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AMA/Harley-Davidson Sportster Performance Series AMAlSuperTrapp SuperTracker Series Rounds 6/4: Illinois State Fairgrounds hard on it, and it broke up. I lit it up off the line. I cou ld have s moked the tire all the wa y around the tra c k the wa y I was sp inning off the line . I got beh ind some of th ose guys, and they were blowing oil a n d smok ing. I co u ld n ' t see . I th ou g ht the y would black flag them s ooner , I didn 't think it was worth it to run off into th e corner at 120 and hit oil , so I backed off. I was a ble to put on new tea r-offs so I cou ld see the track better. " Ho we ll' s H-D / Mul e MC's Rob e rt Mille r broug ht his Harley to fourth over Jim Wag ner/Wid ma n's H-D Buell -ba cke d Bria n Thoma s. eN Illinois Slate Fairgrou nds Springfield, Illinois Results: September Z, Zooo HARlEY·DAVIDSON SPORTSTERPERFORMANCE SERIES NAllONAL ( 12 laps ; 17 riders): I. Paul Morgan 111; 2. Roger Lee Hayden ; 3. J am es Ha rt; 4 . Nate wait; 5 . Sco tt St ump : 6 . Jason Tyer : 7 . Gary Ro gers : 8 . Will ie McCoy ; 9 . Jim Sumner; 10. Mic helle Disalvo ; 1 1. Bre nt Armbru ster; 12. Sc ott Sch erb; 13 . T im Lor ge: 14. John Faulkn er III: 15. Mark Witham; 16 . Tom McGran e Jr .; 17. Brten Kromroy. Time : 7 min .• 38 .638 sec. (Left) Pa u l Morgan III soloed his way t o victory in the Harley-Davidson Sportster Performance Se ries main eve nt o n Hall of Fame day at the Springfiel d Mile. (B el ow) Super Trac k e r Champion Joe Kopp (i) bagged another w in aboard his Denn i s Town-w re nc h ed Suzu k i . S T O RY BY D A V E H O E N IG PH OTO S BY F L A T T RA C K F O T O S SPRINGAElD, IL, SEPT. 2 ... s part of Sat urday's Ha ll of Fame f t Gra nd National dirt track at the Illinois State Fairgrou nds, rou nd six of the Ha rley -Da vid son S portster Performance Series a nd rou n d four of the SuperTra pp SuperTracker Series h it th e S p ringfie ld Mile as su p port ing ac ts for th e big bo ys . The Spo rts te r m a in saw p oi n ts leade r Willie McCoy bre a k out on top , but yo ung Roger Lee Ha yd en led la ps o ne t h ro u g h t hree whil e h is Mor on ey ' s H-D / Fasthog .co m te a m m ate Pa ul Mor g an led lap fo ur, with McC oy ba ck in front until the halfwa y ma rk . "The DPC guys re a lly had the b ike run nin g go od ," McC oy sa id. "I a ctua lly a lmost c ra s he d down th er e in thre e a nd fou r. The front end tu c ked in th a t d ry s pot, an d I abo ut we nt d o wn . I wa s trying to catch ba c k up , but the motor s tarted to slow down, luckily it sta yed to gether so we could finis h." Mor gan the n took over, with Ha y den rig ht beh ind him . "The 8 83 was runn ing real good . a nd Pa t a lways ha s rea l good s tuff," s aid Mor gan . "We we re hoping to win , a t lea st a t op -th re e . Th e se g uys , Willie , Roger Lee an d a ll of them ar e so tough. We kn ew that onc e we got up front we could run with th em." Hayden s lip pe d badl y o n th e la st lap and finish ed a distant seco nd . "I just put m y head down tr ying to catch Paul ," sa id Ha yd en . "I was re e ling him in. I couldn' t draft by him so the last lap I tried to make a m o ve going into the last corner. I was really ho pi ng to p u ll off a win toda y , bu t that's the way it goes . The la st co up le of races I haven 't do ne too g ood . I just wanted to make up for it to day ." After McCo y faded , the re was a five -rider war over third . Whe els Thru T im e /D al e ' s H- D/ T h e Wr en chba cked J a me s Ha rt c a m e out on top of Nait Wait , Sco tt Stu m p , J ason Tyer a nd Ga ry Roger s . In the S u perTr a pp S upe rTra ckers final , defe nd ing series champion Joe Kopp p ut his Cor b in Ra cing /Dave Bu rks Moto rsports / H-D