that the crossed
flags were shown
to nwk the halfway
point in Saturday'
1"12
race, Lewis was riding completely
by himself. He was slowly dropping his lap times
circle after circle, only to suffer a flat tire, which
allowed equally determined local rider Eric
Wedemayer to win the race. Patrick Ferrell and
Derrick Dippel rounded out the all-Wisconsin
podium.
Sunday's SM2 main started the same way,
with Lewis steadily gapping Wedemayer,
as the two left the rest of the pack drifting
behind them. This time Lewis' tires held
out, and by the end of the race, he was
turning lap times that were within
four seconds of the SMXclass winners.
"I really like the new KTM 250 and that
class," Lewis said. "KTM is giving HMC two
brand-new bikes for me to race in the AMA
[Supermoto] Ute class. The guys with HMC: are
all really great. When I first came out here, Mitch
[Hansen] was showing me different stuff and
helped me ride better."
The KTM factory has also prOVided Lewis
some factory help.
"Last night, Mark Adams, Kurt Nicoll's factory mechanic, came out and helped us install
HMC's suspension into our own personal 250,
the basically stock bike that I won on today,"
Lewis said. "KTM is only about eight hours from
our house, and all of those guys are really great
to work with."
Although he did miss out on Saturday's SM2
win, Lewis did not go winless for the day. He
rolled out his little 250 for the SM I final, and
within a couple laps, he had put a lot of distance between himself and second-
Wisconsin's Eric Wedomeyer
(225) won one for the home
crowd, taking the 5M2 final an
Saturday.
