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chain guide. I got back on the lead pace after th at bu t the y were too far ahead of m e to ca tc h back up to. I guess th ey ha d a p retty good race together." "My goal was really to ' beat Ty today, because it's something I haven't been able to do for the last year or so, " joked the New York-born Hatch of his friendly rivalry. "I figure that I need to improve my stamina to race right with him and I'll get better and better each time." "S teve and I ended u p in our own race and we mus t ha ve passed each o ther back a nd forth 10 times," said Davis of the duel. " It was a great race and we wer e jus t passin g each o ther ever ywher e, th en one of us would get stuck behind a lapper and there would be no place to go for a few mom ents. I think it wa s fun for both of us because it was just a good, fast-paced race." Davis passed Hatch for the last time with abou t two laps to go . "I d on 't know if he go t tired o r just lost the pace, b ut"! jus t m aintained my o wn pace all th e way to the finish, " said Da vis, w ho ended up with a lead of around one minute at the finish. "I hita lapper going up a hill when I was still right behind Ty," said a frustrated Hatch. "Th e guy fell over on me a n d I lo s t a b o u t 30 or 40 seconds because I had to go back and then try the hill again. Ty jus t go t a wa y but I d idn' t stop trying. I was passing gu ys ev erywhere, and it was like Ru ssia n ro ulette every time because you d on 't kno w where a gu y is going to go sometim es. That's jus t the wa y racing goes." Ha tch came across the finish line a few minutes ahead of Smith. Finishing fou r m inutes beh ind Sm ith was offroa d vetera n Ron Na ylor . "I'm satisfied with th ird, considerin g the problems I had and all," remarked Suzuki /Moose/Smith/FMFbacked Smith. " If I had done something stu pi d instead and crashed I would ha ve been really mad at myself, but there w as no thing I cou ld really do about this. That's just racing." If Smith, 32, continues to lead a t th e end of the AMA National Hare Scrambles Series, it will mark his fifth career off-road title - he already has one Ha re Scrambles championship and three National Reliability Series crowns to his credit. "It looks like I'm going to try to d o quite a few of the AMA National Hare Scrambles now, " Hatch sai d . "M y mechanic Hank Tarr and I are going to try to do three series fulltime from here on o u t : Hare Scram b les, N a ti o n al Enduro and the Cross Coun try Series. "The ne xt hare scrambles is right by my hou se in New York, so I'm pre tty sto ked about doing better tha n second." "Steve has a good pr ogram th is year and he is d efin it el y getting fa s ter," Davis said of his Suzuki-mounted rival. " I think th at we will ha ve so me good races coming up ." 01 Shas ta Dam Redding, California Results : April 21, 1996 (Round 4 of 9) O/A: 1. Ty Dav is (Kaw); 2. Steve Ha tch (Suz); 3. Rod ney Smit h (Suz); 4. Ron Naylo r (Kaw); 5. Jason Da h ne rs (KTM); 6. Eric Mas hbi r (Ho n); 7. Destry Abb ott (KTM); 8. Cole Marshall (Hon); 9. Robb Kopp (Ka w) ; 10. Mar k Ker ling (Suz); 11. Matthew Wall ace (Yam); 12. Jason Raines (Kaw) ; 13. Paul Fu na ro; 14. Bryan Ber toli ni ; 15. Er ic Oucray (Ho n); 16. Da ve Flas hbe rge r (Ho n); 17. Dan Harte; 18. Mar k Vande rpool (Kaw): 19. Allan Cassa ro (Hon); 20. Kevin Yarne ll (Ho n). AMA NATIONAL C'SH IP HARE SCRAM BLES SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Rodney Smi th (96); 2. Stev e Ha tc h (75) ; 3. Jason Da h ners (67); 4. Er ic Mas hbir (41); 5. Brian Garr aha n (39); 6. Co le Marshall (38); 7. Patri ck Garrahan (30); 8. Scott Summers (30); 9. Ty Davis (30); 10. Rob Kopp (29). 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