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A MA H o t S hoe N a t io n al S e ri e s Fi n a l R o u n d : .Jopun 6 6 S p e e d w a y Ge o Ro eder II (c e nt e r) w ra pped up the AMA 750cc Hot Shoe titl e d uring t he final round in Joplin , M issouri. hit the fi rst turn togeth er. A t th e end of lap one, Roed er was in comma nd . He and Murphree put so me d ista nce on a sma ll war ov er th ird. J ess Roed er bl a st ed in t o t hi r d p la c e , w i t h Varn es , J ohn N i ck en s III a nd Co r y Roth ti gh tl y bunch ed beh ind him . At th e start of th e sixth lap in th e 12lap race, Roth fell in turn two. Th e race w as red -flagged a n d restart ed w it h seven laps remainin g. Geo Roeder and Murphree were j oined in th eir battle by Varnes, and the trio pulled clea r of the pack . Mu rph ree pu lled off on lap nine with a flat tire. Varn es cl osed rap idly on Roeder, but cam e up just sho rt . Nick ens edged J ess Roeder for th ird. Mathem ati c all y , Roede r co uld have d ethr on e d t h e d efending 600cc S T O RY BY D A VE H OE NIG P HOT OS BY F LAT T RA K F OT OS JOPLIN, MO, AUG. 25 he 2000 edition of th e AMA's Hot ' ~ Shoe N ati on al Series wou nd to a clos e in so uth west Mi sso u r i. Cy c le Connection and the J oplin 66 Speed way hosted the final event on the high b ank ed ha lf - m il e. T h e Fr ida y -ni ght eve nt dre w ove r 6 0 entries. with five cl ass cham pions hips bei ng decided. K K S u p p ly / Sc haeffe r 's H a r l e y D av id so n/ L as Veg as Harl ey -D av id son 's Geo Ro ed er II h ad prev iou sly wr apped up the 7 50cc Expert cla ss, b u t th at d id n ot slo w th e ve teran down any . In th e 750cc ma in , J ohnny Murphree, Roed er and K ev in Varn es n- Ex p ert se ries cha m p io n , J oe Ko p p , but wo u ld sk ip th e last ro und . N ew York 's Shawn Clark won the 600cc main on hi s It hic a M ot o r c y cl e W o r k s/C a yu g a T oo l [, D ie -b ac k ed Rot a x . A w i ld, thr ee-r i d e r b a ttl e lAbove) The t r a c k was conducive to three-wide racing. (Le ft) Jason Spearin won the 600c c Pro-Sport main. (Ri g ht ) Kyle Long (c e nt e r ) won the 883 main event. 44 SEPTEMBER 20 , 2 0 0 0 ' Ie U Ie I e n e vv s dec ided the rest of th e pod ium . Dan Stan ley , Chri s Hart and Brett Landes rep eat edly swapped positions before Stan ley and Landes slipped awa y. On the last lap , Landes ma de one last cha rge and to ok sec ond , co m ing out of the fourth tu rn . Hart and Sam Lowe filled o ut the top five. The 883 ch amp i onship wen t t o Ca lifornia 's Michel le Disalvo , even thoug h she a ls o o p te d t o c o nc en t rat e on t h e ne xt da y 's Nati ona l in Seda lia . In th e mai n ev ent, heat w in n e r He nry W il e s got th e h ol esh ot o v e r Ky l e Lo ng a nd T r a pp e r M cD aniel. A t the end of the first la p , T o m M cGr an e was in seco nd behind W iles . On e l ap la te r, Lon g bl as te d into t he lea d, but Ma rk With am slid down in tu rn fo u r and the ra ce was st o pped. W ith am w as ab le to mak e the c o m p let e rest art. Sc ott Sch erb g ot the best of st art nu mber tw o , and he led th e first lap , over McDaniel , Lo ng and Wil es. By lap tw o , India napol is Southside H-D / High Hopes Ra c in g 's Long h ad the lea d and w as o n hi s way t o hi s firs t Hot Shoe N ati on al wi n . Mc Gra ne cl osed late , but ca me up ju st s h o r t. McDan iel fini shed a solid third .