of Mis souri Suzuki entry at t he po int right from the start. Just as Team Powe ll's J .R. S chnabe l gave up second to Kopp' s tea mmate Ke n ny Coo lbeth , th e red fla g wa s out . Ja son Tyer was down in tu rn three. T ye r wa s uni nju red . b ut unable to re pai r h is Suzu k i for the restart . Jerry Vande rkooi a nd Mike Ha c ke r wer e also bla c k- flagged for oil as the red was com ing out. Th e re sta rt wa s a re peat for Kopp, a nd he pulle d to a n easy win. "I didn 't think it was going to be th at easy ," Kopp sa id. "I knew Kenny was going good on his Suzuki. Schn a bel a nd Hac ke r we re fast. Ha cke r was de finite ly goi ng to be the re , bu t he ha d the heat race problems. That was too bad , bec aus e we' ve had a he c k of a battle thi s year. We' ve got two m ore rac e s. I'm sure we'll ha ve a he c k of a battle aga in , even if I do be at him in the points. I don 'wa nt him to bea t me th e last two races, even if I'm in the po ints lea d. I just want to be a t him , just like he wants to beat m e ." C o o lb e t h se ttled into seco nd befo re a roc k cut s hort his ra ce . "A rock hit m y face shield , to re it off and hit m y nose ," Coo lbeth said. "I ha d to pull off." Hacker di dn 't m a k e it back int o th e line up e ithe r. " We seize d it earlier, bu t they patched it back up ," Ha c ke r said . "I wa s rea lly c o m ing whe n one of t he pus h ro ds blew up. T h e y b lack fla g g e d me , a nd I u nd ersta nd th a t. Ride r safety s ho u ld be the first c oncern." S chn ab el to ok o ve r se co nd , a nd F&S H·D/ Sh o ei /MS R· b a cke d Willie McC o y m ad e it a Su zu ki s we e p . Mc C o y w as rid in g hi s th ird main e vent on a very hot da y. "I'm not tired, " McC oy sa id. "I fee l fine . T he t ra c k was n ' t th e n o rmal Sp rin gf ie ld . Th e we a th er was pretty cu e I e n HARLEY ·DAVIDSON SPORT5n:R PERFORMANCE SERIES POINTS StANDINGS (after 6 01 7 rounds): I. Willie McCoy (99 / 3 wins); 2. Sco tt Stum p (93); 3 . James Ha rt. (78 ); 4 . Bria n Thoma s (74/1) : 5 . Paul Morgan III (65/ 2); 6. Michelle Disalvo (64 ); 7. Ja son Tye r (63 ); 8. Gary Rog ers (57); 9 . Joh n Faulk ner III ( 56 ); 10. Roger Lee Hayden (54) ; 11. Br ian K romroy (42); 12. Chris Halt (34 ); 13. (TIE) Brent Annbruster ( 29) / N at e Wait ( 29) / AI Ea d ie ( 2 9 ) ; 16 . T om M cGra ne Jr. ( 28 ) ; 17 . T im Lorge ( 2 1) ; 18 . A .J. Eslick ( 17); 19. Je ss Roeder ( 16 ); 20. ~ rk With am ( 13). SUPERTRAPP SUPERTRACKER SERIES NA TIO NAL ( 12 laps ; 17 rid ers) : I. J oe Kopp (Suz); 2. J .R. Sch na bel (Suz) ; 3. Willie McCoy (Suz) ; 4 . Ro bert Miller ( H · D ) ; 5 . Brian Th om a s ( H- D ) ; 6 . Mi che lle Disa lvo (H· D ): 7. Paul Bergstro m (Due) ; 8. J oe Du vall (Suz); 9 . Bob Bu ffin gton (Su z); 10 . Roy Miller (Suz); 11. Ken Coo lbet h Jr . (Suz) ; 12. Brian Kr om ro y (S ue ) ; 13 . Ja mes Hart ( H· D ) ; 14 . M ik e Ha c k e r ( S ue) ; 15 . J a son T y er ( S uz ); 16 . J er ry Vanderkooi (Suz); 17. Kyl e Long (H-D). Time: No time du e to red flag . SUPERTRAPP SUPER TRACKER SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (aft er 4 of 6 round s) : 1. Joe Kopp (84 pls/2 wins); 2. Mike Hacker (7 0/ 2) ; 3. J .R. Schnabel (64) ; 4 . Will ie McCoy (5 6) ; 5. Bria n Kromro y (40) ; 6. Brian Thomas (38); 7 . Michelle Disalvo (33) ; 8. (TIE) ln Roy M iller (32 ) /Paul Mo rg e III (32) : 10 . Ja son Sente ll (30) ; 11. George Rich tm eyer (27) : 12. Bob Buffingt on (2 5 ) ; 13 . Gary Rogers (2 4) ; 14 . Jerry Va nderkooi (23); 15 . Kenn y Cool b et h (2 2): 16 . Robelt M ilJer (2 1); 17. Jason Ty er ( 16); 18 . Kyl e Long (14 ): 19. Paul Bergstrom (1 2) : 20 . Joe Duva ll ( II ). e vv s S EPTEM BER 1 3. 2000 35

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