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AMAlEA Sports 1 25cc Eastern Regional Supercr06s Series Round 4: Daytona Internaeiconal Speedway trana has 82, the same as Pro Circuit/Kawasaki/SplitFire's Michael Brown, who finished second, just in front of teammate Tallon Vohland . It was Vohland's first podium of the year. The pair had battled to the end, with Brown taking second at the start of the final lap. "I hate to lose it right at the end like that," Vohland said. "This is motocross; the main thing is to keep it on two wheels." Another pair of teammates battled for fourth. Yamaha of Troy's Nicholas Wey went at it with cohort Ramsey, pulling away toward the end of the race. Sixth went to KTM Red Bull's Brock Sellards, by himself, as were most of the rest of the top 10. Motoworldracing.com/Answer Yamaha's Greg Schnell was seventh, Planet Honda's Paul Currie was eighth, Pro Circuit/Kawasaki/SplitFire's Bobby Bonds was ninth, and Suzuki's Ben Riddle was 10th. Travis PastI'ana celebrates a win at Daytona, the site of his first 125 Supercross victory one year earlier. He Is now onI)< one poin1 behind Nathan Ramsey in the title chase. MAIN Pastrana sat on the starting gate next to Schnell. The last time they had started side-by-side, Schnell had motivated himself screaming just before the gate dropped, Pastrana said, and they came out one-two. "This time he was yelling, 'Yeah, alright, whoohoo,' and we came out next-to-Iast and last, so it didn't work out so well this time." Pastrana and Vohland got a bit tangled up out of the gate and went into turn one about 18th of 22, but with nearly everyone else making early mistakes, the Suzuki rider avoided further errors and began quickly working his way forward. Wey had gotten the holeshot, followed by Ramsey and Brown, with By The defending 125cc National Motocross Champion seemed to glide over the bumps and jumps and ruts, treating it like a practice session and never being challenged for the win once he atoned for a botched start. From the second lap on, the race was his, and he cruised to victory on the same track where he won his first 125cc Eastern Regional Supercross exactly one year ago. "When you're just cruising, it's like every single time you practice," Pastrana said of racing in the front. "And you practice two 40-minute motos a HENNY RAY ABRAMS PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN DAYTONA BEACH, FL, /'lIAR. 10 ravis Pastrana described the Daytona International Speedway Supercross course as a "brutal chaos of misplaced jumps," and he was right. Easily the roughest, toughest, and longest of the season, the constantly changing course, in the trioval portion of the Speedway, made for a true test of survival. None of which mattered to the tall and gangly Suzuki rider. T 18 MARCH 21, 2001 • II: U II: I • n __ s day, every day your entire life, so you get used to it." Officially, the margin of victory was 11.70 sees., but it had grown to twice that late in the 15-lap main event before the Annapolis, Maryland, resident slowed. Pastrana took the lead after Yamaha of Troy's Nathan Ramsey fell in front of him toward the end of the second lap. In addition to giving Pastrana the lead, the miscue gave Pastrana a boost in the title chase. Ramsey finished fifth and still leads the points standings with 83. Now Pas- Pastrana on the move. He was into third by the end of the first lap "I feel really comfortable on this track, and I really wasn't pushing it at the beginning, just because I knew it was a long race and my stamina's pretty good to come to finish," Pastrana said. "I knew that coming in here. I was able to pick people off quick for some reason. I wasn't really pushing anything. Just everyone was making mistakes out there, because it's a really technical track." Pastrana completed the first lap in third place and went hunting for Ram-