McBride Goes
4 for 4
After another dominating performance, Larry McBride kept his 2003 unbeaten
streak intact when he picked up his forth victory of the season by defeating
Harley-mounted Mike Romine in the final of the AMA/Prostar Norris Cyclefest
from Norwalk, OH.
For the 20th time in his career, McBride
qualified number-one with a blast 6.26 at 223 mph in session number-three.
"It was the fastest we had ever run
at Norwalk," McBride said. "I ended up going off the track
and put the front-end in the weeds."
McBride had a bye in round-one but struggled
to get down the racetrack cleanly as he slowed to a 10.14 at 83 mph.
"In the beginning of the weekend the
bike kept dropping a cylinder at about 60 feet," McBride said.
"My hat is off to my brother Steve and Roland Stuart for correcting
the problem."
AHDRA veteran Mike Romine defeated Chris
Hand on the other side of the bracket with a 6.62 at 217 mph, scoring
lane choice over the McBride in the final. The stage was set for a
classic Kawasaki versus Harley Davidson final round as Team McBride
scurried back to the pits to prepare the bike.
In the final, Romine clicked-off a respectable
6.66 at 198 mph, but could not match McBride's new track record of 6.01
at 242 mph. As McBride's win-light came on, Team McBride stood motionless
in the lanes anxiously shouting to chief starter Tony Williams, "Did
he stop, did he Stop?!" After Williams nodded his head yes, the
delayed celebration began with crew chief Steve McBride pumping his
fist in the air.
When the dust settled McBride had extended his points lead to 162 over
Ron Webb and collected his 27th career victory.
"It was an unbelievable weekend,"
McBride said. "I'm just thankful that I have such an awesome crew
and such great sponsors that make this possible."
McBride expressed gratitude to all of his
sponsors and looks forward to seeing them at upcoming races. McBride
thanked:
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Pingel
Enterprise
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Trim-Tex
Drywall Product
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