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Travis Pastrana
32nd Place
Travis Pastrana had a
good
time having a miserable day.
The Red BulYcernics/Ameri-
can Suzuki
rider realized very
early on
that
iumpinS
inco the
fray of the outdoors
wasn't
very clever.
"This
was a really
bad idea," he said with
a bi8
smile
while signinS
auto-
graphs
for a crowd offans.
"l
guess
it could have
gone
worse.
I was on the
ground
a
lot. But the
problem
was
when I was
up
-
I wasn't
real-
ly
goint
much
faster. I mean,
it was a bit frustrating.
I
think
this might be the first out-
door moto l've linished in the
250 class, which is
iust
really sad.
The first
part
I
just
overheated
th€
bike.
And then went off and
into
a
puddle
and stuck. lt was
pretty
much a nightmare. k was a real
bad day at the office. Actually,
it was
still a
Sood
day at the office."
tuked if he would do
any more out-
doors,
he answered.
"No,
no,
no - I was thinkinS about
it - but this
broutht
me back down to reality.
These
Suys
are really
fit and reall),
good. Even at Daytona, at least
I had the speed. Here
I
just
tot
smoked.
And in some sadistic kind of
way, it was
funl lt was cool the
first moto.
We were comint through;
no! really coming that
fast.
[Doug]
Henry and
I were ridins totether, [ha! was
great.
My
goal
was to ride
with Henry 14illsaps, and
[Robbie]
Reynard. Reynard
didn't
qualify.
Henry
I
8ot
to ride a couple ol laps,
alrhough he still
smoked
me and
Millsaps lapped me. Didn't
te(
(o
do much of my
goal."
I 9
Doug
Henry
lTth Place
I can. Every
year
these
guys
are
gettin8
a
little faster, I think I'm
get-
ting a little slower Yeah, it's rougher every
year."
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