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thought they might be teammates. They are n't, They didn't employ classic lines in the final turns. and Zemke was indecisive. weaving back and forth . 'And it was a bit dicey because the one guy. he was coming over," jake said. "The guy that was in front started co ming over pretty hard to the inside because he wante d to protect his line; he probably thought his buddy was trying to pass him. So I just threw it in there. I was just hoping that Mi uel was n't going to square us g all off and come flying by at the finish line. Luckily we held on for that o ne." Duhamel said he was ted too much time making up his mind. "I didn't know what to do ," the veteran said. "If you get you r nose to tail. if you commit yo urself to a move and it's not the right o ne. it could be very ugly. The last corner, actually. if I would have got it a little bit better and focused o n getting a good drive on the last corne r. proba bly wou ld have bee n a lot closer at the finish line. My bike had a bit mo re power than jake (Zemke). It was pullin harder." g Zemke com pleted the 17-lap. 39. I-mile race in 25 minutes . 16.360 seconds at an average speed of 92.828 mph. Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies set the race reco rd of 94.503 mph last year on a GSX-RI000. Third we nt to Erion Honda's Alex Gobert , giving Honda 1-2-3 for the second race in a row. Gobert fell behind the lead trio early on, only making a move in the second half. By then Haskovec was falling off the lead pace, and Gobert saw a chance to podium . "I think with abo ut six to go I saw Vincent (Haskovec) just cresting into turn one , and I thought. 'I'm going to see if I can do one lap and see if I can pull him in a little bit. and if I get him as much as I want to this lap. I'll try to do a Miguel Duhamel at Sears Point and catch up to him...· Gobert said. Gobert said he caught Haskovec faste r than he thought and that he had tire to spare at the end . "My tires went down fast. and then they stayed really good for the rest of the race . Hat's off to Dunlop because I think that 's what helped tod ay," he said. Haskovec had 12 sec onds on jason Pridmore, late of the No Limits Suzuki team. The team reorganized prior to Barber, keeping jason Curtis. son of te am ow ner Ben Curtis. but re leasing Pridmore and t he injured jimmy Moore. Those two now operate under the tent of Pridmore's Star Motorcycle School. Pridmore began the race a distant eighth and slowly made his way forwa rd, still bot hered by the left arm he broke in a practice crash a month ago. Behind Pridmore came Triangle Cycle's Larry Pegram, two -tenths of a second in front of 91 I Racing's eN Mike Smith in a rare national appearance. B ARBER M O TOR SPO RTS P ARK BIRM INGH AM , A lABAMA R ESULTS: MAY 15, 20 0 4 ( R OUN D s ee ae june 3.4.5.6 SUZUKI~ SUPERBIKE DOUBLEHEADER ROAD AMERICA RACETRACK ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN ON-SITE CAMPING WITH CONCESSIONS I HOT SHOWERS 4) LOCK H AR T·P HI LLI PS F·XEXTREME : I . Jake Zemke (Hon); 2. Miguel Duhamel (Hon) ; 3. Alex Gobert (Hon); "'. Vincent Haskcvec (Suz); 5. Jason Pridmore (Sut ): 6. Larry Pegram (Yam); 7. Michael Smith (Yam); 8. Jacob Holden (SU ); 9. Mike Ctccctto (Sue); 10 . Michaet Sam es (Sue) ; I I. Nicky t Moo re (Sut) ; 12. Danny Eslick (Sut) ; 13, Heath Small (Yam); 14 . Nathan Hester (Yam); 15. Perry Melned uc (Yam); 16. Carlo Gagliardo (Yam): 17. Joseph Arico (Yam); 18. William Johnson (Suz): 19. Derek Keyes (Yam); 20. Adrian Jones (SUI): 21. Darin Eli Edwards (Sut) . Time: 25 min., 16.] 60 sec. Distance: 17 laps. 39. 1 miles Average sp eed: 92.828 mph Margin of victo ry: 0.159 sec. LOCKHART·PHILLIPS FORMULA XTREME C'SHIP POI NTS STAND· INGS (Afte r 4 o f II rou nds ): I. Migue l Duhamel ( 143/3 wins); 2. Jake Zemke (132/ 1); 3. Alex Gobe rt ( 112); 4. Jacob Holden (97); 5. Vincent Haskovec (8 1); 6. Jason Pridmo re (80 ); 7. Larry Pegram (74); 8. Nat han Hester (68); 9. Per ry t-lefneciuc (66); 10. Co rey Eaton (65); II . Danny Eslick (62); 12. Heath Small (50); 13. Michael Barn es (404); 104 . Mike Clccotto (42); 15. Ben Bostrom (33); 16. Garth Dillon (3 1); 17. Brien Whitlock (28); 18. Steve Cre vier (27); 19. Pascal Picott e (26); 20. Jay Tanne r (25). UPCOMING ROU NDS: Round 5. F ountoin, Colorado, May 22 R ound 6 . E lkhart L Wis ake, consin. June 5 www.cycienEWs.com CYCL E N EWS • MAY 26, 2004 31