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S F X National D irt T r a c k Series Round 2 : S h e boygan County F a ir g r oun d s (L eft) Ri ch King gave the Buell Blast-powered factory HarleyDavidson 500R Its first National dirt track win rig ht In Harley's own backyard,atthe Da lryland Classic Short Track In Plymouth, Wisconsin. (Belo w ) K ing (8 0) had to wort< h is way past early lea d er Terry Poov ey (18) f or the w in In the 25lap main event. Po ovey went on to f inish second. S T O RY A N D PH OT OS By JIM V INCENT / D IRTT RACKONLlN E .NET PLYMOUTH, WI, JUNE 8 eam Harley -Da vidson 's Rich King rode a factory machine ba sed on a B u e ll B l a st 5 0 0 c c motorcycle engi ne to the w in in the Da ir y la nd Cl assic Short Track at the Sheboyg an Coun ty Fairgrounds. It took Kin g nin e lap s to ca tc h and pass early leader T erry Poovey , on the in si de of tu rn four, with Texan th en rid ing hi s 1st Lega l.com Rota x to a so lid second pl ace f ini sh . Com in g thi r d afte r a race - lo ng battle for the last podiu m po s it i on wa s Da n St an l e y o n th e BBRP DR-Z400 Suzuki. Th e four-way battl e fo r t hird pla ce was b etween Stanl ey , J .R. Schnab el, Brett La nd es and Bry an Smith. On t he 16 th lap , Schnabel fe ll , and the rac e was on between Stanl ey and Land es as Sm ith had falle n off th e pace. On the whitefl ag lap , Stanl ey and Landes cross ed the finis h li n e side by sid e. St an ley T 46 J UN E 27 . 200 1 • cue I ... n eVIl's had a be tte r drive off turn fou r and to ok the last pod ium posit ion . Thi rt y -s ix r id ers w er e ente red in the Pro Singles Na t ion al C lass, and six ri de rs w ere en te r e d i n th e e ve n i n g ' s s u p p o r t class, 883c c T w in s , a l so k n o w n as Spo rts te rs . AMA/ Harley -Dav idson Spo rtster Per form ance Ser ies National number one Will ie McCoy , aboa rd th e DPC Raci ng 883 H -D Sp ort st er , ga ve a d emon strati on of wh y he has the numberone p late , as he got the hol eshot an d led all 12 laps of th e 88 3 Ma in . Fol l ow ing McC o y were F & S Harley Dav idson ri der Yuhiko Hirao of J apan an d S t e p h a n i e Welc h on th e A d e sa / Fast F or wa rd Rac ing 883 Harle y-Davidson Sportster. Fo r m ul a USA u ses a sy stem of pra c ti c e an d time trials t o set th e ord er for th e heat races . The riders are gi ven three sessions on the track. The first session is practice only , and during the remaining two sess ions, the trans ponder system is activated and lap times are sc or ed . When time tria ls were completed, Rich King had fast time, with a 17.469-second lap of the t h r ee -eighths-mile oval. Bryan Smith was second fas t e st , with 17.56 3 seconds . Third fastest fo r the night was Dan Stanley with a tim e of 17.56 6 secon ds. T he first hea t rac e of the evening was re d -flagged on the first lap as Harley -Dav idson 's newest factory star J enn ifer Sny der, J o sh T ou ng ett an d