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spe nt the rest of the race making up for lost time . The
desert ace com pleted the first lap in eighth , got up to
sixth on the second lap and the steadily closed the gap
on fifth-place runner Garrahan despite crashing again
earlier on the third lap.
'" got cross-rutted on a fast section and took a big
soil sample," said Abbott, who later pitted and straightened out his bike without losing a pos ition. On the 10th
lap, Abbott finally caught up to Garrahan, passed him.
and we nt on to finish out the race in fifth.
Mud spec ialist Garrahan. who was bummed to see
the sun come out, ended up sixth. But when things were
slippery and gooey early on. Garrahan, who had special
mud tires shipped to the track, was right up there with
the leaders and , at one point. ran as high as fourth .
Seventh place went to Washington's own John Beal.
The ISDE rider to ok top honors in Saturday's O pen Pro
race , and then the Kawasaki pilot worked his way up
fro m 13th in Sunday's Pro feature.
Behind Beal finished Price Racing's Kellon Walch. Team
Green's Brian Brown and Suzuki privatee r Robe rt
Naughton.
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