P a r t s Unlimited World O ff-Road Championsh ip National/ E ast S eri e s
F in a l R oun d : C o operla n d R a c e w a y
DAVIS CROWNED
WORCS with finale win
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y Davis went into the fi na l ro und of
the Parts Un limited Wo rl d Off-Road
Champions hips at G u y C o op e r 's
Cooperland Racew ay wi th one objec tive: to finish ahead of Brian Garra han. Tha t would all but guarantee the
Montclair Yama ha rider th e East
WO RCS t itle, as w ell as the ov erall
National WORCS t itl e.
Garra h an , a rid er w ho l oves i t
wh en the trails get ug ly , was hopin g
for rain - and lo ts of it - in O klahoma .
H e kn ew th at m uddy c o n d it i o n s
w ou ld g ive him a go od c ha n c e to
beat Da vi s, who had alread y clinched
th e West titl e and wh o has bee n riding ext remely well as o f la te. Garra-
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han almo st got hi s wish , as it di d rain
a few days befor e the seri es decide r,
but th e sun w as sh in ing come rac e
da y . A lth oug h Garrah an gav e it a
valiant eff ort, the KTM rider came up
short , fin ish in g sixth overall on th e
day - three spots behi nd Davis , who
captured bot h the East ti t le an d th e
National Championship . Last month
Davis also clinched the West title with
a win at Honey Lake in Milford, Californi a. In all, Da vis captured all thre e
WO RCS titles.
B ut th e day belong ed to Yamaha m ount ed La nc e Sma il. Th e fo rmer
full -t ime motocrosser was in a leag ue
of his own , as he qu ickly fou ght his
way t o t he fr ont and p ulled away ,
t owing wi th h im y et anot he r form er
Pro m o t o cro sser, Sc ott Sh eak . Bu t
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