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and she even passed he r for the lead several times before getting passed right back . Bau was also within striking distance of both ride rs but mainta ined th ird for most o f t he race . Ale x Haupt. Sarah Whitmore, Tarah Ge iger, Ashley Wheat and Swed en's Ellin Mann we re busy mi xing it up over fourth , wi t h Whitmore eventually taking the position. Laier went on to win the mo ta , with Patt e rson finishing a close second. Kawasaki Team Greenbacked Haupt (also from Germany) finished out the mo to in fifth, followed by Geiger, Wheat, Mann, Elizabe th Bash and Tori Klein, who ro unded o ut the top 10. The seco nd mota saw Patterson snag the holesbot, followed by Undsey je litto , Bau, Tanya Ebers , Ge iger. laier and jacq ue line Short, but just one lap in, Patt erson hurt her kne e in a large braking bump and retreated back to the mechanics' area, where she was car ried off the track and back to the pits. Laier took ove r the lead and never looke d back, leaving the re st of the fie ld to fight ove r secon d . Ho nda of Hou sto n/Alpine st ars/ FMF-b acked Ge iger from Aguadilla, Pue rt o Rico . w o r ke d her way up to a second-place finish. giving he r third overall on a 6-2 score . Honda,IV]·backed Bau took second overall on a ] -] tally after a fantast ic a fte r no o n of racing. Ha upt ( 5 ~ S ) w as fourth . and Wh itmore (4-6) was fifth. Suzuki-mou nted Wheat claimed fourth in the mota, and her 7-4 score was good enough for sixth place overall. Bash (9-8) was seventh, Klein ( 10-9) was e ighth , Mann (8-11) was ninth, and Short finished out the day in 10th on a 1] · 10 tally. RESUL TS PRO WMN O /A : I. Steff Laier ( KT~ ); 2. Stefy Bau (Yvn); 1. Farah Geiger (Hon ); 4. Alex Haupt (Kaw ); 5. Sarah 'Nh1tmOre (Y ); 6 . Ash~y Wheat (Suz) ; 7. am £:lizabeth Bash (Kaw ); S. Tori Klein (KTM); 9. Ellin Mann \KTM); 10. Jacq ue line Short (Hon ); II . Philo Petricig (Han); 12.Undsey je litto (Suz) ; 1. Kaide G" n-et ~am) ; 14. a SheeN Patt e rson (Suz); IS. Jess ica Patterson fKTM}; 16 . Hea the r Williams am); 17. Jessy e Davis (Yam); la. Tanya Ebe rs (Suz); 9. Jamie Pamintuan (Suz) ; 2 . Malarie 'J>roChnavy (Yarn). Georgia Cross Country Series Round 3 : H;gh Point Cross Country Track Veator Vetoes 'em By SunON DAVID PERRY, GA, NOV. 30 A beautiful day awaited a record turno ut of riders at round /""\three of the Georgia Cross Country Series . Some much-welcomed rain moved into central Geo rgia just a few days before the event , making the 14-mile loop perfect. Former 'lOs and '80s factory Maico motocrosser and ISDE go ld medallist Barry Higgins showed up aboard a KTM 12S SX to do battle in the Senior class. Canadian Pro motocrosser Ryan Noland dec ided to come out and try his first off-road event wh ile winte ring in wa rm , sunny Georgia. A robust and ta lented A class left the line with Kawasaki of States boro 's Mark Le e out front, showing t he way. KTM USN Moo se Racing/Scott Enduro Engineering/Factory Effex rider Tommy Veator gated dead last and had his work cut out for him. Lee led the first lap, with points lead er Matt joh nson and Frank Anello in tow. Meanwhile. Veator was tearing through the pack. Right before the end of the se cond lap of the thre e -lap race, Veator overtook Lee for the lead. and he never look ed back en route to the win. lee held on for second. Anello overtook Matt Johnson for third. "I got my usual dead-last start: a happy Veator responded. "I just wo rked my way up to the front and had a blast." Yamaha rider Mark Snave ly handedly wo n the B class his first win of the series - followed by a close race between points leader johnny Britt and john Hall. The t ight est racing of the day was in C class. Brian Justice and Charlie Hunt traded positions severa l times per lap, with Justice getting the upper hand midway through lap three. Just one minute behind , points leader jos h Markosen had his hands full with young Chad Hall, who hounded him until the e nd. Higgins' closest co m pe t it io n o n t he day wa s KTM 625 mounted Danny Sutton. Higgins narrowly grabbed the start from Sutt on. Higgins got in the groove and put fo ur minutes on the field. Thad Binford turned in a good ride. as he finished second, over Bernard O resti, wh ile Sutton faded out of the top five due to poor tire selection. "Th is is the first time in six years I have been on a bike over 30 minutes," said Higgins. who was all grins. "It was a great time !" Ca li Priesh topped Ke lly Williams in the 60cc Youth division, w hile Christopher Williams won the 50cc class. 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JR 50 : I. C hristopher Williams (Hon); 2. Seth johnson (KTM); 1. Ryan Britt (Hon ): 4. Zach jones (Kaw) . JR 60: I . Cali Priehs (Suz); 2. Kelty Williams (Kaw ); 1. Brook e De loach (Yam) : 4. T~ Bn n (Hon) ; 5. Cody Hunt (Yam ). SR : 1. Barry H iggins (KTM); 2. Thad Binford (Hon); 1. Bernard Orestl (KTM); 4 . Allan Davis C Hon) ; S. Earl Halford (KTM) ~ AI pills ~ IitJn RasIjj1Ml SI6:l Yia USPS fiIlI<:Iass mal, iI aiaJle ftal ~ wdl protedi\E canbla~ baii>t CAresiJelisiQI7 .75%~!al 'il:I.des~ IIbresIi:US IritI ~ Toorder, call CycleNews Producls aI714·751·7433 (9am-5pm PST) 88 JANUARY 14,2004 • CYCLE NEWS 40th Anniversa r y

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