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AM AIChe vy Tru c k s 1 25cc U . S . M o t o c r o ss C h amp ionshi p S e ri es R o u n d 10 : B r oo m e · T iog a S p orts C ent e r day , wh il e R ed B ull KTM's Ry a n H u ghes ag a in f inishe d in the to p t hree. And.the . championship plot thi~ens "I ' m hav in g a go o d run ," St ewart said . " I' m ou t h ere fo r the fans . I slacked off a little t his week and too k it easy . I had fun o ut there . I rea lly concent rated on th e gap and t ried to stretch it out from the pack as m uch as I could ." St ewa rt 's w in st icks to th e est ab lish ed story line, wh il e Hugh es, ga in. in g ground in the series st and ings on his tea m mate Grant La ng st o n , h as also been a th eme lat ely . Bu t one ca n se nse th e ch ampi onship press ure growing . Suspected team tact ic s and takeouts dott ed t he week end , and t he R ed Bull K TM tr u ck ha s to b e a (Left) James Stewart ro m pe d t o both mota wins again at Binghamton, w inning both motos by more than 50 seconds. He now trails Grant La ngston by 45 points with f ou r motos r emaining. (Below) Kelly Smit h scored second overall at Broome-Tioga on hi s privateer VZ250F w ith 5 -2 m ota scores. He was t he t op pri vat ee r by fa r. B y J A SON W E IGAN DT P HOT OS BY S T EVE B RU HN BINGHAMTON, NY, AUG. 24 t 's the same story every week: Team Tru c k s/ K aw a sa k i ' s J am es " B u b b a" Stew ar t de mo lis hes t he IT Ch ev y 125 c c fie ld in the AMA Chevy Tru ck s U.S . Motocros s Championships, and th e title chase k eep s getting tenser. Th e st ory wil l end soon e no u g h , th ou gh , b e c au s e o n ly t wo r o u n ds re ma in in t he se ries . B ut t od a y, at r o u n d 1 0, o n th e r oug h a n d hill y B roo m e-T iog a Sp orts Ce n te r c i rc u it in upstat e New York , the song ind eed r emain e d t he sam e , a s Ste wart cru ised t o two see m ingly easy wins and is now un d efeat ed in 12 m ot o s thi s sea so n . Yam aha priva t eer K ell y Smith, how ev er , made th ing s a littl e di ff erent w ith sec o nd overall on th e strange p l ace i n whic h t o co nd uct busi ness right now. Hugh e s ' 2 ·6 sc or es carved six m ore p oin t s aw a y fro m L angston , who wen t 10·3 for fifth overall. "T he day went p retty goo d," Hughes sa id . " In t he first m ot o it too k me a lo ng time to get in to second, but on ce I did, I rod e m y own race . T he second m oto , I was u p t he r e aga in , bu t I m ade a mi st ak e and fell do wn back to like 20th . I came up to sixth . Now I 'm leav i n g h er e only 10 po ints beh ind. It 's po ssibl e for me to w in thi s j (Left) James St e w a rt (insid e) got the holeshot in t he second m ota over Sm it h (5 6), Ryan M ills (9 6) and the rest of the pack. c u e I e n e _ S • S EP T EM B ER 3 , 2003 15