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battle through the rockers, then flattracking in front of him through the
turn onto the start straight.
Demuth reeled in Stephenson to
challenge for the lead at the halfway
mark, passing Stephenson in the
whoops on lap 13, but then he went
down in a berm the next lap, handing
the lead back to Stephenson.
Stephenson was flawless the
remainder of the race to top the podium for the second time that night. He
was joined by Antunez and Shenandoah Honda's Kevin Crine. The Hard
Charger Award went to Bogard, who
started near the pack of the back and
finished fourth.
SATUROAY
"Tonight's been kind of sketchy for
me," commented Demuth. "But it
was a great race with Denny."
The 250cc main looked as though
Stephenson would sweep the Fort
Worth Arenacross. He grabbed the
holeshot, chased by Antunez, Willoh,
Rand and Gonzalez. Then Gonzalez
got by both Rand and Willow for third.
Bogard gated seventh, behind Katin,
but claimed Katin's position two laps
into the race, when he began to
charge after Willoh for fifth. Unfortunately for Bogard, he went down two
laps later.
Demuth, meanwhile, suffered a
bad start and was almost dead last,
but he got on the gas quickly to work
his way up through the pack. When
Demuth took the early lead in the
125cc main, chased by young rookie
NCY /Bobby J's Yamaha/Axo/Renthai's Kevin Johnson. Stephenson
IAbove) Chad
Pederson
topped Friday
night's Dash
For Cash.
ILeft) Pedro
Gonzalez 1142)
stayed in the
was looking for win number three of
the weekend; he hounded Johnson in
the whoops and passed him. He then
set out after Demuth.
Pedro Gonzalez, meanwhile, got
into the thick of things on the next
lap and flew past Johnson over the
Dunlop Catapult.
Demuth continued to set the pace,
with Stephenson keeping a close eye
on him. Gonzalez raced three seconds
behind them in third.
By lap five, it was a bar-to-bar
battle between the two front-runners.
Only on the final lap could Stephen-
series points
chase with
solid finishes.
son make the pass stick, and he
immediately put almost four seconds
between himself and Demuth to
claim the checkered flag. Gonzalez
reeled in Demuth for a clean shot at
Bogard went down, this gave Demuth
sixth. Demuth pressured Willoh for
three laps and finally charged by for
fifth in the whoops, as the battle continued between the Primal Impulse
second through the rockers, but
Demuth shut the door on Gonzalez
and motored down the straight to the
finish.
"This was one of the best races
I've had," said Stephenson. "There
was no letting up. It was awesome!"
Suzuki guys - Stephenson and
Antunez - up front.
Antunez was out for points, since
Stephenson had taken over the lead
by two points going into the Saturday
night round. However, a close
encounter with a bale at the end of
BRIEFLY. ••
PACE Motor Sports vice president Mike Kidd made a special presentation to Terry Cordray
for his special achievement Saturday night. saying. "I have known Terry and his family for 30
years. dating back to when my dad rented Ross Downs for a motorcycle race back ,n 1970.
Ross Downs has a great deal of memories for several motorcycle racers, myself (Grand National
Champion). Bubba Shobert