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lnfinoon Roca\rroy Sonomo, CA ol I l- - - U I r all came down to the last laD in the I iockhart-Phillios USA Formula ! ^aa"a" race at rnrrneon Raceway I .nd there was Dlentv ol excitement. I tn" tz-tup.ice had been a battle between Yamaha teammates Jason DiSal- vo and Eric Bostrom. Each had spent time at the front: Bostrom led laps one through I0, DiSalvo ll through 15, And they each led the final lap. Bostrom was qlricker in the turn six Carousel for the run up to the turn 7-7A double right- He went inside DiSalvo for the lead. but ran wide in the short chute between seven and 7A. as he'd done on the previous lap. But this time he moved down on the 7A exit with Disalvo farther on the inside, in the loose-rubber bits where there was no traction. When Disalvo applied power to his R5, the rear stepped out violehtly and repeatedly. Disalvo wrestled it to a draw, but had to watch as Bostrom drew away. The marSin of victory was 8. I 08 seconds. "lt's been a long time since I've won here, so it feels really good," Bostrom said. ''This track has always been a favorite to come to since they fixed it, and I iust never really Eot the results l've been looking for. So it was a big change for us." The pair had had a dress rehearsal in the same place a lap earlier- Bostrom went up the inside Soing into turn seven, Disalvo took it back on the 7A exit. On the final lap Bostrom repeated his move. as did DiSalvo. "l had closed the line up on him, and he was way down there in the marbles," Bostrom said. "So I knew he was risking a lot down there. I obviously didn't want to get into any sort of, well, iust didn't want ro Elke out my leammate. He's leading the championship and stuff. So I gave him a little bit of room, and that was probably a good thing for him." "l was getting on the gas, and had the thing cranked over, and it iust started to come around on me, and I knew if I let off he was going to get ahead of me, and then it would be tough gettin8 back by," Disalvo said. "So I iust opened it up and tried to get the thing to grip, and it iust stepped out pretty good. and then it threw me up, and came down, and I came right back down on the seat, and I stayed on the throttle, because I wasn't Siving uP that easy, The bike's going to have to work harder to throw me off than that, And it spit me up again, I miSht've done it a thrrd trme, I don t know- But I'm going to have to go ice down some areas before the qualifying. I'm pretty sore." At that point all DiSalvo cared about was points. He remains in the chamPi- onship lead with 133, l3 more rhan Erion Honda's losh Hayes, founh today, and 23 up on Bostrom, who moved up to third with his second win in a row. ''Well, I've got to keep winninS them; that's our only shot at getting back up toward in the hunt for this thing," Bostrom said. "l think it's obviously a lot to ask, because he's been the guy to beat all year He's been sefting the pace. So to beat him at every race is our iob, and that's what we're going to set out to do.'' Bostrom's I I FX win moved him into a tie with American Honda's Jake Zemke wenl ql ir from Xtcme finol Goberr (96) ond rides coming my way, so this was a really unique opportunity," he said. Though he was happy to finish the race, he wished that leremy McWilliams had finished the race on the Hal's H- D/Buell/ Warr's of London H-D/Buell XBRR. Mcwilliam5 dropped out on lap l0 with an electrical problem. "The guy is iust literally leagues ahead of anybody here," Really said. "lt's tough for a general club guy like me to be a teammate with leremy Mcwilliams who's got more experience than anybody I know And I know what the bike can do, I iust don't have the talent to 8et it to do what he does." Cl{ lN;tNEoN RacEwaY soNofia, CaurorNlA Rrsulrs: MaY 20, 2006 fORMUIA XTREIIE FINAL: L Enc B6rom (Yam): 2. laon D,savo |/,n): ]. Dann/ E5li.( (suz). 4 Jo\hua Hayes (Hon/: 5. M.chael Banet .suz): 6. A. on GobeE (Hon): 7. Blake Yoons (s@); €. Rran Andws (Hon)r 9. Tony Mening (Suz): 10. Ty Holwd (Hon)i lt- Rre Elleb, (Hon)r 12. Ganr R,sss (soz)i ll. opie carlor (suz): ll. Ni.k/ floore (Yffi): 15. Kim Nakdhima (Su2): 16 Armando Ferrer (Kaw)i 17. victor Chinn6 (raw): 18- CEis M.rean (Duc); r9. Kenny Cadofta (S!z):20. JEremiah Johnron (5u4: 2l M,(hael Aron \Ducl: ?2. Shawn R€rlr/ rBue): 21. Johnny Rock Page rYaml. 24. O.rren Mu,rPy (Ouc). 25. Chns sEbenhur (Su!r. 26 tn, Gulbaasen (Duc); 27. leremy flcwillhms (B@): 28. ,.@! K.rker (H".). Timq 27 min..59 65 ec. Dkt ne: 17lap6,37.7{ miles Aente rp.Gd:80.9 mph M.'sin of tictory. 8. I 08 se. FORMUTA XTREIIE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS (Aft.r 4 of I I Eundr): l- lson Oisalvo (l3l/l win)i 1.16h Hare (120)r L Eri. Bosrom (llon winr:4- Aircn Gob.rt (lO4)r 5 BlakeY@n8Pl):6. Danny E lkk (81); 7. Roben Erlet (80)i I Tony Hctins (77): 9. RFn Andrewr (/21: l0 T/ l-roffid (63r: ll. Op,e Ca/lor 16lr: 12. N'

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