (Suz); 13. William Cato (Hon); 14. Tony Davila (Suz); 15. Jake Shoemaker (Suz); 16. Brian Tapp (Hon); 17. Brandon Laursen (Hon); 18. Jeremy Hamilton (Hon).
Time: 8:02.297
AMA PRO MOTORCYCLE-SUPERSTORE.COM PRO SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 12 of 17 rounds): 1. Jeffery Carver (227/4 wins); 2. Brad Baker (196/3 wins); 3. James Rispoli (160); 4. Mike Avila (143); 5. JD Beach (118/4 wins); 6. Mike LaBelle (101); 7. Mike Martin (99); 8. Chaz Springsteen (81); 9. Jake Shoemaker (66); 10. Michael Toon (57/1 win); 11. Gerit Callies (48); 12. Zakk Palmer (47); 13. Tyler O’Hara (44); 14. (TIE) William Cato/Wyatt Maguire (43); 16. Jeremy Hamilton (38); 17. (TIE) Brandon Laursen/Shayna Texter (35); 19. (TIE) Stephen Vanderkuur/Corey Crawford/Adam Bushman (31).
AMA PRO K&N GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED by MOTORCYCLE-SUPERSTORE.COM MAIN (25 laps; 18 riders): 1. Bryan Smith (Kaw); 2. Chris Carr (H-D); 3. Kenny Coolbeth (H-D); 4. Jake Johnson (H-D); 5. Sammy Halbert (H-D); 6. Joe Kopp (H-D); 7. PJ Jacobsen (H-D); 8. Jared Mees (H-D); 9. Matt Weidman (H-D); 10. Willie McCoy (H-D); 11. JR Schnabel (H-D); 12. Larry Pegram (Duc); 13. Luke Gough (H-D); 14. Brandan Bergen (H-D); 15. Rob Pearson (H-D); 16. Shawn Baer (Tri); 17. Steve Murray (H-D); 18. Jethro Halbert (H-D); 19. Stevie Bonsey (H-D).
Time: 22: 59.491 (Red Flag)
AMA PRO K&N GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED by MOTORCYCLE-SUPERSTORE.COM POINT STANDINGS (After 12 of 17rounds): 1. Joe Kopp (221/3 wins); 2. Sammy Halbert (209/1 win); 3. Jake Johnson (207/2 wins); 4. Jared Mees (198); 5. Henry Wiles (188/4 wins); 6. Kenny Coolbeth (179); 7. Chris Carr (135); 8. Bryan Smith (127/1 win); 9. Johnny Lewis (82); 10. (TIE) Matt Weidman/Rob Pearson (81); 12. Mick Kirkness (73); 13. Jethro Halbert (58); 14. Stevie Bonsey (47 / 1 win); 15. JR Schnabel (39); 16. Luke Gough (38); 17. Brandon Robinson (35); 18. Shaun Russell (33); 19. PJ Jacobsen (31); 20. Chad Cose (26).
AMA PRO K&N GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED by MOTORCYCLE-SUPERSTORE.COM TWINS POINT STANDINGS (After 7 of 11 rounds): 1. Sammy Halbert (136); 2. Jake Johnson (131/1 wins); 3. Joe Kopp (129/3 wins); 4. Kenny Coolbeth (113); 5. Jared Mees (108); 6. Chris Carr (99); 7. Bryan Smith (86/1 win); 8. Henry Wiles (75/1 win); 9. Matt Weidman (56); 10. Rob Pearson (51); 11. Stevie Bonsey (46/1 win); 12. Mick Kirkness (34); 13. (TIE) Luke Gough/PJ Jacobsen (31); 15. Brandon Robinson (15); 16. JR Schnabel (20); 17. (TIE) Willie McCoy/Larry Pegram (17); 19. (TIE) Chad Cose/Jethro Halbert (15).
