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eSUPERCROSS e AMA Camel Supercross Series: Round1 5 For the second yea r in a ro w, Doug Dubach (ri ght) ma de the San J ose. rostru m. Mik e Kiedrow ski (3), Brook s (30) and Bradshaw battled early in th e 250cc main. do with him cras hi ng. I'v e a lready seen videos a nd it shows no contact." Bayle quickl y go t back o n h is bik e in midpack bu t co u ld n 't mount a comebac k. Bradshaw, who saw Bayle o n the side o f th e tra ck ge tt ing back on hi s feet , said, '" wasn 't too co nce rn ed that he (Bayle) was a hea d of me. As lon g as he wasn 't leading, he co uldn ' t pull awa y. Wh en I saw h im d own , , th ought, 'Alrig h t, o ne less person to pass.' " It was Ma tias evich who emerge d from th e fiasco in fron t with Stanton close behind. Bradsh aw was now in third, ahead of Kiedrowski , Dubach and Cooper. Ma tiasevich rod e wh at was perhaps hi s best race of th e seaso n by keeping Stanton behind him for th e next four laps, until Sta nton sla m med Matiasevich in a left-ha nd turn , send ing the Kawasa ki rid er almost into th e hay bal es. " He (Sta nton) dorked me pr etty good," said Matiasevich . " Peo ple were dorking me all ni ght lon g." " Everyo ne was rid ing aggressively, so , had to do the sa me," sai d Sta n to n. "T he co u rse was tight ~ n d one- lined, didn' t hi t him on purpose, if , had - , cou ld' ve pu t hi m in th e ba les." The sla m kn ocked the wind o u t of Matias ev ich' s sai ls whic h allowe d Brad sh aw into seco nd . A few .yards later , Brad sh aw shot past Stanton for th e lead . and Mati asevich continued to drop back after tea m ma te Kiedrow ski a nd Dubach slip ped by. Bradsh aw led a t the ha lfway poin t, a head o f Sta n to n, Kiedrowski , Dubac h, Matiasevich , Cooper and Mike Cra ig. From th at point on, it was a ll Bradsha w, as he stretched out hi s lead over Sta nton to nearl y eight seconds a nd coasted over the finish line jump with his second co nsecutive victory. Kiedrowski, wh o loo ked to have third place in th e bag , crashed with two la ps to go . '" cl ipped the stair-step jump with my rear tir e a nd rod e the front wh eel for a While before going over th e ba rs," said Kiedrow sk i. '" hit the back o f my thi gh on some thi ng a nd it really hurt. I cou ldn' t bend m y leg enough to ge t it o n th e kickstarter, That's why it too k me so lo ng to get going again." T he cras h kn ocked Kied ro wski bac k to 14th. Wh i) p th p r~ i l fi()n fb p'<;' w aved fo r Kied ro wski, Matiasevich had to singlej um p the stai r-step a nd cu t sharply to the left to avo id hi s downed teammate. In doin g so, he moved in front of Craig, who deci ded to double jump th e stairstep. T he two Ka wasaki riders coll ided in midair a nd both rid ers cras hed hard, lea vin g bo th lying on the grou nd in pai n. " I do n ' t kn ow what Crai g wa s think ing," said Matiasevich. '" saw the yellow flags and mov ed over to get arou nd Kiedrowski." Neith er rider -Ii n ished th e ra ce. Matiasevich hi t hi s head ha rd a nd hurt his stomach, but was o the rw ise okay , wh ile Craig was tak en to the hospital with a broken nose a nd o ther facial inj uries. With the three Kawasaki riders do wn , Dubach inh erited thi rd and Cooper, who had als o crashe d a few laps earl ier, found himself in fo urth. T ic he no r, wh o s ta rte d th e m ain around 12th, ended up fifth . Rou nd ing o u t th e top 10 were Suz uki teammates Swink a nd Stephen son, Brooks, Ba yle and Pa lmer. " I mad e so me mistakes out th ere, o ne of wh ich scared the shit o ut of me, but basica lly everything went o kay ," . sai d Brad sha w. " Luckily, things are go ing m y way. And , o f course, , have to th ank my mech a nic Brian Lu n n iss, tea m manager Keith McCarty, Bob Oliver and J on Rosen stiel for th eir help; without th eir support, ' wo uld n 't be wh ere' a m now. " '" just co u ldn' t get goi ng ton igh t." sai d Stan to n . " Especia l ly in one sectio n (of the tra ck ). By th e tim e , figured it out, it was too la te to do anythi ng." Du bach, who finish ed third, said , '" started o ut ab ou t 10th, but ' passed a bu nch o f riders pr ett y ea rly. My goal for th is race was to make th e rostrum . I knew , needed a g rea t ride and to ha ve some th ings go m y way. I'm pretty happy." 