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PRESS RELEASE FROM
BT (Ben Townley), Dated 11 July 1999
SUMMARY
An awesome day, I\'m now number 1 in Austrailia in the 13-15 class.
Today\'s first race was perfect conditions but the second race
was muddy, grotty, puddles and cloggy crap. Darren has been awesome
and the bike was absolutely great.
Race #1 (Final 2)
Good start and around first turn in second place. Luke Cunningham lead
the whole race with myself staying behind him within 2 secs (1sec most
of the time). I had no more speed and he didn\'t either, but never
had the chance to pass. Finished second after a great race.
Race #2 (Final 3)
Going into this race I had to beat Luke to win. As we sat on the starting
grid, the heavens opened and poured down. I got an awesome start but dropped
back to third on first lap. Luke was second and Mitchell Howat was first.
I had to beat Luke to win. I dropped off Luke\'s tail about 6-8 secs by lap
three. On lap 4 (7 lap race) I pulled my finger out of my butt!! and (lap 5)
got to within 1-2 secs of Luke and Mitch. On the last lap I was looking for
a place to pass with about 4 corners to go Luke ran off the track slightly
and I just slipped past. I rode across the line with my hands in the air.
It was an awesome feeling to win the title. The race was real hard in the
mud and to finish second was great. See you soon.
Yours in motorcross, Ben Townley #1
