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A MA R e d B u ll S u p e r m o t o C h a mpio n s h ip R o und 3 : P r o m o W e s t P a v ilio n .: , World Supermoto specialist Thiebault finished in fourth . his second visit to the AMA series this season. his left foot got c aug ht under his KTM 525 ; later , ph ot o s showed it t u rn ed 180 degr ees backward. Th e rac e was red-flagged, and Car lson was sent to the back row for ca using th e accident. When tbe race was restart ed , Drew got the ju mp on East Hills Motor sp orts Har rington Vert em ati' s Leonardo Bag n is , b ut th e A rge n t in ean t o o k over with a pass at the end of th e sho rt , curv ing back str aig ht on lap fou r. By now , Ca rlso n w as up to fifth . having co m plet ed th e first lap in sev- there. I was making up some g ro und. I was catching him a little on the dirt once I c ou ld hold on again ." Ca r lson was n ext , 10 sec ond s back in sixth. Th en c a m e B ett en c ourts W o od s Hond a 's J eff W o od a nd Chr i s Fi ll m or e, Carl son 's t eamm ate. UNLIMITED SUPE R MDTO Red Bu ll HMC KTM's Doug Cha nd ler found a way to pass on a track where passing was both rare and diffi cult. The w in ner of t h e prev ious S u pe r m oto round at South Bosto n Speedway sta rted third in his heat , beh ind teammate Carlson and Wh ite Brothers/Moto Ma st er Brent Ho n d a ' s D rew , an d then m eth od ically pi cked them off. The fi rst to go was Drew , in o ne of th e final corners befor e the finis h line, with Carls on dethron ed on the seventh of eig ht laps. Chand ler won by 1.910 second s. In the m ain , Cha ndl er and Ca rlso n arriv ed in th e first tu rn at abo ut the same ti me , both having wheelie d , and the pair tangled hand lebars as Chandler tr ied to m o ve right to avo id Car lson . Unfo rtunat el y , he co ul dn 't , and 22 OCTOBER 1 5 , 2003' cue enth afte r co m ing fr om th e back row . Carlson 's team m at e Ch ris Fillmore was also on the m o ve, up to sec ond on the seve nth lap , but he was una b le to close as his rear tire - too soft, as it wo u ld t urn o ut - beg an to g o off. He' d run the tire before, but nev er fo r 24 lap s. A lap lat er, Carlso n was up to third , and the rac e was on. Fillmore co ul dn't drive off the corners and was hav ing trou bl e on entry as well , so he couldn't close on Drew. wh o had 2 .6 sec o nds in hand at th e halfway mark , with Carlson clos ing and m aking th e pass fo r second on lap 13. I e n e vv s Th e gap w as t w o se c o nds , th en un d er a seco n d , a nd soo n Ca rlson was o n B agn i s , th e pa ir a l re a dy encounter ing tr affic. Ba gn is wa s try ing to p ass a lap per on the 17th lap when th e slo we r rider moved into his path , taking him do wn , "I passed one guy and I was already th ere and he turned in front o f, me very slow g uy," B agni s said . " So I th ought, 'Ok ay, he give me a cha nc e, closed m y li ne and I crashed .' I go t luck y . My engi ne d oesn 't st op , so I ke ep goi ng ." Carlson wa s rig ht beh ind h im w hen it happened. " I hit th e bra k es as hard as I c ould so I wo uldn 't hi t hi m , but it was rea l un fortuna te ," Carlso n said . C arl son was n ' t h om e fr e e ye t. Back in to second, Bagni