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Cunnington never wavered and raced to h is th ird fea ture win in the series aboard his Bill Knight-prepared , RC Cycles /Total Loss Rac ing-backed Yamaha IT 500. "It' s g re a t to win, but I'll tell yo u wha t · I knew Rick [Hocking j wa s on my ta il, a nd I had to keep it smooth or I'm ra cing for second place," Cunnin gton sa id. "There's only o ne way to win over Rick, and that's zero m istake s. So ton ight work e d o ut go od. I'm ha p py to win, a nd I really like this track . I hope we will be back here next ye ar ." Cunn in gton and Hock ing were chased to the finis h by traveler Royal Adderson of Calgary, Cana da , who ente red the only Harley -Davidson XR750 V-twin in the class. Adderson had p it-crew help from mile -trac k expert Mike Inderbitzin. The top five was rounded out by John Larson and Brad Spencer. In the No vic e 250c c m ai n e ve nt, winner Canepa d ashed a hea d a t the start and led for th e e nt ire distance , putting in a flaw le ss performance . Canepa was ch ased to the checkered flag by Fra nk ie Lane , Josh Ritchie , Dav id Brown and Scott Watkins. CN year. Arid with an entirely new Twin Cities Speedway program for2001, featuring Marysville, California Results : May Z&, ZOOI (Round 4 of 11) lower rates and higher liability E-Moola.com Open Pro limits. you've really gotno FASTl1M.E: 1. Ronn ie Brown (W-R). DASH : 1. Ro nnie B ro w n (W -R) ; 2 . Do nni e How ard ( Rtx) ; 3 . Beau Bro wn (CC M); 4 . Lonnie Pauley (W-R) ; 5 . Don nie Harrell ( W-R); 6 , Rand y Berema n (Rtx) . A MAIN ( 16 laps; 15 ri ders) : 1. Rob Damron (e e M) ; 2. Don n ie Ha rre ll (W- R); 3. Lonni e Pau ley (W- R); 4 . Ronnie Bro wn (W-R); 5 . Don Howard (Rtx) : 6. Jessie Sanchez (CCM); 7. J .P. S imo nsen (W-R); 8 . Beeu Brown (CCM); 9 . Tony Souza Jr . (CCM) ; 10. excuse forpaying too much for motorcycle insurance, unless of course you like the ratrace. To hear more about McGraw, ask your dealer. Orcall direct Billy Martin (W-R) : 11. Randy Be reman (Rtx) ; ]2. Danny Ritchie ( Yam) ; 13 . Robert Seay (W -R) ; 14. Shawn Raggio (CCM); 15. Danny Casey (CCM) . H-D Deale rs o f Nort hern and So ut hern California Open Vintag e FA ST TIME: 1. Rick Hoc king (Yem) . DAS H : I. . Ro ya l A dd erson ( H - D) : 2. Ric k Hoc k ing (Yam) : 3. Robert Cunnington (Yam): 4 . Paul Henn an (Yam). A MAIN ( 12 lap s ; 15 r id ers ) : 1. Robe rt Cunnington (Yam); 2. Rick Hock ing (Yam) ; 3 . Royal A dderson ( H· D ): 4 . Brad Spen cer (Ya m) ; 5 . Paul Herma n (Yam) ; 6. Donni e Harrell (Tri ); 7. Bob Cobb (Yam ); 8 . Robert Hansen (Yam ): 9. J erry Kennedy (Tri) : 10. Gary Ritchie (Yam) : 11. Bill Aett (Tri ): 12. Wayne Warri ngt on (Hon) ; 13 . AI Lud wigsen (Yam): 14. Frank Han (Yam ); 15. J ohn Larson ( Yam) . . Suzuki Novice 250 A IW\AIN ( 10 lap s: 15 ri ders): I. Ch ris Canepa (Yam): 2. Frank ie Lane (Hon); 3. Josh Ritchi e (Yam) ; 4. David Brown (Yam) : 5. Sco tt Watk ins (He r o: 6. Brad Spencer Jr. (Yam) ; 7. Jimmy Ab rams (Yam ); 8 . Mik e Ridde ll (Suz) ; 9. Joe McCo y (TM); 10 . J ohn Figa s (Hon) ; II. Woody Ca rlson (S uz) ; 12 . Derrik O hls ( Yam); 13. Daniel Brow n ( Yam ); 14 . Frankie Eubanks (Yam ); 15. Doug Rubiolo (Hon ). GEN E ROM ERO 'S E-MOO U\.COM WEST CO A ST fLAT TRAC K SERIES POINTS STA NDINGS (A ft er 5 of 11 rounds): OPEN PRO: I. Ronnie Bro wn (70/1 win); 2. Rob Damron (5 5); 3 . J .P. Simonsen (53); 4 . Don Howard (50 ): 5. Donni e Harrell (48); 6. Tony Souza Jr. (46); 7. J ohn Hlebc III (42): B. Lonnie Paul ey (35): 9 . Rand y Bereman (27): 10. (TI E) Billy Martin /Beau Brown (26): 12. Danny Hart (24/1): 13. Jim Rosa (22) : 14 . Jaime Aguilar/Jesse Sanchez (20) . O PEN VINTAGE: I. Robe rt Cunmnqto n (84 / 3 wins); 2. Rick Hoc k ing (62/1 win); 3, Brad Spencer (49) : 4. Paul Herma n (46) : 5. (TIE ) Joe Steffen /B ob Co b b ( 32) : 7 . ( T IE) Ste ve Hall /Jeff S . Johnson/Donny Harrell (29 ): 10. Mik e Gonzalez (24 ); 11. Rod Spencer (23) : 12. Gary Ritchie (2 1): 13 . Bill Flett ( 17) ; 14 . (T IE) J oe Carrera /J imm y Sanchez/Royal Adderson (16) . NO VI CE 250 : I. Chr is Canepa (77/2 win s) ; 2 . J o sh Ritch ie (74/1 ): 3. Scott Watk ins (49 ): 4. (TIE) Br a d Sp en c er J r./ Fran k ie Lan e (48 ) ; 6 . Wood y Carl son (47); 7. David Brown (4 1); 8. Daniel Brown (37): 9. J oe McCoy (31) : 10. Jo hn Fi gas (2 8): 11. J osh Chisum (27/1 ): 12. Rick Holl enbec k (2 4) : 13. J i m m y Abra m s (23); 14 . Mi ke Rid dell ( 19) ; 15 . Frank ie Euba nks (17) . 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