!ames '5te\llart \IIins his fourth in a rO\ll
in, once a9ain, dorninatinq fashion
By KIT PALM ER
PHOTOS BY S TEV E BRUHN
ve n Ja me s St ewart is no t
above tak ing some race -strat egy advice from pe ople. His
friend Tony Haines, the rider
who Stewa rt got his now -infamous number 259 from, suggested t hat
he line up for the start of the I25cc East
Cost main event on the inside and let the
rest of the pack bang handlebars on the
ou tside of the first corner while he
sneaks around on the inside and avoids a
risk of c rashing . Stewart thought it
sounded like a pretty good idea, and, as it
turned out , it was .
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40th Anniversary
When the gate dropp ed for the start of
the 125cc main, Stewa rt went into the
first turn about eighth or ninth but came
o ut in the lead, and from then on out , the
Team Chevy Trucks Kawasaki rider never
looked back to take his fourth win of the
season and the 15th 125cc Supercross
victory of his career.
"That was planned : ' Stewart said of
the start . "I told Tony that I was going to
line up by the box, and he was like, 'No,
no, no, don't do that , because you're not
going to get the holeshot. Just go up there
and let those guys bunch up and just
