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World Cup of Motocross would've won easy," Hamblin said afterward. "I'll take what I can get, and I just want to thank everybody that put this on.' That took the two leaders out of the race and handed the lead back to Reed, who was then followed closely by Ferry. Langston remounted in fourth, while Hamblin was mired outside the top 20. Ferry fell soon thereafter, getting up in fourth, and he was unable to do anything with Langston, in third. Langston, in turn, was having problems passing Fonseca for second, and Reed began to pull away. Langston finally made the move by Fonseca up Mount St. Helens about halfway through the race, but Reed was long gone, with over 13 seconds in hand. At the halfway point of the final moto, it looked as if Australia would win, the USA would finish a distant second, and South Africa would take the final podium spot, but South Africa's bid took a blow when Albertyn - while running sixth - slowed with apparent bike problems. Hamblin was still busy slicing through the pack, amazingly getting all the way up to sixth by the time the checkers flew, passing Japan's Akira Narita on the final lap for the position. To put Hamblin's ride in perspective, he was 11 th at the halfway point of the 10-lap race, having come from outside the top 20. The only change among the frontrunners came when Fonseca, running third to Langston and Reed, crashed dramatically in front of Ferry, bailing out in midair over a rutted step-up jump. He eventually walked away. Ferry inherited third in the crash and finished out the race there, followed by Byrne, Canada's extremely (Lett! Greg A1bel1yn could've raced the Fast Mastet'S race, but Instead he rode the Wortd Cup with fellow South AfrIcan Langston. He was really Impressive, going 6-5 in the first two motos before the bike gave up on him In the third outing. (Right) Blair Morgan was the top Canadian In all three motos, which helped the team capitalize on a mechanical for South Africa to take the last podium spot. (Lett! Jeff Ward, David Bailey, Jeff Emlg, and Ryan Hughes (left to right) pose together. Between the four of them, they own 16 Motocross des Nations titles. impressive Snocross Champion Blair Morgan, Hamblin and Narita. Morgan was Canada's top rider in every moto (his teammates were Jean-Sebastien Roy and Marco Dube), and it was his rides that allowed the Canucks to take the last spot on the podium, by only four points over the South African team of Langston, Albertyn and Kevin McGovern. "We were shooting for a top-three, and I was thinking we could've just done it, but it wasn't looking too good," Morgan said. "Albertyn and Langston were riding really good. I think it was real close, but we got third. Our other guys didn't do the greatest, so if they'd have done bet- ter, maybe we would've secured third a little better.' Hamblin's come-from-behind ride wasn't quite enough, as a collective five falls and one stall among the U.S. team - along with Reed's total dominance - proved its undoing. eN &len Helen Raceway San Beranino, Califomill Results: Septe ber Z9, ZOOl MOTO 1: 1. Chad Reed (Aus); 2. Tim Ferry (USA); 3. James Dobb (Eng); 4. Sean Hemblin (USA); 5. £mesto FonsectJ (CR); 6. Grant Langston (RSA); 7. Greg Albertyn (RSA); 8. Cr.ig Ande""n (Aus); 9. Micheel Byrne (Aus); 10. Blair Morgzln (C.n); 11. Akir. N.rit. (Jpn); 12. Kyle Lewis, (USA); 13. Voshit.k. Atsu'" (Jpn); 14. M.rco Dub< (C.n); 15. Rodrig Thein (Fre); 16. Jeen·Sebastien Roy (Can); 17. Jeremias Israel (Chi); 18. Kezuyoshl Od.girl (Jpn); 19. Eric Sorby (Fr.); 20. Neil Prince (Eng); 21. Dobes Josef (CzR); 22. Sh.yne King (NZ); 23. Bo V.ng Jensen (Den); 24. Kim Nielsen (Den); 25. Luis CuteTa CArg); 26. Kesper Jensen (Den); 27. Augusto Freytes (Arg); 28. Christl.n Leon (CR); 29. Willie Musgr.ve (CzR); 30. Cody Cooper (NZ); 31. Fast Masters Race VETERAN MXDN WINNERS DO BATTLE TOGETHER Bv STEVE Cox PHOTO BV STEVE BRUHN SAN BERNARDINO, CA, SEPT. 29 0 many former U.S. Motocross des Nations team members showed interest in the World Cup when it was announced that the organizers created an addendum race called the Fast Masters, which allowed many of yesterday's stars and today's legends to compete in between the three World Cup motos. Included in the contingent were 5 28 OCTOBER 9. 