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ranging fro m 125cc to 505cc. Estabroo k started this 20-lap dash for the title on the third row. In a flawless pe rformance, Esta brook picked off ride rs one by one on his Honda 125 until the re was on ly one rider, running a 500, ahead of him. Estab rook continued to gain on his compe titor every lap until he finally made the pass and then held o n to take the win and the championship! Estabroo k also wo n the 125cc, 250cc and Open Amateur Championship titles in the Jolly Roger Motorcycle Flat Track Series. That makes it an asto nishing five champ ionship titles for the 2004 seaso n for th is hard-work ing young man! Esta brook w o uld ne xt focus on ge tti ng ready fo r t he Supe rmoto Grand Finale in Las Vegas in Novem be r. He will participate in t his event wit h fe llow Ne w Engla nd er an d his good fri e nd " Insa ne Sha ne " Narbon ne of Lowell, Massachusetts. RESULTS 125 AM: I. Troy Esta broo k (Ha n): 2. Cory Hilde brand (Han): 1. Brent Lyskawa (Hon); 4. Albert Labrie (Han): 5. James Poole (Han ). 250 AM: I. Cory Hildebrand (Hon); 2. Baron Edd ings (Han ): 3. Bren t Lyskawa (Han ): 4. Albert Labrie (Han) : 5. Marc Hull (Ho n). OPEN AM: I. Troy Estabrook (Han ): 2. Sean Harvey Jr. (Ha n): 1. Bill Cannon y (Han): 4. Cory Hildeb rand (Hon): S. Brent Lyskawa (Han ). NH STATE C 'SHIP: t. Troy Est abr oo k (Han ): 2. Billy Cannon (Hon): l . Sean Harvey Jr. (Hon). did a good job of overcoming problems during the year and were right were they needed to be at M5R. " It's awes ome ," Lunsford said whe n asked about winning the championship. "Everyone has wo rked rea l hard for th is. It's bee n a long year, and these guys deserve it." Finish ing second overall in t he four-ho ur e nduran ce even t was Village Idio ts , wh ich wra pped up t he Middleweight Supersto ck class cham pionship with the finish. During the final hou r, te a m member St e ve Bre e n un la pp ed himse lf fro m jody Hud son o n t he Vinyl Edge Racing Honda and began to make a run for t he lead. "It st arted to rain at the beginning of my st int , an d I co uld see Jo dy in fro nt o f me , having tire pro blems," Breen said. "We had a tire t hat was working great. Jod y was flying for the tire that he had on, and I could tell he was taking it easy in t he corne rs. We we re making up four seco nds a lap, but we just didn't have enoug h time. " De se rt-R at s .ne t fini shed fifth ove ra ll, e n su r ing t he ms e lve s of t he Un limited Superstoc k-c1ass t itle, w hile Faltles s Racing Su m Of All Parts eMRA Endurance Series Final Round: Motorsport Ranch Northwest Honda Holds On By SHAN MOORE CRESSON, TX, OCT. 9 v: nyl Edge Racing may have won t he final round o f t he Su m Of All Pa rts CMRA Endurance Series , presented by Shogun Mot orsports, wh ich featu re d a $ 1000 purse, but it was Nort hw est Ho nda Racing that won the cham pionship with a calculated - but shaky thir d-overa ll finish at Moto rsport Ranch near Cresson, Texas. Nort hwest Hon da Racin g we nt into the event needing only a fourth -place finish to wrap up the title, but tea m manager Ronnie Lunsford wou ld have liked to have had a bigger cushion. '" knew it was going to be tough, because Vinyl Edge Racing always goes we ll he re, and so do the [Village] Idiots," Lunsford said. "We knew we needed an eve nt-free race and knew we wou ld have to wo rk hard fo r it, because they weren't going to ro ll over. And what I was afra id would happen happened: T hey we re running hard and we str uggled all day. We were having a hard t ime with tires t hat we knew woul d make t he dista nce , a nd we came up with a setup tha t lasted , but they didn't work as we ll as we had ho pe d . But everyone did what they had to do, and we finished up where we needed to ." Vinyl Edge Racinghad been in conte ntion for the title early in the year, leading the standings unt il experiencing prob le ms at rou nd fou r at Texas Wo rld Speed way. At the final ro und at Motorsport Ranch, t he team mem bers did wha t t hey ne e d e d to d o to put t hems el ve s in contention for the title, by leading every lap and taking the win. But Northw est Honda Racing www.cyclenews.com C YCLE N EWS • DECEMBER 1,2004 45