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CMC Pac West Motocross Nationals
Fina l Round: Washougal Motocros s Park
Moore Wins the War!
By CLAY LIGHT
WASHOUGAL, WA, JULY 11
ashingto n's Dan Moore proved that con sistency pays off with a successive string
of to p-five placings th rougho ut the eight rou nds
of th e CMC Pac We st Motoc ross N at ionals
Se ries . Moor e captured four o vera ll Pro -class
t itles at th e co mp letion of th e se ries, in the
I25c c. 2S0cc, Over 25 and Over 30 classes.
While Moo re wo uld o nly wi n o ne class
overall o n th is day, th e thirtysomething rider
from Yakima w as in the th ick of th ings in all
fo ur class es he e nte re d at the series fina le .
Moo re han dily wo n both Over 30 Pro motes
an d placed seco nd , behi nd fellow
Was hingto nian Br ad H agse t h , in t h e
co m pe ti t ive O ver 25 Pro cl as s. Hags et h
overt ook both Moore and Hu ffman to sco re
the mot a -on e victo ry. Hagseth also wo n mo to
two to cap off a I-I sweep of the class. Moo re
(3-2), Jaso n Matt hews (4· 3), Huffman (2.8) and
Case y Daugherty (S-7) com plete d the top five .
Huffman's results were much better in the
12Scc Pro class. Alt ho ugh Ryan Abrigo gated
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ahead o f t he fie ld and seemed t o slip away,
Huffman reeled in the Hon da rider, and when
th e two tang led, Huffman e me rged w ith th e
lead. Huffman he ld it to the finish to ca ptu re
th e w in, ahead of Suzu ki rider Co le Siebl e r,
Abrigo , Philip Ehnat and Moore .
Huffman bolted to the hea d of the pack in
moto tw o, trail ed by Ehnat , Moo re an d th e
rest of t he field. Th e r ide r to fo rge fastest
through the field was Abrigo . Riding his newly
acquired H onda, Abrigo caught Huffman in the
late stages. Huffm an did n't put up much of a
fight, and Abrigo quickly left the Y
amaha rider
behind. Huffman, though, was co ntent w ith a
seco nd-place finish. knowing of Abrigo 's th irdplace finish in moto one. Moore, first-ti me Pro
Tony Bo ughten, Siebler and Ehnat filled o ut the
top six at mot e's end. Overall, Huffman ( 1-2) ,
Abr igo (3-1), Sieble r (2-5) , Moore (5-3) and
Ehnat (4-6) completed the to p five .
Huffman w as do minant in th e first 250cc
Pro mo to , grabbing the lead at the start of the
mo to and maintaining it to the finish. Hagseth
was the fastest rider throu gh tra ffic and settled
in behi nd Huffman, w here he 'd finish, ahe ad of
Abr igo, Moo re , Californi an Josh Cav an augh,
and Idaho's Robb Floth.
Hagset h was the top pe rfo rmer in mo to
Brad Hagseth snapped Ryan
Huffman's weekend domination
with the overall Over 25 Pro -cla ss
win at Washougal Motocross Park.
traffic . Ho bgood too k a co uple laps to bre ak
clear of Shandy and Dustin and engage Kennedy
in a dogfight , which Hobgood finally won . The n
the rest of the rider s dropped into a pace , as
the hea t and humidity took the ir to ll. Suddenly,
Ke nne dy s uffe re d a flat t ir e, and Ada m
Hancoc k, fighting o rr the exhau stion, picked up
hi s p ac e . Th e order wa s re s hu ffle d , an d
H obgood to ok t he vic tory, D us t in finished
second . Kenne dy dropped t o th ird an d
Hancock cap tu red fo urt h.
In mot a two. Dustin was th e qu ickest to the
first turn, and he he ld off Kennedy for a co uple
laps. but soo n Kennedy and Ho bgood too k over
for good. Dust in finishe d th ird. in from of
Shandy and Hancock.
O n Sunday, Kennedy was a no- show for the
t hird mo ta , allowing Ho bgo od an easy w in.
Dustin (4-3-2) was seco nd, Hancock (3-6 -3)
was third , and Hayes (5-5-4) was fourt h.
Glen Allen, Mississippi, rider Jo hn-Murry Barr
and Plaquem ine rider Alex Lejeune wen t bar to
bar all weekend in several classes. Bar r go t his
two, as Huffman faded t o an eve ntual l l th place finish due to seve re arm pump , and , by
vi r t ue of Hagset h's 2-1 pl ac ings , he won
ove rall. Abrigo trailed Hagset h at mot e 's end,
wh ich was go od fo r seco nd o verall , w hile
Cava naug h's be s t perfo rm an c e o f t he
w eeke nd, a third-place finish, enabled him to
net third overall on a 5-3 tally. Moore (4-4) and
Huffman (1· 11) followe d.
Jo sh Hill struggled thro ugho ut the d ay,
altho ugh he still captured the overall 125cc and
Ope n Am ateur-class w ins . Unlike t he day
before , Hill had some to ugh competition fro m
Kevin U rq uhar t, wh o st aye d at H ill's pa ce
during several motos and finished the day with
a pair of second-place tr o ph ies. O rego n's Kevin
Rookstool ruled the 2S0cc Interm ed iate class in
Hill's absence . placing first in bo th motos. The
Suzuki rider fro m Klamath Falls rod e flawles sly
in both motos to captu re his first overall w in of
"Got Gear " KTM in fro nt first, w hile Le je une
tried to kee p up on his Wildwood Kawasaki. Barr
kep t it real, swee ping t he 65c c (7-9) class on
both days for the overa ll. with Lejeu ne en joying
the leftovers by going 2-2-2. Barr also swept the
65cc O pen class. in front of Lejeun e , Stone Edle r
(4-3-3) and Fo rrest Smith (3-4-6).
RESULTS
50 (4. 6): I. T·Don Lerille (KTM); 2. Casey Eure (Cob);
1. Chad Butc he r (KTM);