2002' cue • • recently retired Jeff Emig and Ryan Hughes, and not-so-recently retired Donnie Hansen, Marty Smith, Doug Dubach, Erik Kehoe, Micky Dymond, Jeff Matiasevich, and many more. It was supposed to be just for fun, but somebody must not have told that to the racers. Mike Healey grabbed the holeshot in the first moto aboard his CRF450R, but Emig and Dubach closely followed him. Before the first lap was complete, Dubach made his way around both Emig and Healey and n e 'Iftr' s into the lead, with Emig on his tail. What ensued was simply awesome racing. Dubach led Emig for the first three laps before Emig made his move, and then the two started trading the lead as many as three times a lap - all the way to the checkered flag. "You know, you can never plan something that fun, and that good," Dubach said. "I mean, it's been years since I... I think Johnny O'Mara and I had a race kind of like that in Mammoth about 10 years ago. They're Mereos Ceca CArg); 32. Juen Carlos Selvetierre (BoI); 33. Kevin McGovern (RSA); 34. Alfredo Gomez Norambuene (Chi); 35. Adrian Robert (Cos); 36. Benjamin Esquerre (601); 37. Mike Metzger (NZ). "'OTO 2; I. Ernesto Fonsec. (CR); 2. Ch.d Reed (Au.); 3. Kyle Lewl. (USA); 4. Mich.el Byrne (Aus); 5. Greg Albertyn (RSA); 6. Se.n H.mblin (USA); 7. Cr.ig Anderson (Au.); 8. J.me. Dobb (Eng); 9. Bloir Morgan (C.n); 10. Aldr. N.M.. (Jpn); 11. GnllOt lzIngston (RSA); 12. Jean-Sebastien Roy (C.n); 13. Rodrig Th.in (Fr.); 14. Sh.yne King (NZ); 15. Bo V.ng Jensen (Den); 16. Morco Dub< (C.n); 17. Voshi"'k. Atsuto (Jpn); 18. Dobes Josef (CzR); 19. Jeremias ISTeel (Chi): 20. Kazuyoshl Odagiri (Jpn); 21. Neil Prince (Eng); 22. Cody Cooper (NZ); 23. Kim Nielsen (Den); 24. Adri.n Robert (CR); 25. Kasper Jensen (Den); 26. Luis Cutura (Arg); 27. Willy Musgrave (CzR): 28. Walter Helfmarm (Chi); 29. Augusto Freytes (Arg); 30. Morea. C.co (Arg). MOTO 3: 1. Ch.d Reed (Aus); 2. Gr.nt Longston (RSA); 3. Tim Ferry (USA); 4. Mich.el Byme (Aus); 5. BI.ir Morg.n (C.n); 6. Se.n H.mblin (USA); 7. Akir. N.rlt. (Jpn); 8. Sh.yne King (NZ); 9. Voshitoko Atsu.. (Jpn); 10. Morea Dub< (C.n); 11. Jean-Sebllstien Roy (Cen); 12. Craig Anderson (Aus); 13. K.zuyoshi Cd.giri (Jpn); 14. Rodrig Thoin (Fro): 15. Jeremias Israel (Chi); 16. Dobes Josef (CzR): 17. Kllsper Nielsen (Den); 18. JUi!ln Carlos Solv.tle". (BoI); 19. Neil Prince (Eng); 20. Bo V.n Jensen (Den). O/A: 1. Austr.li. (9+6+5-20); 2. USA (6+9+9_24); 3. C.n.d. (24+21+15_60); 4. South Alric. (13+16+35-64); 5. J.p.n (24+27+16_67); 6. Engl.nd (23+29+50-102); 7. Cost. Ric. (33+25+46-104); 8. Denm.rk (47+38+36-121); 9. New Ze.l.nd (52+36+39_127); 10. Chile (51+47+36_121); 11. Czech Repubilc (50+45+44_139); 12. Argentln. (52+54+45_151); 13. Frllnce (34+50+96_180); 14. Bolivio (68+71+ 11 1-250). just few and far between, where you actually get a guy, and it's clean racing, and it's just on, all the way to the checkered flag. I made a little bobble there on the downhill on the last lap, and it kind of separated us a little. But, yeah, that was beautiful. I'd leam a little when he'd get in front of me I'd see his lines. Then I'd use it and get back around him, and 1 think he had his fast spots, and I had mine, so it was just one of those things.' "The first moto was just fun, you know?" Emig said. "Me and Doug each had a couple of good lines. I felt pretty comfortable passing him the first time, and I thought that everything was just going to go my way, but he kept getting by every time I'd pass him, and so we were just having a great time passing each other back and forth - just putting it down. Our lap times were right there with the

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