VOL. 51 ISSUE 29 JULY 22, 2014 P41
Briefly...
James Stewart had another frus-
trating day at Spring Creek. While
running fourth on the first lap of the
first 450 moto, Stewart suffered a
get-off but remounted to finish sev-
enth. He returned for the second
moto but said that he wasn't feeling
quite right. After getting a good start,
the race was stopped and restarted
because of a starting-gate malfunc-
tion. As he lined up for the restart,
Stewart said he felt disoriented and
dizzy, and decided to retire for the
day. "Obviously, we're disappoint-
ed," said Yoshimura Suzuki Team
Manager Mike Webb. "But more than
that, we're concerned about James.
We're not really sure what's going on
or whether he's suffered health is-
sues that we were all unaware of at
the previous rounds. One thing is for
certain, it's been a tough few weeks
for James and that's taken a toll on
him and the team. Right now, we're
going to get James checked out by a
physician and play the next few days
by ear. His health is our number-one
priority."
Chad Reed rode the Millville race
with Pirelli tires. The day before
the race, TwoTwo Motorsports and
Dunlop both put out press releases
saying the two parties had mutu-
ally agreed to discontinue their re-
lationship, starting with the Millville
race. Dunlop had been a sponsor
of Reed's team for four years. Reed
is still struggling getting back up to
speed after his injury. He went 14-14
for 15
th
overall.
This year track owner John Martin
had a surprise for the riders: a big
up and down hill. Where the track
normally went partway up the hill and
then turned and came back down,
Martin sent the riders all the way
up to the top before coming back
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