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April 29-30,
2OO5
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The top
three
-
Zemke,
SPies
ond Mlodin
-
celebrqte
on doy
one.
The
order wqr
the tome
in the cerond
roce
on SundoY.
7
s
"lt
was very
lonety,"
Zemke said.
"lt
kind
of
sucked, I
was actually
haPPy to
see
laP-
pers for once. lwas
like alriSht,
I have some-
ding to
do
now. Ben and
lYd
set a
great
pace
and
lLrckily
I was able to
at least
see
them
for the lim
few
laps, which
is more
than
we crn
say
previoLrs to
now. The blke
is
coming better
and
the
guys
put
their
heads
together
last night
and
came uP with
a setup
that
at least
allowed us to
see the
front of the
race for a
couple
of laps, anylvay
Not
that
we could
make any
inroads,
but they
looked
like
tt€y had
about a second
on
me. I could
just
see
them
riSht there,
Hats of,
to those
guys.
1}ey
rode a
great \ r'e'll
keep
working
I like the
company
I'm keeping
uP here,
I
just
don't
like sifting
on the end
over
here."
On the
lifth
lap, Mladin squirted
Past
Spies
in hJm three
and
it was
Sarne
on.
He
wo.rld
hold that lead
all the
way through
to
the lTth
hp.
\{hile he led, SPies
sat
there
and
w-atched, He
notked
tlfi Mladin
rnas
gettrE a
Sood
drive out of
the firnl
comer
ard
pulling him to
ttte start/finish
line. So
he
decided
to tvork on
dlaL
And on hp
17, he
got a
good
drive
out of the
final
tum and
drafted
past
Mladin
at the
striPe.
"He
was
delinitely
getting
a better
drive
on the
front straiShtaway,"
Spies
said-
'lAnd
I
just
tried to do
exactly
what he did and
8ot
a
good run
and
passed him, and
I
Suess
it was
about eiSht
to
go.''
Then he
put
his
head down and
Pulled
away
-
ever
so slowly.
By the
20th of 28
lape,
he led by
1.3 seconds.
That
\4ould
ultimate-
V Srow
to
4.4 seconds
at the linish.
Just
like
that,
the
kid had won
his founh
SuPerbike
race in a
row
-
and his third
d Califomia
Speedway.
"l
knew
lust
that
Fontana..
it's ahMays
been
a
good
track
for me,''
SPies said.
"Barber
[where
he won his first
two races
of
*le
year
a week
earlier]
was deflnitely
more
surprising
for me. Here,
we caught
a little bit
of a break.
He
had some
Problems
and
today
we had
to
work for it. lt was
all I
had
to
stay
behind him,
and I could
see he was
starting
to have
a little bit
of trouble
in the
middle
of the
race and
I
iust
wanted
to try to
keep
the
pace,
keep
going
and
see if I could
stretch it.
I
iust 8ot
in the lead,
and
the
8aP
sb\rv,
shrted
gro/rin8. I made one
little bit
work.
Obviously,
it's the
lifth race of
the
year
and I tned
to
give away a brg
points lead in
Barbei
and
got
luclv
and didnt
wart to
do
it
again today.
We
just
had to shut it down
a
little bit
and trl and
bring it
home. So
we had
nothing
for
him today."
Agarn,
he said
he d made the
wrong
rire
choice, though
he added
that it wouldn't
have made
a difference
anywaY.
"l
made
the
wrong one
again
[tire
choice]
-.hose
the same tire.''
l'4ladin said.
"Mate,
today,
we
iust
didnt
get it done.
Yeah, I had
a few
grip
problems in the end,
but
that
wouldn't
haYe mattered
today."
With
Zemke all alone
in third,
frat left
Duhamel and
Hodgson
to wage
war behiM
him.
Again it went
to the
end with Duhamel
getting the
nod by
iust
0.145
of a second
after 28
laps.
Then came Hayden
just
a few
tentk later, the
Fawasaki
rider having
stuck
with
the
other two
for the duration,
while
also dropping
Bostrom
who
was havinS
all
sors
of
problems.
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CAuFOINB
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rAy
FoMANA,
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