AMA: Du Quoin Mile Rained Out; Kopp, McCoy Crowned
17 October 2000
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- AMA Pro Racing has announced the Du Quoin Mile round of the AMA Progressive Insurance U.S. Flat Track Championships has been canceled due to rain. The final race of the 2000 season had been rescheduled to run today after rain halted action over the weekend. Weather and track conditions, however, remained unfavorable, and the race was canceled early this afternoon. The decision to call the race was made jointly between race promoter Illinois Motorcycle Dealers Association (IMDA) and AMA Pro Racing. Champions in the three premier racing classes were crowned based on the points going into Du Quoin: Grand National: Joe Kopp, Mica, Wash., 214 pts. SuperTrapp SuperTracker: Joe Kopp, Mica, Wash., 103 pts. Harley-Davidson Sportster Performance: Willie McCoy, Richardson, Texas, 99 pts. An awards presentation will be held at 2:00 CDT today in Du Quoin. FINAL 2000 AMA PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE U.S. FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS POS PTS NUM RIDER, HOMETOWN WINS 1 214 43 JOE J KOPP, MICA, WA 1 2 199 21 WILLIAM DAVIS, GOLDSBORO, NC 4 3 187 1 CHRIS CARR, FLEETWOOD, PA 3 4 185 80 RICH KING, DYSART, IA 1 5 146 67 MIKE HACKER, PRINCE GEORGE, VA 1 6 145 11 BRYAN BIGELOW, AU GRES, MI 7 140 31 KEN COOLBETH JR, WARREN, CT 8 111 18 TERRY POOVEY, EULESS, TX 1 9 104 9 JAY SPRINGSTEEN, LAPEER, MI 1 10 97 69 NICKY HAYDEN, OWENSBORO, KY 1 11 97 20 JOHNNY MURPHREE, FORSYTH, IL 12 94 10 DAN STANLEY, BELLINGHAM, WA 13 87 66 GEORGE A ROEDER II, MONROEVILLE, OH 14 83 89 KEVIN VARNES, NEW HOLLAND, PA 15 76 59 WILLIE MCCOY, RICHARDSON, TX 16 73 33 GLEN JR SCHNABEL, WEST BEND, WI 17 56 19 PAUL LYNCH, BEL AIR, MD 18 53 2 SCOTT PARKER, SWARTZ CREEK, MI 1 19 37 24 MICHAEL VARNES, READING, PA 20 33 15 CHRIS EVANS, CANADA, ON FINAL 2000 AMA HARLEY-DAVIDSON PERFORMANCE SERIES POINT STANDINGS POS PTS NO RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN WINS 1 99 1 WILLIE MCCOY, RICHARDSON, TX 3 2 93 77 SCOTT E STUMP, LEVITTOWN, PA 3 78 81 JAMES D HART, SANDOVAL, IL 4 74 82 BRIAN THOMAS, BELLEVILLE, IL 1 5 65 83 PAUL R MORGAN III, CENTRALIA, IL 2 6 64 97 MICHELLE DISALVO, WATERFORD, CA 7 63 12N JASON M TYER, IRVING, TX 8 57 53 GARY ROGERS, SAN JOSE, CA 9 56 52 JOHN FAULKNER III, MARION, IL 10 54 95C ROGER LEE HAYDEN, OWENSBORO, KY FINAL 2000 AMA SUPERTRAPP SUPERTRACKER SERIES POINT STANDINGS POS PTS NO RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN WINS 1 103 43 JOE J KOPP, MICA, WA 2 2 78 67 MIKE HACKER, PRINCE GEORGE, VA 2 3 71 59 WILLIE MCCOY, RICHARDSON, TX 4 64 33 GLEN JR SCHNABEL, WEST BEND, WI 5 54 84 BRIAN R KROMROY, MADISON, WI 6 48 82 BRIAN S THOMAS, BELLEVILLE, IL 7 45 81A ROY MILLER, NEW HOLLAND, PA 8 38 31 KEN COOLBETH JR, WARREN, CT 9 36 11B GEORGE A RICHTMEYER JR, DELANSON, NY 10 36 63 ROBERT BUFFINGTON, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI