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Hacking and DiSalvo sp ra y Roger Lee Hayden with bubbly. and he didn't. That was basically it. I just w a it e d a little longer for them to come in ." Rather than th in king about Hacking, Gobert had his hands full with Hayden. Eighth on the first lap, Hayden was dutiful in moving ahead, taking third on the IOt h lap and closing in. It was then the d ue l began . " I had plus one on the board after a few laps, then a ll o f a su dden in one lap it went to zero," G o be rt said. ''And I thoug ht, ' So m e o ne 's coming that got through the pack.' Then about five laps later Rog [Hayden I showed me a wheel in turn three I th ink it's called . Then I knew the way he's been ridin g so far this year, he's going to be with me the rest of the rac e ." Hayden said Gobert had an answer for his e very move . " Every t hing I tried , he could pass me back. I ju st kind of stayed in third . I d idn 't want to shove my way through for second p lace. So just kind of stuck there." Jason DiSalvo was in a no-man's la nd in fourth with plenty on Star Racing Suzuki's Jason Pr id m o re , w ho took fifth le ss than seven-tenths o f a second in fro nt o f Kawasaki's To m m y Hayden . eN PIK ES PEAK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY FOUNTAIN , COLORADO RESULTS: MAY 23, 2004 (ROUND 5) REPSO L S/STOCK: I . Jam ie Hacking (Yam): 2. Aaron Gobert (Yam): l . Roger Lee Hayden (Kaw): "'. morning and knew his tires would hoi up, so he set a comfortable pace tha was just a tick above the rest. " I knew I could do those, and I as comfortable with it ," he said. "I kn e w the tires would be hold ing up nderneath me." The largest lead he had w seconds on the 19th lap . " I was quite confid nr that the pace we were doing to t er, he was abou t a tenth, tenth a a half, two-tenths a lap quicker, " Gobert said, "and that was pretty good." Then the lead came down slightly, but his dominance was never in q ue s tion . Gobert sa id the di fference was tires. like most of the field , Hacking used a hard dual compound rear Dunlop, wh ile Gobert went with the hard-plus. "I th in k we had a tire selection choice that was different," Gobert said . " I thought he would come back to me, Jaso n DiSalvo (Yam); S. Jason Pridmo re (Suz); 6. To mmy Hayden (Kaw ); 7. Ben Spies (Suz): 8. Steve Rapp (Suz); 9. AIel( Gobert (Ho n) ; 10. Jacob H olden (Suz); II . jJ Roetlin (SUI) ; 12. Joh n Haner (Suz); I l , Eric Wood (Suz): I" . Vincent Haskc vec (Suz) ; 15. Christopher Ancien (Suz): 16. C hristian Pist on! (Suz) ; 17. Dan Sallis (Suz): 18. Corey Serr es (Suz). Time: 27 min.. 7.2 sec . D is t a nce : 29 la ps . 3B.13 miles Ave ra ge s pe e d : &4.369 mph Ma rgin of vic tory: 1.8 19 sec. Fa st e st lap: 55.397 , Jamie Hacking REPSOL SUPERSTOCK C'SH IP POINT S STA N DINGS (After 5 o f II rou nd s): I. Jamie Hacking ( 17313 wins); 2. Aaron Go bert ( 150/1 win); 3. Tommy Hayden ( 137); -4. (TIE) Roger Lee Hayde n I Jason DiSatvo ( 129); 6 . Ben Spies ( 120/ 1 win); 7. Ste ve Rapp ( 117); 8 . Damon Buckmas ter ( 115); 9. Jacob Holden (9 1); 10. Alex Gobert (90); II . John Ha ner (87): 12. (TIE) Jason Pridmore/E ric wood (&4); 14. Goon H ay (78): I S. J",h Hayes (14). UPCOMING ROUNDS: Round 6 - E lkhorl Lake, Wisconsin, June 5-6 R ound 7 - B rainerd, M innesota, June 26-27 www.cyclenews .com Continued fro m page J 9 the year rather than drowning my sorrow in beer because I pushed it too hard." "Last week at Barber, the injury was still fresh,"Buckmaster said after turning the II th-fastest time in the moming session . "Now you can really feel it. It's a sharp pain when I'm braking and changing direction." Buckmaster said he made the decision just as qualifyingwas going off for the Supersport class. "I discussed it with Tom [Halverson] . We gave Keith [McCarty) a call. The consensus is that it's the smartest thing to do , get it repaired." Dr. Arthur TIng, the noted motorsports surgeon, will perform the surgery, likelyon Wednesday, May 25. "Eve rybod y here at Yamaha feels comfortab le with me going to TIng," Buckmaster said, even though he's under the care of Dr. Thomas Brian, his orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles who's also treated Mat Mladin and Marty Craggill. "He's a real good surgeon, but ultimately Yamaha feel more comfortable with me going with somebody that they know." The recovery is a minimum of three weeks. If the surgery is performed on Wed nesday, it gives him five weeks to recover. ''At least if it's repaired then and still hurt ing me at Braine rd, I'll know it's the pins and on its way to recovery," Buckmaster said, adding that he didn't know whether it had to be pinned or not. "If I don 't do that, I don't know." It was pointed out to Buckmaster that there may be a silver lining to his injury. Team manager Keith McCarty said the test rider for the Yamaha S u pe rbike project would be determined by the championships. With Buckmaster out of Supersport and Superstock, and with his consid erable big bike experience, he's the obvious choice. "Y u know what, obviously I didn't o think of that, but that would be an honor to do, and that would be the only plus out of this whole thing," he said. Triangle Racing'sUn)' Pegram is one of a handful of AHA riders who, because he uses Pirelli tires, could race as a wild card at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tires aren't the hold-up - money is. "I don't know yetlor sure," Pegram said. ''I'llprobably know by next week. I'll know by Road America for sure." Michael Barnes wo n't be racing his Prieto Racing Yamaha, but that do esn't mean he won't wild card . "N othing's surfaced ," he said. "It' d be great if Pirelli knew a team that needed a rider." But, Barnes added, he doe sn't want to pin his hope of th e misfortune of o the rs. Empire Racing's Lee Acree and Opie Caylor ran into money proble ms prior to last week's ro und at Barb er Mo to rs po rts Park that fo rced the m o ut of Supe rsto ck and into Superbike. "What's happened is, the team fell under ha rd times," Caylor said w hile worki ng on his Suzuki GSX-R I000 between sessions at PPIR. "It's up to me and Lee [Acree) to continue." The decision to change came down to purse money. The Supe rst ock winner at PPIR earns $ 1900. Continued on page 22 CYCLE NEWS • JUNE 2, 2004 21