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P a rts Unlimited World O f f -Road C h a m p io n s h ip N a t iona l/Ea s t S erie s F in a l R o u n d : C o o p erla n d R a c e w a y • Build WEEKL FOOT TRAFFIC in your store. Y • Create ENTHUSIASM for new products, latest events and trends in the sport of motorcycling. • Local COVERAGE of events in your area, in addition to t\btional &WorldWide news about motorcycles - as it happens! GET STARTED TODAY! Call our Dea ler Sa les Mana ger a t (714) 751-7433 24 Hour FAX O rder line (714) 751-6685 E-Mail: dealers@cyclenew s.com 14 DECEMBER 10,2003 ' cue • e n eVIl's was always there pu sh in g. So I had m y wo rk c ut out fo r m e. My pit crew did an exce lle nt job on keeping track of him. He defin it ely has what it tak es to catch m e and m ak e a race out of it. I j ust rode a fast pac e and let the bik e do the work ." After g etting pas sed b y Dav is . Naughton ended up fourth , ahead of fifth-place fin isher Russ Pearson , who had been running as h igh as th ird beh ind Smail and Sheak on lap three. " I k ind of made it rough on myself here, - Pearson said . "On the first cou ple of laps , I crashed hard in the trees , and that just put me back in the p ac k . E ac h time I would pick myself u p and start making my way back , I' d go down again. It just wasn't my day here . Eventually m y goggles were a mess , so I stopp ed to get another set , and then it came down to me and Garrahan [for fifth] : " Pearso n and I [eve ntually I found ourselves run ning fifth and sixth : Garra han said . "When I ca ught hi m, I knew we co uld make a race out of it. W e ' re good f rien ds , and w e do n 't min d sc rap pi ng a littl e on the track . By the last lap , we were putting do wn some pre tty good lap tim es and had ac t ua ll y cau ght up to Nau ghton, but we just ran out of tim e." "I saw th o se guys co mi ng , but I j u s t co u l d n' t pick u p t he p ac e eno ug h ," Naug hto n sa i d. " At tha t poi nt , I had used up 100 percent of my energy. I j ust held on until the finish . Luck y for m e th ere wasn't another lap: Woods, who was runn ing up fro nt at the start, end ed up a disappointing 19th . " First, I was ru nni ng as high as second (beh ind She ak] when I started crashing ," Woods sa id . " I' d pick myself up and just get going and then I' d crash again. Before I knew it I was in fo urth. T hen , when I ca me in for gas, t he q u i c k - fil l got stuck in the receiver, and it flooded the carbure tor. T hen I got a flat tire , and by the end of the race m y clutch started to m ak e no ise. It ju st wasn 't my day: CN Coopertand Raceway Stillwater, Oklahoma Resulls: November 16, 2003 Ifi nal Round) O /A : 1. La nc e S mail (Vem); 2. Scott S he e k (Kaw); 3. Ty Davis (Yam) ; 4 . Robert Neughton (Suz); 5. Russell Pearson (Yam ); 6. Bria n Garrahan (KTM); 7 . Neth en Ka ney (Yom ) ; 8 . Ton y Joine r ( KTM) ; 9 . Bria n Brown (KlI w ); 10 . Ky le Ne lson ( KTM) ; It. Chuck Woodf ord (Kaw): 12. Pat Gerrehen (KTM); 13. Ben Hale (KTM): 14 . Matthew FIsh (KTM): 15. Craig Hotesek (KTM) ; 16. Jesse Barsto w (Hon) ; 17. Chris John son (ATK) ; \ 8. Dex Billings (Han) : \ g . Young Jaco bsen (Han); 20 . Ryan Yoit (KTM).