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a perfect 100 points. Currie is second with 82, with Leonardo Bagnis, fifth today, third with 70, GP Husqvarna's David Bafleleuf punc- tuated his 70130 Racing Supermoto Unlimited win by standing on the seat and wheelyinS ro the flag. The Frenchman led flag to flag and won by. 4.626 seconds. Second went to Team Red Eulli KTM/HMC's.lohn Lewis, with Micky Dymond third on the All Access racing KTM. Series lead Ben Carlson was knocked down at the start. then suffered a flat rear tire. He still holds the point lead, but now it's by one point.73 to 72, over Lewis. Baffeleuf is third with 70. And today's fourth-place finisher, Gary Trachy (Hus), is fourth with 58. MOTO ON€ Pastmna ended up on the ground on the first lap while Ward and Henn/ started to split, The veterans pulled away quickly and were toSether when Ward overshot a iump in the left end dirt section. "When I saw him go off that berm, I was scared,' Henry who'd set fast time in Superpole, said. "l froze for a lap. I was hoping he was okay, because he went off that thing high, sideways. lt was just so scary Looking from where I was, I was iust hopinS he was okay. lt kind of reminds me what I did in lYaryland. I don't want to see that happen to anybody." "My foot fell off and I grabbed a hand- ful and couldn't get to the brake and went over that big huge berm, it was like a freestyle ramp," Ward said. "l was lucky to keep ir straighr. I was, like, 30 feer rn the air on flat ground. "l came back and I was running fourth or fifth. I felt okay - considering that. And then, I iust fell over and the bike quit. I couldn't get it started. That's one of those deals when the bike's that hot, they don't like to start. And then, I just kicked and kicked about 100 times and lwas done." Henry had nearly a five second lead on the fifth lap and he grew it sl€htly and safely. "l just kind of put it on cruise control," he said. "l knew Jeff was out - iust try to salvage as many points as I can get." Burkhart moved up two spots on the founh lap, from fourth to second, passinS Kunzel and Fillmore. Burkhan moved away from the pair, taking a secure founh, "Made a mistake in the dirt and went back to lifth,'' in the early going, "and just had to make my way back up through them," Burkhart said. "Got up to second and I'm happy with that." Then Fillmore did the same. "l battled with l*1ark [Burkhart] a little bit; he obviously was a bit faster and more aggressive in the dart,'' Fillmore said. ''He pulled away from me and it ended up being a mild race. No battle." The battle behind was down to Kunzel and Nicoll, the teammates together from lap five to nearly the end- Nicoll made the pass on lap nine and put nearly four seconds on his teammate the last two laps. Kunzel lamented being able to onry ride hard for half the race. "l don't know" he be8an, "l can go the speed only five laps and then I don't know what happens." losh Chisum was sixth after passing Micky Dymond on the final lap. MOTO TWO "l really wanted to go out in the sec- ond moto there and win it, and lust put my head down and just try to do the best lcould. lt worked out well, Ward said. The lead over Henry was already over 2.5 seconds on the third lap and Ward grew it to nearly five. He backed off to win his third race of the year by 3.202 seconds. "l gapped them prett/ good, but he (Henry) had a good weekend," Ward said. "He had a good weekend, so l'm sure in his mind to get second and only lose three points to me...he played it smart. I know he wasn't letting me get "l don't know," said Henry "l just seemed like I couldn't hook up out there - stan flowing riSht from the get-go. I felt like I wasn't on pace right in the begin- ning. I tried a couple of times to make up a little time and made some mistakes. I didn't want to go down in that race. I wanted to stay up and come out of the weekend ahead in points as far as where I was before. lt was a pretty successful weekend for me. I would have liked to have won both, but one-two is really not too bad." Burkhan nearly got taken out in a first turn melee. That kept him in fifth, which is where he stayed for the first half of the race. On the sixth lap he made his move, jumping from fifth to third. "l rode behind the guys until I thought l could pass them," he said. "l made a Team Red Bull KTM HMC'S Mitch Hansen was happy to see the last ofthe three-in-a- row races. The hardship wai les.ened by having two in his home state of Wisconsin. "Because tyvo of them were in wisconsin, we got to 80 back to the race shop and prepare the bikes," he said.'iAnd these guys had ro alldo it on Ehe fly. For us, rr was diffl- cult, but it certainly was easier for us than anybody else." Now there was a three- week break to the next round in Detroit. only a seven hour drive from the HMC shop. "Then we have the X-Garnes coming up August- 5o we've got some breaks now betveen the races which is nice, so we might do some Canadian rounds." Red B1rll KTt4 HMC'5 Jurgen Kunzel was to fly back to Germany stratht after the race for a World Championshrp round fol- lowed by a German national, then a retum for Detrort. k would have meant sx week- ends ofsupermoto in a row. But after the race, Kunzel said "Now next weekend I want to make a World Championship round, but I cancelled this- I go on Monday home and I fix and prep for Detroit. I think for me it's the start of the season now GP Husqvarna's Troy Herfoss was taking his banged up body home to Ausrralia for a national round. Herfoss bea! himself up in a practice crash the day before Saturday's race. "For sure, I've got a mce this week- end cominS in Australia and it will be tough," he said. "But a two-week break and get myself fixed up and, hopefully, be in the points next time." Utah Govemor lon lluntsman lr. w"as a fixture on the Hiller weekend. An avid rnotorcycl,st, the Sovemor showed up on Saturday in a red American Honda team shirt. He even did some flagginS in one of the corn€rs of the Sup€rmoto track. W}lat h€ mosr enjo).ed had raken place a month earli- er. Governor Huntsman Jr. \das the tirst der to ride a lap of the Miller Supermoto track. "Supeabike was a treat battle," the governor said, "Slpermoro ir a wonderful sport and this is probably the best track in the wodd," he said. Asked about the chances of Troy Lee Designs Honda's Cassid/ Anderson, he said, "He! our homebody. lthink he's going to do okay." He did better than okay, run- ning away from the Supermoto Lites race for his founh win in a row. Consul6lions amont the riders, tra

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