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A M A/ C h e vy T r u c k s S upe r b ik e Natio na l Cha m pionship R o und 6 : New H a m p s h ir e In t e r n a t io n a l S p e edw a y Comp le ting t h e firs t la p in s ixth place, Ha ck in g m a d e hi s way fo rward , passi ng firs t Va nce & Hin es Du c a ti ' s St eve Rap p , A me rica n Hond a' s Nicky Ha yd en , a nd fina lly Yos h im u ra Su zu ki ' s Aaro n Ya te s , who he got ea rly o n la p 29. \ S t ill o n t h e m e nd fro m h is Day ton a inj ur ie s , Ha c k in g w a n t e d t o lim it h is t im e in th e saddl e o n t he phy sica lly demanding course, saving hi m s e lf fo r th e ra c e , a nd it pa id off. "He ll I'm just happy to b e he re ," he s a id . "I' ve be en injured a t Da y tona re a l bad and t his whol e week e nd my arm 's been jus t k illing me , it' s been stru ggling ge tting by." Ha c k ing s a id, o nce he got s ettled in, he was a ble to p ick off th e riders he n e eded to. "I was p ick ing it up , ru nn ing some s t ea dy ten 's a n d Nick y [Ha y d e n ] ca me b a ck a nd th e n [Aaron] Yates c a me ba ck a nd I jus t kept m y head on stra ig ht a nd d id s o m e cons ist ent (Left) Tommy Hayden (2 2 ), Pascal Picotte (2 1) and Doug Chandler battled during the National· but it was a battle for seventh place. (Bel ow) M ladln was all smiles. Why wouldn't he be sm iling? s e nt m e s tra ig ht a nd I loo ke d ba c k for a second and I sa w [Ja s on ] Pridmor e sl idin g , a nd from there it was just c a tc h up for th e re st of the ra c e . I re a lly do n 't know what h a pp en ed . It wa sn 't like any bumping o r nothing I c ou ld see ." Hayden sa id it bus ted h is sea t up an d cau sed hi s trans p o nde r t o fa ll off. Bo strom h ad no s u c h p roblems , but h e a lso had n o answ er for Mlad in , th ough it would b e t h e Kawa sa k i rid er ' s b est fin is h o f th e se ason. Mladin wa s getting a way a nd th er e was noth ing he c o uld do about it. All he could do was hold off thi rd a nd no o ne was co m ing. "I was go ing fo r it , but I wa s sti ll getti ng s t re tc he d , " Bo stro m said after fin ish in g abou t n in e se co nds in front of t he th ird p lac e d Ya m a ha ' o f J a m ie Ha c king . "We ' re s till m ak ing prog re ss o n th e th ing a nd ea c h 8 JUNE 28; 2000' cue • e ra ce it gets a little b etter a nd fe e lin g a lot m o r e c o m fo r ta b le an d a d a pti ng t o t h e b ik e - it's getti n g b ett e r. We still go t , obviou s ly , a lit tle ways to g o bef o re we 'r e goi ng to win one ." Bost ro m s aid th e re wasn' t o n e parti cul ar s po t wh e re Mlad in wa s b e tt e r, it wa s m o re of an ove ra ll e ffo rt. "He was g etti ng bett e r d riv e s up out of three go ing down toward th e b o w l a n d I w a s ki n d o f getti ng gapped there ," Bo strom s aid . Ha c king h ad to wor k for his th ird pl a c e. Th e Ya maha ride r h a s been st rugg ling with his R7 o n the hors e pow er hu n g ry tr a c k s e a rly o n th e c a le n da r. Th e t ig ht a nd twisty 1.6 m ile Lo udo n c irc u it was th e perfe c t so lutio n to h is p rob lems . As ked wh y h e was a b le to run u p fr o n t t h is we ek , Hac k ing a nswere d , "I ju st ro de the s hit out of it ." n e vv s