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Pau l Iwanaga joine d the battle, goi ng outside of Brown, but Iwanaga slippe d high in tu rn four, droppi ng to fifth as Ande rson took ad vantag e of Iwa naga's su d d en loss of traction . Damro n a lso gaine eno ug h momentum to brush pa st d Iwa naga, ·catching and passin g Anderson early on lap four. Brown moved ou tside of Jorgensen to chase Pauley down, gaining ground in turns one and two. Brown began sear ching for a line around Pau ley , a n d with track conditions as they we re, he had many choices. Hig h or low or in the middle didn't seem to make a lot of diffe rence, as both Pauley and Jor gen sen had their hands full trying to ho ld position - Pauley with Brown, and Jorgensen with Anderson . Down the back straigh t and into turn three, Brown found the drive he needed and r an h ig h around th e outsid e of Paul ey to tak e over the race. Anderson tried a similar move on Jor gensen, only to lose tract ion in turn four and bar ely save a na sty high -sid e. Anderso n gathered it back up to rejoin Jorgensen, runni ng side by side, with Jorgensen still on the inside line. Cors etti bega n to make his way forward after a medi ocre start, passing both lwanaga and Damron to close on the Anderson /Jorgensen race for thi rd . Now a five-wa y race developed for the third spot, as neither Damron nor Iwa naga let off the pa ce. Corsetti r a n in deep in turn one, pu lli ng a sli de-job on Anderson. Later, Co rse tti said his brakes went away, so the pass may not have bee n planned tha t way. Brown continued to run out fron t, with Pau ley seco nd , while th e battle raged for third . Jorgensen continued to hold off the cha rges fro m behind . At the white flag, Brown had almost a straighta w ay le a d , as Jorg e nsen closed on Pau ley. It was too little too late, thou gh , for the you ng roa d racer. Corsetti settled in for four th. At th e checkere d flag , Bro wn ha d a co mfo r table lead ove r Pa u ley a n d Jorgensen in secon d and third, wi th Anderson hold ing off Dam ron for fifth . John Hle bo, Rackley, Johnson and Noyes trailed in to round out the top 10. CIII Santa Clara County Fairgrounds San Jose, California Resu lts: June 26, 1999 (Round 3 of 4) O pe n A FAST Q UA L: Ryan Anderson. TRPHY D SH : I. To by Jo rgen sen (CC M): 2. Ro n Brow n (Yam ); 3. M ark C o rs etti (W- R); 4. Rya n Anderson (W- R); 5. Lon nie Pau ley (W-R); 6. Kenn y Noyes (H bg). B: 1. Rob Dam ron (W-R); 2. Ce ramy Rack ley (W~ R); 3. Don Hart (W-R); 4. Randy Berema n (W-R); 5. Kevin Bricker (Hen ): 6. Levi German (W-R); 7. Robert Seay (W-R); 8. Jeff Gabha rt (W-R); 9. Pa ul Bergs tro m (H e n): 10. Bob Grant (W-R); 11. Jesse Sanchez (W-R); 12. Jim m y Sanchez (Hbg j. A: 1. Ron Bro ....-n (W-R); 2. Lonnie Pa uley (W- R); 3. Toby Jo rgensen (CC M); 4. Mark Co rse tti (W-R); S. Ryan An derson (W- R); 6. Rob Da m ro n (w-R); 7. Jo h n Hlebo (W-Rl; 8. Ceramy Rackley 11 •• • FAX (S4O) 650-: mo 27

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