t was, as always. a HOl1djl race.
Jake Zemke beatinl teammate
Mlluel Duhamel. the pair well
clear of the field.
I
!kit 1M LocIchart-Phillips
mula Xtrem8 was mlssi
- Of"
rather someone. a rIcler who'd brouaht
life to the lIlIries by InslItln& that it WW!'t
Honda's exdllll'M domain, not If he I&l
anything to 111)' about It.
Pikes Peak International Raceway
marked the first race since l8am M4
I!MGO SuzukI's Vincent Haskovec was
paraIyIed In II llnate-bike accident at
InflllMn Raceway. Many of die riders In all
daises wore hili number "]n on their helmets or motoIqdes. The paddock had
become enerped behind charitable
efforts on Haskovec:'slNlhalf.
Haskovec won the Supemoc:k race at
Daytona, but thiI was the dass where he
had challenaed the factories. WIthout
him, it 'NIl • two-rIcler race.
From his pole position, Zemke sped
away, DuhImeI in pursuit.
It took WId the 10th of 29 laps befcn
Zemke could put • fuD second on
D~ Nterthat. It. . men quiCkly, and DuIlIIIIlII knew 1hInl W\IlI ~
he CClUId do,
"It ...
'NIl
rfIIIiY _MtII1IlMicatM he
fIUI'nI DUl: . . . . t8nth. hiIf • tIIIIIIh
MIY
laP,.'"
MIn't null I «**t
do aIJeiIt It," ~ said.... tried."
four • •
lead peQed . ' .
onds before ZemIta slawild;diIi _illV'
StilllllUred by 3.941 seconds.
"The -.kencI WWlt really good for
UI,n Zemke SllId llfter winning his fourth
FX race In • row. "We wwe able to ....
the bike pretty much r1JIht out of the
trUCk and make I" a couple of reeJ small
adjusCrnentl to It, and It was aood • It was
really aood."
By beating Duhamel four I'KeS In succeaIon, Zemke stretehed I\is lead to 13
points, Ieo. 167, after fIw of nine l'llImds.
Duhllmel, like many oth..... said
HllIk_wasln his ~
"All of UI. we're thlnkinl about him, n
Duhamel said. "We're tI'YIn8 to put his
number en our bike. Hopefully, If he
.... our race, It'll cheer h/fIl up. nttl.
bit, because It'l definitely not aol"I fA>
be 8ISY. But I think he' I9t that fIahtIna spirit to come throop It, end I'm
lookina f_rd to . . . . him back at
the racetrack."
Third on the day went to AtiaI:k
~'s BenAuard. the~ i'Iln
fDunfl UIitlI the 15th .." whlln thirdpIICM o.nny EIIIc:k CfttiiIfIiIl hit
In
the . . . . &aIIGk WlI!I CI\IldIW uP. CI!1I1
"lWO"-'
The FIarida VIIIIIFan ran aIane In aIKth,
. . III front of the _1edl ~ of
Nicky M.re. I!rton Honda'a AJ. GobIn
_A1111_ GMW
came eI&hdl.
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