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an d r ea ll y cam e al i v e a s S e ll e r s caught the leader in the ov al 's bank i ng and dr ew alo ng side as th e y bra k ed fo r turn tw o . Th ey ran two abrea st ov er th e jump, w ith Hopfe hol d ing th e b ett er li n e i n t o the S bend , allowing him to sla m the door on h is challe nger and ma intain a nar row lead for th e rest of the lap . On th e fi nal lap, Sellers dived low un d er Hopfe in the h igh -sp eed first tu rn a nd int o the lead. The two ran no se to tail over the jump, and wh en Hopfe tried to stuff un dern eath in the ti g ht right th at leads o nto the infiel d str ai ght, Seller s sq uared th e ap ex and slashed across Hopfe's bo w . Not one to g iv e up th e fig ht , H opfe dr ew alo ng side , brak ing int o the ha irpin at the far end of th e str aight . The ou tside pass att em pt nearly worked; how ever, ra c e-sa vv y Sellers had the prefe rred l ine t h r ou g h th e fo llo w in g left a nd once ag ain de nied Hopfe an o pen in g large enough to sq ueeze through. Sell er s maintained the na rro we st of m arg in th rough the fi nal few tu rns and th r o ugh t he d irt sect io n to the checkered fla g, with Ba nister co m ing home thi rd , fo llowed by Ern ie Ly les , who had p icked his way fo rwa rd after a m idpack start . Sellers ' w in put s h im and Hopfe even at the to p in Sp o rt sm an -cl ass points. Earli er in the evening , a Termin a to r T roph y D ash wa s run, co nsisting of th e top eight Prem ier and top two Sp ortsm an heat -ra c e fi nishers. A pai r of o n e -l a p e l imi na ti o n s p r ints trimmed the field down to a fi na l six riders. A.J . H er rera p ut his Hon d a CR500 out front in all three sp rints, w inning the fina l tw o -l ap dash by a wh isk er over Hus ab erg 600 -mounted Casey Yarro w, w ith the Ho nd a CR5 00 p ai r in g of Mark C ern ic k y and Rick Pea rc e cross ing th e line in a dea d he at for third . A ll fo ur ro d e Supermo t ar d se t u ps fit w ith 17 - inc h whee ls and ro ad -r ac e tires. T hese sam e four lo oked set to put on an exciting sho w in the 2 0- rid er Premier ma in . Cernick y took th e lead into turn on e, w it h Ya rr o w , Pearc e , Herre ra and Ryan Giffo rd in hot pu rsuit. Pearc e move d into sec ond at the beg inning of lap two as Yarro w 's fourstroke bega n to run off-song , eventu all y forcing the usual fro nt -runner to retire from th e race. The next time by the start/ finish line, Pea rce had Cer nicky by ha lf a b ik e length, but Cernicky - st ill pumped after defea ting Pearc e in last month 's seri es opener was a demon on th e brakes into on e an d regained the lead . However , it w a s to no avail , as A mer ican H ond a / Fr e d Cumming s Ho nda / B r idg est on e/ F ast Time Signs/Lyle 's Fib ergl ass-back ed Pea rce reto ok the position over the j um p o nt o th e main straight and bu ilt an insu rm ou nta ble II - seco n d l ea d b y t he end of t he 12 -l ap race. Cernic k y c am e h om e a c ue I e n e _ s • JUNE 27.200 1 73