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thinking too much.
"The
championship
iust
got
to my head,
and I
just
kinda
fell apart
from there," Millsaps
said of
his ride in Orlando.
"Realistically,
if
something
happens, I am done,
so I'm
just
trying
to
take it easy."
'A
championship
is what
everybody wanB,"
Millsaps
added.
"l've
been wanting one
for the
last two
years
and
last
year
I thought
I had one."
ln Orlando,
Millsaps was
hst, as
us.ral, in the whooPs,
but Grant was
faster in other
sections,
particulart
coming
out of the
comers. Millsaps,
however,
has
picked
up
his
game
in another category
- his starts.
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start ofthe
main, BryanJohnson
rocketed
intothe
lead
on his Star Racing-sponsored
Yamaha, with
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Jesseman,
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of the
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second
place
on lap forr
of the
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make a dullenge.
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ended uP
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third
behind
Millsapa, with
lesseman
and Star
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out the
top fwe,
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the
win. Gram moves
imo a
tie with Gosselaar
for second
place
in the series
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rid'
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still 25
points
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