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sixth. I didn't want to lose those points to Steve (Crevier). I knew I couldn't draft and pass him before the finish line, so I knew I had to lead. [ was trying to keep him behind me the whole lap. I wasn't sure if Steve felt confident. I didn't know what he had. I didn't know if he was going to go for a draft-pass move or if he wanted to be in front of me. r thought I might be doing all this weaving and all this stupid stuff for no rea on. "He wanted to get in front of me in Canada Comer - the two Canadians, eh, we fought for third place, eh. He dove and just went a little wide. We were side by side and I pushed him a bit, not literally, and he went wide and I dove inside going into the [a t corner. It was tight and Steve rode a hell of a race." Chandler, meanwhile, was able to put a little gap on Yates in the closing laps, leading by .95 of a econd to start the final lap. By then, Yates had given up the chase. The difference in riding styles between the two was distinct. Chandler was immaculately smooth, Yates a bit more sloppy as he slid the GSX-R600 into and out of every corner. '1t feels good," Chandler said of his victory. "The last [a p I kinda' wasn't sure. I wanted to be safe but I felt Aaron (Yates) was too close to really back it off too much. I was thinking, 1 gotta finish, I gotta finish.' I was thinking about it (the Road Atlanta crash) for sure. II I wa to repeat that this week, I'd really have felt bad." "On the warmup lap, the front brake was feeling a little funny," Yates explained. "It wa real tight and then when it'd release, l'd get some slack in it. I thought it was sticking. I got my mechanic out there but we couldn't do anything about it, so I was pretty , ticked off there a bit at the start. But it either got hot and released or something and it didn't drag too bad. I just happened to be in the right place at the start and I went around. the outside of four or five guys in turn one. That put me right up there behind the top four and r just hung in there with 'em. "When Doug got up in front, I knew he was fixin' to check out," Yates added. "lI I want to go, I'd better go. I went after Doug.-] was there and hung with Doug for a few laps, but he got to pulling away. r started watching my gap back to Miguel and just making sure he couldn't get in the draft, then I just rode it to the end." a Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Results: June 14, 1998 (Round 7 of 14) 600 S/SFT FINAL: 1. Doug Chanciler (Kaw); 2. Aaron Vales (5uz); 3. Miguel DuHamel (Han); 4. Steve C"""",, (Suz); S. Ben Bostrom ()ion>; 6. ;cky Hayden (Suz); 7. Eric Bostrom (Hon); 8. Tommy Hayden O

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