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AMAlEA Sports Eastern Regional 1 25cc 5upercross Series Round 5: Hubert H. Hu hrey Metrodome [Left) Travis Pastrana continued his win streakln Minneapolis, and took over the points lead in the process. It was his third win In a row. He was assisted by a bi9 crash In the first tum (below), which claimed erstwhile points leader Nate Ramsey. In the photo, Chris Gosselaar (51) and Bobby Bonds (129) remount, with Ramsey barely visible behind Gosselaar. taking his third win in a row, and fourth of the series. He also took over the points lead, and now Ramsey is going to be the one playing catch-up. Pastrana was on the gas all night, winning his heat race and eventually the final. Ramsey also took a heatrace win, which was timed at one second slower than that of Pastrana, but the nail in Ramsey's coffin was when the pack went into the first turn in the final. A huge pileup ensued, and Ramsey was in the middle of it. "He [Ramsey] had some misfortune on the start, and that definitely helped me out a bit," Pastrana said after the event. "I was going down a STORY BY DAVE DERINGER PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN M1NNEAPOUS, JI\N, MAR. 17 everal weeks ago at the Atlanta Supercross, Team Suzuki's 17year-old Travis Pastrana was involved in a nasty first-turn crash that was followed by a win for Yamaha of Troy's Nathan Ramsey. The win gave Ramsey the points lead, and Pastrana has been playing catch-up ever since. The 55,077 Minnesota fans at round five witnessed a converse version of that scenario, as Ramsey was· the one 'involved in the nasty firstturn crash, and Pastrana ended up S 16 MARCH 28. 2001 • eye • • n _ VII • straight and heard his four-stoke and said to myself that he was in the wrong place on the track and must be way back there. I just focused on the track ahead. and I think I was making the most time in those whoops; I love big whoops, and I was going pretty good through them." "It's good to be back into the point lead, but there are two races left, and it's going to be good," Pastrana added. "I've never really been out front in Supercross, so I'm excited about this." Yamaha of Troy's Nick Wey crossed next for his best-ever Supercross finish. The Dewitt, Michigan, native gated fourth, but quickly moved to the front and kept the leading Pastrana honest for a few laps before settling into his own pace. Wey keeps climbing the ladder, and his steadily improving rides look to be adding confidence as well. "I've gotten third a bunch of times, but never second, so this is definitely a step in the right direction for me," Wey commented after the !!vent. "Someone hit me, and I almost went down too," he added about the first-