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Erion Racing (1) led Kawasaki Muzzy (17)
ear ly In the one-hour EBC Brakes UTC.
David Deveau. Du rin g the first 40 minutes of the h ou r-long Unlimited Team
Challen ge, d efendin g class champion
Erion Racing had led the majority of the
laps an d looked to be well on their way to
their second win in a row , while the Fastline MCM Suzuki team and Rob Muzzy's
Ka wasa ki squad ke p t th em honest.
Though Deveau had ridden his pants off,
Gra y found himself in fourth place - and
48 seconds out of the lead - when he took
to the track for the final 20 minutes of racing. "I figured that we were out of it:' said
Gray. ''1 wen t out there with the intention
of having a good time."
And what a good time it was. From the
moment he took to the track, Gray began
to chip away at the distance between himself and his rivals. With five minutes left
in th e race, he found him self only four
seconds out of the hunt. ''When I saw my
pit board that said only minus four, I really got on the stick: ' said Gray.
In those last five minutes of the race perhap s the onl y five tha t featured any
action at all - the girth y rider overtook all
three of the teams that led him and raced
the Dutchman Racing Yamaha across the
finish line with 5.013 second s to spare.
After leading the majority of the laps, the
shocked Erion Racing team of Michael
Barn es and Christian Gardner were further miffed when the Fastline MCM Suzuki of Jacques Guenette Jr. and Tommy
Lynch nipped them for second, only inches before the finish line.
Along wi th wh at was arguably their
swee test - and most unexpected - win,
Dutchman Racing also inherited the series
poin ts lead. Dutchman has 97 points, four
better than Er ion Racing and Team
Kawasaki Muzzy, who sit in a tie for second wi th 93.
"This was definitely on e of our most
exciting wins:' said Team Manager David
Schlosser, "and it almost seems fittin g th is marks th e tea m 's 40t h career race
win."
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