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pu t a littl e distan ce o n the th ird-placed b ike of Bro wn's . Tw enty -eight mi les further, w hen t he b ikes cam e into view o f th e finish , it was Abbott o n th e green bi ke t hat w as t he first to be see n. Russ fin ished le ss t ha n a D Bi if champion Russ Pearson came acrass the finish line in second, allowing him to move within three points of the lead position. I Briefly... I Dusty co nditions are a fact of life for desert racers and often their toughest chal lenge . This race was no exception, Dry conditions turn ed the high desert ar o und We lls, Nevada, into a powder bowl. Fro m th e start to the finish, racers in all classe s battled through it, and thei r only re prieve w as an occasional gust of w ind. mi n ute b ac k , safel y in second , w ith Brow n ou t of range and Da vid ev en fa rth er b ac k. " I gave it all I had," Russ sa id. " It' s just t he d ust - yo u can't rid e in that st uff. Yeah, I'm a little frustrated and bummed o ut." Now , as they head to t he fina l ro un d ne xt m onth in Luce rne Valley, California, a th ird or better finish by Abbott gua ran te es h im th e title . David Pearson can take it w ith a w in in Luc erne if Abbott is fo urth or low e r. Fo r Russell , it w ill take bo t h a w in in the final round and Abbott placing seventh or lo w e r. eN OASiS- YO-WEL 100 LS WELLS, NEVADA R ESULYS: S EPTEMBER 25, (ROUND 7 OF 8) 20 0 4 Race organizer Dan Cresswell is you r fullservice promoter. After spending weeks putting the race together and running race day, he still found time to he lp a racer change a t ire , A ttendance was down from the prev ious year, and that may be a new tr end. C ress w ell speculated that a combination of a broader cho ice of e vents for o ff-road competitors, a soft economy and highe r fuel prices are im pacting the tu rnout at desert rac es across the West. Another reason fo r red uced turnout may have been because of the 2 4- Ho urs of Glen Helen race , wh ich was ru n on the same w eekend . A number o f riders cho se Southern California over northern N evad a, including Kurt Caselli, Joey Lanza and Nick Pears on. Current Vet-class champ Sean Brad ley finished second In the Vet Expert class beh ind Abbott and then drove straight to Glen Hele n to join his teammates for the night shift there. The end of a dynasty! W ill th is be the last we will see of the venerable KXSOO? Word is that Kawasaki is finally end ing production o f t he big two -stroke. Th ough Team Gree n doesn't have its hands o n a successor yet, it's assumed t he new bike will be the 45 0cc four -stroke, though t hat bike isn't e xpected to be available until about mid -2005 . UP COMING ROUNDS: R 8 . lucerne V , CA, October 24 ound olley My 3 OWN RACE N 1F 7th Riding in his first Nat ion al Brian Brown Kawasaki lrd Dust was a pretty big factor for Team Green's Brian Brown. " I got a three-kick start, got around David Pearso n and a Honda, then I got repassed by the Honda. It took me about 20 miles to get around him, and by then I couldn't even see [Russ) Pearson's dust - he was gone." 4 Ta ber Murphy David Pearson 4th "I had a de cent start, third at the end of the bo mb ," Kawasaki Team Green's David Pearson said. "Th e n Brian passed me and he was in the dust. I didn't really feel like hanging it out. I'd walked it [the bomb run) and saw some rocks. so I bac ked it off a little and lost a couple more places." Pea rso n made up those places and was about a minute behind Brow n at the first pit . "All around, it was a pretty good race," he said . since having his knee rebuil t six moths ago, the defending Fou r-Stroke-class champ was back to his winning ways. The Prec isio nCo nce pts/ GPR/ Goat/ FMF XR650 Honda -mounted rider said he "felt great," though he would have liked a better start. "I hit neutral right off the start and then went down in the dust, probably ending up around 30t h at the end of the bomb," he said . From there, he just put his head down and went to work passing bikes in the dust to be the first Fo ur-Stroke across the finish line in seventh overall. www.cyclenews.com Their so ns may be fierce competitors on the course , but they often pit close to each other, Boyd Abbott (De st ry' s dad ) and Le e Pea rson (Russell's dad ) are at every race supporting thei r sons' efforts. CYCL E NEWS . OCTOBER 13, 2004 59