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and Hawk closing fast, the stage was set for a dramatic
last lap. A few races ago, Raineswas in the same position,
only to be run down by Smith. And once again, lapped
traffic made his dash to the checkers a scary one.
"We had a couple of different lines at the bottom of a
hill, and I had been going to the outside," Raines said.
"There was a lapper on the inside, and I was following
him up the hill, and allof a sudden he just broke loose and
got stuck. I had to make a quick abort and get out of
there. I just barely made it. But the fans, you know, they
were so goo d out there that I know they would have
dragged my bike up the hill if I didn't make it."
Raines did make it and was able to hold on untilthe finish.
In second, Hawk made it a one-two Am Pro Yamaha
sweep with his final push.
"On the last lap I was pushing real hard and caught up
to Rodney," Hawk said. '" knew there wasn't much time.
Then he made a little mistake when his back end kicked
out . I rode by him and thought , 'Thanks a lot . And I hope
you don 't catch back up to me!'"
Even though Smith's charge didn't work out, he was
able to kee p a positive outlook about his finish .
"Jason rode a great race ," Smith said. "I wasn 't on my
game today. I was trying to pick it up as much as I could
and maybe press ure him into a mistake. I don't know if
Icould have made a pass , but Iwas hoping for a mistake .
But I e nded up making a mistake , and Barry got by me .
I didn't even know Barry was beh ind me. , tried to get
up and catch him, but he was riding well. My goal today
was to be top-three, and if I went home without getting
hurt , I'd be happ y."
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RAUSCH CREEK
TREMONT, PENNSnVANIA
RESULTS:
MAy 16 , 2004
( ROUND
7
OF
14)
PR O M/C, I. Jason Raines (Y
am); 2. Bany H.wk (Y
am); J. Rodney Smith
(Suz);• . Scott Semme-s (Han ); 5. Fred Andrews (Suz); 6. Nathan Kanne y (Yam);
7. Chuck Woodl",d (Kaw); 8. Brian GMrahan (KTM); 9. Cole Calkins (Kaw) ; 10.
O.R. Atwood (KTM); I J. Randy Hawkins (Y
am): 12. Jesse Robinson (!