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weekend of rest for his wrist, but
perhaps neither were the gamechanger for Baggett.
"Blake needed to find some
intensity, and he actually loaded
up and headed down to the Stewarts," said Pro Circuit team owner
Mitch Payton. "Big James [Sr.]
and Little James and Malcolm
[Stewart] are down there, and
Big James is crackin' the whip on
him. It's good for him. It's different dirt there, and they're trying
to just work on trying to go faster.
It's good for all those guys to ride
together. And I think it's just nice
to have a break from just always
riding the same tracks. He wanted to do something different."
The strategy seemed to pay
off as Baggett performed one of
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his patented come-from-behind
winning rides in the first moto.
A stomach issue in the second moto might have prevented
him from doing it again, but
his 1-2 performance was good
Defending 250 champ Blake
Baggett has been training with
James Stewart in Florida.
enough to net him the overall victory for the day.
Steve Cox
S
hane Green chalked up his
first Unlimited Class win of
the season with one blistering
run up the Devil's Staircase as
the AMA Pro Hillclimb Series
held its annual night race in Oregonia, Ohio.
John Koester posted his third
win in a row in Xtreme Class in
what is his rookie year in the
class, and newcomer Ryan Preece took the win in Pro Sport in
his first appearance of the year.
Koester ended up finishing
second to Green with Jay Sallstrom retaining his championShane Green soars to victory at
the Devil's Staircase in Ohio.
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GREEN TAKES NIGHT CLIMB
