AMAIChevy Trucks 125cc U.S. Motocross Championship
Round B: Washougal MX Park
By STEVE
mota he's raced in this year, and in
racing exactly half of the motos run
so far this year, he already finds himself fourth in points, 82 points behind
new points leader Grant Langston.
Sunday started on a sour note for
Langston, as he was involved in a
pileup after the checkered flag in the
first practice session (see Briefly... )
that saw him reinjure his left wrist and
suffer numerous scrapes and contusions. The incident put noted riders
Shae Bentley and David Pingree out
for the day.
However, by the end of the day,
Langston would be leading the 125cc
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PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN
WASHOUGAL, WA, JULY 27
"I've got to keep an eye on
Bubba," Ryan Hughes said following his runner-up finish in
Washougal's 125cc National. "I tell
him every race that he should move
up to the 250cc class because he's
making me look too bad - and hopefully he does next year."
James Stewart won the two 125cc
motos by a combined official time of
over 34 seconds, but there's not really much new there. He's won every
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"You know what? 1wouldn't say my
wrist bothered me too much, really,"
Langston said. "I just kind of sucked it
up and took a couple of pills that
would ease the pain a little. It hurt a
little on the parade lap, but I think it
more affected me mentally because I
couldn't get a good rhythm. I was
going through turns, and it was almost
weird because it didn't hurt too much
bending my wrist up and down, but
side to side it hurt a lot. So I think 1
was a little tender in certain areas. But
as the race went on, it got better. you
know? I didn't feel too bad at the end."
Stewart didn't grab the holeshot in
the first mota, but he might as well
have. He rounded the first turn in
third, but by the time the riders reappeared from the woods, Stewart was
already leading - by over three seconds at the finish line. After that,
Stewart was just plain gone.
"I'm just having a good time out
there," the Chevy Trucks Kawasaki
rider said. "I can hear the crowd really loud, so you know it was good out
there. You know, my Kawi got me off
to a great start, and I just kind of rod
