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point on. 1 went into that check at 2:10, which wasn't bad, 1 guess. 1 think 1 could've made it in on a late 'one', otherwise. 1 spent most of the day just riding at my own pace. Blair Sharpless was on the row behind me. We talked at the resets when we could, and he didn't seem to be catching me anywhere, so that was a good sign." . The victory offered another reward for Hopkins, as he locked up his fourth South Eastern Trail Riders Association Championship in addition to scoring the overall win. "I won the race, which was fine, but the main thing for me this season has been the (SETRA) championship:' said Hopkins. The signs were bad from the start for several of the other overall contenders. Ohio's Terry Cunnigham, pilotiilg a new KDX200, was thought to be a favorite due to the inclement weather, but the 34-year-old four-time National Champion suffered early mechanical problems and finished an eventual 11th overall. "It's hard to say right now exactly what the problem was," said the Team Green/MSR/Scott/EK/Dunlop / Acerbis/ Bel-Ray /Bell /ICO /Renthal/ProCircuit-backed Cunningham. ''I'm guessing that the needle in this year's bike is a little too lean. The bike is brand new, and maybe two miles off the start, it .started sounding funny when 1 would shut off to enter a comer. It was fine like that unhl we were on a hard road and 1 was gearing down for a stop sign and the bike just seized up. By a stroke of luck (Team Green technician) Greg Quador was coming down the road in the truck, and he pulled in to help. We raised the needle to the last clip position and then the bike was fine for the rest of the day, but the damage to my chances of winning was already done." As he did in the first round one week earlier, Suzuki's defending National champ Randy Hawkins had an off-day, finishing eighth overall after some early trail hassles knocked him off the pace. "1 dropped into a hole and got the front wheel stuck pretty good:' said the Suzuki/MSR/Troy Lee/Scott/Pro Taper/ Acerbis/RK/Metzeler/Uni/BelRay /Jeff Spencer/Boyesen/Pro Circuitbacked Hawkins. "It was one of those ones where 1 had to get in there and dig it out with my hands, which in turn made it hard to hold on until I could get some new gloves. E~erything just seemed to go downhill from there. I know that this enduro is just about three hours from my house, and it seems like I'm a loca}favorite, but my best days are when 1 keep my feet on the pegs, no matter where we are, and today 1 didn't do that. Whether it had rained today or not, 1 still think this would have been a nasty, muddy race_ The rain just made it wet and that much colder, but 1 got some valuable points and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series." At the finish, Hawkins was sporting a large abrasion on his neck that he had received when he faced a notorious uphill. climb near the first gas stop. The Suzuki rider was directed by arrows away from the hill's approach, and soon found himself wrapped up in tree vines and branches. "1 don't know what happened there. It was as if they were trying to cu t the hill out and then they decided not to." Russell's final score of 41 put him in a tie with runner-up Hines for the series points lead; Each rider has a secondand a fourth-place finish, with two events completed. First-round winner Larry Roeseler doesn't plan to contest the entire series, and was absent from the Georgia round. Russell seemed pleas.ed with his fourth-place finish, but would have liked to have done better. "I came in (to ".... ; ...... Toyota Grand Prix ofLaguna Seca AMA National Road Racing Series APRIL 16, 17, 18, 1993 TOYOTA . 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"1992 WASHOUGAL MOTOCROSS NATIONALS" (#157B) The scenic mountains of southern Washington state are the home of Washougal MX Park, one of the most demanding courses on the AMA National Championship motocross circuit. In 1992, Washougal was the site of the opening round of the 500cc National MX Series, as defending champ Jeff Ward prepared to battle with Jeff Stanton, Mike Kiedrowski and the rest of the open class specialists. Both motos porvide non-stop action from flag to flag. The 125cc class was no less exciting as Yamaha's Jeff Emig turned on the pressure, looking for his first back-to-back win of the season. Narrated by Larry Naston; 48 minutes from Powersports Video, 19