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one and tw o . I c a n run w ith their [Suzuki] bi kes , and th is handles so good I c an k eep my corner sp eed up so much better." Kopp might have had a chance to catch Ha ck er if the race had run more la ps. " I had a pretty good line down in three, and I th ink he was starting to get tired, " Kopp said. "I t wa s getting b et t er for m e because the cushion was ge tting de eper, b ut Hack er wa s so far gon e by then. If the re was any place we sho ul d beat th e Harleys, it was here." M o rgan be at Te am Pow ell /West Bend H -D 's J .R. Sch nabel in the second heat. Third went t o fe llow Suzuki rid er Jason Sen tell. As th e main eve n t was stag in g Se ntell 's M&K Raci ng /Progressiv e Suspension-backed Suzuki overheated , boiled over and burn ed Sentel's leg . Sentell c all ed it a day. Hacker left little su spense as to the outcom e of th e ra ce , winning in a walk . The ra c e for sec ond wa s much cl oser with Kopp getting by lat e in the ra c e . Mor g an st ayed a close th ird . S chnab e l was a lone l y fo urt h as McCoy o utfo ug ht George Richtm eyer fo r fifth . J aso n Tyer, Ke n Coo lb eth , Brian Kr om ro y and Mi ch ell e Disa lv o rounded o ut th e to p 10. CN Allen County Fairg rounds Uma, 0 1 0 AMAlSuperTrapp SuperTracker Series Round 4: Allen County Fairgrounds (A b o ve) Mik e Hack e r ha s f o und a winning Su perTracker combln aio n w ith his B u e ll 1200. The Virginian stonned to h i s second win In as many rounds at Lima. (Bel ow ) Hacker (67) b lasts off the line w ith eventual runner-up Joe Kopp (43), third-place finis h er Paul Morgan III (8 3) and J .R. Schnabel (3 3 ). Results: June 25, 20 0 C Ra d 2 of 7J "I thi nk he wa s sandba gging in th e h eat ," K opp said . " In the h eat rac e the re was a good cushion and I co uld get turned a little better. I've got a to n o f pow er in th a t Su zuk i , b ut it doesn 't have th e tractabili ty th at they hav e w i t h th e Ha rle ys . No w tha t they've got th e power, th ey have th e adva ntage on a slic k surfa ce." Willie McCoy brought the F&S H-D / Shoei / MSR· back ed Suzuk i home in Schnabel (Suz ); 5. Willi e McC oy (Suz) ; 6 . George Rich tmeyer (Suz) ; 7. J aso n Ty er ( Suz) ; B. Ken Coolbeth (Suz) ; 9 . Bri an Kr om ro y ( Sue); 10 . Michelle Disal vo (H-D) ; l1.Roy Mi ler (Suz); 12. Jason Sentell (SUl): 13. Je rry Vanderk ooi (Suz). SUPERTRAPP SU PERTRACK ER NATIONA L ( 12 laps ; 13 riders) : 1. Mik e Hack er (Sue) ; 2. Joe K opp ( SU1) ; 3 . Pau l Morgan II I (!i ·D ) : 4 . J .R . S T O RY AND P HO T O S BY D A V E H O E N I G / F L A T T RA K F O T O S UMA, OH JUNE 25 o u n d t w o o f t h e A M A ' s Sup er Trapp SuperTrack er Serie s ca me to the Allen County Fair grounds' pea grave l hal f -m il e, and fo r the second rac e in a row , Saddlemen/ Lancaste r Ha rley -Davidson /Dodge Broth ers backed Mike Hac k er d omina t ed th e even t. At the end of the 12-la p Nationa l, Hac k er had his Buell a full straig ht away ahead of defend ing se ries champion Joe Kop p and his Co rb in Racing / B u rk s Motors po rts /H- D of Missouri-backed Suzuki. Kop p used over half th e race to get by Moron ey 's H-D/MAX Leathers/ Fast Pl at es -backed Paul Morg an III , wh o wa s making his first venture into the SuperTracker wars on a Harley. W ith the days r a i n d e l a y , and Ga ry Ro gers get off during the ea rli er Gra n d Nat io nal p rogram, t h e entries s hru nk f ro m 17 to 13 . D esp ite finishi ng second t o Kopp in th eir hea t , Hacker w as d om inant in th e m ain . " Aft er ru nni ng that twenty fiv e lap per IGNC Main], I d idn 't want to go at it in th e heat rac e ," Ha cker sa id . " I d idn 't want to spen d any m ore energy than nec essary . I figured we'd go for it in th e ma in ." R th ird , but that almost turne d in to sec o n d whe n Ha c k er nearl y unl o ade d late in th e race. " W it h two lap s to go I cam e off turn fou r , h it a c oup le of hol es and a l mos t w ent thro ugh t h e f e n ce ," Hack er sai d. " I got nervous and to ok a peak ba ck. When I didn't see an y bod y, I went , 'Whew , I c an relax th e next tw o lap s. I was push in g h ard . I was actually ca sing it go ing though cue I e Time : 5 min., 26.758 sec . S U PE RT RA PP S UP ERTRA C KE RS S ERIES POINT S STA NDI NGS (A ft er 2 01 7 rou nds): I. Mik e Hack er (46/2 win s); 2 . Joe Kopp (38 ); 3 . J . R. Schnabel (30 ) ; 4 . (TI E) G eo rg e Richt me yer/Willie McCoy (27); 6. Brian Krom roy (2 1): 7. Jaso n Sentell ( 19): 8. (TIE) Paul Morgan III/ Gary Rogers (16) ; 10. Jerry Vanderkooi ( 15): I I. (TIE) Roy Miller/M ich elle Disalvo ( 13 ): 13 . Ja son Tyer ( 12); 14. Ken Coolbe th Jr. ( 11) : 15. Brian Thom as (10 ); 16. K yle Long (8) ; 17. Scott Deubler (7); 18. Bob Buffington (6) . n e _ S • J ULY 5 , 2000 21