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the main and join Cu rry, Litt a nd
Borgman in the lineu p . Ven egas ,
Lazor and Ro b Ball a ll jocki ed for
pos ition wit h Lazor u p from at the
sta rt. Venegas took it aw ay for th e
wi n wit h Lazor a close second a nd
Ball tak in g the last tra nsfer wit h
th ird.
Curry took a q u ick lead a t the start
o f the main with Borgman close
behi nd fo llowed by Ven egas, Ball ,
La zor a nd Lin, Bor g ma n went down
during the seco nd lap a nd o nce aga in
Cu rry had smooth sai ling to take the
wi n. Ven ega s kept Cu rry in sig h t b ut
settled fo r seco nd whil e La zor pi cked
u p some spo ts fo r thi rd . Ball was
fo u rt h, L in fifth and Borgm an six th
in th e fin a l.
Curry sa id a fter winn in g he was
happ y for hi s " second straigh t win
o n the tour a nd g lad th ere were no
ru noffs " .
Su nday da wne d bleak and blustery
o u tside a nd kep t th e cro wd down to
a ro u nd 3500 for the second da y o f
rac ing. C urry was excited a bout his
prospects of winn in g ba ck -to -back
events as th e rac ing turned o u t to be
m uc h closer than Sa tu rday ni ght 's
action.
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T he first round o f hea ts sa w some
. fam ilia r faces tak ing first place.
Borgman , Curry, L in an d Sha wn
Venables of Canada a ll cla im ed wins,
with Cu rry servi ng no tice that he
wou ld be the one to co n tend with .
. Second rou nd actio n fo u nd most
riders agreei ng that th e track was
becom ing very technical since th e
su rface was going away, Bo rgman
sai d , " You need a good start o r it's
follow th e leader. My tire s ha ve cu t
throug h th e ice severa l tim es."
Cur ry agreed th at th e track left
littl e to be desi red but understood it
was ou t· of th e p romoter 's contro l.
"They did a gr eat job pa tch ing with
the thi n ice they had," he sa id.
Curry a n d Lilt pos ted secon d
ro und wins with Mortensen and
Canadian j on j en sen also scoring
heat win s. Bo th Mortensen and
j ensen outdistanced stiff co m pe tition whi le p icking up their wins.
Ro u nd three featured th e only fals e
start of both nights o f acti on in th e
first event as Venegas busted the ta pe
and was disqual ified , leaving Bo rgman to tak e th e win. H in sley won
the second even t from beh ind wh ile
Cu rry blitzed event three a nd Lilt
agai n loo ked stro ng to tak e home
event four.
Three riders agai n tra nsf ered from
the fin al Last Ch ange Qualifier a nd
Borgman wouldn ' t be denied th ewin
as he led the six-rider field from sta rt
to fini sh . Ri ck Webb from Col orado finished seco nd with Ven abl es tak i ng 'th e last tran sfer a h ea d o f
Morten sen .
With the fin al a nd th e N orth
American Ice Sp eedw ay Ch ampionship on th e line, all six riders looked
pensive as they lined up to push -start
the ir machines. Cu rry occupied th e
po le for th e main by virt ue o f h is
pe rfect score for th e nigh t a nd as the
gate drop ped he sped into the lead .
However Lin crashed hard , brin ging
o u t the red flag and a restart.
C urry o nce aga in took the hol esho t wi th Borgma n , La zo r an d
Vena bles ' in tow. Curry kep t on th e
gas a nd stre tche d o u t hs lead over
a gr eat duel between Bor gman a nd
Lazor. After Cu rr y crossed th e fin ish
line first with hi s fro n t wheel in th e
air, he th en acknowledged the cro wd
. with a victo ry lap a nd a h uge victory
celebratio n smile. Borgman held o ff
Lazor for second wi th Webb fou rt h
and Ven ables fift h.
Results
SATURDAY M AIN : 1. Roben Curry; 2. Charli e
Venegas; 3. George Lazor; 4. Rob Ball ; 5. Pat Litt :
6. Mark Borgman.
SUNDA Y M AIN : 1. Robert Curry; 2. Mark
Borgman; 3 . George Lazor; 4. Rick W ebb; 5. Shawn
Ve na bles; 6. Pat Lin.
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