(Above) M ichael Bames (341 finIshed
fifth In the second race, beating
Shane Clark (31 9). Mark Junge (57)
finI shed f ourth In b oth races.
(Above right) Hopkins leads Lopez and
Bames In the fll"St race. Hopkins
would let Lopez win the ra ce.
my episode in the first race I figured I
better settle for th ird. "
Beh ind H igbee was a batt le
between the Kawasakis of Vesrah
Racing's Mark Junge and Zlock Raeing's Michael Barnes. They'd fronted
a cluster contesting th ird, until Hiq bee broke free, then stayed at the
hea d of the fight for th ird . Junge
made his move on the final lap, getting by Barnes in tum five and hold ing him off by . 131 of a second at the
stripe .
Olathe Suzuki's Shane Clarke was
by himself in sixth.
Seventh through ninth were cov ered by less than .7 of a second with
T r ipp Nob les , on t he 4&6 Cy cl es '
Yamaha R· I , narrowl y in fr ont o f
Dutchman Racing's Tim Bem isderfer
and Hooters' Mike Ciccotto.
Though Higbee didn't figure in the
fi rst race outcome, Barnes and Junge
did, w ith Barnes taking t h i rd and
Junge fourth. The pair emerged from
a pack of abo ut six ri ders to secure
the ir spots in th e second half of the
race , and aga in race eac h o t he r to
the stripe. It was Barnes by less than
a second.
CompetitionAccessor ies .c om 's
Larry Pegram had been in the mix in
the first leg, despite having to sta rt
from the back of the grid due after a
timing belt failed on his Ducati 996 in
qualifying.
He made it as far forward as fourth
before pitting with a bedeviling glitch
in the bike's computer.
" It' s some k ind of electrical problem in the computer and we can 't fi x
it," said Pegram , who 'd been fa stest
in all pra ctic e sess ions, ex ce pt for
qu al ifying. "It j ust stopped ru nn ing."
Pegram sa id h is firs t h int o f a
problem was when "my face hit the
bubble. That's wh en it stopped." He
was able to sputter back to the pits,
but couldn 't fix the bike for the second leg.
Arcl ight Racing 's Ac ree was alone
in fi fth aft er Pegram went ou t .
Doug Polen nipped Shane Clarke for
seventh , with Ty Howard eighth .
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Results: May 21, 2D 0
RA C E ONE: I. Gr an t L op e, ( Su.): 2 . J ohn
Hopkins (Suz ); 3 . M. chael Barn es (Ka w); 4 . Mark
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Junge (Kaw ): 5. Lee Acree (Suz); 6 . Do ug Polen
(Due); 7. Shone Clorl
