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Monster Energy Kawasaki's James Stewart (Photo: Steve Cox) ยป More Photos
The last three years at Unadilla have not been kind to Monster Energy Kawasaki’s James Stewart. In 2005, on a two-stroke KX250, Stewart had a serious battle going with Ricky Carmichael, that is until he landed on Carmichael over a downhill jump, knocking himself out, and knocking Carmichael out of the winning spot. Then, in 2006 and 2007, he crashed out of the race during practice, having never even left the starting gate.
This year, however, everything was going great for Stewart. Coming into Unadilla, he had won all 14 motos run, but that didn’t mean Unadilla wasn’t weighing on his mind.
When the gate dropped for moto one, it looked like Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Michael Byrne was going to grab the holeshot, but Stewart stole the lead just before the official BTOSports.com holeshot line, and even though Byrne threw a couple of challenges his way on the opening lap, Stewart was never headed again and went on to win the first 450cc moto over Byrne, Timmy Ferry, Honda Red Bull Racing’s
However, moto two had to be pushed back due to weather. It was raining and the race was delayed due to lightning. When the gate finally did drop, it was another Suzuki -- that of privateer support rider Cooper -- who nearly grabbed the holeshot, only to be pushed out by Stewart, who was credited with the start.
In the muddy conditions, Cooper kept Stewart honest, staying within four seconds of him for much of the race. Just past the halfway point, Stewart went down on his own out front and got up just in front of Cooper, but when Stewart caught the next bunch of lappers, he was quicker through than Cooper was, and Stewart pulled away to take his second win of the day, keeping his unbeaten streak intact. Cooper was second, followed by Byrne, Antonio Balbi, Matt Boni, Ferry (who fell in the late going), Hamblin and Jack Carpenter.
Stewart won the overall, Byrne was second (2-3) and Cooper was third (5-2).
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