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from Ca li fo rn ia. " T he co u rse was 'rea lly good , but a li lli e da ngerous for the feel. I rea lly hit o ne (stu m p) o n th e seco nd loo p a nd went flyin g of f m y bike. That cost me so me time and I dro p ped another two points. T he co u rse was n't as wet as I expected a nd th e stu mps were scary , b ut [ had a good tim e." Wh ile Roeseler's troub le ca me in th e form o f stu m ps, Team H onda 's Scali Summers was forced to dismount for another typ e o f obstacle. ��� " I was hau lin' in th e second loop a nd I went to pa ss a slo wer rider off th e trail," expla ine d Summers. " Suddenly I saw a big branch sticking o u t .o f th e gro u nd and righ t a t me. I jumped off th e back o f my bik e because I th ought I was go ing to get skewered!" Summers a lso go t lost in th e poorl ymarked section in loop one , adding to his four-po in t finish ing score. "I was following so me o ther gu ys that were lost too, " he said. " Whe n I realized th a t I was lost I turned ro u nd 'a nd back tracked. T hen la ter I fo u nd o u t tha t if I had kep t go ing I wo uld have ended u p back o n the track. Oh well , I' m j ust ou t her e to war m u p. It 's no t in my best in terest to try real .hard and risk gelli ng hu rt." T eam Suzu ki had a frustratin g da y, as two o f thei r members finished with sco res of four a nd a no ther failed to fin ish. " I had a lill ie pr ob lem w i th tractio n," said four-po iIller Randy H a wkins . " We had the bi ke set up for last year's co nd itio ns , h ut it was wa y d ifferen t th is vear , I was main lv here to have fun , i think thai if it 'was a Nat ional I wou ld have been a lo t sha rpe r, mentall y." " I had a problem selli ng up m y timekeeping eq u ip m ent, " said Czech J an Hrehor o f T eam Suzuki. " I burned check o ne and then was passed b)' anot her rid er. I had many problem s." Suzuki 's Steve Ha tch dropped o ut earl y. " We' re not sure why yet, b ut the bike lo st a lot o f wa ter," said H at ch . " I figured that I had better j us t p u ll o ff ra th er th an b lo w t he m ot o r. I ts .u nlortu na te, I was rea lly ha vin g a b last ou t there. " T ho ugh he on ly co m pleted a sma ll po rt io n o f the event, Ha tch su mmed up why so man y return to the even t yea r a fter yea r. " I ca me loo king for a good time, a nd even th ough I brok e, I still had it," said the New Yorker. "Th is sur e bea ts the weather back ho me." f~ Resul ts HI G H THURSDA Y NIGHTS c::::��.... ~c::::�� ~.:.:~ TEL E V I SI a N SEE THE GREAT T SUPERCROSS RACERS IN HISTORYl i} RiCk JOh nSon Broc Glover , Jeff Ward and many, many more! 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