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Round 5 OFF-ROAD ~ Rocky Mounta in ATV-MC;World Off-Road Cha mpionship Series my pace, and before I knew it, I had a 30second lead and just kept go ing." Woods added that he was happy to get his second win of the season. "Yeah, it's really good to match Bobby after his second win two weeks ago," Woods said. Pearson, on a YZ450F, made it a 1-2 sweep for the Montclair Yamaha team. ''I'm pretty happy, but I want to win," Pearson said. "I did what I've been doing this year - got back on the start. You can't do that. Those guys are too good to play catch- up with . I made my way back up to second, but I mean, I wasn't way bac k but just enough. Th e dust was out the re and pretty gnarly. I didn't want to get hurt and slowed do wn in the dust." Abbott had a fairly uneventful race, spending most of it alone in fourt h where he would finish. "I had a great start - for me ," Abbott said. 'i\nytime I'm up there in the top five [o n the start], I'm pretty happy. I go t into fourth there, and Russ and I had a good battle , and Tilley was in front of us. Early on it was so dusty, and late r on - it was just a weird race with the weather. "I was running third [beh ind Pearson] for a while there, but Bonds en ded up passing me with like two laps to go," Abbott said. "My bike just worked really good; it was just weird having it snowing and hailing at one time and be so silty. When it was coming down, it got really good, and I started having a better time. All in all I'm not too disappointed with fourth, but I still need to win some races. I really want to win th is title . But Na than's got a good lea d on us, so we gotta ham me r down and beat him. But he's riding good, so ..." Afte r a stun ning start, Tilley slipped back to fifth, a lot of which had to do wit h a handful of blisters. "I was praying for a podium," Tilley said, "but my hand was n't going along w ith it. I've been having proble ms with my right hand bliste ring lately, and I to re all o f the skin of my palm. But, ove rall, it went well. Iset into a pace, which worked good for the first half, but I just haven't figeN ured out the second hour yet ." CARsoN COUNTY MX PARK PIlJcE, UTAH RIsULYS: APIlJL 18, 2004 (ROUND 5 Of 13) PRO: I. Nathan Woods (Yam); 2. ~ Peerson (Yam); 3. Bobby Bonds (Kaw);• . DesuyAbbott (Kaw); 5. Marl< ",ley (Hon); 6. lY Dav;s (Yam); 7. Robert Naughton (Hon); 8. David Peerson (Kaw) 9. Kellon Walch (Hon); 10. ; Laoce5mo>1(Kaw); II . 8c (Kaw). SEMI PRO : I. 8..00.0 R( 12812vMs); 2. BobbyBonds(95n w;n, ); 3. Russell Pearson(85); • . Destry Abbott (84); 5. Ince 5maiI ( I w;n)lRobertNaughton (69); 9. Marl< nlley (64); 10. Dav;d Pearson (56). 38 MAY 5,2004 • CYCLE NEWS 40th An niversary

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