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ing up. He shot around Yates with just a few laps to go and set out after Hayden. He started the final lap over a second behind, and he managed to cross the line right on Hayden's tail. He'd hoped to have a' shot at him in turn 11, but he made a mistake in turn 10 that didn't allow it to happen. "It went pretty well," DuHamel said. 'Tve got to practice my starts, because both times I got some pretty bad starts. I'm happy with what 1 did, considering .how we did at Phoenix and Willow Springs. So on one hand I'm thinking I'm gonna gO,out there and win because [ felt good and the bike was going well, but then 1 was like, 'Remember the Alamo.' And I've just been there. I'm happy, I'm really happy. On the last lap 1 gave it a shot. [figured 1 had clear sailing because I'd distanced myself from Aaron (Yates). Nicky seemed to be riding good, and smooth, but 1 wanted to maintain a good pace, and ] seemed to be able to close up quite a bit on him real quick on the last lap. Then, coming down through tha t left-hander before where Hacking had crashed, ] hit a neutral. ]t wasn't a sure thing, but 1 would have been a lot closer for that last corner and maybe] would have had a look and tried to make him a bit nervous. But, unfortunately, it didn't happen. When] got the neutral there, 1 just decided to settle for second and get the points. "That's racing," DuHamel added. "That's one thing I'm always afraid of when] get second: ] don't want to belittle the accomplishment of the guy who won the race. He won the race. When the checKered flag fell, he was the first guy across it, and my hat's off to him. He did a great race and he stayed out of trouble and did what he had to to win it. For sure, if you go into ;if this and maybe that: maybe in another lap] would have fell - who knows? ] felt really comfortable. I'm just happy we had a great race and Honda finished 1-2." Yates was left to finish third, "two seconds behind Hayden but some three seconds ahead of the Roberts-CrevierTommy Hayden duel. "The first part went pretty good, then we got the red flag," Yates said. "] heard that Nicky (Hayden) was on his way up there. On the restart, it kind of went the same as the first one. Tommy (Hayden) got the holes hot and 1 got by him, 1 guess a turn earlier. ] tried to really go fast, and [ think] tried too hard. 1 really wasn't going as fast as ] was earlier. [ needed to relax, but] knew there were only eight laps, and] just tried to go balls to the wall all the time. It was messing me up. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with my tires, but they got to muving around too much. These . guys came by, and they were on rails and going good.] couldn't run with 'em, so... "The tire started going off after seven, eight laps," Yates added. "I expected it to hang in there a lot better than that, but maybe we didn't get the setup right and it was using the tires too much. These guys rode a hell of a race. Miguel was on the gas, and] was kinda surprised to see him up there. He rode good." To which DuHamel replied, "Thanks - Ibuprofen," giving full credit to the medicap.on that helps take some of the edge off the pain in his leg. CIII Sears Point Raceway Sonoma, california Results: April 25, 1999 600cc Sl!PERSPO.RT F1NAL: 1. Nicky Hayden (Hon); 2. Miguel DuHamel (Hon); 3. Aaron Yates (Kaw); 4. Kurtis Roberts (Hon); 5.,Steve Crevier (Suz); 6. Tommy Hayden (Yam); 7. Jason Pridmore (Suz); 8. Brian Parriott (Hon); 9. Tom Kipp (Suz); 10. Joshua Hayes (Suz); 11. Rich Oliver (Yam); 12. Steve Rapp (Suz); 13. Eric Bostrom (Hon); 14. Takahito Man (Yam); 15. Jak~ Zemke (Suz); 16. Joseph Gill (Kaw); 17. Paul Harrell (Yam); 18. Sean Kowalski (Hon); 19. Thomas Montano (Yam); 20. Mark Foster (}(aw); 21. Jeff Sneyd (Han); 22. Stoney Landers (Kaw); 23. Calvin Rayborn Ul (Suz); 24. Jeff Williams (Kaw); 25. Rich Thorwaldson (Han); 26. David Wasson (Suz); 27. Tim DRIes (Suz); 28. Peter Moran (Suz); 29. Kurt Marmor (Kaw); 30. Edward Milhausen (Han); 31. Mark Peters (Han); 32. Gary Hatfield (Hon); 33. Mark Simon (Han); 34. Kevin Crowther (Yam); 35. Anthony Doran Oion); 36. Owen Weichel (Hon); 37. Kevin Lacombe .(Hon)~ 38. Stuart Stratton (Suz); 39. David Ortega (Suz); 40. Francisco Ramirez (Suz); 41. Randy Groves (5uz); 42. Jamie Hacking (Yam); 43. Blake Lawson (Hon).. Time:n/a, due to red flag Distance: 15 laps, 37.8 miles Average Speed: o/a, due to red flag Margin of Victory: .503 sec. AMA 600" SUPERSPORT SERIES C'SHlP POINT STANDINGS (After 4 of 13 rounds): 1. Nicky Hayden (128/2); 2. Aaron Yates (111); 3. Tommy Hayden (110/1); 4. Kurtis Roberts (l01); 5. Miguel DuHamel (94/1); 6. (TIE) Jamie Hacking/Rich Oliver (93); 8. Josh Hayes (92); 9. Steve Crevier (84); 10. Tom Kjpp (76); II. Jason Pridmore (65); 12. Brian Parriott (61); 13. Steve Rapp (60); 14. Paul Harrell (S7); 15. Jake Zemke (54); 16. Sean Kowalski (46); 17. Todd Harrington (43); 18. Richard Alexander Jr. (41); 19. Takahito Mori (37); 20. Eric Bostrom (35). Upcoming Rounds Round 5 - Monterey, Califomia, May 2 Round 6 - Braselton, Georgia, June 6 AMAILockhart Phillips USA 750Cc Supersport Series, Round 4: Sears Point Raceway Kipp holds up " By Mark Hoyer Photo by Henny Ray Abrams SONOMA, CA, APR. 24 f there's one thing in the Lockhart Phillips USA 750cc Supersport class that you can count on, it's Tom Kipp. Throw at him what you will, the Ohioan stands up to the pressure, and for the third time in a row, the Chaparral Suzuki rider has not only taken the win, but led the most laps on his way to the flag. The race at Sears Point shaped up a lot like the other Kipp victories have this season, with the Ohioan muscling his way to the lead early and holding off the spirited challenges of his rivals. His closest this time was Yamaha's Tommy Hayden on the Yamaha R6. Hayden had gotten the jump off the start, but it took just, seven turns for J

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