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Formula USA/Buell Lightning Series Final Round: DaytonaInternational S peedway dr afting by at t he li ne to take second , Sh a r i n g The We alth and the cham p io nship . " I wanted to get out th ere and ru n wi t h Sh a wn fo r o ne lap , " Ciccotto said . "Rich ie [Morris ] came by . I kn ew right t he n w e wer e going to have a battle. I' m happy t o do it two y ears in a row . I' m go ing t o r aise t he trophy with o ne ar m . I had a hard time gett in g into Turn O ne and th e chicane. M y sho ulder wasn ' t ho ld in g me up. I was abl e to stay with th em ." Morris ran i n t o a problem of his own on the fi nal la p ; h is seat came lo o se on the backstretch. Tha t pro vided enough of a distraction to allow Ci c cotto to take ad va ntage of it , b ut M orr is w as sti ll able to han g o n to t h ird in front of Roed er. Nex t , a t a di stanc e , c a m e N ew Cas tle H-D / Bu ell 's Br ian Bod ine, w ith By H E N N Y RAY A B RA MS DAYTONA BEACH, R., OCT 22 he dram a in thi s rac e was in the f ig ht fo r s e c o n d , th i r d , an d fo u rt h . Sh awn H igbee mad e sure o f th at. He had to , in o rder to hav e any cha nce of ta k ing th e class t itl e . The N ew Castle H -D /B uell rid er bl ast ed into t he lead, added t o it in spa des , a nd c ruised to a crushing 29 .294 -second v ic t o ry in the fi nal Wren chead .com National Road Rac e Se ri es Bu ell Li gh t n in g ra ce of t h e sea so n. St ill , it wasn 't eno ugh to earn him the c la ss cham p io nshi p . " W e had a sligh t c h an ce a t t he championship : said Higbee, a four time series w inner, aft er fin ish ing sec - T ond in the ti tle chase . "We d idn 't w in the champ ionship , bu t o vera ll the y e a r wen t wel l. I t h i n k o ne o f my st re ngths is t he start. I' m real agg ressive o n t he fi r st couple o f l ap s. I' m real co mforta bl e on t he B uell s. I can get o ut th er e and ge t d own t o business righ t away ." In orde r to wi n the titl e, Hal' s H-D E, Buell' s Mike Ci cc otto had to fin ish third o r better , if Hig bee won . Si nce Cic cotto had fin ished fi rs t or sec o nd in ev ery rac e this seaso n , th at didn 't seem lik e a tall orde r, excep t fo r one sma ll pr ob le m . Cic c otto re -broke hi s sho u l der w he n a broken o i l line c aused hi m t o be spi t off in t he chic ane during Thursd ay 's prac tice . Th e defend ing cl ass cha mpion limited h is Ma rk Rey nold s six th on the H·D/Buell of Bost on entry . eN Sh awn Higbee (19) won the Buell Li ghtnin g Series finale at Daytona, but the t itle went to M ike Clccotto 11) for Dayto na Internati onal Speedway Daytona Beach , Florida Results: October 22, 2000 a s e c o nd time . sea t t im e t o preser v e h is stre ng t h, an d it pa id off. Fr om t he s t art of th e r a c e h e ho ok e d u p w ith D a y t o n a H arl e y Da vi d so n / B ue ll ' s Richie Morris and Las Vegas H-D 's J ess Roeder. They wo u l d be t ogethe r f or the durati on . La p afte r lap th ey cro sse d th e finish line in ti g ht form at io n , M orr is usuall y in th e lead , Cic cotto mostly third, but o nly b y a bik elength o r tw o . On t he fina l lap , Ciccotto dro pped back