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Di Mario, Vossberg Take Mid-Ohio Talent Cup Wins R ound four of the Parts Un- limited Talent Cup By Motul series was held alongside the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, July 26-27, with Warhorse Duca- ti/American Racing's Alessandro Di Mario and Hank Vossberg (Tytlers Cycle Racing) taking the two race wins on offer. Di Mario claimed the opening race by leading only the final lap. Just five-hundredths of a second separated him from Vossberg after 10 laps that saw seven rid - ers finish within one second. Polesitter Bodie Paige (CTR/ D&D Cycles) lacked top-end speed, settling for third but still only 0.250 of a second from the win. Sam Drane (Yamaha bLU cRU Estenson Racing), the sole rider to tackle a wet Q2, finished fourth, 0.346 of a second back. "The chatter was insane," Di Mario said. "As soon as I started pushing a little bit, my outside foot was slipping out, and I was doing everything I could, and it was chattering a lot. I knew I didn't have the pace to be up there. In the first part of the track, they were a little faster, so I didn't care if I got passed because I knew the straightaway was right after, and it's down - hill, so it helped. After I figured out I didn't have the pace, I just figured I had to be smart about it, and I knew I wanted to make a pass on the last lap, and it just worked out perfectly. When Hank passed me, I knew the group was pretty big, so I just tried to calm down and take it easy, and I knew it was going to come down to the last lap, and no lap before that mattered. When I was third, I knew that I could draft them, so I decided to make the move on the last lap." "We just had a little bit of dif - ficulty with our gearing," Paige said. "On the first lap, I came down the straight and was hit- ting the rev-limiter right before the speed trap, so that definitely didn't help with my race. Other than that, it was good." Ella Dreher (MP13 Racing), Carson King (Royalty Racing) and Kody Kopp (Team Roberts) completed the top seven, all within a second, with Kopp set - ting the fastest lap at 1:37.038. Nathan Bettencourt (Bettencourt WIND IN THE P52 Alessandro Di Mario (27) frags Hank Vossberg (31) to the line to win race one.