MOTORCYCLES: Honda XRs dominate Baja 500
6 June 2000
2000 SCORE Desert Series, Round 2: Baja 500, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, June 2-4, 2000 Honda XR650R-mounted racers dominated the 32nd annual SCORE / Tecate Baja 500, unofficially sweeping the top five motorcycle positions overall, with Honda Off-Road Team members Steve Hengeveld and Jonah Street edging Johnny Campbell and Tim Staab for the second-closest finish in 500 history. For Street, it marked his second consecutive win at the event. The winning pair completed the 441.6-mile course quicker than the trucks and buggies, truly qualifying them as the overall winners. Round 3 of the SCORE series will be the first-ever running of the Baja 2000. The extended version of the legendary Baja 1000 will run from Ensenada to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on November 10-16. Baja 500 Results, Top Finishers 1. Steve Hengeveld/Jonah Street-Honda 2. Johnny Campbell/Tim Staab-Honda 3. Craig Smith/Ron Wilson/Phillip Zieger-Honda 4. Scott Meyer/Tex Mitchell-Honda 5. Roy Buelna/Junior Hale/Tato Hale/Sergio Vega-Honda Next weekend on June 9-11, Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin will be the site of round two of the Formula Xtreme series, round three of the 600 Supersport series, and rounds four and five of the Superbike series. 2000 FIM World Superbike Championship, Round 6: Hockenheim-Ring, Hockenheim, Germany, June 4, 2000 Castrol Honda rider Colin Edwards II extended his series lead to 40 points with fourth and second place finishes, respectively, in the two World Superbike races held in Hockenheim over the weekend. It all came down to the last two laps in both legs. Barely three-quarters of a second separated first place winner Troy Bayliss from fourth in the first race that saw 20 lead changes. In the second 14-lap leg, the front four were covered by slightly more than a half-second. Edwards$B!G(B teammate Aaron Slight, who had recently been awarded a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, came home fifth in both races. Round 7 moves to the Aurodromo Santamonica in Misano, Italy on June 18. Hockenheim World Superbike, Race One, Top Finishers 1. Troy Bayliss - Ducati 2. Akira Yanagawa - Kawasaki 3. Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha 4. Colin Edwards II - Honda 5. Aaron Slight - Honda Hockenheim World Superbike, Race Two, Top Finishers 1. Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha 2. Colin Edwards II - Honda 3. Pier-Francesco Chili - Suzuki 4. Troy Bayliss - Ducati 5. Aaron Slight - Honda World Superbike Championship Points Standings 1. Colin Edwards II - Honda - 202 points 2. Pier-Francesco Chili - Suzuki - 162 points 3. Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha - 137 points 4. Troy Corser - Ducati - 120 points 5. Akira Yanagawa - Kawasaki - 99 points 8. Aaron Slight - Honda - 58 points END