t o fo urt h, but he was in t he rig ht plac e to make his m o ve and he d id , BUELL LIGHTN ING SERIES: 1. Shawn Higbee, 2. M ichael Ciccott o; 3. Richi e Morr is: 4. Je ss Roeder: 5. Brian Bodine; 6. Mark Reyn olds; 7. Brian Frank; 8. Da niel Bilansky; 9 . T im o thy J ohn son; 10 . Je ffery J ohnson ; 1 1. Steve Ge nter; 12. J eff Ha rding: 13 . De an Ha g e m a nn ; 14 . S c o tt Ko ro l: 15 . Ro b e rt Armstrong ; 16 . Darr en Co nrad: 17. Gregory Avella ; 18 . C ha d He al y; 19 . J aso n D 'A m ico : 20. J ason Smi th; 21. Mich ael Barn es; 22 . Chris Decelles. Time: 20 mtn .. 49 .176 sec. Average speed: 102.596 m ph. Margin of victory: 29 .294 sec. BUELL LI GHTN IN G S ER I ES C ' S H IP PO IN TS STANDIN GS ( A ft er 6 o f 6 r oun ds : 1. M ichae l Clccotto ( 130/2 Wins); 2. Shawn Hiqbee ( 123/ 4), 3. Richie Morri s (85): 4 . Jeffery Jo hnson (64 ): 5. Brian Bodine (5 2); 6 . Brian Frank (52 ); 7. Mark Reynold s ( 4 1): B. Ja son Smi t h (35) ; g . (T IE ) Ja son D 'Ami c o /Je s s Ro e der ( 26); 11 . ( T I E) Chad Hea l e y /M i chael F r i be rg ( 25); 13 . ( TI E) D ean Hagem ann /G regor y Avella (1 9) ; 15. Sc ott Korol ( 12 ). C pio ham nshipCup Series Race of Champions By H E N N Y R A Y A B RA M S DAYTONA BEACH, FL, OCT. 20-22 &VI an ny M anu suth ak is pr ob ab ly sho uld n ' t hav e eve n been at the Championshi p Cup Series Race of C ham p io ns at Da ytona In ternat iona l Speedway. On his way to t he p revi o u s week's W E RA G r an d N at io n a l F inal. th e Fl or id ia n was in volved in a t raffi c incid en t which ripped th e t ra il e r off hi s b ra nd n e w F o rd F - 15 0 d ue lie , th en turned it u p side do w n , hi s pai r of ePowerspo rt s.c om Ya rna ha s gettin g t oss ed ar oun d in th e pro c ess. B oth he an d th e Va ma h as su r viv ed. tho u g h both wer e damaged. Ma nu su thak is ro de at th e G NF w ith brok en rib s and a bla ck ey e. At Dayt on a, he wo re a bod y bra ce fo r th e st ill- b r o ke n r ibs . Th e ga s ta nks o n M a n n y Manusuthakis was the king of t h e CCS Race of Champions, w inning six races over the course of three days. cue I e b oth Vama has were bas hed i n and t he triple clamps we re bent. but t he c lam ps were easily repaired and he was read y when th e rac ing bega n o n a g loo m y Frid ay afte rnoo n at D ay ton a. By th e time th e CCS rac es were ove r la te on S und a y mo r n i n g , M anu su th a ki s, w ho 'd won sev en of t he CCS races at t he spri ng Dayton a meet. had taken six wi ns to become the most prol ific ri de r of t he weeke nd . Th e wi ns ca me in bunc hes, tw o on F r id ay , t he 30 · mi n u te E x p e rt GTU and five - lap E x p e rt H e a v y wei gh t Superbike , th en three m or e on Satur day, th e Expert M iddlew ei ght Su per bike . th e E xp ert Middlewe ight Grand Prix and t he Un lim it ed Grand Prix , and finally the E x pert Mid d le wei g h t Super sp o rt on Sund ay . He also cam e in sec on d twi ce and was o n h is way t o w inni n g a n o t he r r a c e w he n h e crashe d . Th e top Am at eur wa s Perform ance Powersports' Ed Co bb . T he Geo rg ia n started on F ri d ay w ith o ne w in, tha t co mi ng abo ard hi s Suzuk i GSX- R750 nevvs N O V EM B ER 1, 2 0 0 0 11