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" I started mak ing so me mi sta kes [t ow ard th e end of th e rac e] ," Hay es sa id . "I' m feeli ng p retty beat up . I was a little tired t ow ards t he end . T owards th e end m y c oncern was m or e ... ab ou t ha lfwa y through th e rac e I was lo o k ing a t Kurti s a nd I was g o ing , 'He's rid ing reall y well , he 's going to ha ve t o make a mist ak e if I' m going t o c atc h him.' I j ust started c once nt rating on the g ap to w hoev er w as be h ind m e, wh ich I didn't know was Jake [Ze mke] at the t ime." Indeed it wa s Bruc e Tran sp o rt ati on Grou p 's Jake Zemke ab oard another E r io n Ra c ing -pr ep ar ed H o nd a C B R9 2 9 RR, giving Eri on it s se co nd consecutive podium sweep . Zemk e ' s s tor y w a s mu ch lik e Hayes' , a futil e chase ah ead , no pressu re from behind. " I think I worked up a fou r second gap there on , I believ e it was [Mark] Mill er who wa s behind m e ," Zem k e sai d after finishing ab out fi ve seconds beh ind Hay es and over four in fro nt of Miller. " A bo ut th e first 10 laps or so he w as ri g ht th ere on me and I just kept running consistent t imes and ev e n t u a ll y he started to fad e back and I pulled away from hi m . I was j ust out th ere r iding b y m ysel f f o r the most part." Attack Pe rforman ce's M iller had his hands full wi th Valvoline Em g o Suzu ki 's John Hopk ins. Mil ler had fourth for the first seve n la p s before H opk in s mad e h is w ay pa st goin g in to turn three. The pa ir we re close fo r th e d uratio n a nd p o sses si on of fo urth pla ce w as swapped rep eat edly wi th Ho p k ins own ing it for t he fourth tim e o n lap 23, t he penultimat e lap, befo re Miller too k it back fo r go od o n the final lap . N e x t to c ro s s was l ocal hero C ha rles Ch ou in ard , of Sale m , N ew H am p sh i r e , o n th e N e w E ngl a nd Shuttl e Ya m aha R 1. Ch ou inard was abo ut 19 seconds ba ck. New Hampshire International Speedw ay Loudon, New Hampshire Results: June 17, 2000 (Round 3 of 81 AM A / ESPORTBIKE.COM FO RMULA XTR EME: 1. K ur t is Rob ert s ( Ho n); 2 . J o sh Hayes ( Ho n) ; 3 . Jake Zem ke ( Hon); 4 . Ma rk M ille r ( Yam ); 5 . J ohn Ho pk ins (Suz) ; 6. Charles Chou inard (Yam ); 7. Grant Lo pez ( Su z); 8 . Desm ond Co n boy (Ya m) ; 9 . Rad Gr ea ves ( Suz) ; 10. Steve G r ig g ( Ka w); J 1. K ev in L ac ombe ( Ho n) ; 12 . C h r i s Voe lker ( Ho n); 13 . Thomas Fournier (D uc); 14. Cec il Myers (Yam): 15. Gr egory W hit e ( Suz) ; 16 . Scot Do rmier ( D uc ) ; 17 . David Dalzell ( Hon); 18 . Shan e Gon yea (Suz); 19. Clint Bratz (Yam) . li me: 29 min., 7.933 sec. Distan ce: 24 lap s. 38.4 mi les. Av erage speed: 79 .088 m ph. Margin of victory: 4.77 7 sec. ESPORTBIKE FORMULA XTREME C'SH IP POINT STANDINGS ( A fte r 3 of 8 round s): 1. Kurti s Robert s ( 1 11/ 3 win s); 2 . J o sh Hayes (9 1); 3. J ake Zemk e (82 ): 4. Ste ve Gdgg (7 3): 5. Rad Greav es (71) : 6 . (TIE) John Hopk ins/ Mark Miller (69) ; 8. Grant Lopez (65); 9 . Kevin Lacomb e (53); 10. Cecil My ers (5 2) ; 11. Clint Bratz (4 4 ); 12. Gregor y White (41); 13 . Chri s Voelk er (39 ); 14 , Scot Dorrnler (37); 15. Paul M um ford _J r. (32); 16 . Wes Pogue (28); 17 , Paul Harrell (27 ); 18, Charles Chou inard (25); 19 . J ohn J ac obi (2 4); 20 , (T IE) Desm ond Con boy/ Gab rie l Henn ing (23) , Upc om ing rou nd s: Round 4 - Monterey, California. July B Round 5 - Lexington, Ohio, July 15 c u e I e n e _ os • JUNE 28 , 2000 15