ARENACROSS Rounds 19 &20: Milwaukee Center Arena
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(Below) Despite taking a win, series points leader Buddy
Antunez had a forgettable weekend .
By Dave Deringer
MILWAUKEE, Wl.FEB. J3ยท14
, . inally! TUF Racing /Pro Ci rcuit/Thor-backed
Den n y
Stephenson won his fi rs t two
main events of the year at rounds
19 a nd 20 of th e Pac e-promoted PJl
Na tional Are nacross Series . Stephenson
won aboard his Honda during Friday
and Sa tu rday's 250cc fi nals. A third pla ce fini sh in Saturd ay' s 125cc fin al
made for Stephenson's best eve nt of the
series .
Teamma te Jeromy Buehl w as right
up there as well. Buehl came across the
finish line in second behind Stephenso n
in both 250cc finals . "I hop e I can take'
thi s m om entum into Den v er n e xt
week," Buehl said .
A seco n d in Frid a y ' s 125cc final
capped off a go od weekend for Buehl ,
who celebrat ed his 25th birthday on Friday.
.
Points lead er Buddy Antunez had a
forge tta ble weeke nd . Alt hough he won
Friday's 125cc final, a fifth, a 10th and
an 11th help ed runner-up Chad Ped erso n catch up a litt le .in the standings.
Antunez leads Pe derson by 25 p oints
going in to the final four events.
FRIDAY
A ntunez gra bbed t he s ta r t of th e
125cc fina l on his Primal Impulse/ Bill's
Pipes-backed Suzu ki. Behind him was
FMF / P ro A cti o n's Mike Jo nes a nd
Nielsen/Lights peed's Jimmy Gaddis, in
h is firs t ride ba ck from inj ury .
Nielse n/Scott-bac ked Pederson was in
10th and Kawasaki of Carrollton's Oiff
Palme r we n t down hard in the first turn.
Palmer was hit by several riders and d id
not return to the race.
Buehl mo ved by Gaddis into third on
lap two and was gunning for the lead.
Ka w a saki of C arrollt on ' s G rayso n
Goodman also got by Gadd is (who was
su ffering fro m arm pump) several laps
later into fourth.
At th e halfway p oint of th e 16-la p
race, An tunez was still in con trol, with
Jon es in second . Buehl was all over the
Kawasak i-moun ted Jones and was look ing to move into second . One lap lat er,
Buehl moved by Jones throu gh the rocke rs a nd had h is sig h ts se t on le a der
A n tu ne z . Pede rso n was u p to fift h
b e h in d Stephe nso n, as the tw o h a d
motored by Good man two laps earlier.
