National Arenacross Series
Rounds 12-13: Lazy E Arena
By KAT SPANN
PHOTOS BY CONNIE JOHNSON
Hagseth held on to third for a podium finish for the Suzuki/AXO/
RG3/Bill's Pipes team.
Oklahoma's Robbie Reynard, fresh
off the injured-reserve list, was on
hand to contest the 250cc events.
Reynard won his heat race over Bradshaw. Reynard, however, has had little time on his bike since recovering
from a wrist injury. The main event
proved to be a little too hard on Reynard, so he opted to bow out eight
laps into the 14-lap event, instead of
causing any set-backs.
"Robbie rode real good and made
a good pass on me in the heat race,"
Bradshaw said. "Things weren't really
clicking for me so I just settled for
second in the heat. He was trying to
ride hurt and I kind of expected out of
him what he did in the main event. I
don't think he should have been here.
He rode good in the qualifier, but
when you're injured like that it's just
not any use."
Tuf Racing/Team Green/Pro CiruitfThor-backed Darcy Lange pulled
a gr
shot in the 250cc main,
with Reynard a
I. dshaw in his
wake. Lange held the lead tn
ecend lap before Bradshaw set sail an
put II pllSS on him. Demuth Stllrted
outside of the top 10, but put his head
off the
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front-runners one by one. Lange
stayed close to Bradshaw for almost
the entire race until Demuth made his
appearance known in lap nine.
By the time Demuth caught up to
Lange, Bradshaw had established
some breathing room from the rest of
the pack.
Demuth closed in on Lange in the
whoops in lap 11 and made the pass
stick, but was unable to catch Bradshaw in the remaining three laps to
finish second on the podium.
"I got a bad start, but I saw 1 was
catching everyone so I just went for
it," Demuth said.
"The 250cc race got off to a good
start for me," said Bradshaw. "I got a
little pressure in the beginning, but I
felt so much more comfortable on the
250. I can ride it and not use near as
much effort and still run the pace.'
"Josh came on strong," Lange said.
"I was happy to finish third, especially
since I messed up so bad in the 125cc
race and lost some valuable points
with my 10th-place finish."
SATURDAY
