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(Left) Pedro Gonzalez (6) and Jeff Gibson (275) got together in the 250cc main. (Above) Canadian's Darcy Lange (83) and Marco Dube (33) spent much of the night this close. (Below) Josh Demuth (9) pulled away and scored Saturday n ight's 250cc win. the podium tw ic e . I hope to be he re all we ekend . It's a lon g serie s and I ne e d a ll th e po ints I can get to be at Buddy." " It was n't as g o od a s it sh oul d ha ve bee n ," sa id Antunez of his ra ce . "I should've wo n the ra ce but we all fall down s ometimes, that's ra cing ." SATURDAY Ant u nez , Dem uth a n d G ibs on rocketed to the first tu rn at the s tart of the 12 5cc m a in, but Gib son bra ke d the late st , taking th e early lea d . Met ca lf wa s s econd , but his troub les we re about to be g in. Walla ce wa s th ird a nd Demuth was fourth as the pack joc key ed for p ositi on. Go nza le z, m e a n wh ile , c irc u lated in s ev e nth loo k ing for holes tha t never o pe ne d . O n la p seve n , Antu nez had e no ug h of Gib - s on ' s rear fend er a nd s nu c k und e r him for th e lea d . He wa s ne ve r con teste d afte r th a t. Lan g e b o lt ed t h ro u g h t h e pa c k with inspired pas s es and pu t himse lf on th e pod ium by th e t ime th e c heck e rs fel l. Wa lla c e an d Met c a lf we re involved in s eparate a lte rcation s that le ft b oth on th e gro u n d . T h e fina l o rder wa s Antu n e z, Gib son , Lan g e , De m ut h , Hofm a s te r, Holl an d , Dube , Wa llac e , Crine and Stephenson. '" had a gr eat ba ttle with J eff Gib son," sa id winn er Ant unez. "I wa s ju st t rying t o wat ch e ve ry t h ing I was doi ng a nd take m y time ma king m y passe s ." "I pulled th e ho les hot. " said Gibson fro m the podium. "I p ut in a nice ride , [b ut ] Budd y was g o ing a little fa ste r th rough the whoo ps and I los t time there. Hey , hats off to him thou gh , he rode an awesome race . I hope I ca n get him ba ck in the 250s ." Gonzalez flew into the ea rly le ad of the 250cc main event. It was a shortlived lead , howev er , wh en Gibs on c ra s he d . tak ing Gonzalez and man y o f the front -r unne rs o u t with him . Willoh inherited the lead but to ok off. In the mad scramble to get m oving again , riders were bailing off at e ver y corner un til th ings s et tle d down . Lange , Adam Me nnenga , De muth and S te p he n so n p ic k ed th eir way t hr ou gh tr a ffic t o ward t he front. Dem uth a nd Dube hooked u p fo r the battle o f th e weekend . Nei the r rid er wa s willing to g ive a n inc h of terra in. The ir momentu m carried the m u p to and a round the surprised Willoh, who wa s a lready riding at warp speed . After th e halfwa y m a rk, Dem ut h and Dub e wer e leading the way , a nd Dube made seve ra l pass attempts on Demuth but co uldn't m a ke the pa ss es stick . Antun ez worked his way into third an d th e n s e c on d b e fo re it wa s a ll o ve r. Demuth ended up tak ing the win, foll o wed by Antun ez, Dube , Willo h , S te p he nso n , Men n e n g a , La ng e , Kati n , Go nzalez a nd Ji m Chester. "Ye a h , t h at ' s wh at I lik e , " sa id De m uth. "I've been c ruisin g a ro u nd c ue I e n just trying to conserve some po ints . I slid o ut that la st ra ce so I g ot mad a nd was ready to kick some butt. " "I fell on the firs t la p and had to come from way back ," Antunez said. "I just ro d e a s hard as I co u ld and gave it a hundred percent." eN Pepsi Arena Albany, New York Results: November 10·11, 2000 Results Albany, NY Rounds 3 and 4 Friday: 125 cc: I. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 2. Josh Dem uth (Kaw): 3 . De nny Stephenson ( Kaw); 4 . Jeff Gib son (Hon) ; 5. Ty Wallace (Yam ). 2 50c c: 1. N ick Metca lf ( Suz) ; 2 . Josh Demuth (Kaw) ; 3 . Budd y A ntunez (Suz); 4 . Jeff Will oh (Hen ): 5. Marco Dube (KTM ) KAW A SAKI 65 cc INVITATIONAL 1. Ryan Blizzard (Ka w}; 2. Sean hackl ey (Kaw); 3. Davey Frasier (Kaw); 4 . J ohnny Murphy (Kaw) ; 5. Zach Mauro (Kaw) . S aturday 12 5 : 1. Bud dy Antunez (Suz) ; 2 . Jeff Gibson ( Ho n ) ; 3 . Darc y Lang e ( Ka w) ; 4 . Josh Dem ut h (Kew) : 5. Tom Hofmaster (Yam ). 250: 1. Josh Demuth ( KllW): 2. Buddy Antunez (5uz); 3. Marco Dube (KTM): 4. Je ff Willoh (Hon). DF C: 1. J eff Gibson ( Hen) : 2 . Budd y Antunez (Suz) ; 3. J osh Demuth ( KllW); 4. Darcy Lange (Kaw) ; 5. Marco Dube (KTM ). J UM P -O FF: 1. Mik e Mason ( Hon ) ; 2 . J o sh Ste rr itt ( Ho n ) ; 3 . M ike L ea v it t ( K aw ) ; 4 . T o m Hofm aster (Yam ). NATI ON AL A RENACROSS POINTS STANDING S ( A ft er 2 of 16 roun ds): 1. Bu ddy An tun ez ( 145 / 3 wi n s) ; 2. J o sh Demu th (13 1/2); 3 . De n n y Stephenso n (1 J J ); 4 . J eff Gibson (92/1) ; 5. Darcy lange (88 ); 6. J eff Willoh (83) ; 7. Marco Dube (82 ); 8 . Pedro Gonzalez (72) ; 9 . Heath Voss (6 1/1); 10. N i ck Met c alf (5 6/1 ) ; I J. (T IE ) M i k e K atin / Tom Hofm aster (44) ; 13 (T IE) Ty Wall ace/ La nce Sma il (43) ; 15. Rusty Holland (42); 16 Kevin Cri ne (30 ); 17 J am es Pov oln y (2 8) ; 18 Adem Mennenga (27); 19 Chad Johnson (25) ; 20 Isaiah J ohnson (23 ). Upcoming Rounds: Round 3 • Worce st e r, Ma ss ach usetts , November 17·18 Round 4 . Rockford, Illinois, December 1·3 e _ s NOVEMBER 29 , 2000 11

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