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kind of control the race. I got up
there and got up front and kind
of made a break for it. We don't
have a quick fill, so I knew it was
a screw-cap pit and that cost
us a lot of time. That's the time
we needed to win. After I pitted
the second time, Kailub and I
hooked up. We kind of cruised
for a little bit, then he made that
mistake, and I knew when he
made the mistake it was time to
go. I gave it everything I had.
his best in the technical stuff, but
the moto track, which comprised
the last portion of the course,
tripped him up in the end.
"I got off to another terrible
start," said Steward. "We just
can't get the thing figured out
on starts, but it was a struggle
there the first little bit. Luckily
Kailub had a few mistakes, a few
crashes that first lap, and I knew
that he was right there. I wanted
to push and get to the lead and
by crashing, getting stuck and
just making dumb mistakes. I
kept catching him and honestly, I
thought I was going to run out of
time, but I made it happen. I was
going to give it a hard charge
and throw it in on him in one of
these corners, but luckily, he
doesn't have much of a moto
background and he just went
wide for me and made it easy."
Steward usually gets stronger
as the race wears on and is at
