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Pat Mo ro ney g ive s m e a good bike , and I thi nk we' re goin g to get o ne real soo n. T he bike reall y fe lt good . A lot o f tim e s it' s b e e n k ind of un c om f ort a bl e to rid e . T oni ght I c ou ld reall y d irt-tra ck it. " A f te r t h a t e x c ha n ge, t h e f i na l o rde r was set , w it h Th o m as a so li d third. Frieze's H-D/ Roger Gutterridge/ SKAT Racing's Scott Stump was alone in fourth , as Jaso n T y er (Widma n' s H -D / A ll en Racing ) , M ic helle Disa lvo (Mi tc he ll' s M od est o H -D /Don Reeve Tru ck ing) a n d J am e s H art ( W he e ls Thru T ime/Dale's H -D ) were battling ove r fifth . Disa lvo had th e spot on lap] 0 , but T yer had it at the fi nish . Chris Hart t o ok e i g ht h ove r the remounted Rogers and John Faulkner. McCoy's w in puts him right back in the po ints race. "T he D PC bike j ust worked aw esom e," McCoy sai d. "T he m ot or was run ning good , an d we j ust had so m e fu n o ut there and p ulled off o ur first wi n of the year," said McCoy . " I w as seventh in po ints. Brian T ho mas was running good and ended up thi rd, so I'm sure he still has the points lead . T hat' s all right. We 'll just keep w in eN ning races, and it 'll be fine." Lowe's Motor Speedway Charlotte, North Carolina Results: July 22, 2000 (Round 3 of 71 AMA/Harley-DavidsonSportster Performance Series R ound3: Lowe's Motor S peedway HARLEY·DAVIDSON SI'ORTSTER PERfO RMANCE SERIES NATIONAL ( 12 laps; 17 riders): I. Willi e McCoy: 2. Roger Lee Hayden; 3. Brian Thomas; 4 . Scott Stump; 5. Jason Tye r; 6 . M ichelle D isalvo: 7 . James Hart: 8. Chris Hart: 9 . Gary Rogers; 10. John Faulkner III; 11. Brian Kromroy; 12. Tom McGrane; 13. Tim Lorge; 14. Al Eadie; 15. Donnie Krusinski: 16 . Yuhiko Hirao; 17. Jeff Landrum. (Above) Defe ndi ng ch ampi on Willie McCoy bagged his first Harley-Davi ds on Sportster w in of the sea son at the C ha rlotte Half Mile , vaulti ng himself back Int o the hunt for a se con d title. (Below) McC oy (1) had to fe nd off th e advances of Roger Lee Hayde n (9 5 C). Hayden was se con d, follow ed by Brian Thomas (82) and Scott Stum p (7 7). Time: No lime due to red flag . HARl£Y -DA Vl DSON SPORTSTER PERFORMANCE SERIES POINT S STAND INGS (aft er 3 017 rounds): ST O RY AND P HO T O S BY D A V E H O E NI G / F L A T T RA K F O T O S CHAR iorrt , NC, JULY 22 efend ing Har ley -Da vidson Sport ster Perfo rmance Se ri es Cham pi on Wi lli e M cCo y re turned t o t h e win ne r' s c i rc le for th e f irst t i me in 2000, sc o r ing a w in in the Ha rley Davi dso n Sportster Perfo rma nce Seri es ma in eve n t at Low e ' s Moto r Sp eedw ay. A ft er finishi ng second at Springfi el d , th e DPC Raci ng/Tilley H D/ Kegel H-D -back ed McC oy fa iled to qual ify at T opeka a nd is de fend ing his title from beh ind. Po ints lead er Bri an Thoma s led the main fo r the first two laps o n his Jim Wagn er /Widm an ' s H -D b ac ke d Sportster, but McC oy had th e lead on lap th ree . Th e red flag w as out on lap fo ur as G ar y Rog er s ( in fo u rth at th e t im e) fell in turn t w o . Ro g ers ' bik e was then hit by J eff Lan drum , and wh il e th is was going on , Bri an Kr omroy was hitting th e deck in turn th ree. Lan drum took a ride to th e ho sp ita l to be chec ked out wh ile th e rest return ed for th e restart. McCoy pick ed u p rig ht wh er e h e left off, but w as q u i c k l y join ed b y Rog er Lee Hayd en. " Roger wa s run nin g great , he k ept trying t o g et under m e ," McC oy sai d. "I wa s ru n - D ning a high li ne and I kn ew I'd bett er m ov e down . I k ind of shut the door on b a ck under me , " H a y d e n said . " I him and sta rted running down low." I . Brian Thomas (50/1 win); 2. Scott Stump (46); 3. Will ie McCoy (42/1 ): 4 . Jam es Hart (37 ): 5. (TIE ) Jas on Tyer (35) / Roger Lee Hayd en (35) : 7. (T IE) Brian Kromroy (30 )/ Michelle Disalvo (30) ; 9 . Gery Rogers (29): 10. John Faulkner III (28) : I I. AI Eadie (24) : 12. Paul Morgan (23/1 ): 13. (TIE) Tom McGrane ( 18 )/ Chri s Hart ( 18) : 15. A.J. Eslick ( 17); 16. Brent Armbruster (14) : 17. John Grant ( 10): 18. (TIE) Jeff Hiers (8)/ Chris Fitzhugh (8): 20. TIm Lorge (6) . a n d slid up , and he just sh ov ed it guess I gave him a littl e too m uch Ha yd en t o ok a tem porar y lead at the m idpo int of th e ra ce . " I got into th e c o rn er a littl e h ot room . I sho uld have come down o n h im . That' s th e way it goes . It's the cl ose st w e've b een to a win so fa r. cue I 0 n 0 uv S • A U G U ST 2 . 2000 21