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m Own Race: 125cc 11 @® Chad Reed Reed looked great at the beginning of both motos at Broome-TIoga, but crashing has plagued him at times this year and he pitched his Boost Moblle/Yamaba/Troy Racing YZ250F away while leading mota one. ·1 was leading and I just had a bit of bad luck," Reed said. "I lost the back end and I crashed. Unfortunately, it broke the bike pretty bad. I had to stop and have the front-brake line taken off. In the second mota, I reaily had no idea about the racing lines since I was riding around without a front brake in the first moto. I made a big mistake in the soft dirt and my hand came off the handlebar. I hit my chest and my clutch finger went numb. After that, I just rode out the race." the high-flying Stewart would not relinquish the lead, there was plenty of exciting racing going on for the remaining podium spots. Red Bull KTM's Brock Sellards chased Reed, while Fonseca, Sorby and Jesseman battled hard for the fourth spot. On the fifth lap, Jesseman pulled up to, caught, and passed Sorby on a downhill section, then set his sights on Sellards. Three laps later, the Suzuki pilot was right on Sellards' tail, but he pushed it a bit too hard and went down, getting passed by Sorby and Fonseca. Jesseman recovered quickly, caught Fonseca, and soon after Sorby. On the final lap, Sellards was all over Reed, but he went down while attempting to pass the Yamaha rider on the back part of the course. "There was about three spots left on the track where I think I could have passed him," Sellards said. "I took a chance, rolled the dice and wound up getting caught up in some soft dirt and having my front tire wash out. It was a bad decision - I went down, but was able to get back up and finish on the podium." Stewart then capped off the afternoon in the 125cc class with a big wheelie up the Parts Unlimited Hill, then Emesto Fonseca (24), Brock SeUard. (1B), Chad Reed (103) and Billy Lanlnovlch (132) vie for the holeshot in the 125cc NatIonal. Fonseca went on to finish third overall. pulled a waving, one-handed Domokoslike wheelie over the finish line. Back at the podium celebration, the Chevy Trucks Kawasaki team was in full celebration mode. "This is real important for us," said Kawasaki skipper Bruce Stjemstrom. "We've had our ups and downs as a team this year, beginning with supercross. But a lot has changed with this Chevy Trucks Kawasaki team in the last three months. I think we've peaked at the right time, and I'm just so impressed with James' maturity and growth as an individual and as a rider. The sky's the limit [for Stewart], maybe even more than that, for him right now. He's got a big future in this sport." CN Broome-Tiogs Sports Center Blng.smton, New Yo" Results: August 25, 2DD2 (Round 11 at 12J 125 M.OTO 1: 1. Jemes Stewart Jr.(KllW): 2. Bnmden Jessemen (Suz); 3. Emesto Fonsecll (Hon); 4. Eric Sorby (Kaw); 5. Donny Smith (SUt); 6. Michael Byrne (Hon); 7. Brock Sellards (KTM); 8. Lorry Word (Yom); 9. Chad Reed (Yom); 10. Joshua Woods (Suz); 11. Andrew Short (Suz); 12. Kelly Smith (Y8m); 13. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 14. TrtJvls Preston (Hon); 15. Damon Huffman (SUt); 16. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 17. Poul Currie (Suz); 18. Billy Loninovich (KTM); 19. Ryan Mills (Hon); 20. Shone Bess (Suz); 21. Justin Buckelew (Suz); 22. Paul @@ Michael Byrne Amsoil(Dr. Martens/Journeys/Honda's Michael Byrne continues to improve from the internal injuries and numerous broken bones he suffered at the Indy Supercross. At Broome-Tioga, he nailed down his best overall finish of the season and is encouraged by his progress. "I'm just starting to get back on track," said the Aussie. "I've been riding with Mike laRocco and training, so I'm back to about 90 percent. I got good starts and just rode solid laps. It was sort of boring nothing really exciting happened. I feel like I'm getting back into it." 1) @@ Buddy Antunez Multi-time Arenacross champ Buddy Antunez continued his rollercoaster ride in and out of the top 10 at Broome-Tioga. He scored a lackluster 12th overall at Binghamton on his factory Suzuki. ·1 was running eighth or so in the first mota and fell over on about lap five or so," Antunez e>

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