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R750 on th e front straight, the smoke shroudi ng turn o ne and causing both Du Ha mel and M ladin an anxious moment as the y enter ed th e f og in sixth gear. " T hat scared the bej eesus o ut of m e and I'm su re Mat too ," DuH amel sa id . " Bec ause going in to turn o ne I co u ldn' t even see , I didn 't k now if th e guy was st opped on th e tr ack . I was goi ng t o put m y hea d down again an d go hard aga i n , but wh en that h a p p en ed I k new M at p ro ba b l y ca ug h t up . Ju st li k e ' D ay s of Th under,' he fo ll ows m e through the smoke." "Un fortunately, tha t last lap I got a la p per in th e bu s st op and with that smoke dow n the front I d idn 't know what was go ing o n, and as soon as I seen th e s moke coming on the straig ht I started t hinking about the ch am p io nsh ip a little bit and Miguel got away from me just too much and I could n' t make a run where I pl anned on passing him," Mladin said . He ne ver gave up , thou gh , trying to fin d a way aro und in the fi nal corner , only fo r t he rea r to co me loose an d to ss h im out of the saddle. "He tucked it in tight into the last turn and I thought if I made a good run , and I just lost t racti on and g ot out of the seat," Mladin said . Du Ha m el de d icated the race to his fan s. "They didn't giv e up on m e," he said . "I think l owed them th at at least." After r e p e a t e d l y hitting t r a ffi c wh ile in pu rsuit of the leaders , Hack i n g settl ed for third, b ut h e wasn ' t unhappy. " I' m just really hap p y with th e b ik e today it worked really well ," Hacking sa id . " I' m not g oing t o pu sh it th is year wh en th e b ik e 's n ot goi ng t o work and I'm just going to w ait wh en the bike co mes to me and I'm going t o pi ck it up and hop efu ll y we'll be a b le t o k e ep pro gre ssi ng with th e b ik e. I c an fi ni sh on th e pod iu m every weekend on th e Superbik e, that's no pr ob lem , it' s j ust th e machines' got to c ome up to m y lev el. " The struggling Nicky Hayden wa s a solid fourth , w ith t h e Kawasa k is n ext across, both comp lai ning of tra ction problems . "In the mornings we ran race rubber and we were alwa ys right up there with cool temperature and as soon as it got hot we j us t had nothing ," Eric B ostrom said . " A t this rate we 're going to have to improve, othe rw ise we're go ing to k eep getting beat." D o u g Ch andl er w asn ' t willi n g to blame it on th e tires , but on the set- up . "Yo u c an 't fl ick it," Chandler said , " and you 've just got to ride it around the corners and turn it down the straightaway. No grip and not a lot of c onfidence." Yates was run ni ng in seventh, then drop ped back to 10th on th e 10th lap as his hard er rear tire began to be prob - lematic. Yat es was the only rid er to use t he Du nlop 782 and he disc ov ered he had no t raction on the rear. He'd end up se venth after pass ing teamm at e J ason Pridmore on the final lap . Ni n th w a s Pas cal Pic otte . The French Can adian had gott en a good start , but he kne w it wa s sho rt -li v ed . "I kind of k new th ey were all going t o go b y me o n th e f r o n t stra ig h t bec au se we wer e d efin itely way t o o slow t his we ek end ," Pi cotte sa i d . "F ro m th e fastest to us there was like 12 mph d ifference . So w e we re not really in the hunt bein g able to stay up th er e, but I did th e best I could ." Yamaha 's Tommy Hayd en didn 't get a good start and it cost him a run at t he fro nt. "I sp un on the drag stri p and I was like 18th o r something in turn one a n d I was b ehind four or fi v e 750 Supersport guys and I lost everybody before w e got ha lfway t h ro ug h the first lap," he said . Kocinski wo uld fi nish 11t h in front of Co m peti t io n A c c ess o r i es.c o m ' s Larry Pegram , th e fir st of th e p riv at eer s an d th e ga te way t o t he 750cc Supersport bik es. Among the non -fini shers was Harley-Davidson 's Scott Russell who blew up his VR 1OpO in a big wa y o n the fron t straight st art ing the fi fth lap. Luckily, his oil d id n 't fall on th e racing line and he pu ll ed off th e tra c k toward the end of th e pit area . eN Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, Minnesota Results: July 30, 2000 !Round 10 0' 121 A MA /CH E V Y TR UCKS U .S . SUPERBIKE QUAUFYING: I. J ohn Kocin sk i ( I :35. 