main event, Henry Wiles (2010
Lima winner) pushed his Willy
Built/Mad Dog Racing Kawasaki
into the lead down the back
straight. Bauman was parked in
second with Jeffrey Carver (Ben
Evans Racing/Carver's BBQ
Kawasaki) harassing him.
The first opportunity he had,
Bauman went right up to the
After posting third-fastest
qualifying time, Bauman easily
won his heat and semi. Even
though much of his season has
been snake bit with mechanical
problems, Bauman proved to be
the class of the field in Lima.
"I've broken, I think, four or
five times this season. Dave
Zanotti deserves this [win]. We
would leave the track and he
would be stressing," said Bau-
man. "We would be pretty fast
throughout the day and break. I
owe all this to him. He would be
all week long not sleeping and
working on the bikes nonstop.
Dave, Bill Werner and Michelle
Disalvo just work their tails off."
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