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o D n n road race I AMA C h e vy Trucks U .S. Supe r b ik e Cha m p ionsh ip Hacking was able to pass Yates in turn one , but would run wide , Yates holding the t ight line. "I'm usually able to turn the bike pre tty good midcorner and I'm able to st and it up," Yat es said . "Yo u' ve got to keep your m om en tu m and sli d e it in there. It ki nd of kills you . I' ve bee n trying hard to get away from tha t and you j ust do it when yo u have to." On the last lap, Hacking was aga in in fron t in turn one , " and the n I knew he was pretty good coming o ut of the Carousel and goi ng off there in Cana da Corn er and I went down into turn ei ght and I couldn 't ge t th e gears, it wa s j ust hangi ng in bet we en gears: he said. "I finally got a gea r and I made the corner and he didn't come by m e, so I said , ' A lright , I've got to pu t my head down t h is Caro u se l. ' Bec ause I knew he was going to be stro ng through there. I w as sli ding a good bi t going aro und the exit of that and run it off there into the k ink . I thou g h t I had a p retty good d r i ve , ac t ua ll y , b ut I co ul d fe el h im bac k the re towin g on m e and I tried to get to the outside, but he beat me to the outs id e and he j ust run it off so far off down in there , I w a s like , ' h o l y sm okes.' He was just sliding and slid in g and I was fixing to play to move back up the inside of him and so m eho w he got the thi ng tu rn ed ." Hacking k ept pu shin g right to the fl ag, but Yates had th e adva ntage just to ppi ng him. Still, it was Suzuk is 1-2 , and Suzuki's win made it four differe n t br an d s of w in n e r i n the f o u r 600c c Su persport races. There was a battle for fo urth in the ea rl y going b efo re H opk in s p ull ed away . He'd been tak en out in tu m five wh en Roberts' bra k es fa iled and he ran into him, but he was mostly fine, j ust shaken , h is elbow a little sore f ro m be ing h yper -extend ed . It took him a few laps to get on track and by th en the leaders were away . A few m ore laps and he was by himself after an early battle with Gobert and his Yam aha teammate Tommy Hayden . "All I wa s trying to do was trying to break awa y fro m [A nt ho n y ] Gobert and that little pac k that we were in: Hopk in s sai d . " J u s t to try to g e t away , try to m ak e it ba ck up, and I was hoping that Eric [Bostrom] , and J am ie [Hack ing] and Aaron [Yates] wo uld all get into a big d ogfight and slow each other up . I saw after a cou p le of laps t h ey w ere ridi ng p re tty smart and they weren 't re ally hol d ing e a ch o t he r up . Tr i ed e v ery t hin g I cou l d t o m a k e a brea kaway from Tommy [Hayd en] and Anthon y [Gobert ] and th em . I'm re all y happy. It 's definitel y m y best finish in t he 600." Hay d en , Robe rt s, an d Gobert all fini shed in a blur, Rob erts ma ki ng up fo r a ba d start wh il e Go be rt struc k rea r -t ire pro blems . Hayden said that he and Gob ert w ere slowing ea c h 14 JUNE 20, 200 1 • cue I e other down and that allowed Hopkins to get away . "You lose the tow here and you 're done: Hay den said . Gobert had been strugg ling an y way , u n ab l e to keep up wi th th e lighter Hopk ins and Hay d en on top speed . "I need to lose another 10 po unds to co m pete with those guys: Gobert sai d . "T hey're 130, I' m at 170 right AMAlGeouioe SOl Accessories 75Dcc Supersport Series R uod 4: Road America no w." When his tire problems hit w i th fo u r l a p s to go h e was doomed. Roberts wo uld get him with two laps to go. Ro be rts ' d ay had b ee n ev en t f u l. Going into the downhill turn five at the end of the long back straight, he reac hed for the front brakes and had nothing. "I was pump