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portion of the course, should be made longer and deeper. ot many of the racers were aware that such a change had been made in the middle of the program. Taking the same line and jumping the same distance as in the Unclassified race, Abbott almost went over the bars;· even worse, he put his knee straight into the steering damper. The water-jump mishap gave Abbott an agonizing limp and a knee the size of a coconut, which is bad for racing. The Vet race saw amazing speed from Roeseler, someone who can never be counted out at any race. Roeseler got off the line dead last, bu t by the time the first lap was over he was in the lead on his Stroker-tuned KLX. Roeseler passed everyone, including KTM-mounted Scot Harden, to take over the number-one spot, which he held on to for the rest of the race. By the time the Pro race came around in the afternoon, the report from various riders was that the course was in truly bad shape. The coming race looked to be a matter of survival. [)avis had no problem with that, as he took the win hands down. Roeseler filed in in second, followed by KX500-mounted Greg Zitterkopf, Campbell and Dave Ondas, all of whom were riding Open bikes. Kawasaki-mounted Shane Esposito topped the 250cc competition, followed by SX250 jockey Nick Pearson. On Saturday evening, bulldozers graded almost the entire course except for a section of whoops, making the circuit almost as smooth as it had been before the start of the event. The first contest on the replenished course was the Four-Stroke race, first thing Sunday morning. The huge field swelled, no doubt due to the growing popularity of thumpers in the sport. The focal point of the race was an epic battle between Davis and factory Honda-mounted Campbell. Coming out of the motocross section, Davis had two seconds on Campbell, who was charging hard in second. Out on the back pavement section of the course, Campbell outbraked Davis going into a 90-degree left-hand turn and held on to the lead all the way back through the moto section and into lap two. Davis was not relinquishing anything, though, and he was hard on Campbell's case, only one second behind. Davis then passed Campbell back in the same turn, using the exact same line that Campbell had used to pass him one lap prior. The duel went all the way to the checkers, and Davis took the win with less than two seconds separating the two riders. When the bikes rolled to the start strip for the 250cc race, all eyes were on the usual suspects. When the race started, it looked to be a duel to the finish between Davis and Book. When the two teammates were dicing hard on the back section of the cour e, Yamaha-mounted Mike Healy blew past like they were standing still. Riding like a man possessed, and possibly taking out some frustration for his bike having seized on the start line of the 125cc race, Healey took the win by a huge margin. To cap off the weekend, Davis felt it was his duty to spank all comers in the Open race. The only downside to the race was that Book, after a strong showing all weekend, went over the bars and dislocated his shoulder. Meanwhile, Davis took his fourth win of the weekend and upheld his unofficial title of "King of Adelanto." Due to complications with a new computerized scoring system used by the Desert Vipers, official race results were not available at press time. e- Antonio Sanchez • Arctlltect • Father of two • Ducati 900st owner ~5McGrawInsurance C.lifornia's Large.t W"ite" of Motorcycle Inaur.nce 1.800.6MCGRAW 11.800.162.47291 3601 Haven Ave., Menlo Park. CA 94025 P.OA SOX-CO, Anaheim, CA 92815 www~mcgrawgroup.com CA- LI(:$nse No. 0531139 r----------------------------------------------------- ~ ~¥? V~ 7[~ ORD.ER FORM. ~'12~ I..:J YES! Start my subscription immediately to Cycle News. 1 year/ 50 issues for $38.00. (can be billed 2 monthly payments) o Every week for two years (l00 issues for $70.00> Six months second class (25 issues for $20.00) 0 This is a o New Subscription o Renewal o Please bill me 1 payment of $38.00 0 (please fill out completely and prltlt clearly) Name Address City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State Zip Phone _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Order Date o (JJJ:IDm.:..:&' Send to: Inc. po. Box 5084, Costa Mesa, CA 92628-5084 o Charge my 0 Visa Toll Free Subscription Hotline (800) 831-2220 o 24-hour FAX Order Line (714) 751~6685 • E-mail: Subscribe®cyclenews.com Signature MC/Visa# _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Expiration Date Bill 2 payments of $19.00 _ = Enclosed is my check or money order Mastercard IIJSA One year (SO issues), 2nd class Canada or Mexico and aU other foreign countries $78.00 (US Funds). 1st class and airmail rales available upon request. . eN ~-----------------------------------------------------