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tie bit too ha rd . I had a few of t hose o n a couple of laps, but o ther than that it was a good race ." Veteran Randy Renfrow rode to a solitary fourth in front of the equally solitary Ch ri s Ulrich on the second World Sport s Imports Yamaha. Nex t along was GP Te ch 's D er ek K i n g , f o ll ow e d b y Wo rld S ports Im ports' Perry Melneciuc. The rac e for eig h t h ha d its m o m ent s , B r o w a rd Mo to r s po rts Qu enn i K ing beati ng Ed So rb o , and h is br other, Kell er King . eN Road America Elkhart Lake Wisconsin , Results: June 11, 2000 !Round 3 of 91 M.B NA 250cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Rich Olive r (Yam); 2. Roland Sands (Yam ); 3. Charles Sorensen (Ya m) ; 4 . Randy Ren frow ( Ho n); 5 . Chris U lr ich (Ya m) ; 6 . Derek K in g (Ho n): 7. Perr y Meln eci uc (Ya m ) ; 8 . Q ue n ni Kin g ( Yam) : 9 . Edw ard So rbo ( Yel m ); 10. Keller King (Yam) ; 1 1. Tyl er Wadsworth (Ya m) ; 12 . Cofl n J en sen (Apr ) ; 13 . W i ll ia m Himmelsbach (Yam); 14. Eri c Stephens (Hon ); 15. J effrey Vas (Hon) ; 16. Roy De Groot (Hon) ; 17. Colin Gilbert (Yam ); lB. Bria n Gibson (Yam ); 19. Geoffrey Maloney (Yam) ; 20 . J ohn France (Hon); 2 1. Mic hael Himm els ba ch (Yam) ; 22 . J ames Bonner (Yam ); 23. Jam es Worth ing to n (Ap r); 24 . T ho ma s Din ard o (Vern) ; 25 . Jo hn Burgoyne (Hon) ; 26. Joh n Mensch ( Yam); 27 . J a son Cande laria ( Yam ); 28 . A ndrew Edw ard s ( Yam) ; 29 . Charles MacKay ( Yam ); 30 . Gary Berbaurn (Yam ) ; 31. Will iam Whelan ( Yam) : 32 . Leon Hor (Yom ); 33 . Greg Esser (Hon); 34 . Kory Gill (Yam); 35 . Mark Vanderwerf (Yam); 36 . Michael Barnes (Yam) ; 37 . J im m y Filice (Yam) . lime: 23 min.• 1.800 sec. Distance: 10 laps . 40 miles. Average speed: 104 .2 12 mph . Margin of victory: 14.964 sec. MBNA 250 « GRAND PRIX C ' SHI P SERIES POINTS STANDINGS ( Aft er 3 of 9 ro unds): I. Charl es Soren sen (OO) 2. Rich Oliver (75/2 wins ); 3. ; Perry Melneciuc (7 1); 4 . Quenni King (65) ; 5. Roland Sends (64) ; 6. Michael Himmelsbach (61); 7. Randy Renfrow (54 ); 8. Chri s Ulr ich (5 2); 9. Michael Barne s (SO); 10. Derek King (49) ; I\. Eri c Stephens ( 48); 12. Thom as Dina rdo (47) ; 13. John France (4 1) ; 14. Edw ard Mar chini (39); 15 . Will ia m Himmelsba c h (37 ) ; 16 . ( T I E) G reg Es se r yJ ohn M c G u i nn e s s (36/1 )/ Ed ward Sorbo /Tyler Wad swo rth (3 6 ) ; 20 . Keller King (3 4 ). Upcoming rounds: Round 4 • Loudon, New Hampshire. June 18 Round 5 • Monterey. California. July 9 AMA,/ eSportbi k e Formu la Xt re m e S e r ie s Round 2 : Ro ad A m e rica Robens Rules By H E N N Y R A Y A BR A M S ELKHART LAKE, WI, JUNE 10 h e busiest weekend of K urt is Rob erts' p rofessional career began well. The Er ion Racing rider continued the defense of his eSport bi ke.com Formula Xt rem e title with a second - consecutive win . th is one after his tea m mate J osh Hayes was fo rce d to gi ve up the hu nt afte r his Honda CBR929RR developed a mi sfire lat e in t he race . Until then . abou t fo ur laps from th e end of the 1a-l ap race, Hayes had kept the heat on, m atching Roberts lap for lap and setting up what should have been a drama tic finish. It never hap pened . In st ead Hay es ' Honda devel op ed an elec t r ic al g li tc h a n d he sl ow ed , allowing Rob ert s to spee d awa y to an un contested win. ' O n the straightaway, it wo uld c ut out and pop all the way down the str aig ht away , and sometimes it woul d T - - - - - - - - Continued on page 84 Ie II Ie I "" n "" _ s • J UN E 7. 2000 15