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nine- lap spr int . Bostrom to ok over again when the race was restarted o n lap nine , and he pulled clear of Duhamel again to take the win by 1.106 seconds . "Fort unately, we didn't interfere wit h the cham pionship," Bostrom said. " It was nice of the m [Duhamel and Zemke] to let me win . I have been watching the Tour de France, and every once in a while they t hrow a guy a bone and let him win because he's not in the championship . These guys did that for me today." Du hamel's second-place finish allowed him to gain a little more breathing room on Zemke. Duham el now leads Zemke 282 -265, with three rounds remaining in the series. "The screws [on the shifter] got stripped , and the shifter was falling off," Duhamel said of his tro ubles befo re the red nag. " Ben got by me, and he knows I'm not supposed to be do ing J I s, but there was nothing I could do . Then the red nag came out , and I was rea lly happy... I had chosen a rear tire that worked great on Jake 's bike , but not on my bike... But we came in, and it worked out good fo r bot h Jake and me. I had t rou ble getting my now going, and Ben ro de a great race. I was like, 'Ben, darn it , why are you going so fast to day!?' I'm still happy that I was able to bring it in and get so me points on Jake." Ze mke, mea nwh ile, w ould come fro m 28th to finish third, just 5.327 sec o nds behind Bost rom , after the Erion team thrashed to make Ze mke's bike race worthy before the restart. After the green nag, Zemke rod e like a man possessed, slashing his way thro ugh to salvage any chance he has to take the title away from Duhamel. "I was actually just worried abou t getting into the race," Zemke said. " l uckily I was able to get back in the race . The guys did a great job putting the bike bac k together. The crew did an unbel ievable job. They had to rip that motorcycle totally apart to get me back out. We missed the warm-up lap, and w e d idn't have time to change the front tire. luckily it all worked out , and I was happ y to see Ben and not Miguel win the race . It was good to see that Ben decided to race [FX] th is weekend . Miguel would probably disagree with me on that one." Gobert finished fourth , followed by Valvoline Emgo Suzuk i's Vince nt Haskovec, HMC Ducati 's Doug Chandler, Star Motorcycle Suzuki's Jason Pridmore , Triangle Cycle Yamaha's larry Pegram , lion Racing Suzuki rider Nicky Moore , and Hal's HarleyDavidso n's Mike Cicco to , the Buell rider completing the top 10. eN MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA MONTEREY, CAUFORNIA RESULTS: JULY 10, 2004 (ROUND www.washougalmx.com DIREcnONS: 1 ·20510 fNIY 14, GO EAST TOWASHOUGAL, 15thST lURN LEFT, GO ., 8 MILES, lURN LEFT ON ALDER RD /412th, LEFTON BORIN RD. NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED NATIONAL WEEK. WE WILL HAVE BEER CONCESSIONS. DUE TO COUNTY ORDINANCE, VEHICLES WILL BE SUB..JECT TO SEARCH. I~I ~ ~ 81 . I&~ BOSCH LOCKHART·PH ILLIPS U SA F-XT REME: I. Ben Bostr om (Hon); 2. Miguel Duhamel (Hon) ; 3. Jake Zemke (Hon); 4. Alex Goben (Hon); 5. Vincen t Haskc vec (Suz); 6. Doug Chandler (Duc); 7. Jason Pridmo re (Sur): 8. Larry Pegram (Yam); 9. N icky Moore (SUt ); 10. Mike Crcccrtc (Sue); II . Ty Howard (Y am); 12. Danny Eslick (Sur); 13. Hea th Small (Y am): 14 . Blake Y oung (Suz); IS. Tho mas Mon tano (Ho n); 16. O liver Jervis (Kaw): 17. Darin Edward s (Sur ); 18. Mickey Lane (Yam); 19. Brien Wh itloc k (Suz); 20. N athan Hester (Yam); 2 1. Cha d Rolland (Yam); 22. Chris Siebe nhaar (Hon) ; 23. Lance Williams (Yam); 24. Tim Knutson (Yam); 2S. Mike Kryknoc k (Due); 26. Kenan Rappuchi (Yam); 27. Brian Bartlow (Ho n): 28 . Hecto r Romero (Hon); 29. David Lambert (Suz); 30. Marc Palazzo (Yam); 31. Michael Barnes (Bue) ; 32. Perry Melneduc (Yam). Time: No time , due to red nag Dist a nce : 17 laps. 37.-4 miles Average s peed: N/A Margin of victory: 1.106 sec . LOCK HA RT·PHIL LI PS USA FO RMULA XT REME SERIES POINTS STAN DINGS (After 8 of I I rounds): I. Miguel Duhamel (28U S w ins): 2. Jake Zemke (26S/2 wim ): 3. Alex: Gobe rt (220): 4. Vincent Haskovec ( 188 ); S. l.Mry Peg ram ( 162): 6. Jason Pridmore ( 130): 7. Nathan Hester (129): S. Heath Small ( 12S); 9. Danny Eslick (123); 10. Jake Holden (121 ): II. Perry Melneciuc ( 116): 12. Michael Barnes ( I I I); 13. Doug C handle r (96); 14. Mike Ckcotto (S7): IS. Nkky Moore (S4); 16. Pascal Picco tt e (74); 17. Ben Bostrom (7011 win): IS. COfey Elton (6S): 19. Blake Young (62): 20. Steve C revier (S3). UPCOMING ROUNDS: Round 9 . lexington, Ohio, July 23-25 Round 10 · B roselton, Georgio, September 3·5 www.cycienEWs .com CYCLE NEWS • JULY 21 , 2004 33