NATIONALS
VOL. 51 ISSUE 30 JULY 29, 2014 P97
were places in the trees where I
could catch him, but then again,
it was so dusty [there was no
passing].
"It wasn't quite the normal OMA
track—it was quite a bit faster than
we usually race—it was a lot of fun,
a little different than we usually do.
At the end of the day, it would've
been nice to win the money, but
looking at the championship,
we've got a bit more points lead
[over Jason Thomas who DNFed
My Own Race:
14 ADAM BONNEUR (4-5) 5TH PRO
"The first race I kind of rode around in fourth by myself,"
Bonneur said of his race. "I stopped to make sure Jason
[Thomas] was okay and kind of took off after that and tried
to take it all in and enjoy the scenery a little bit in the first
moto. The second moto I knew I had something for them
after paying attention to the times on the board. I knew
Jimmy and I would be close since Jimmy finished third—
I was keeping track of him—so second moto, first lap, I
knew I wasn't going to get the start [because] it's a pretty
fast start [and the 450s pulled my 350]. I just tried to ride
my best through the dust and I ended up staying pretty
close. When we came back out on the grass track the
second lap, I was still pretty close to Jimmy and he slid
out in a turn. That's how I got by him. I led him through the
rest of the grass track, and I was kind of excited to be out
of the dust for a change. As soon as we got back into the
trees, I must've been too excited because my front end
pushed through a turn and I went back down again." Lat-
er that lap, however, his Woodstock KTM started to run
poorly (possibly due to bad gas he'd bought that morning)
and he had to settle for fifth in the moto and fourth Pro
overall.
27 CODY BOLLINGER (3-1) 1ST PRO 2
After practice on Saturday, Cody Bollinger said that he felt
confident. "I was right up there with the big boys," he said.
"I knew I had a good chance of running up front [today]
so I just put my head down and I ended up on top today.
My holeshots were a huge part! Barnes Racing put up an
award for the holeshot—$100—and that's what really trig-
gered me to get that holeshot." He finished the first moto
with a broken brake pedal, which he replaced with one off
his backup bike for moto two.
42 SHANE KLIMEK (2-2) 2ND PRO 2
"The first moto I think I might've been leading for maybe four
or five laps," Shane Klimek said of his race. "It just got really
rough and a couple people caught me, but it was all right. I
did some battling. It was freaking awesome! We went out for
the second moto and I was pretty beat after the first one. I
think I ended up running third or fourth for most of the race.
A couple people had some bad luck and I swooped on in
there and got myself two seconds so awesome."
The top three (and saloon employee/
trophy girl) take their places on
the steps of the Easyriders Saloon
Steakhouse podium.
