Eastern Regional 1 25cc Supercross Series
Round S: Trans World Dome
By DAVE DERINGER
PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN
ST. LOllS, MO, MAR. 31
, n yet another exciting 125cc Supercross race that went down to the
wire, Team Suzuki's 17-year-old
Travis Pastrana pulled off a huge win
at the sixth round of the Speed Stickpresented 125cc Eastern Regional
EA Sports Supercross Series.
In front of 57,872 cheering fans,
(Top) Travis Pastrana won the 125cc main again, but he had to pull off a dramatic
last-lap pass to do It. It was the second week In a row that the 125cc final was
decided on the last lap. Kelly Smith (left) and Nathan Ramsey (right) celebrate with
Pastrana.
(Above) Second-placed Ramsey (28) holds off Smith (35) In the 125cc main event.
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Pastrana made a race-long charge to
the front after starting midpack and
ending the first lap in eighth. His
most important pass, though, came
on the last lap of the 15-lap final,
when he tracked down and overtook
Yamaha of Troy's race leader, Nathan
Ramsey.
The win for Pastrana was number
five on the season, and his fourth
straight. Going into the final Eastern
round at Pontiac, Michigan, next
week, Pastrana has an 11-point lead
over Ramsey, 132-121.
"Nathan took me through the
paces on that one," Pastrana said. "I
always believe that I have a chance
and I always push all the way to the
finish. I really want it."
Ramsey, meanwhile, was a bit
more somber. He started in third and
moved into the lead on lap seven and
