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WhitE BrothErs World Four-StrokE MX Championship SEriEs
Round 3; Washougal Motocross Park
PHOTOS BY ClJ\Y UGHT
Cavanaugh Cashes In!
By CLAY LIGHT
WASHOUGAL, WA, JULY 2
onda -mounted Josh Cavanaugh was the top
perlormE!f" in the premier Open Four-Stroke
Pro class at round three of the White Brothe~
World Four-Stroke MX Cham pionship Serie s,
held at Washougal Motocross Park . He easily
won the first moto and placed second to Oregon's Ryan Huffman in moto two to win overall.
Riding the Jo hn Burr CyclesfTroy Le e/Pro
CircuitNP Fuels-backed CRH50R, Cavanaugh
progressed through the field in both motos ,
w ith his best performance coming in the first
moto. Jaso n McCormick an d Ryan Hu ffm an
jumped ahead of the H -ride r field at the start
of moto one, but neither rider would fare well
H
in the 30·minute m ot o, as t he t w o lon gt ime
r iva ls tangled at t he to p o f the up h ill and
Konnrad Kuest assumed the le ad .
Cavanaugh assumed the lead o n lap thr ee
and neve r looked back in what would be an
impressive win fo r the Go lde n State rider.
Washington's Greg Crater followed Cavanaugh
a nd fin ish e d second, followed by Ho n d a -
mounted Nick Foister, Kuest and another
Wash ingtonian , Bob Melloy. Montanan
Cameron Weaver, Do n Bisce glia , Travis
Murphy, Brandon Thomas and Rory Sullivan
rounded out the top 10.
" I'm pretty sure that both Huffman and
McCormick have something for me in the
second rnoto," Cavanaugh said .
Both Huffman and McCormick did im proved
on their mote-one results , as the two led the
field around tum one in moto two. That's about
the best th ings got for the rider from Vancouver,
Wash ington, though ; McCormi ck would be
plagued by mechanical problems and began a
gradual descent backward through the fteld.
Huffman took command after outjumping
McCormick and appeared to be well on his way
to an easy victory - that is, until Cavanaugh came
knocking . Cavanaugh worked his way up from a
seventh-place start and closed the gap on
Huffman midway through the moto. Cavanaugh
got up on Huffman's rear wheel and , as the race
entered the later stages. made his first of two
passes on Huffman . However, Huffman had an
answer for Cavanaugh's challenges and won by a
slim margin. A 16th-place finish in moto one,
though, spoiled a top overall finish for the rider
from Roseburg ; Cavanaugh was content to finish
second in the moto, knowing that it was good
for the overall win.
"I th ink that he [Huffman] was just messing
w ith me, " Cavanaugh said from the podium.
"He ke pt looking back at me afte r he 'd pass
me back, like, 'Come on , race with me: but I
just didn 't want to take any chances."
Cavanaugh's overall win was worth $2 300.
He was t railed ove rall by Crat er (2-5) an d
Weaver, whose consiste nt 6·6 platings earned
the rider from Boze man , Montana, th ird overal l.
Me llo y (S- 7), Fo ister (3- 9) , Sullivan ( 10 -4),
Huffman (16-1), Tho mas (9-8), Bisceglia (7- 10)
and Murphy (8- 12) rounded out the top 10 .
AHA National and supercross regular Ryan
Abrigo was the key player in the 2S0 F Fo urStroke Pro class , The Fly/Dunlo p/Everett
Powe r Sports-backed Abrigo easily won both
mo tos , leading Sullivan (2-2) , Philip Ehnat (3-4)
and David Rose (5-S) overall.
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WASHOUGAL MOTOCROSS pAJll(
WASHOUGAl, WASHINGTON
RESULTS: JULY 3, 2004 (ROUND
3)
OP EN 4·STRK PR O: l. Josh Ca vanaugh (Hon) ; 2.
Gres Cnt ~ (Hon); 3. Cameron Wea ver (Yam); ... Bob
HeIIoy (Hon) ; S. N1ck Foist... (y""); 6 . ""'Y Sun...., (Han);
7. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 8. Brandon Thomas (Han); 9. Don
Bisceglia lHon); 10. Travts Murp hy (8 ·1 2); II. J.R. Vie lle
(Yam); 12. Terry lee Ham ne ss (Hon); 11. Trevo r Brooks
(y",,~ 14. I