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Glen Helen Raceway Park: R.J . Hoch
(26) cap tur ed the Pee Wee (7-8) Mod if ied
victory in San Bernard in o, Calif o rn ia.
Du ri ng the first Pee We e (7 -8 ) Modified -
class m o to , it appe a re d as t ho ug h Co bra m ou nt ed Nick Palu zzi was go ing to do mina te .
un til a brok en gear ca used him to DN F . R.J .
Hach and Br y ce Ste wart were po sed . to tak e
ove r for Paluzzi . T hey swa pped th e lead back
and forth throug hout th e next thr ee laps. T he
battle cam e down to th e white-flag lap, when
Hach railed through the inside of a turn to take
th e lead.
"He {Ste wa rt) pa ssed me righ t there o n the
la st co rne r; J was, like. ' I ha ve t o do so me thing I' - so I did a bl ock -pa ss and beat him:
s a i d t h e G oat / S eal S a v e r s /KOR / Ca st or
Oil /Mom [, Da d -spon sored Hoch, wh o add ed
tha t he likes Stad iumcross racing. M techn iIt's
c al. I like th e j um ps on it: they' re pr ett y nar ro w ."
Pal uzz i' s dad m an ag ed t o ge t h is so n's
b ik e r un ni n g fo r th e second m ot a . an d th e
J BC / No leen/ Cobra/Troy Lee Designs- back ed
Paluzz i agai n c aptured the lea d. Th is time he
not only fin ished th e m ot o , h e also cla imed
the win.
Hoc h a nd St ewa rt c a p tu re d sec o nd and
th ird, with first ov erall go ing to Hoc h.
A special event held during Stadiumcross
events is th e tw o- lap Da sh For Cash. The four
faste st Pee Wee rac ers had th e o ppo rt un ity t o
race for th e m on ey co llec ted fro m th e sale of
50-50 ti ck ets. Stewart too k the fir st-tum hon o rs , bu t Pee Wee (4 ·6 ) rac er Daniel Paluzzi
q uickly charge d to th e fron t. Ste wa rt regained
th e lead on the la st lap and held it to th e fi nish .
AC Raci ng/S m it h ' s Stewart cla i med his
winnings of $51, wh ich he pl ans to save . Th e
other half of the m on ey went to th e specta to r
who se nam e was pull ed at ran dom by Stewart.
Coincidentally, Ba rbara Paluzzi, th e m oth er of
ra cers N ick and Dan iel , had pu rch ased five
ticke ts , and her name was dra wn fo r th e ot her
$ 5 1. She said that her winni ngs would go to
her husband and sons.
R e sult s
PfW STK SHAFT \. ~ G uli~ff~Z (Yam) .
P/W (4· 6); I . Daniel Paluui (Cob ): 2. Chad Morales (Cob) : 3.
Andr~ ... Mulgr~ (Co b).
PfW (7 ·8 ) STK : I. Sammy Martln~z (KTM.); 2. Cry stal u yton
(Yam).
PfW (7·8) MOD : 1. R.J. Hoch ; 2. NICk Paluzzi (Cob) ; 3 . Bryc e
Stewart (Cob) .
60 (0-8): I. Jake C"Mda (KTM); 2. NJ<:k PalUUI (Ka...,); 3. Garnck NobI~ (Ka...,); 4. M.u Ladieu (Ka\lll).
60 (9· 11): I . Ky le BP.hhng(KIM); 2. Greg FOUlS (K" ....: 3. Bryce
)
Huffman (IIT M): 4 . Scott ~ (K"w): 5. Core y Snyder (Ka\lll).
80 BEG: I. Matt Richar