625 ); 2. Mat Mlad in ( I :35. 9 18 ); 3 . Eri c Bost rom (I ;36 .388); 4 . Steve Rapp ( 1:36 .394): 5. A aron Yates ( 1:36.406 ); 6. .Jemle Ha ck ing ( 1:3 6 .5 0 3 ) ; 7 . Migu el DuHam el ( 1:36 .71 4) ; 8. Dou g Cha nd ler (1 :36 .766) ; 9 . Nicky Hayd en ( 1:36. 9 19 ); 10. Pascal Picott e ( 1:37. 3 89 ): 11. Ja son Pridm ore ( I :37. 838); 12. Tommy Hayden (1 :37 .998); 13. Scott Russell ( 1:38. 069 ); 14. Lar ry Pegra m ( 1: 3 8. 2 10 ); 15 . Damon Bu ckm a st er (1 ;39 .924) : 16. Jimmy Moore ( 1:40 .956): 17. J ohn Hopk in s ( I :4 1.235 ); 18. Mi k e Cicc otto ( I :4 1.237): 19 . Roger Lee Hayden ( J:41. 44) ; 20 . Michael Barnes (1 :41.9 75) ; 2 1. Shane Clar ke ( 1:42.358 ) ; 22 . Tripp Nobles ( I :4 3. 500 ); 23 . Robert J ensen ( I :43. 683): 2 4 . And re w Death e rage ( I :4 4. 2 69); 25 . Randall Menneng a ( 1:44.364); 26 . Dean Mizda J ( t :45 .146): 27 . J ohn Ja cob i (1 :45 .275 ); 28 . Roge r Hendr ick s (1 :45. 556); 29 . Mik e Walsh ( 1:45 .704): 30 . Jeffrey Purk ( 1;46. 124) ; 31. J acob Holden (1:46.263) ; 32 . Rob Bowerman Jr . (I :46. 323). AM AICHEVY TRUCKS U.S . SUPERBIKE; I. Miguel Duhamel ( He n) ; 2. Mat Mladin (S uz) ; 3. Jamie Hac king (Y~m ); 4 . N ick y Ha yd en ( Ha n ) ; 5 . Eric Bo strom (Kaw) ; 6. Dou g Chandler (K aw) ; 7. Aaro n Yates (Suz) ; 8 . J a son Pridmo re ( Suz); 9 . Pasc al Picotte (H-D) ; 10. Tommy Hayd en (Yam ); 11. J ohn Koci nski (Due); 12 . Larry Pegram (D ue) ; 13 . Mike Ciccott o (Suz); 14 . Michael Barnes (Suz) ; 15. Steve Rapp ( Due) ; 16 . Tr ipp Noble s (H · D) ; 17. Robert Je nsen (Suz ); 18 . J ohn Ja c ob i (SU1); 19 . Randa ll Mennenga (Suz); 20 . Andre w Deatherage (Suz) ; 2J. Dean M.ilda l (Suz); 22 . Roger Hendric ks (Suz) ; 23. Eric Erling Haugo (Suz); 24. Rob Bowerman Jr . (Suz); 25 . Mike Walsh (Yam) ; 26 . Ja cob Holden (Suz); 27. J im m y Moore (Suz); 28 . Scott Russell (H-D ). Time: 34 m in.• 13.950 sec. Di stance: 21 lap s. 63 mil es. Average speed: 1 10.422 m ph . Margin of vict ory : 0 .067 sec. AM A /CHEVY TRUCKS U.S . SUPERBIKE C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (Alter 10 of 12 round s): I. Mat Mlad in (3 32 / 4 Wins) ; 2. Nick y Hayden (320 / 3) ; 3. Aaro n Yates (292/2) ; 4. Eric Bostrom (27 3) ; 5. Dou g Cha nd le r (2 40 ) ; 6 . Mig uel D uha mel ( 225 /1 ); 7 . Tommy Hay den (22 1): 8 . Pascal Picotte (20 8) ; 9 . John Koc inski (204 ); 10. Jamie Hacki ng (203 ); 11. Steve Rapp ( 199) ; 12 . Ja son Pridmore ( 186) ; 13. Larry Pegram ( 16 7 ); 14 . Mike Cicc otto ( 14 6); 15 . Jimmy Moore ( 134) ; 16. Andrew Deathe rage ( 119); 17. Dean Mizda l ( 116) ; 18. Scott Russell ( 112 ); 19. Jamie Bowman (93); 20. Shane Clark e (82). Upcoming Rounds: Round 11 - Fountain, Colorado, August 13 Round 12 - Rosamond. California, October 1 AMAIPro Honda Oils 600ce Supersport Series R ound 7: Brainerd International Raceway B y H E N N Y R A Y A B RA M S P HO T O S BY B RIA N J. N E L SO N BRAINERD, MN, JQLY 30 r i c B os trom had a ver y fast motorcycle, and at Brainerd tha t 's a good thing . It' s an es pec ially go od thing on a ra c et rack wi th a one m il e straight in it s three-mil e lengt h. Pow er would make the differen c e , and th e power was Bostrom 's , wh ich is how he was able to win his sec ond Pro Honda Oils 600 cc Supersport race of the y ear , t ho ugh with little room to spa re. At th e end th e ma rgin wa s a scant .21 6 of a second. Three riders were ca pa ble of win n ing this ra c e: Bostrom , Erio n Rac i ng' s K u rti s Roberts , an d Ya m ah a 's Ja m ie H a c k in g , wit h Yamah a 's T omm y Ha yd en ju st a ha i r off the fro nt-ru n n i n g pace . Ha cking f ound out early on that he co uld hang wi th B o strom on t h e front str a i g h t , but co ul d n' t d raft b y . "I was j ust spanki ng th e horse on t he rear and sh e j u st wasn 't going nowhere ," lamented Ha cking . The order of th e t op thre e was n eve r the sa me on more than two consec uti ve lap s, ea ch of the riders E The 600cc Supersport c lass was another heated affair. Race winner Eric Bostrom (3 21 leads Jamie Hacking (21. Tommy lta7den (221 and Kurtis Roberts (801. c u e I e n D _ S • AUGUST 9 . 2000 9

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