s was m ore tha n tw o seconds back but he nev er ga ve up , tak in g more than a sec ond o ut of Ca rlson's lead to finish .3 33 of a seco nd back . " I k new I had m y wo rk cut out for m e, but my bike was wo rk ing so we ll all day ," Car lso n said o f hi s odds of wi nni ng from the rear. " I k new I had a c ha n c e. T her e ' s a ch anc e f o r a ny th ing . I w asn 't l eav ing any o p t io n s o pe n. I ch ar ged r ig ht fro m th e fi r st lap to th e last lap , so I wo n ." F ill m o re th ou ght h e c o u l d h ave k ep t up , b ut aft er six l a ps his tires start ed to go . " A ft er tha t, it was like I co uld p lay catch- up a littl e bit in th e dirt and try t o stay in fr o nt a nd ke ep m y p ac e w it h the m ," Fillmore said. " It w as al most like rid ing on rain ." Lar r y Pegram w as in third on th e t hi rd lap , but th en h e dropp ed to fourth , wh ere h e 'd fini sh, suffer ing fr om some k ind of fl u . " I' m sicker th an a d og ," Peg ram said, his fa ce red , h is head co ve re d by a wet to wel. Th e si ckness cam e overn ight. " I felt bad wh en I woke up tod ay ." For th e fi rst fo ur or five laps he fe lt fin e', but then th e b ug we akened him, "I thou ght I had the speed to get around th em . Benny [Car lson] was fast er than all of us, I thought I had the sp eed to get sec ond . D rew , th e le ad er of th e first three lap s, too k fifth. F ill mo re h ol d s th e po i nts l ead with 65 afte r three of six r ou n ds , Car ls o n is sec on d at 5 7 , w it h eN Peg ram th ird at 52. PromoWesl Pavilion Columbus, Ohio Results: OCtober 5, 2003 [Round 31 HEAT 1: 1. Ben Carlson (KTM) ; 2. Mark Avard (5 uz); 3, Larry Pegram (KTM); 4, Je ff Wood (Han): 5, Guy Giroux (KTM ): 6. Rick Pearce (Han ); 7 . Bryan 6e misderfer (Han) ; 8. Da ve Arnold (Han); 9 . Chris Fillmore (KTM ); 10. Eric Dubeau (Han); 11. Monty Wa rsing (Yam); 12. Jamie Thompson (Yam) . Time: 8 min., 8.88 1 sec. Average spee d: 32.4 m ph. Mar of victory: 8 .37 3 sec . gin HEAT 2 : 1. Jerem y Mc Grat h ( Han) ; 2 . Steven Drew ( Ha n) ; 3. Nick Daniels ( Han ); 4 . Aa ron Howe ( Han) ; 5. Rusty Roger s (Yam) ; 6 . J ason Baldw in (Ha n); 7. Jason Chisum ( Han); 8. Robert Miller (Yam ); 9 . Matt Burton (Yam); to. Gerry Bennett (Yam ): 11. Kurt Marmor (GG): 12. Joseph Seyfferle (Yam ). T ime: 8 mi n., 17.726 sec. Average speed: 3 1.8 mph. Margin of victory: 5.27 1 sec . HEAT 3 : 1. Mark Burkhart (Yam) : 2 . Alex andre T hieba ult ( Ha n) : 3. Doug Chan dler ( KTM) ; 4 . Ja ke Johnson (Han): 5 . Matthew Purs ley (Yam ): 6. Nir Spaizar (Suz); 7. Troy Lee (Han) ; 8. Ja son Palmer (Yam ); 9. Dan Gedean (Can); 10. Da vid Lloyd ( Hon) ; 11. Joseph Kessler (Yam ); t2. Harry Vanderlinden (Suz). Tim e: 8 m in.. 24.322 sec. Average speed: 3 1.4 mph. Margin of victo ry: 3 .30 1 sec. HEAT 4 : 1. Doug Henr y ( Ya m) : 2 . JeH Wa rd (Han); 3. Brett Landes (Han): 4 . Casey Yarrow (Han); 5. T im Bemi sderfer ( Ha n): 6 . Steve Beattie ( Ha n): 7. Mike Smith (Yam) ; 8 . Mik e Scruggs (Ha n) : 9 . Mike Aldr idge ( Ha n ); 10 . Shane Tr itt ler ( Ha n) ; 1 I . Don In the Unlimited Supermoto final, Leonardo Bagnis (27) kept his Vertemati SR570 at the front for much of the race. Here. he leads Steve Drew (731. on his Honda XR650.