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Washougal Motocross Parte Stety Bau took the checkers twice at the Washougal, Washington, round of the AMAlWML Outdoor National Championship series and now leads Jessica Patterson 1n to 127 for the series championship. ca Patterson. Team Green Kawasaki/Creative from Italy, though she now makes her home in Pennsylvania. Vania (pronounced Bania) Medrano races against the men lit home in Guatemala, where she was the National B-dass champion in 2001 and is currently leading the points in the (Men's) Expert class. She also runs her own motocross academy. She gets some extra support for the WML races; VCR (Husqvarna/Guatemala) flies to the race and Team Ferracci supplies the bike and mechanic. Nail/Pro Circuit/Fox-supported Patterson's 2-2 finishes at Washougal gave her second overall and her best result since the opening round at Glen Helen, where she took the win and moved up from third to second in points (though she still lost six points to Bau on the weekend). Hudson stepped up from fourth to third but lost 14 points to the leader. Whitmore, who was second coming into this round, dropped to fourth, and Sheena Patterson fell from fifth to seventh. Guatemalan rider Medrano finished fourth at Washougal and climbed two spots to fifth in the series. With three Washougal Motocross Park Washougal, Wuhington Results: July 27. 2002 (Round 4) races to go and points awarded for each indi- WMN PRO: 1. St~fy Bau (Han); 2. Jesslco PottMSOn (Kow): 3. Jack! Hudson (Hon); 4. Vanlo M.~drano (Hus): 5. Tonia Satchw~lI (Yom): 6. Aubtiana Dunn (KzIw); 7. Sheena Patterson (Suz); 6. Sarah Whltmon! (Yam); 9. Heidi Cook~ (Hon); 10. Emily Norton (KTM): 11. Lynett~ Wosick (Yam): 12. Kaide Gal'Tett (Yam); 13. A.shl~y Boham (Hon): 14. Jenlca Fost~r (Hon): 15. Tamra Madd~n (Suz); 16. Camille Baker (Kow). B/C: 1. Amber Farl~y (Kaw); 2. Shirt Howlll (Kaw); 3. Kayla Olson (Suz): 4. Allison Jones (Kaw); 5. Denise Bayle" (Yam): 6. Jen· nif~r Jordan (Han): 7. Tanya E1~rs (Suz); B. K~lIy Longwell (Yam): 9. Sharln Humphreys (Suz): 10. Tlffany Holtman (Yam). MINI: I. Sherrj Cruse (Hon); 2. Rory Packwood (Hon): 3. Erika Contreras (Kaw): 4. Kylle Clevenger (Kaw): 5. Kara·Ann Morgan (Kaw): 6. Kristen Pinto (Yam). AMA/WML OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES PRO POINTS STANDINGS (After 4 of 7 rounds): 1. St~fy Bau (177): 2. Jessica Patterson (141): 3. Jack! Hudson (132); 4. Sarah Whitmore (125); 5. Vania Medrano (122); 6. Tania Satchwell (121); 7. Sheenll Patterson (116): 8. Heidi Cooke (105); 9 Aubriana Dunn (96); 10. Lyn~tte Woslck (58). vidual moto, the title is mathematically within the reach of the top half-dozen or so riders. But Stefy Bau is riding so fast and consistently that she will be tough to topple. The number of riders competing in the WML series goes up each year. A total of 17 women lined up for the A-class race, while the B/C class totaled 39 riders and the Minis had six. Racers at Washougal came from all corners of the United States (Oregon. Washington, Michigan, Texas, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri. California, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Wisconsin. Ohio. Illinois, Arizona, Florida), as well as from a number of foreign countries (Guatemala, New Zealand, and several Canadian provinces). Current points leader Bau is Canada National Series Round 5: Joliette Motocross Park Morgan Edges Out Roy, Treadwell Treads Well patented holeshot, with Roy second off the line. Right behind the leaders were DeHaan, KTM's Mike Treadwell, Pacific Yamaha's Chad Pederson and Morgan. For Dube. there was no room for error as he rode the first few laps with Roy right on his tail. Morgan soon moved into third place, putting even more pressure on Dube, who ran out front for several laps until Morgan found a way around both Roy and Dubio to steal the lead. With Morgan out front, it wasn't long before Roy mounted a challenge for the lead. The champ never let Morgan out of his sight. The pair set a blistering pace, with Roy waiting patiently for a chance to get around. That chance came midway through the mote. Roy made the pass on Morgan, but he definitely wasn't home free. A determined Morgan didn't let up at all. Morgan refused to let Roy get away and made the pass on him for the sec- By AwSON KENNEDY JOUEITE, QUEBEC, CANADA, JULY 28 After a three-week vacation, the Canadian National Series resumed in Joliette, Quebec. In 250cc action, the growing rivalry between Blackfoot Honda riders Jean-Sebastien Roy and Blair Morgan continued to heat up. After Roy fought desperately to keep Morgan from the overall at his home track in Regina, Saskatchewan, a few weeks before, it was Morgan's turn to keep Roy winless on his home turf. While a huge downpour would force the cancelation of the second 250cc moto, the crowd was treated to some bar-to-bar action in mota one. It took a few laps for the Morganand-Roy battle to begin, as they had their hands full off the start. Once again, Diablo Honda's Marco Dube and Doug DeHaan were up front and in the mix. Dub