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AMA,/Ch e vyTru c ks U .S . S uperbik e S e ri e s Rou nd 4 /5: Ro ad America "I don't mean to make excuses , but we 've still got a box stock bike : Moore said. "I can come off the corners all right, but it's hard to keep up down th e straightaways." As for how he thoug ht it felt to lead the champi onship , Moore said , "It feels great. It 's a lon g season and a nything can ha ppen , and I have no problem leading the points right no w." Hoo te rs Restaurant' s Mike Ciccotto ran a solita ry fourth for mu ch of th e ra c e , a head of a two- way fig ht fo r fifth b et we e n h is tea m mate an d Buc k m a s te r' s teammate Ro g e r Le e Ha yde n . Th e you ngest Ha yden briefly hel d fifth o n t he fourth lap , th en it was Bowman to the e nd. eN Road Ame rica Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Results: June 10, 2000 IRound3 of 91 LOCKHART PH ILLIPS US A 750 « SUP ERSP O RT : 1. Damo n Bu ckmast er (Suz) ; 2 . Grant Lop ez (Suz); 3. J immy Moore (Suz); 4. Mik e Cic cotto (Suz); 5. Jamie Bowman (Suz); 6 . Rog er Lee Hayden (Suz); 7. Robert Jensen (Suz) ; 8. Derek Schoeberle (Suz) ; 9. J effrey Purk (Yam); 10. Aaron Ri sin ger (Y am ); I t. M ik e Ma shew sk e ( Kaw ) ; 12. Rich ar d Shaw (S uz); 13. Scott Gooch ( Yam); 14 . Dav e Rosn o ( Kaw); 15. Jason Knu pp (Yam) : 16 . Dav id Ortega (Ka w ); 17. Ju st in Bla ke ( Hon ) ; 18 . Garth Cloyd (suz ) : 19. Rob Bowerman_Jr . {Suz): 20. Brian Bak er (Suz); 21. John Hopk ins (Suz). S ands (Ya m) hounded Oliv er for a few laps, then Oliver 's rubbe r wa s re a dy , a n d s o was he . He qu ic k ly upped th e pa ce, dropped Sands and sped to h is second cons ecut ive MBNA 250cc Grand Prix win, this one by 14 _964 seconds. "I wasn't really there [up to temperature] on the left hand side, and I knew I was dragging Roland [Sands] with me and I wa sn 't too pleased a bout tha t, bu t the re was not mu c h I co u ld do until I got th e th ing warmed up a nd I s tarte d re a ll y putting som e stuff tog eth er," Oliver sa id a fter extendi ng his cla ss record win to tal to 44 . Even with two wins , bec au s e of his DNF a t Dayto n a , Oliv e r h a s s o me ca tc h in g up to d o in th e cham p io nsh ip . After thre e of nin e ra c e s he t rails World Sports Im ports' C hu ck (Right) Rich Oliver was his n o nnal dominant self in the 250cc Grand Prix class and he's managed to vault h imself back into championship contention despite not finishing at Daytona. (Below) Erion Racing teammates Kurtis Roberts (leading) and Josh Hayes had it all their way in Fonnula Xtreme. Roberts won for the second successive race. lime: 22 min.• 4 1.580 sec . Dista nc e: 10 lap s. 40 miles. Aver age speed: 105 .759 mph. M.argin of vict ory: 2.379 sec. LO CKHART PHILLIPS USA 750cc SUPERsPORT C'sHIP SERIES POINTS STA NDINGS (After 3 01 9 rounds ) : 1. Jim my Moore (87 ); 2. J oh n Hopk ins (83/2 wins); 3. Grant Lopez (82) ; 4. Ja m ie Bowman ( 80) ; 5 . Roge r L e e Hayd en ( 7 5 ) ; 6. D am o n Buckmaster (69 ); 7. Mik e Clccotto (56 ); 8. Shane Clarke (4 5) ; 9 . Randa ll Mennenga (44 ) ; 10 . Chad Sim on s (36); 11. Richard Shaw (33); 12 . B yr on Barbour (31 ); 13. Justi n Blak e (30 ) ; 14 . (T IE) Lee Acre e/Rob Bo werm an Jr. /K eith Hoog stad (29 ); 17. David Orteqe (28) ; 18. (TI E) Rich Con iceili / A ll an Je fferies/ Robe rt J ensen (24 ). Upcoming rounds: Round 4 - Loudo n, New Hampshire, June 18 Round 5 - Monterey, California, J uly 8 MBNA 250cc Grand Prix Round 3: R o ad Am erica Repeat Performance B y HENN Y R A Y ABR AMS R ic h Olive r is a t th a t point where on ly he can sto p h imself from winning . On ly a m is ta k e by h im or h is crew ca n prevent him from doing what comes natu rally . At Roa d America , it was his team which let him dow n , tw ice , in fact , b ut , come race time , it didn 't stop him . Two d ays a fter surviving a horrific practice crash when his brake ca lipers fell out at the end of the long front stra ig ht , Team O liver Yamaha's Oliv e r was back on p a c e , though th ere wa s a no th er gl itc h . Prior to the race th e tire warmers ha d failed to heat up h is rubber p ro perly, poss ibly , Olive r th ou ght, beca use a circuit blew o n his gen erat o r and no one not ic ed . Wha t it meant wa s th at he ha d to be s ure his tires we re up to te m pe ra ture before he cou ld get go ing. Tha t wo uld come on the th ird la p . Pe rfo rm a n c e Ma ch in e ' s Roland Sorensen (Ya m ) , thi rd toda y, by 15 points , 90 to 75. "I'm more interested in im proving my rid ing and enjoying myself and gett ing my te a m up to speed right now , and once I get my team working properly, then we' re go ing to think about th e cham pio nship, but right now we're just trying to get our tires hot a nd get the b ik e ru n n ing right, things like that." As do m inating as he 's be en in his ret urn , Olive r wasn' t as qu ick as he 'd been here in 1997 . Tod a y's race -win ning time of 23 min ., 1.80 seconds , was just s lo wer t h a n the 22 :57.40 time he 'd ne eded to win the race here three yea rs ago. 14 nevus J UN E 7 . 2000' cue I e O nce Oliver got going , Sands was le ft b y himself, well in front of the third pla ced Sorensen. "My bike was very close to his , speedwise, wh ich is really nice for a change, the th ing was prett y c lose : Sands said . "I was able to hang with him for a li ttle w hil e there . He was p u s hin g real h ar d going into t he co rne rs , a nd I was t ry ing to p us h jus t as ha rd , and at t he exits a co uple of th e t im e s I ju st h ad so me b ig s li d es . About th e third la p in , I just deci ded to kic k it down a notc h be c au s e I wa nted to finis h tod a y. " T he mo rni ng had be e n hectic fo r Sands. He 'd blow n up the motor on his TZ250 Yamaha and the team had to re bu ild it in time for the start. By the time Sands lost Oliver, he 'd built up a comfortab le gap on Sorensen, an d the race didn't provide much drama in the top p laces. Sorensen said he lo st the draft in the early go ing and then concent ra ted ' o n doing fast, clean laps . "I guess to ward s th e end there I sta rted to catch Ro land, bu t he ha d a lready h ad a nice g ap , h e h a d a co mfo rtable le ad o n me," Sore nsen sa id. "I m a d e a fe w m ista k e s , a n d so metimes there 's a few places o n th is track where bumps can take yo u o u t if you d o n 't have the throttle p icked up or if you charge it jus t a lit-