Duham el figh t ing it o ut in a manner no t no rm ally se e n in AMA
Superbi ke . T h e two b ashed
t he ir way aro und the track for
one full lap before settling in a
litt le bit in an e ffort to catch the
flying Be n Bo st ro m . They also
had the improved Yates in
b e twe e n them and Bo st ro m ,
the Georg ia n cutting good laps
but possibly holding up his teammate and Duhamel in their
efforts to gain ground.
On the 22nd lap, Mladin dove
under Yates in turn two, and
judging by the gap he opened
immediately, it was apparent
that h is teammate had been
balking his progress - at least a
litt le bit.
Mladin was m iffed at the situ ation following the race, b laming
the Yoshimura team fo r not Ha ye s (4 1) a nd Eric Bostrom (3 2) battled for
telling Yates to get out o f most of Su nday's race o ve r fifth p lace, b ut the
the way.
spot eventually went to Bostrom w ith Hayes
"It was n't Aa ron's fa u lt," finis hing six th.
Mlad in said. " He ne ver looked
Aft e r ha rd la p s by both Mladin a nd
over h is sho ulder. It was the team's fa ult .
Bostrom, it was Bostrom taking t he
Full sto p ."
win, the second o f his AMA Superbike
With Mladin fina lly past Yates, it left
career, al beit by jus t .63 0 of a second.
D uha m e l to try to do likewise. The H o nda
D u h a m el held on to th ird with Yates
rider wasn't enjoying watching his cham pifo urth, those fo u r well clear of Eric
onship rival ride off into the distance.
Bostrom in fifth place.
Bo st ro m , meanwhile, had a 2 . I-second
MAzDA RACEWAY LAGU NA S ECA
lead after 21 laps. That shrunk to 1.8 after
MONTEREY, CALIfO RNIA
23 la ps; 1.7 after 24 ; 1.6 after 25 .. . it didRE SUL
TS: JULY 11 , 2004 (ROUND 12 )
n't lo o k like a tenth here and a tenth there
SiBK Q UALIFYING : I. Ben Bostrom ( I:24.906) , 2.
would be enough, but traffic was coming.
jake Zemke ( 1:25. 18] ): 3. Mat Mlad in ( 1:25.22]) ; 4. Miguel
Dulwnel (1'25.866) , 5. AM Yates (1'26.272), 6. josh
on
Then the gap dropped to 1.3 w ith two
Hayes ( 1:26.-0 4); 7. Eric Bostrom ( 1:27.987): 8. Jacob
laps to go. With one lap to go, Mlad in was
Holden ( 1:26.5H), 9. Uny Peg ram ( 102
9.117); 10. Shawn
Higbee ( 1:29.322); I I. john Haner ( 1:29.5 10); 12. Eric
just .5 70 behind . Race on.
wood ( 1:29.725); 13. Geoff May ( 1:29.69 6), 11. MAn;"
But the gap proved to be too much .
Craggi" ( 1:30.165), IS. Chris Siglin ( 1:30.24- 16. Jeff...,.
4);
eN
Togen ( 1:30.432): 17. Je
