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Pleasure Va lley Race way It's All Yezek's Pleasure By Seattle International Raceway: Michael Castro (17), Jeff Sch ults (51) and Alan Thai n (161) freight-train through tum eight In the 750cc Superbike con tes t in Spokane, Wash ington. Castro finished fourth and Thain fifth. 600 TFS : I. Kf!vin Burgf!" (Su:); 2 . Da vid Benetta (Yom ) ; 3 . Adom Ton:oso (Hon): 4. Micha el Cham berla in: 5. Warren Lew(Hon). 450 SIB K: I. AHan Schwen (SUI); 2. Tyler Sen df!U (Suz) : 3. J oel Crebeee (Su:) ; 4. Chrislian Owen. (Su: ): 5. Tim xee ne (Suz]. 250 GP: I . Kory GlII (Yom ); 2. Potrlck Dowd (Yam) ; 3. Kf!vin Shee ler (YlIm); 4. Scott Undley (Yom ). 125 GP: I. Mie ha f!1 O rien (Ho n); 2. Andrf!w Moore (Hon ) : 3. Kevin SMafer (Hon): 4. Michoel Gibson (Hen ): 5. Michael &tf!ttlan Seattle Intern ational Raceway Dugan Digs In By S IMON-PIERRE S MITH SPO KANE, WA, MAY6 J ohn Dugan scored a runa way win in 750cc Sup erbike competitio n at Spokane Raceway Par k in the Washington Motorcycle Road Rac ing Associ ation's second race of the season. Saturday's test session saw riders usi ng tall gearing to ta ke a dvantage of the stro ng winds blo wing down the fro nt straight. Bus - tJes of activity in c hecking ra in tires co uld be seen whe never one of the occasional snow flurries struck. All this preparation was wast edt as Sunday dawn ed w ith m ild. calm and sunny sk ies . Dugan, always a fas t sta rter, too k the lead off th e line on his Eric Dorn -pr ep ar ed GSXR750 . By the e nd of the first la p, he 'd built a five -second lead ove r Michael Castro a nd Jeff Schults, J ace Botten berg , on a Yam ah a R6 , was putti ng his Circuit One su sp ensi o n to the test as he carved up th rough the pac k, By lap thr ee , Bottenbe rg had forc ed his lighte r but und erpowe red 600 up to second place, with Duga n a sa fe 10 se conds ah ead . The fight for third was where th e acti on was , as five rid ers ra n lik e a frei ght tr a in a round the track , ea ch striving to be the loco motive, no ne willing to be the ca bo ose. Ca s tro led th is motorized cong a line . with Alan Thain, Ste ve Smith, Schults a nd Tom Wert man a ll he ad down a nd in pu rsuit. Eac h rider in th e c h ai n s eemed capa b le o f 's e tt ing a faster la p time alone , but un a ble to find the wa y thr ou gh . Smith was the one to mak e a break . With his light weight and the cultured pow er of his Aprilia Mille R, he started to dis patch rider s at th e rate of one per lap. His Aprilia , pr epa red by Beaud ry Mot orspo rt s , had broke n free of the othe r rider s a nd started to puli away from the pa ck with two la ps to go . Bott enberg, stili in second a nd clicking off la ps like a n over-wo und clock , wa s too far aw ay to re a c h . Th e t ypi c all y se lf-drive n Duga n, not needi ng direct com pe tition to spur him on , had stre tched his lea d to an untoucha ble 15 seconds to ta ke the win. Results 750 S/BK: 1. John Dugan (Suz) ; 2. Jece Bottenberg (Yom ); 3. Steve Smith (Apr): 4_Mict\(td Castro (Suz): 5. AIM Tha in (SUI). 750 S/SPT: 1. John Dugon (Sul ); 2. J~ BottentH!rg (Yom ) 3. Jf!ff Sc:hults (Suz): 4 . .AJon Tha in (Suzl, 5. Jakf! H~ ( Suz). 650 S/SVT TWIN: 1. Allon Schwf!I1 (Suz); 2. Joel Crobtrf!e (Suz); 3 . Chr istion OWf!ns (S u: l : 4 . John Grf!er (SUI): 5 . Dorryl Hoven s ("",). 600 S/SPT : 1. Mike Sullivan (Yom ): 2 . Oevld Coo k (Yam) : 3 . Tom Wf!rtm c n (SUI ); 4 . Jace Bouenberg (Yom ): 5 . Oliver Jervis (!