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W e s tern Regional 1 25cc S u p e r c r o s s S e r ie s R ound 7 : Texas Stadium night, and after starting in fifth in the main , Tedesco had a roller -coaster ride , eventually finish ing out the race in fourth . "I was stuck beh ind Er ick Valle jo for a while: Tedesco said. "I really would like to step on the podium before it's over. " Motowo rld Rac ing .com /An swerba c ked Greg Schnell rounded out the top five . After a rough s tart to the series , Schne ll has finished in the top five in the la st severa l races a nd is back on a roll. He gra bbe d th e ma ine vent holes hot and ra n third fo r nea rly the e ntire ra c e befo re dr opping to fifth o n th e final lap. With his stro ng ride s of la te , th e Calif ornian m ov es into ninth in th e po ints going into th e final ro und . "I'm fee ling good: Schnell sa id. "I had foo d poisoning on Frida y a nd got tired, a nd Emie and Iva n both got me on the last la p." Pro C ircu it/ Ka wa s a k i/ S p litFire ' s newest rider Vallejo had one of his be st rides, finishing s ixth . San Diego winner Justin Buckelew finished a disappoint ing seventh and , as a result, sl ipped back a position in the series points standings. Buckelew slipped back to th ird , g iving wa y to Thain. Buckelew's seventh a lso elim inated any chance he had of winn ing the title . Eig h t h went to Houston winner Travis Preston aboard his Fast by Ferracci Husqvarna. BSY-supported Tyson Hadsell , who was competing in his first Supercross eve nt of the year , took ninth , while Am soil/Dr. Marten 's/ J ourn eys /Competition Accessories Steve Bo n ifa ce rounded out the top 10. somehow manag ed to c a t c h up t o finis h in th e final qu alify ing position in n inth. Then in th e fina l, Fonse c a aga in we nt down in th e whoops while holding the fifth- p lace position , los ing a n u m be r o f p o s iti on s. Lucki ly fo r h im , his bike ne ve r stopped run ning, a nd he was a ble to mou nt a n impress ive cha rge that carried him ba c k up to thi rd . After all that, Fo nse ca got the word th at he did not clinch the 125cc Westem Regiona l Championship, and that he wo uld ha ve to wait another week to hopefully capture his second tit le. "I had a rea l tough night: Fonseca sa id, s porti ng a bloody lip and ho ld ing a batter ed left hand . "It was a tough crash before t h e ma in , and t he n I crashed again in the m ain. I'm happy to get third tonight, an d hopefu lly I'll win it [the titl e ) next week. I th ink I need to finish in the top 15 to ge t it." In fact , Fonseca needs to fin ish 16th or better to wrap up the title and be c om e the first rider ever to win both the East a nd West 125cc Supercross crowns . Fo u rt h in Dallas wa s Pl a n o Hond a /M SR ' s Iv a n Tedesco. The Albuquerqu e , New Mexico, resident matched his be st-e ve r finish. A third in his heat ra c e began h is stroriq 25 MAy Z , 2001 • c ue • e (Above) Frenchman Ro drig T hai n challenged or the 125c c win for the early part of the race, but backed off and took second. He's the only one with a shot (admittedly tenuous) at overtaking Em e st o Fonsesca in the points standings. (Left) Fonseca had aspirations of wrapping up the Westem Regio nal title ea rly, but a crash-filled n ight relegated h im t o third In the main. He stili has a large points lead (20) going i nt o the final round. neVIl's M A IN Langston , Schn e ll a nd F&S S uzu ki 's Da nn y C a rl s o n crosse d t he ho leshot line simu ltaneous ly, but S c h ne ll was awa rded t he SFX.com $500 Holeshot Award m o n e y. Moments la ter , Ca rls o n went down , taking several other riders out with him. Fonse c a was back in seventh , while Buckelew was in 15th. La ngst o n led the way , while Thain moved into second , pulling away from Sc hne ll, McCormick a nd Vallejo . Thain gave Langston so me p ressu re e a rly on, but the flu Thain ha d earlier in the we ek was beg inning to take its tol l. Getti ng p h ys ic a lly we aker an d we aker, T hai n b a c k ed o ff the p a c e aft er severa l laps. Suddenly. Fonseca , while running fifth, went down in th e whoops , which cost him eight places. By th e 10th lap. Langston had a comforta ble seven -second lead on Thain , who h a d seve ral secon ds to spare on Schnell. Tedesco and Preston were next in line , but hot on their re a r fenders wa s a hard-cha rging Fonseca , who was now up to sixth.