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OFF-ROAD
By the ha lfway point, an inte nse battle brewed involving Davis, Abbott,
Naughton and David and Russ Pears on.
Davis, who had climbed h is way up
from ninth to third, completed t he seventh la p 5 .3 se co nd s ahead of Da vid
Pearson, who was just 1.4 seconds
ahead o f Naughton , who was just three
se conds ahead o f Abbott. But the rider
on the move was Russell Pearson, who
was only fo u r seconds be hin d Ab bott
an d was closing in fast .
Russell was on fire as he picked off o ne
rider at a t ime until he was running thi rd
w ith two laps to go . Suddenly, Russell's
bike develo pe d a transmission pro ble m
and co uldn't mai nta in
his unbelie vably fast
pace anymore. He
slipped back to 10th,
where he w o uld finish out the race.
Abbott turned up
the afterburners, as
well, getting around
David Pea rson and
Davis in the late
goings,
but
the
Kawasaki pilot cou ldn't catch Woods .
who was too far
ahead
to
catch .
Abbott got on t he
podium in third .
Davis
took
t he
checkered flag 2B
seconds
behind
Abbott in fourth .
Naugh to n, w ho
was in the thick o f
t hings for most of
the race, cooled off a
Round 2
1_ _
World Off-Road Championship
S eries
bit in t he late stage s, finishing just ov er a
m inut e behind Davis .
Caselli, w ho started off in fifth ,
dropped back to 10t h on t he second lap
and sp e nt th e ne xt six laps th ere before
cr eepi ng up into sixth, w here he would
finish just two seconds behi nd Naughton.
David Pearson slipped back to seventh at
the finish and was followed across the finish
line by KTM rider Bryce Olson , who spent
most of the race just inside the to p 10. eN
CROSS CREEK MX
BA STROP, TEXAS
RESULTS: FEBRUARY
(ROUND
2
OF
Briefly...
Even though Bobby Bonds is getting better and better at offroad , he hasn't comp letelygiven up on motocross yet . The forOlson; 9 . Mark Tilley (Ho n); 10. Russe ll mer Honda and Kawasaki/Pro Circuit rider wants to ride the
Pearson (Yam): I I. Lance Smail (Kaw );
.
12. Joey Lanza (KTM); 13. Wh isperin outdoor National Motocross Series, which begins in May Bonds
Smith (Kaw) : 14.Josh Weisenfels (Yam) says he doesn't have anything lined up as far as se rious support,
;
IS. Jesse Barstow (Hen ): 16. Jon but he knows that if anything happens , he'll most likely be on a
Seehom (5uz ); 17. Ben Hale (Kaw); 18 .
Kawasaki. But after winning the Texas WaRCS race, Bonds is
Kevin Bailey (KTM); 19. Ryan Mcintyre
(Yam); 20 . Lynn Bailey (Yam).
rethinking his future. "I thought about the [WORCS] champ iWORLD OFF·ROAD CHAMP I·
ONSHIP SERIES POINTS STAND· onship, but after the first race, it was sort of a setback, but after
INGS (Alter2 of 13 rounds): I. Nathan this win. I'm only 13 points down ," Bonds said. "The WORCS
Woods (~3); 2. Desuy Abbott (~2); 3.
series is great. They are so much fun; so many diff re nt elee
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