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Series
points
leader
Babbitt/Enxus
Oil
Kawasaki's
Josh
Demuth suffered his worst
per-
formance
of the season and ended
the weekend
in
Charlotte with a fourth-place
finish in
the 250 main
and a l3th
in the 450 main
on Friday nighti
and he
followed
that up with a DNF in
the 250 main
and a
l6th in the 450 main
on Saturday.
Demuth's
performance
was no
doubt affected
by an injury
suffered during a mountain-bike
acci-
dent he had while
training for the final
rounds.
However, he
still heads Fun
Center/Troy Lee
Designs/Suzuki-backed
Shane Bess
by
78
points
in
the
championship chase with
only two rounds
remaining.
On Friday,
Lacey
grabbed
the holeshot then
held
off the charges of Bess
and GPS Racing/Storm
Lake Honda's
Michael Blose to win
the 250 main.
ln
the 450 main,
Babbitt/Enxus
Oil
Kawasaki's
Damien Plotrs
led from
the srart with GPS/Storm
Lake Honda's
Brad l'4odjewski
behind him, fol-
lowed by Tommy Hofmaster
on the Sano
Systems/PPG Shogun Yamaha,
and Demuth.
Demuth made
his way
past
Hofmaster
and
Modiewski inro
second
place,
but tangled with
a lapper on lap l0 while
batrling with
Plotts for
the lead.
Meanwhile,
Lacey
managed to work up from
a
fifth-place start
ro overtake
both Hofmaster and
Modiewski for second
at the halfway
mark, and
then on
lap
l8 made his move
on Plotts
to sreal the
victory
-
his
second of the night.
"l
lust
tried
picking guys
off one by one,
and
before I knew it, I was
up on Plotts
for the lead,"
Lacey said.
Bess
charged to the front of the field
aod with-
stood
Plotts'advances
to win Saturday's 250 main
event. Plotts
ended up with
second
place,
while
Sano Systems/PPG/Shogun Motion
Yamaha's
Colt
Humphries
took his first
podium
of rhe
year
in
third
place.
Bess'win gives
him three for the
year
and brings him
to within
striking distance of
Hofmaster Ior second place
in
the overall champi-
onship
points,
ln Saturday's 450
main, Lacey
once again
topped Bess for
the win with
Brad Hagseth
put-
ting his Fun
Center/TLD/PPG
Suzuki on the
podi-
um
in
third
place.
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JANUATY 20.21, 2006
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(Hon)r
2. Oami.n Prons
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(Yam):5.
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Casey Hircon
(Hon):
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(suz);
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Plorts
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Humphre/
(Yam):a.
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(Knw).
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(Hon)i
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Demuth
(563/9):
2. Shane Bes
(,185/l):
3. T@my
Hotma*er
(482/l)i
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Prott!
(,a25)i
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(192/l
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