It was apparently worth the wait, as Carr bested a six-rider lead draft and barely held off Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson’s Rich King and Bartels’ Harley-Davidson’s Jay Springsteen at the finish line. Both Carr and King thought that they had won, and it took a review of the finish line camera before AMA officials declared Carr the winner. King was second, and Springsteen was third.
Lancaster Harley-Davidson/Saddlemen Racing’s Jared Mees finished fourth – after leading the field at one point in the race – the young Pennsylvanian earning his best career finish on a mile. Team Suzuki Flat Track/Parts Unlimited’s Jake Johnson finished fifth, giving the factory-backed Suzuki DL1000 its best finish yet on a mile.
Here are the complete main event results from today’s Aaron Creamer Memorial Mile:
New York State Fairgrounds
Syracuse, New York
Results: June 19, 2005 (Round 5 of 17)
GRAND NATIONAL (25-laps; 18 riders): 1. Chris Carr (H-D); 2. Rich Kign (H-D); 3. Jay Springsteen (H-D); 4. Jared Mees (H-D); 5. Jake Johnson (Suz); 6. Kenny Coolbeth (H-D); 7. Nick Cummings (H-D); 8. Willie McCoy (H-D); 9. Johnny Murphree (H-D); 10. Joe Kopp (H-D); 11. Shaun Russell (H-D); 12. Bryan Bigelow (H-D); 13. Bryan Smith (H-D); 14. Geo Roeder II (H-D); 15. JR Schnabel (H-D); 16. Larry Pegram (Apr); 17. John Raun Wood (H-D); 18. Kevin Varnes (Suz).
AMA FORD QUALITY CHECKED FLAT TRACK SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (After 5 of 17 rounds): 1. Chris Carr (90/2 wins); 2. Kenny Coolbeth (66); 3. Jake Johnson (63/1 win); 4. Joe Kopp (62); 5. Shaun Russell (50); 6. (TIE) Rich King (Rich King (48/1 win)/Nick Cummings (48)/Jared Mees (48); 9. Kevin Varnes (47); 10. JR Schnabel (44/1 win); 11. Bryan Smith (43); 12. Johnny Murphree (42); 13. Bryan Bigelow (37); 14. Henry Wiles (35); 15. Willie McCoy (32); 16. Jay Springsteen (28); 17. John Raun Wood (24); 18. (TIE) Chris Hart (12)/Geo Roeder (12); 20. Larry Pegram (8).
UPCOMING ROUNDS:
Round 6: Lima, Ohio, June 25
Round 7: Lake Odessa, Michigan, July 2
