the results at the front seemed
pretty much set in stone, espe-
cially coming off a processional
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main event that essentially
played out as a glorified game
of follow the leader.
Of course, that's when every
-
thing went haywire.
First, Bauman crashed after
getting sucked into a multi-rider
fight for fourth. But before Dan
-
iels could come back around to
observe the fallen KTM ace, he
first witnessed the shocking sight
of Beach's spill in front of him.
Daniels inherited the lead and
Mees second, while Beach franti
-
cally picked his Yamaha MT-07
DT up off the dirt and got back
into the mix as quickly as hu
-
manly possible. Despite later ad-
mitting to riding tight under the
duress of some serious nerves,
the new leader promptly built up
a big advantage of his own.
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69 SAMMY HALBERT
6TH SUPERTWINS
Three-time Castle Rock conqueror
Sammy Halbert proved he was still
plenty quick at the venue despite
his dearth of seat time on the Martin
Trucking/Castrol Yamaha and gen-
eral rustiness. Halbert finished the
day in sixth with several top-flight full-
timers behind him. He said, "Without
racing for so long, it was tough for
me to come out here. I've only ridden
this bike at Daytona and now here at
a completely different track. It's hard
to jump out here and try to figure out
how to dial it in. We got the holeshot
in the heat race, which was sick, but
JD was on a mission and slammed
the 'Slammer.' I got another good
start in the main, but we got bumped
around a lot in that first turn. We kept
making changes throughout the day
and made the bike better. In the end,
we were in the mix."
79 DALTON GAUTHIER
2ND SINGLES
After opening the season with a win,
two seconds, and a third in the year's
first four races, D&D Certified's Dal-
ton Gauthier has been absent from
the box ever since. "I won here last
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JD Beach made a run
for the win but had to
settle for third.
