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Hatch Gets His Way in Missouri S teve Hatch captured the overall win at the seventh round of the AMNFMF National Enduro Series in Park Hills, Missouri, on May 23. The Throttlehead.com/ Kawasaki Team Green KX250 rider battled closely with Am Pro Yamaharider Randy Hawkins all day, and when things were all said and done, Hatch nipped Hawkins by just one point - Hatch d ro pping five points on the day and Hawkins Steve Crevier passed Pascal Picotte just two turns from the finish to win the opening round of the Part s Canada Superbike Championship at Shannonville Motorsport Park on May 23. Riding the DXS Diablo RacingTeam Suzuki GSX-RI000 , the six-time Canadian National Champion dove down the inside of Picotte entering Allen's Corner to snatch t he lead, then hung on to claim his record-extending 22nd career Canad ian Superbike win. Clint McBain also took advantage of the six points. Finishing third overall was series points leader David Lykke on the facto ry-backed KTM. Lykke dropped 10 points on the day. Yamaha- mounted Steve Leivan finished fou rt h overall, while KTM rider Rich Lafferty ro unded out the top five. Sixth place went to Honda ride r Matt Stavish, followed by KTM-mounted Billy Russell and Husqvarna's Fred Hoess , who had a toug h day, a lot of which had to do drama to pass Picotte in the last turn and claim second o n his Coors Light Racing/Blackfoot Suzuki GSX-R I000, just .489 of a secon d behind C revier. Picotte settled for third on the Team Yamaha/Picotte Performance Yamaha YZF-RI. "Pascal was on, and the pressure from with running into a dee r on the trail. Suzuki rider WallyPalmer and Kawasaki pilot Nolan Knight rou nded out the top 10 overall. Lykke , with two wins under his belt, still leads the series with 127 points, followed by Hawkins with I 16, Hatch with 110, and Hoess with 55. However, this co uld all change drast icallyif Hatch gets his way with Clint behind me was enormous ," Crevier said. "But I've always bee n strong in Allen's. I'm going to do it in Alle n's come hell or high water." Kevin Lacombe place d fo urth on his Lacombe Racing/Brooklin Cycle Yamaha YZFRI, and Frank Trombino com pleted the top five finishers aboard the Brooklin Cycle Yamaha YZF-RI. In other act ion at Shan no nville, And rew Nelson scored his first caree r national event win in the Hindle Exhaust Pro 600 Sport Bike feat ure. Riding the Ho nda Canada/Fast Company Ho nda C BR600RR, Nelson e dge d t he Coors Light Racing/Bla ckfo ot Suzuki GSX-R60 0 of McBain by less than a second in the IS-lap a protest regarding a section of the course and checkpoint he and other riders sub mitted to the AMA a couple of months ago at the Cherokee Natio nal Endu ro in Georgia. After reviewing the situation, the check in question at the Cherokee Natio nal has been changed from a timed che ck to an o bserva tion check , and that could have se rious consequences for Lykke, who wo n that eve nt. Th e club th at host e d the Ch e ro kee National, howeve r, has the o pt ion of a final appeal, and we have word that the club is considering th at possibility If . Hatch gets his way, he 'll come out of it as the official winner of the Georgia Endu ro , wh ich will certai nly change the series po ints standings. making it even tighter than it already is. race. D efending class cham pion Picott e Steve Hatch (pictured) edged out Randy Hawkins for the overa ll win at the Mi ssouri National Enduro. Florin Tops EI Trial de Espana Florida's Chris Flo rin took advantage of a big " five" by Nat iona l Trials Champion Geoff Aaron to win the 35th run ning of the EI Trial de Espana near Temec ula, Ca lifornia, May 2223. Florin and Aaro n were the main headliners over the two- day event , and it was a fivepoint dab by Aaron that made the difference between win ning and losing between these two, who are currently placed 1-2 in the AMN NATC Observed Trials Na tional Champio nship Se ries. (After two rounds in the championship series, Aaron leads Florin by 17 points.) T he weekend featured a full-o n tria ls competition event for everyone on Saturday and a Pro -class "exhibitio n-o nly" on Sunday, w here po ints accumulated over bo th days determined Pro/Expert-class winner. 8 an overall Crevier Stops Picotte In Canadian Opener Aaron suffere d an uncharacteristic-forhim five in the very first section on Saturday, and he could never recover from that mis- take. Florida TriaISpo rt/ Silkolene/ Michelinsponsored Florin went on to finish out the first day's run with a 1-6 lead over Aaro n. Aaron closed the gap Sunday with a o nepoint pe rformance o n his Red Bull/ Alpinestars/AXO Gas Gas, but Florin managed to stay w ithin range and, as a result. added his name to the new perpe tual EI Trial de Espana trophy. Flo rin finished out the weekend with six points to Aaro n's seven points. Cody Web b, a 15-year-o ld high school student, claimed third on his Gas Gas . The EI Trial de Espana raises funds fo r the U.S. Trials des Nat ions team. Marl< Kariya JUNE 2, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS 40th Anniversary placed th ird o n the Team Yamaha/P icotte Perfo rmance Yama ha YZF- R6. The Part s Canada Supe rb ike Champ ionship res umes with a dou bleheader weekend at Calgary's Race City Motorsport Park, July 2-4.