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AMA/White Brothers Wor ld Four-Stroke Championships Round 5 : Las Vegas Motor Speedway . -... (Left) "Doctor" Doug Dubach left the rest of 'em feeling III at round five of the AMA/White Brothers World Four-Stroke Championships, winn ing both motos go ing aw ay . (RIght) Spud Walters' double deuces earned h im second overall at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. - -.....r-_ S T O RY BY D IC K G O O DWIN PH OT O S BY J O N NY VEGA S P RO DU CT IO NS LAS VEGAS, NV, MAY 6 eg e nda ry motocross jo ckey and all-around fa st gu y Dou g "Doc to r D" Dub ach rolle d into La s Vegas a nd set up to practice at th e Las Vegas Moto r Spe edwa y on Sunda y, May 6 , as roun d five of t h e AMA/ Wh it e Brothe rs World Fo ur-S troke Champion sh ips got under wa y, He operated on his competitor s with s urgical pre cision, leaving most of them in need of emergency treatment - at least in th e results col um ns, When ra ce o ne exploded off the gate , Dubach rounded the first turn a head of Go rdon Ward, S pud Walters an d Cliff Cook. It didn't take long for Rya n Terlecki to jump into the m ix, n L.::I 48 JUNE 20, 2001 • cue e muscl ing through into se cond as th e first lap heated up . Walte rs al s o st epped up , repassing Terlecki a few tum s late r, while Dub a ch was saili ng along out in front. As the 25 -m inute plus-two-Iaps contest settl ed in , it be came clear that Dub a c h an d Wai ters were th e class of the field , opening up a si za b le lead o n th e rest o f their c om petitors. Dub a c h in particular wa s im p res s iv e , blitzing t he wh oops la p a ft e r lap a nd be ing th e on ly ride r to ex e c ute a "triple/ q uad" jump com bination th rough the rolle rs . Dub ach 's re lentles s pressure eventuall y took its toll even on the determined Walters, as he lost touch with the leader on the final laps. The Doctor flas hed t h ro u g h th e pipes with a n easy rac e -one win , whi le Walt e rs scored a sol id second. Te rlec ki was t he b est of the rest , nail ing d own third place . In moto two , th e dynam ic duo of Du b a c h an d W a lte rs le d Ja s on Ma tthews an d Terleck i o ff th e line. J o sh Ke ll ogg and C o ok qu ickl y joined the lead pack chasing th e two leaders. Du bach had the clean air , but Wa lters , focused a nd de term ined , was absolute ly h a m m e rin g o n h im lap after lap. While the two leaders wer e work ing the crowd into a lather, a little fur ther back , Ke llogg , Cook and Te rlecki were putting on a show of th e ir own , banging bars throughout (Below left) After some bar-banging battles, Ryan Terlecki emerged with third overall. (Below right) Dubach (1) and Walters (2) went one-two i n Las Vegas, Nevada. ne_s the middle stages of the race . Although th e action was hotter and ha rd e r - and longer - this t ime a round , th e e n d re sults mirrored those of moto one , w ith Du b a c h pu lling away from Wa lters in the wan ing la ps to post anothe r easy victory and captur e first place ov erall. Wal ters ' doub le deu c es e a rn ed him second o ve ra ll. Ter le c k i mad e t he ne c essary la te -r a ce passe s to finish third a nd cla im third overall , ah ead of Kellogg an d Cook. CN LasVegas MolDr Speedway La. Vega., Nevada Results: May 6, 2001 [Ro und 51 4· STRK PRO: 1. Doug Dubach (Yam); 2. Spud Wa lters (Yam) ; 3. Ryan Te rlecki ( Hus) ; 4 . J osh Kell og g (Ya m) ; 5 . Cli ff Cook ( KTM) ; 6 . Ja son Matth ew s ( KTM ); 7. Gord on Ward ( Hus) ; 8 . Joe l Nelson (Yam ): 9. Sem Mortensen (Yam) ; 10. Charley Rennie (Yam).