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Cycle News 2006 Issue 13 April 5

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Mv Owru FLqce: 198 facob Saylor After finishinS seventh in his heat mce, Tamer Racing's Jacob Saylor turned in a great per- fomance in his semi, where he battled with Chad Reed for the first few laps belore finish- ing second. Howevec in the main, Saylor went down, iniurint his wrist and, after that, the Tennessee native put it on cruiie controlfor the rernainder ofthe lace. "My teammate Erick Vallejo 8ot the holeshot in the semi, and l8ot him orrt ofthe re.ond cornei" Saylor said. "l knew that Reed was cominS, and he went by me, but he actually made a mistake, and we went back and forth. lgot offto a good stan in the majn, and I ended up behind Windham, bot I washed out in a corner and my wrist 8ot iammed, so I iust held on and rode smooth from there." 32 Ryan Clark 7th Team Solitaire's Ryan Clark mede it to the main event by finishinS fifth in his semi. ln the main, Clark gated well and linish€d the llrst lap in seventh. From that point, he rode a con- sistent race and took advantage ofa fading Kevin Windham as the laps wound down to lin- ish seventh. "The main event went good," he said. "l had a real bad pick on the tate, but for some reason, nobody took the inside gate, so I took it. I came out of the tate stront, and it was a little chaotac in the first turn, the way they had it, but I staned inside the top l0 and I iust rode my own ra.e. Windham went by me, and I know he was a litlle bit {ati8ued, but it helped me, because I was able .o run some of his lines. Then, once he kind of moved over and let me back by. I had a clear track ahead of me. I was happy I was able (o pu( in a strong 20 laps." Clark has made every main event but one this year. 27 Nictwey sth Nick Wey had a rough time making it into the main evem in Det oh. The MDK/Motosport/Honda-backed rider ,ell on the first lap of his heat ra

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