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Part s Unlimited W orld O ff -Ro ad Champi onshi p S eri e s R ou nd S : M o on s h in e 1 0 0 Th. KTM rid.r claims third straiiht w in KAHOKA, MO, SEPT. 28 TM's Sha ne W atts m ad e it three in row by winning round six of the World Off-Road Ch am pi o nsh ip East Series at the Moonsh ine 100. After ban g in g b ar s with Montcla ir Yam a h a ' s Ty D a v i s a nd Na t ha n Woods fo r th e fi rst three laps of the eight -l ap rac e , W atts dropped the hammer , leaving Davis, Woods and th e rest of th e 20 - r id er Pr o cl as s behind . Fin ishing in sec ond place, 79 sec on ds back , was Wo ods, fo ll owe d by Davi s, KTM rid er B rian Ga rra han and Ya mah a -m oun t ed N ath an Kan ney . K Watts, wh o pilot ed an MS R/ Scot t / KBC Helm et s/Tag /M ich elin / Cy c ra back ed KTM. sai d, "For firs t coup le of laps, I ro de just hard enough to stay out of trouble. T he co urse was a go od mi x o f mot o cr o ss , w o od s a n d grasstracks. " W i t h t h e ir [ W o o d s and D a v i s ] ba ck gr ounds, [th ey ] had the advan t age o n th e MX tr ack, while I had it in th e ti ght er secti ons . Th e y ' d p ull ahead [on the m otoc ross tra c k] , and I'd catch up in th e wood s. "I j ust cruise d for a co uple of laps," Watts adde d. " T hen [o n lap three] I ma de my m o v e jus t b efor e we ent er ed the t ight st uff. I nev er saw Da vi s again and o nly lost the lead to Woods (fo r a few m inu t es) wh en I pitted for gas ." W o ods, o n t he M ont c la ir Ya maha / Zip -Ty Racin g / A c er bi s/ GPR YZ, said, "I tr ied to hang w ith Watt s, but 40 O CTOB ER 15. 2003 ' cue h e was gone . O u r gas stops w er e lap. the re wa s a lot of co nfusio n, and ki nd of rough, an d th at cost both Ty I l o st a lot o f va l ua b le t im e . But and I. We only ha d one pit guy, and S TO RY A ND PH OT OS BY STEVE B ERK N E R [Watts] was just too fast." Ty pitted ea rlier th an he would have liked to . Wh en I ca me in on the next (Above) Shane Watts came from behind to capture the overall w in. (Rig ht) Ty Davis lea ds the pack at the start of the WORCS ra ce in M issouri. D a vi s co nc u r re d. " W o o d s and I took turns lead ing for most of th e first tw o lap s, and Watts wa s alw ay s there just waiting ," he said . " [W atts] is so fast in th e tr ees that we o nly had one ch ance t o pu ll away from h im , and th at was on th e MX tr ack . Eventually that wasn't eno ug h." Davis to ok th e e a rl y l ea d a fter gra b bing the holeshot, follo we d b y Woods , Ya ma ha ri de r s Ton y Joine r and Lance Smail , an d Watts . As the y le f t th e on e -m ile-l ong mot o cro ss track , less than 20 seconds sepa rated t he front runn ers , with Da v is in t he ~