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pipe, it came off the cylinder and was really loud, and it just didn't have the power to pull last gear." However, Davis couldn't close the gap enough, and he pulled into the finisher's chute with Abbott's dust just clearing in the steady wind. "It made for a real interesting race," the runner-up noted. "Those guys were riding really good. The dub did a great job; they did an awesome job. The first loop was great! I can't believe how nice a job they did. rt was a lot of fun." Brown pulled in a short time later for third overall, third Open, followed by KTM's Russell Pearson on the first 250. "I got a good start," Pearson said, "got like fifth to the bomb and ended up out there in Ty's dust. Destry and Dan Richardson got by me on that loop. It was actually tighter today than usual in Lucerne. Usually down here, it's like, 'We've got to race in Lucerne again?' It was actually fun today. My bike was running awesome, and 1 had a good day, no problems. 1got back by Richardson and then the last lap I got by Shane Esposito and ended up fourth overall." . The only real problem he had was a broken shark fin, which flailed away, hammering his rear rotor. After running in second off the bomb, Team Green's Esposito ended up fifth overall, fourth Open on his KX5oo. "It was a pretty good day," Esposito said. "I had a good start - I was running second. I just blew a couple corners. Ty caught me. Then, when Destry caught me, I knew I wasn't running as well as I could be, so I just lEit him by. 1 stayed there. Then, going out on the second loop, I wound up getting lost, and that's where Russ got me. I just pretty much rode a race to stay steady after that. I wasn't really happy with the course markings - some of the things were a Ii ttle off - but I'm not the one marking the course, so I can understand. They're marking 80 miles; it must be tough. It's just one of those things. I'm getting used to this bike; I'm a little guy on it - that's the big thing. I've just got to get a little more upper-body strength so I can throw it around a little more, but it's going good." In the series right now, though, things are going best for Abbott on his Team Green/Pro Circuit/ Acerbis/Dunlop/IMS-backed 10<500. . "The Kawasaki/Pro Circuit bike just worked awesome; I was really happy with the way it worked," he said. "We just have that thing dialed. 1 feel real confident with it, Brian's riding really good with his; Shane, too. Kawasaki's come a long way in the last year; we've been working hard, and it's great to see us finishing up front now. I've been working really hard at trying to win some races; I'm really happy with this year so far. We're leading the Best in the Desert Silver State Series, and now I'm leading this series. My goal is to win a championship this year; that's all I want to do, and I just hope it works out." CN Virgin Voyage Lucerne Valley, California Results: April 28, 1999 (Round 4 of 7) OIA:. L Destry Abbott (Kaw); 2. Ty Davis (Yam); 3. Brian Brown (I

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