ing it and then I was trying to p ick a hole and th e onl y way I could go was here and I was just try ing to ge t it st o p ped enough to when I ran off I wasn 't go ing to hit an ything : Rob erts said of the second la p incident. " I wa sn't trying to stuff anybody , i t w a s just that I had no bra k es an d I was pu m p ing it and it f inally started t o work and then dumped th e clutch and then he [Hop k ins] turned in ." There were gearbox problems on the restart that caused him to lose touch an d fight through , finall y getting Gobert wi th two laps to go. Gobert's yo unger brother Aaron , of Graves Motors ports Yamaha , t o o k eig hth, eme rging the winner in a fou rrider sc rap. Fo ll owi ng him in sho rt order we re Bru ce T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Gr oup ' s J o sh H a y e s , Am e ri ca n Ho nda' s Migu el Du Ha m el, and Erion Raci ng's Jake Zem k e. eN Road America Elkhart Lake , Wisconsin Results: June 11, ZOOl IRound 41 PRO HONDA OILS 600cc S(JPERSPORT : I. Aaron Yates (Suz); 2. J am ie Hacking (Suz); 3. Eri c Bostrom (KllW) : 4. John Hop k ins ( Suz) ; 5 . Tomm y Hayden (Yam) ; 6 . Kurtis Roberts (Ho n); 7. Anthony Gobert (Yam); 8. Aaron Gobe rt (Yam ); 9. Josh Hayes (Hon) ; 10. Migu el Du Hamel (Hon) ; 11. J ake Zemke (Hon) : 12. Tom Kipp (Suz): 13. Roger Lee Hoyden ( Hon) ; 14 . Dav id Orte ga (Suz); 15. Daigoro Suz (Kll W); 16. Justi n Roetlin (Suz); 17. Shawn Conrad (Suz); 18. Monte Nichols (Vern): 19. Jimmy Moore (S uz); 20 . Scott Herm ersm en n (Suz) ; 21 . Jeffrey Purk (Yam) : 22 . Kev in Lehm an ( Yam) : 2 3 . David Ebbe n (Yam ) ; 24 . O we n Ric hey (Yam) : 25 . Paul Nafziger (Yam) ; 26 . Shawn Potter (Yam ) : 27. Matt Zu rbuchan ( Yam); 28. Brian Salaz ar ( Yam) : 29. Steven Luxem (Yam ); 30 . Mark Zehelem (Kew ); 31. J ustin Blake ( Ho n ): 32 . Ga rt h Cloyd ( Suz); 33 . A ndre w Wieb erdink (Yem ) ; 34. Tyl er Wedsworth (Ye m) ; 3 5 . Vin ce nt Ha s ko vec ( Suz) : 36. Steve Patterson (Suz) ; 37 . J am es Milro y J r . (Su z); 38 . J oshua Coplan (Yam) . Time: 22 m ins., 47 .789 sees. Dista nce: 10 laps. 40 mi les. Average speed: 105 .279 m ph. Margin or victory : 0.047 sees . PRO HON DA OILS 600cc S(JPERSPO RT C'S HIP POINT STANDINGS (Afte r 4 of II recee): 1. Eric Bostro m ( 124 /1 win ): 2. Anth ony Gobert (1 18/1): 3 . Miguel DuHam el (108/1); 4. Tomm y Heyden (102 ); 5. Josh Hayes (96 ); 6. Aaron Yates (93 /1 ): 7. Ja mi e Hac k ing (86) : 8 . Joke Zem ke (85): 9 . (T IE) J ohn Hopki ns/ Kurti s Roberts (76) ; 11. Jimmy Moor e (62 ); 12. Roger Lee Hoyden (58) : 13. Aa ron Gobert (57) ; 14 . Lee A cre e (56 ) ; 15. Bri an Parrio tt ( 4 1) ; 16 . DlIlgoro Suzuk i (40 ); 17. David O rte ga (39 ); 18. Gran t Lop ez (36 ); 19. Vincent Hesk o vec (33) ; 20. Nick Hoyde n (3 2) . Upcoming Rounds: Round 5 - Loudon, New Hampshire, June 18 Round 6 - Monterey, California, July 7 n e Vlls By P A U L C A RRUTHERS P HO T O B Y H E N N Y R A Y AB RA M S ELKHART LAKE, WI, JUNE 9 im m y Moo re has been near th e fr ont so m an y times in th e last few ye ars in the 750cc Super sp ort Ser ies, it was easy to in co rrectl y assume th at h e'd won a race p revi ou sly . Bu t he hadn 't. Tod ay he c ha nge d all th at , winning the fir st AMA National of hi s career afte r a three -wa y ba ttle that went t o the bitter end. J You win you r first AMA Pro race an d you c elebrate. Jimmy Moore w heelies after winning the 7 5 0cc Superspo rt final at Road Am erica - his fi rst In the c la ss. Wh en it wa s over, it was Moo re at the front on his Co rona Ex tra EBSCO M ed ia S u zuk i GSX -R750 w ith t he Oregonia n hold ing off yo ungst er Ben Sp ies and his Valvo line EM GO Suzuki and 7 5 0cc Su p ersp o rt roo k ie Ch ri s Ulri ch , the latter enjoying hi s best -