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"I spent all day trying to get
around guys," said Delong. "I
got up in the top five there at
the beginning of the first lap and
crashed in the field, so I had to
pick myself up and charge again.
Just playing a little bit of catch-
up at the beginning of the race. I
think I kind of burned myself out a
little bit early. With two laps to go,
I was trying to find some extra en-
ergy, and I got around Witkowski
on the last lap and tried to push
and get away, but I didn't really
have it. The last couple of miles,
we were going at it, and I just
didn't have it. We'll regroup and
be ready in a couple days."
Craig's brother, Andrew De-
long, was eighth overall on the
kowski. "I got caught by Johnny
and rode behind him, and then
had to pit, so I lost time. Then I
just tried to charge, but he got far
out there. Then I just kind of rode
around in second and then put a
hard charge on towards the end. I
got it down to 20 seconds but just
didn't have it."
Coastal Racing Husqvarna's
Craig Delong, who this week
made the switch to Rockstar En-
ergy/Factory Racing Husqvarna,
filling one of the vacancies left
when Thad Duvall and Trevor
Bollinger went down with injuries,
wiping out their entire XC1 team,
got a poor start and spent his day
working through the pack to finish
seventh and third in the XC2 class.
up with Girroir's pace in the sand,
who grew up only a few miles from
the 338 Motocross "Southwick"
course and says he loves the sand.
Witkowski finished sixth overall and
second in the XC2 division.
"I led a couple laps and then just
settled into a groove," said Wit-
(Left) Jordan
Ashburn finished
approximately
two minutes
behind Ricky
Russell in fourth.
(Right) Jonathan
Girroir was the
top XC2 rider in
fifth overall.
