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AMAIChevy Truck s 1 25c c U . S . Motocros s Championship S e r ie s R o u n d 1 0 : B r o ome -T io g a S p o rts C e n t e r Rega rdless o f w hy , Ste wa rt en de d th at ," Hu gh es sai d . , up i n t he le a d , w h i le Langston was T his set th e top th ree spots, w h ile w a y bac k . Boos t M ob il e/ Y a m a h a o f Troy's B r o c k S e ll ar d s se t t led i n to se co nd , w h ile H ughes sli p ped in to a nothe r Red Bu ll K T M r id er , Jo s h Woo ds, p ut a pass o n Sm it h in th e t hird ahead of Kelly S mith a nd Star Ra ci n g ' s Michael B r an d es. L an g st o n (R ight) Ryan Hughes' secondplace first-moto fin ish put him within five points of points leader Langston, but the South African pulled that back out to 10 by day's end. Still, Hughes is gaining. was 17th afte r the fi rst la p . " A ft er that crash I was rea ll y fru strated ," L an g st on said. " I defi ni tely rode slower because of it. " jum p -fill ed supercross section to tak e fo u rt h . La ng ston m o v ed into 10th b y la p 10 , bu t by then he was faci ng a h uge gap to Bra n d es and would n ot m ak e up any m o re p ositions . The moto w i n gave Ste w art t he insi d e gate pick fo r t he second m oto; While Stewart st retched his lead to r id iculous proportions ( he would w in the m oto by over 50 sec on d s) , Hughes slowly inched u p o n Sella rds . On the 10th la p , he made a move through Bro om e -Tioga's n ew downhill sec ti o n , u sing the edge o f the track t o k eep h is m omentum up. " I g uess when you 're o v er 30 , you us e you r ex pe rie n ce in situations like which is nearly a ho leshot g ua rantee in B ing hamt on . Su re enoug h, Stewart na il ed the sta rt and w as gone w ithin a few co rners . Sellards, S m it h a nd Woods c a m e o ut be hind hi m , wh i l ~ Langston and Hughes battled side by sid e j u st o ut si d e t h e top 10 . Th e y would finish the f irst la p e ighth and ninth , respect ive ly, b ut Hu g hes would fa ll before they com p leted lap t w o . my Own Race: 125cc c ha m p io nship, and as long as I ride h e [Stewart] ca m e rig ht int o me . He m y own ra c e , it will ha ppen ." ®~ Michael Byrne @1] (Left) Josh Woods lo oks like he's b ack . He p ut the c ras h ing woes beh ind h im i n Ne w York a nd scored an i m p ressive 4-4 f or f ourth overall. Josh Woods 5th (6 -5) The .Australian membe r of the Am soil/Chaparral/Honda squad put in a strong performance, running 6-5 for fifth. He had a good start in mota one, but a brief fall while tryi ng to pass And rew Short resulted in a sixth. His start was a little worse in mota two. but he mov ed up quickly until he fell again. "I was slowly inching up on Woods. , tried to set up a pass, and , slid out and went off the track," said "B yrner," who gave up a spot to Langston . "My starts have been way better lately. And next week is Steel City, and I really like that track.' 4th (4 -4) Woods has been imp rovi ng steadil y since returnin g to the series from an injury at Red Bud two months ago. At Binghamton, he outd ueled Byrne and Andrew Short and was headed to his first career podium. But on the last lap of m ota two, his mechanic Cody Schu lz was instructed to write "Let him by' on the pit board, signaling a pull-over for teammate Grant Langston. Woods' 4-4 scores resulted in fourth overall. hit m e so ha rd , it br uised my leg ." Lan g st on' s weeken d beg an te rribly Stewa rt said the takeout was n o t w he n he had a fl i gh t delayed a nd in ten ti ona l. When he hea rd La ngston 's cance lled , and h e h a d to drive a comment, he said, " If he doesn't want to rub, then don 't ra ce ." ren ta l c a r through t he nigh t to get to the track. It im pro ved when he na il ed the fi rst- m oto ho lesh ot, but he got h it (Below) Langston finish e d fifth overall but more i m p o rtant ly lo s t points in the championship chase. He 'll need t o stay in front of Hughes at t he last two rac e s in order to w in t his year's c ha mpionsh ip. b y St ew art in th e seco nd t u rn a nd crashed . "He took me out, " L ang sto n sa id. " I h ad already ex ite d th e co rner , and @@ Kelly Smith 2nd (5 -2 ) A 5-2 tally gave the Mich igan privateer his best Natio nal finish since he won at High Point in 2000. He battled most of the first mota with Josh Woods to tak e fifth , while another of his usual strong starts put him up front in mota two . "I hounded Brock [Sellards] the whole way," said Sm ith, who sat in third m ost of the mota. "I was try ing to set somethi ng up for the last two laps. Then ' saw him get out of shape over a ju mp. I guess his engine lock ed up. For once I had some good luck. I'v e been worki ng a lot harder this year, and my endurance is better. The hard work is paying off.' ~@® Bobby Kiniry 33rd ( 22-33) Th e teenager made his Pro debut at his hom e track, but it didn't go too well. "J osh Han sen j ust kep t pu shing m e off the t rack every t ime I got next to him ,' said the Motoworldracing.com Suzuki rider. "He pushed me off the track, and I fell down this hill into the bushes. Once I cli mbed up the cliff and back onto m y bike , I was like dead last. In the second mota , , got a really bad start and work ed my way to like 20th , but Hansen and I hit, and I crashed goi ng down a hill. My pip e was laying on me, and I got burned." Even stranger. Kiniry's mechanic lost his false teeth. which he's been using since he knocked out his real ones raci ng mini cy cles years ago. "I didn 't think I had a problem with Hansen, but I guess ' do now.' cB@cB Broc champio n looked even hbetter in13) Hepler 12t (1 5Suzuki 's Amateur his second National than he did in his first last week. But his star ts were still bad . After getting caught behind Langston in a first-mota pileup, he battied from nearly iast to 13th before a fall dropped him back . A start outside the top 20 resulted in a 13th in moto two . " He needs a better starting coach than myself," joked his father, Dean. 1] ® Brock Sellards 9th (3-17) If the race were one lap shorter, Sellards would have been second overall in Binghamton . His bik e suffered an eng ine fail ure wh ile he was running second on the last lap of moto two. He did finish the first mota in third behind Hughes. " Ryan had a ch eater lin e in the new sect ion," said Sellards with a laugh. "It was totally legit, really. He went all the way to the left and stayed out of that dip . I thought he was pulling,off with a flat tire.' 16 S EPTEMBER 3 , 2003 ' eye I e n eVIl's