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a L faster. "l was pretty scared there, because I thought Neil [Hodgson] was Soint to tet a draft off of me - why wouldnt hel - it fek like almosr it had the brakes on when rhe bike stops like that. ' On top of not finishinS on the podium, he lost fourth, and several champi- onship points to Hodgson. 15 Steve Rapp l0th/l lth Place TheJordan Suzuki team raced among themselves all weekend. The trio finished in order in both races, though the order changed. Saturday it was.lason Pridmore, Steve Rapp, and Jake Holden. Sunday it was Pridmore. Holden, Rapp. "Yeah, me andJason had a good race," Rapp said. "He beat me, but it was fun actually. We both were ridinS Sood I think. lt was a good solid run before the Superstock race, besically. The bike felt 8ood. For sure, his bike it was pretty equal actualry. His bike didn t seem to be faster than mine actually. Prid- more had the advantage of being on the Superbike, which hes much better brakes than the Superstock bikes of Holden and Rapp. "He passed me a lot under the brakes, like Boing into five, he passed me a couple oftimes. He was really good on the brakes and then I could make up a lot of time on him goinS throuSh the Carousel and some of the other spots." Sundar's rece was platued by a lack of tires. They had one Dunlop NT for rhe race. but no spare. And when the race was stopped, the decision was made to fi! a non- NI "lt was either stay on my used tire or Eo with a used one and I went with a new differ- ent one and it feels like a second of a lap slower Thar was the only thing we changed really from the first mce (o rhe second." 43 Jason Pridmore 9th/9th Place leaving the racerrack in probably three years. So, you know we made big chan8es at the Miller test that carried over to here. And yeah, unfortunately, we popped a couple of motors, so I had to run a Superstock motor in the Superbike race, but we got the chassis a lot better." Pridmore said the improvement at l4iller was in the front forks. "l've not been able to feel the front end of my bike at all and i( helped me a lot to move in a direction that we ve never gone'with thas ream and that helped a lot. So that beinS Eaid, all of a sudden now I've got feel in both my bikes." Unlike teammate Rapp, the red fla8 helped Pridmore. "lt completely helped me. Hy second tire seemed like it was a little better than my first, so for sure that was a bi8 difference for me. I think my fastest rime in the first segment was a l6-flat and I ran mid-lss in the second one, so it was be(ter. So it helped me a lot." 3trvc Ropp (15) lcqdt leommole Joson Pridmore (43) in rheir inho-leom borle. teammate this season. He flnished sixth in both races at Road Arneric:- The Georgian got pushei wide at tte start of Saturday's race, then found a hck of feel for dre front end. Sunday he banled for fourth with Duhamel and HodSson, the trio covered by less dun four-terths ofa second at dle finbh. Cll to be stronS in a couple of sessions where I feel I had to improve. Very very hard mentally to do. They say you hove CYCLE NEWS . JUNE 14,2006 2t

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