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Doug Gust Pulls Podium
Finish at Loretta's
  Hurricane
Mills, TN -- August 13, 2006 - 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.
"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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