Doug Gust Pulls
Podium Finish at Loretta's.
Hurricane Mills, TN (8/15/06)
- Loretta Lynn's is known for high humidity and high temperatures.
This year's event however was fairly mild with temperatures
in the 80's and 90's for most of the weekend. The only
thing that was missing was the smiling face and a sizzling
speed of Jeremiah Jones. The Suzuki tent became a stopping
in place for racers and fans alike offering their support
and well wishes.
Doug Gust decided to run the traditional yellow plastic
for the event. It's become sort of a tradition with
Team Yoshimura Suzuki to run an unusual graphics/color
scheme for this race.
The first moto saw Doug Gust out of the gate first
and headed for the holeshot till a missed shift relegated
him to 4th rounding the first turn. It took the "Digger"
till about the halfway point to work his way into second.
By then leader Joe Byrd had a large lead that proved
insurmountable.
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"I screwed up on the start and missed 3rd or I
would have had the holeshot." Gust said after the
moto. "Joe was going good and by the time I got
into second, I ran out of time to try and run him down."
In the end, Yoshimura support rider Joe Byrd won the
moto with Doug second, and Wimmer third.
The second moto once again saw Gust out of the gate
well, but some bumping and banging left the Wisconsin
native in 10th position rounding the 1st turn. Byrd,
once again ended up in first place at the end of the
first lap. The Tennessee native continuing his streak
of wins at his home track.
At the end of the day Digger Doug got up to 3rd place
by moto's end which was good enough for 2nd overall
honors.
This puts Doug down by 15 heading into the last race
in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The championship is still
within grasp – but only with some very good luck.
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