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CARLSBAD, Calif., Monster Energy's Doug Henry looked to have gained some ground on overall AMA Supermoto Championship series points leader Jeff Ward at Round Eight of the series at Elkhart Lake's (Wisc.) Road America this past weekend, finishing ahead of Ward in the first of two races with a solid 2nd place finish in the opener.

Henry would come from behind in the second moto to catch up to Ward and mount a challenge for the lead, only to run into problems on lap 11 of the 18-lap race and wind up 13th overall. With the setback Henry now trails Ward by 32 points with two races remaining on the schedule (340-308).

"I had and opening and tried to take advantage of it, but ended up crashing on lap 11," said Henry. "I managed to get my Yamaha going again, but by then it was too late."

Photo: Jim Quaschnick

Though the standings don't portray it, the fastest racer on the track last weekend was Henry's Monster Energy/Graves Yamaha-backed teammate Mark Burkhart. The hyper-fast Ohioan clocked the fastest lap times in both motos, going 5-2 on the day. Burkhart is in 4th place in the overall Supermoto class standings, trailing Chris Fillmore for the finals podium spot by 26 points, 282-256.

Monster Energy/Graves Yamaha's third entrant, Supermoto Lites class racer Brandon Currie would finish 3rd on the afternoon and now trails the overall leader (Cassidy Anderson) by 26 points, 197-171.

Next up for Henry, Burkhart, Currie and the Monster Energy/Graves Yamaha Supermoto team is Round Nine of the 2006 AMA Supermoto Championships at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 14th.

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