who hammers it into the comers (and it)
caught up to him."
Batey made it off the tra ck upright
but had to throw the bike down to avoid
a fence he was rapidly approaching.
"I hit so me ripples in tum five and
lost the front end," Batey said. "When I
lost the front end, I got my knee under
the bike and lifted it back up, but I was
already off-line. By that time it was too
late and I had to ride off the track. On ce
I was in the grass, I sa w the fen ce and
put the bike down to -avoid th e collision.
After I saw that ther e was too much dirt
in the ra m-ai r, I decided to hang it up
rat her than risk blowing the motor from
th e d ir t tha t co u ld ge t s u cke d in th e
scoops."
After Batey wen t d own, Sad o w s ki
wasted no time working on build ing his
lead . "I just looked at my awesome wife
an d s he tol d me how fast I need ed to
go," Sadowski sa id. "My wife a nd I
have worked toget her for yea rs , a nd I
ne ver need to loo k ba ck because sh e
alwa ys tell s m e wher e I am a nd how
fast I need to go."
As Sadowski chec ked out, the excitement shifted to the battl e between Team
Labelle's Fraser and Dut chman Racing's
Kling . As both carv ed aro und the tra ck,
Fraser had the ed ge and Kling sought to
exploit an y weakness he co uld find in
Frase r's rid ing. As th e race progressed ,
Kling kept getti ng close r and closer until
bo th rid er s were side by side entering
tum five. Neit her rider appeared willing
to bow down to the o ther, an d they
appea red to be o n a collision co urse.
Frase r d ived in for the tig h t lin e and
Kling took a wid er entrance. Just as eac h
rid er crossed his respective apex, they
ru bbed agains t each o ther and Kling
went off the track when his fron t tire
clipped Fraser's rea r w heel.
"I was right on his butt," Kling said.
"Frase r decided he wanted to take it and
came acro s s m e a nd tagged m y f r ont
wheel. I got back on b Robbins (1:52.227); 25. John Dinin ny (1:54.477).
RACE I : 1. D.tvid s..Juw!'oki (MuD ; 2. Ja.;on Fraser
(Hon); 3. Grant Lopez (Sud; 4. Fritz Kling (Yam); S. Eric
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