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begin lap two. Hal e was second, and the two had al rea dy b egun to pull away fro m the res t of th e field . Thi rd- placed Crevie r was alre ady 25 bik e lengths behind the lead d uo, and had Pegram, Jamie Bowman and Wilson in tow. DuHam el and Hal e continued to pull away, with H ale making a bid for th e lea d und er the bridge o n lap four. DuHam el s truck back quickl y, though, an d moved back int o the lead before the lap was com plete. "It's rare that I feel better on my 600 than the Su perbike , but th at w as d efinitely the case tod ay," said DuHamel. "During the firs t part of the race I was riding very tense. I wasn' t quite comfortable, and I knew th a t w hen Hale smells blood, he attacks." Mea nwhile, the battle for third raged on, and Crevier, Pegra m and Wilson traded positions rep eatedly. Pegram put his dirt track ex perience to good use, time, it was Wilson w ho emerged the dominant force in the battl e for thi rd . "I was faster in the infield sections of the track," said Wilso n. "Turns five, six, and seven were good for me. The tighter sections were where I was faster. It was a clean race. There was a lot of passin g, but not a lot of contact." . Like Wilson , DuHamel br oke free of his pursu er in the final laps and en joyed a slight lead over Hale at the finish line. "With a few la ps to go I went into tum one rea l d eep and mis sed m y las t downshift," said Ha le . "Then I was stuck doing the MX clu tch technique out of the comer. Then I put my head d own and d ip p ed into the 20s, but that one mistake killed my shot at the win." Wilson came home three seconds after Hale, and Pegram and Crevier followed shortly thereafter. Erion Racing 's Michael Barnes, M iyagi, Bowman, Kawasaki's Pasca l Picotte and Hyd- (Above) Rich Oliver had It all his way aga in at Road America in the 250cc GP class. (Left) Randy Renfrow (96) leads Roland Sands (10) and Nick lenatsch (hidden ) battle over third place in the 250cc Grand Prix final. sliding past his rivals in the high-speed fifth tum. '1 go t a bad start and had to waste a lot of time trying to get around Crevier and Wils on;" said th e ever-con fid en t Pegram. "By the time I got in the clear and started to reel in Hale, the red flag came out." T h e red flag brought th e ra ce to a premature halt on lap six, whe n former 750cc Supersport Champio n Britt Turkington and Mik e Murphy tangled a nd cras hed in b et w ee n turns 10 and 11 whil e dicing for seventh. N either rider was seri ously injured, but neither was able to make the restart. During the break, most rid ers op ted to fi t their bikes with new r ea r tir es, while so me opted for a new fron t tire as well. "The break changed th e race stra tegy," said Wilson . "The new tires were a welc ome change. I needed them pretty bad, and I used the new ones up pretty good, also." . DuHamel p icked up where he let off on the res tart, and led the way wi th six . laps to go. Hale wa s close behind, and once again, the two Sm okin ' Joe's riders pulled away from the rest. Pegram held down third initially, but had his hands fu ll with Crevier and Wil son. As th ey had in the first leg, the three r iders swap ped positions repeatedly. But this Mech Saws rider Owen Weichel rounded out the top 10. In his second Na tional road race, two-time World MX Cham pion Donny Schmit finished 13th aboard a Hi Per Sports Honda CBR600. I~ Nothin~s Road America Elkhart Lakes, Wisconsin Results: June 11, 1995 sho(king 600cc SUPER$PORT FINAL: 1. M igu el DuHamel (HoN ; 2. Mike Hale (Hen): 3. Th om as Wilso n (Kaw): 4. Larry Pegram (Hen): 5. Steve Crevier (Kaw); 6. Michael Bares (Ho n): 7. Hikaru Miyagi (Hen): 8. Jam ie Bowman (Hen): 9. Pascal Picotte (Kaw); 10. Owen Weichel (Kaw): 11. Ge rald Rothman Jr. (Hon); 12. Da le Keiffe r (Hen): 13. Donny Schmit (H on) : 14. Russe ll Kat zenberger (Ka w), 15. Brian Pa rriott (H on ): 16 . And rew Milton (He n): 11. Glenn Cu rtiss IKaw): 18. Eric Bienias (Hon ); 19. Ray Litton U

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