IN
THE
WIND
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he opened up a small gap when
the race resumed. By the end of
the race he had almost four sec-
onds in hand over Yamaha's Josh
Brookes.
In the second race, Brookes
crashed out, giving Byrne the vic-
tory and his second double of the
season. Byrne has now won five
of the six races in the 2014 sea-
son and he leads the title chase
by 45 points.
The two wins were his 55
th
and
56
th
of his British Superbike ca-
reer.
"I'm really, really happy with
how this weekend's gone and
the win in the first race was just
what we needed," Bryne said. "I
tried really hard at the beginning
with my plan to open up a bit of
a gap and then conserve the tire
and control the race. That part
worked, but I backed off a bit
too much and the boys caught
up so I had to push again. I kept
my eye on the big TV screen to
see what the gap was and when
Josh [Brookes] closed in towards
the end; I had one last dig and
brought the bike home. For race
two, my crew chief felt that if I
could lap consistently I'd be in a
good position so I tried hard from
the word go and towards the end
of the race I managed to build up
a bit of a buffer. The last couple
of laps were a bit sketchy so I
was pleased to see the check-
ered flag and take the win. It's
very early days in the season,
though, and there's a long way to
go so we'll just keep doing what
we're doing."
PENTON MOVIE
SHOWING
A
fter a rousing review of the film's premiere in
Cleveland, Ohio, on June 9, "Penton: The John
Penton Story" will make its West Coast premiere on
Tuesday, June 17 at the famous Egyptian Theatre in
Hollywood, California. Limited tickets for this exclusive
and memorable event are being made available to the
public through www.BrownPaperTickets.com.
"We're pleased we get to have the public join us for
our special night at the Egyptian and share John and
his family's wonderful story," said Todd Huffman, the
film's director and producer at Pipeline Digital Media
(PDM). "After the response we had in Cleveland, it's
exciting to bring the film to the West Coast."
Tickets for the event are $45 and include admission
to the pre-screening reception that begins at 5 p.m.
before the film at 7 p.m. Join cast and crew members
for this reception in the courtyard of the Egyptian The-
atre, which will showcase a number of historic motor-
cycles that were part of the Penton legacy.
Tickets are only available online and will not be avail-
able at the door. Purchasers can go to: www.brown-
papertickets.com and type in Penton to find the event.
