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(Above left) this crash
In a Day Two special
test effectively cost
Rodney Smith second
overall.
(Above right) Greg
ZItlerkopf ascends a hili
on his way to his
second-straight win In
the Heavyweight FourStroke class. He was
fifth overall.
(Left) Look closely and
you 'll see a hand on
Danny Hamel's
shoulder. Hamel gave
Guy Cooper a 11ft attar
Cooper broke down on
Day One.
(Right) Lany Roeseler
tied for third place with
Rodney Smith. this
marked the first time
that the Carson Va lley
Qualifier actually helped
qualify riders for the
ISDEteam.
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. . : .. .' ,. . . .... -: , er'sminlJle: had ·abexif.eight minutes to finish the last three miles.ofthe:
· Jallon Dahnersand David Rhodetlbegged and borrowed the ir way to -, .'()op, and: Said .afterwards, -:COOPer told me he d idn't wa,nt a .ride: if I:
respeCtable flllishes atme carson ValleyQualiflerwhen tbeir bikes and : thoUght I might not make it on time. bUt Iioid him that n he held on light
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·riding equipmerlt nevershOw6d .up:ThelW~ .Washington state:dders . 'we ctluld make it" .TIJe did; .With·atiOul iWo. minuteS"1o Spare. Cooper
'liad lIown.lo the event ,.WherelIiey.had ·planiled to meet Rhodes' father · : rebuitt his bike thai aftemOOn withthe help of Michael's SlJZUki in Oarsori
' OOn; Who was dtIiIinglrom.thEi ·previous w
eek's roUnd in Texas.,"A11of . ·C ity. The 'shop had' to' Send a meSsenger all the way'to Rimo 10 gel a
our e!luipment was ' In my van when 'tt developed ·e nglne trouble ' in .'. part, a nd Cooperflnished Day Two irififth Place. " . .'
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