125cc main There was no do ub t in a nyo ne 's mind after th e 15-lap l 25cc featu re wh o was the fastest rider. McG rath proved tha t to everyo ne by scori ng a spectacular co me-fro m-beh ind win. After getti ng b um ped o n the starting line a nd rou ndi ng the first turn nearly dead last, McGra th worked h is way up through th e fi e ld o n hi s Sk i p py Norfolk-tu ne d H onda CR 125. It took the Team Peak rider 10 laps to cat ch up to a nd th en pass North Co unty Yama ha 's Vohland for second, a nd just one more lap to whee lie by teamma te Ant unez, wh o had led from la p five after passin g th e early lead er, Kawa saki 's Ryan Hughes. In all, th er e wer e five differ ent leaders in the race, begi nning with NCY Racing's Dana Wiggins wh o led the pack go ing into th e fir st turn by a full bi ke length . However , he would event ua lly drop back a nd fini sh I Ith . Next, it was Suzuki su p po rt ride r Damon Huffman, wh o had passed Wiggi ns a few tu rn s into the race. Huffma n 's lead didn' t last for lo ng, eit her, as he crashed less than a la p la ter over a doub le jum p while runn ing a ll by himself. T his ha nded th e lead to Hughes , who ma naged to sta y ou t in front for five laps befor e he washed o u t in a turn and cra shed, as well. Hugh es' tumbl e gav e Antunez th e top spo t until win ner McGrath took over for good four la ps from th e end. Despi te o nly needing to finish 12th to cl inc h th e Regional Championship, McGrath said , '" race to win, th at's wh at 's im porta n t, because cham pionsh ips come with winning. I cou ld see ,hn ,p P"lIV <;. (rhp I p ~rl p T';;; ) rlhprln of me and I was alittle wo rried about Bud dy, because he had a good pace goi ng. I just wasn't going to give up." '" thought' had it (the win )," sa id r unn er- up Antu nez . '" had some prob le ms with la p p e rs a nd he (McG ra th) rea ll y gai ned o n me there. H e had a dr ive going, while' was ou t th ere in front. But' had fun ." ~ Resu lts 250 HEAT I: I. Damo n Brad sha w (Yam) ; 2. Sha un Kales (Ya m); 3. Jeff Sta nton (Ho n) ; 4. Doug Dubach (Ya m ); 5. Larry Wa rd (5 U1): 6. Mike Ch a mberlain (Ya m ): 7. Larry Brook s (Yam ); 8. Sh ayne Kin g (Yam); 9. Grayson Goodman (Suz): 10. Ra y Som ma (Kaw): I I. Chr is Young (Suz); 12. J on Nicol us (Ho n): 13. T od d Nelson (Ya m ); 14. Lo well Mou ra l (Ho n); 15. Tim No bles (SUl ); 16. Mik e Dosh a u gh nessy (Hon); 17. Kip San de ll (Yam ); 18. R ich Tay lor (SUl); 19. Sco u McElro y (S Ul); 20. Bra ndo n Reyes (Kaw]. T'i me: 7 m inu tes. 9.02 seco nds 250 HEAT 2: I. j ea n-Mich el Ra yle (Hon ); 2. ~l i ke Kiedrow ski ( Ka w) : 3. Brian Sw ink (S Ul ); 4. Ron Tichenor (Suz); 5. Guy Cooper (Suz); 6. Michael Craig (Ka w ): 7. Jeff Mariasevich (Ka w): 8. Cli£! Palmer (S Ul ); 9. Mi ke Fi sher (KT M); 10. Gene Na u mec (Kaw): 11. Den n y Stephenson (SUl); 12. Keith J ohnson (KT M); 13. Dani el j annene (SUl ); H . Da g Bo yesen { Ka w): 15. Roo ney Smi th (S uz): 16. Ma rc Peters (Ho n); 17. Terry H amness (Kaw); 18. J ohn T ho mas (Kaw) : 19. Kevin Wise (Ya m); 20. JeH G lass (Ho n) . T'ime: 7 ;0~ . 84 250 SE MI I: I. Broo ks; 2. Cha mbe rla in; 3. KinK; 1, Tay lo r; 5. Young; 6. McElro y; 7. Nico lus; 8. Mouml: 9. Nel son; 10. 5001 010; II . Goodman; 12. Nobl es; 13. L Wa rd ; 14. Doshau ghnessy: IS. Sa ndel l; 16. Reyes. Time: 5:30.53 250 SE M I 2: t. Co oper ; 2. Matias ev ich : 3. Steph enson : 4. Craig; 5. Fisher; 6. J ohn son; 7. Bo yesen; 8. j an neu e: 9. Pa lm er; 10. Smith; 11. Peters; 12. H am ness: 13. Thomas; 14. Wise; 15. Naumec ; 16. G lass. Time: 5:20. 16. 250 LCQ: I. Pa lm er; 2. Johnson ; 3. Goodman; 1. L Ward; 5. R. Sm it h: 6. Sommo; 7. Nelson ; 8. Boyesen : 9. j ann ene: to. G lass; II. Sa ndel l; 12. Peters: 13, N1COl us; 14. Moural ; IS. Hamness: 16. Nobles: 17. Tho ma s: 18. Wise; 19. Doshaughnessy: 20. McElr oy; 21. Reyes. Time: 5:29.52 250 MAI,N: 1. Da mon Brad shaw (Yam); 2. JeU Sramon (Hen ): 3. Do ug Du bach (Ya m); 4. Gu y Coo pe r (S Ul ): 5. Ron T iche no r (S Ul ); 6. Brian Swink (Suz ); 7. Denn y Step he nso n (S UI ); 8. Larry Brooks (Yam); 9. Jean -Michel Bayle (Ho n); 10. C liU Palmer (SUl); II. Mike Fisher (KT M ); 12. Mike Cham berlain (Yam) ; 13. Keith Joh nso n (KT M): 14. Mike Kied rowsk i (Ka w): 15. Sha u n Kala s (Ya m) ;. 16. Shay ne K i n ~ (Ya m) ; 17. Chri s Yo ung (H e n ): I ~ . j eff Ma tiasevirh ( K.

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