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P22 IN THE WIND HONDA RUNS AWAY WITH BAJA 500 WIN T he Rockstar/JCR Honda team of Timmy Weigand, Colton Udall and David Kamo took the overall motorcycle win at the 45th Tecate Baja 500, May 31-June 2. The team completed the race in nine hours, 46 minutes and 50 seconds. The Honda team's nearest competitor was the KTM squad made up of Kurt Caselli, Ivan Ramirez, Mike Brown and Justin Jones that crossed the finish line about 28 minutes back. Filling out the podium was the Kendall Norman and Ryan Abbatoye KTM-mounted team, which took the checkered flag about 23 minutes behind the Caselli team. Honda rider A.J. Stewart finished fourth, while Class 30 entry of Francisco Arredondo took fifth. Rounding out the top six was the Kawasaki entry of Robby Bell, David Pearson, Steve Hengeveld and Taylor Robert. Weigand started the race for the Honda team but immediately handed the bike to Udall. Colton rode 215 miles and put the bike into the physical lead at race-mile 130 and gained a six-minute gap over the field. Handing the bike to Kamo, the Baja vet stretched out their advantage to 11 minutes during his 100-mile section. Weigand road the next 140 miles and pushed the lead to 21 minutes before handing the bike back to Colton for the final 45 DUNLOP RED HOT AT TT M ichael Dunlop completed a sensational hat trick at the Isle of Man TT, the Honda rider winning both the Superstock TT and Supersport TT on Monday to go with his Superbike win on Saturday. Dunlop trailed long-time race leader Gary Johnson going into the final lap of the Superstock TT, but after setting a new lap record of 131.220 mph, he was able to take his sixth TT win by 18.4 seconds. Johnson had to ease his pace slightly on the final 37.75 miles (Left to right) Timmy Weigand, Colton Udall and David Kamo experienced little drama en route to victory at the Baja 500. miles to the finish. "I'm very pleased with the overall effort," said team captain Johnny Campbell. "The racers pre-run plan was excellent and prepared them to succeed. Our master technician Eric Siraton has been working very hard this year and built us a rocket ship of a race bike. The support of our pit staff is overwhelming and I can't thank the crews enough for all they do." when his Kawasaki suffered an oil leak, but after two retirements from the two races held so far he held on for a good second with John McGuinness completing the podium in third. Dunlop's second win of the weekend came earlier on Mon-