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~ Rou n d 1 3 ... J_ _ u r r-rc:UPlU Rocky Mountain ATV/World Off-Road Championship S er ies After a run ner-up finish at Glen Helen, Destry Abba" finished a respectable fifth overall. My OWN RACE: 1 Ty Davis 6th DefendingwaRCS Champ TyDavis had a slimchance at the title goinginto the Texasround but had a frustrating day on the fast circuit. "Igot a bad start and worked my way up from 11 th to fifth , and I was slowlycatching up," Davissaid."But then I stalled it, and it knocked the wind out of me. Idropped 30 seconds on them, and the course is so fast that it is reallyhard to make up time. When everyone is goingwide open, you can only go wide open. It didn't seem that fast yesterday. Todaywe were reallygetting with it, and when guys make mistakes or fall down, that's the only way to get around them. But, allin all, it was a good day. Nathan won , and winning the championship was the most important thing for our team ." 3 Russ Pearson 7th Russ Pearson, had a frustrating day. Pearson worked hisway up to third place by midrace but mysteriouslydropped off the pace, ending up in seventh. Pearson admitted to having a "problem" but declined to disclosethe details. "It just wasn't my day," said Pearson. "The WaReS crew put on a good course and Igot to battle with some guys. I ended up working my way up to third - almost second, but then I had a little mishap and ended up falling back. I'm not quite sure what happened - ifit was the bike or if it was just me, we'll findout." who held the le ad to t he finish, w hile Bonds , w ho re -injured t he leg that he had hurt at Glen Helen , put forth a valiant effort to finish second . "When I cr ashed , I just happened to land w it h all my w eight on it," Bonds said, of his leg. "It hurt real bad and it was m aking me sick. I managed to ride it out for second , and I' m real happy w ith th at Nathan was riding like the champion that he is." Karlse n he ld on to the t hird place pos it ion with Sma il in fo urth, wh ile Abbott made a late pass on Davis for fifth. eN running m idpack. Not long afte r the field en tered t he o ff-ro ad section , Caselli 's run at the fro nt prematurely ended wh en he hit a t re e , sending him to the pits wi th clutch pr o blem s , effectively handing the lead to Smail. On lap two, Woods pass ed Sma il fo r th e lead entering the t ricky artific ial ro cks th at w e re laid out by the WO RCS cr ew, only to stall his e ngine at the end o f the lap in a w ho o ped-o ut sand section . " It w as just a matt er of a se co nd to get it going aga in," Woods said . " Lance re passed me but slid out, so just [Matt] Karlsen and Bobby [Bo nds] e nded up ge tting by me. I just st arted pacing off of them; I knew [Matt] Karlsen was fast , but I d idn't know if he coul d go that pace fo r the whole d istance." Now th at Karlse n had th e lead , the motocrosser turned off-roader put his 22 NOVEMB ER 17,2004 • mo to skills to good use. He led the way until Bonds slipped by on a fast off-road portion of the cou rse , a lap and a half later. Woods soon followed su it , passing Karlse n in a fast set of switchbacks t hrough th e trees, and he immediately began se tt ing his sights on Bo nds. On lap nine , Bonds tucked the front end in a soft turn just below the grandstand are a, sending him head first int o the dirt. Woods had closed enough to take advantage of Bonds' m istake and took the lead . When Bo nds pitted a lap lat er, Woods gained just the breathing room he needed. "I knew Bobby [Bonds] had to do a couple o f gas stops and I just needed to do on e ," Woods said . "As soon as he pitted , I just tri ed to put so me dist ance on him." From th e re, it was just a matter of maintaining a st rong pace for Woods, CYCLE NEWS O AK Hiu RACE WAY DECATUR, TE XAS RESULTS: O CTOBER 31, 2 004 (ROUND 13 OF 14) PRO O/A : I. Nathan Woods (Yam); 2. Bobby Bonds (Kaw): l . Matt Karlsen (Han); 4. Lance Smail (Kaw); 5. De stry Abbott (Kaw) : 6. Ty 0 , ,,,, (y",,): 7. flu., Pearson (y",,): 8. Bryce Ol sen (KT M) : 9. Kurt Caselli (KTM): 10. Steve Leivan (Yam); II . Mark Wee ks (Yam); 12. Je sse Barstow (Hon) : 13. David Pear-son (Kaw ): 11. Adam Pa ssin (KTM); IS. Don nie Cluc k (KTM): 16. David W tdme r (Hon ); 17. Caleb Ramse y (KTM): 18. Dwa in Carte r (Yam); 19. Brian Storri e (Gas ); 20. Jady Crawfo rd (y",,). SEMI-PRO : I . Justin Soule (Kaw); 2. Brenden Ritt man (Kaw) ; 3. Ch ris John son (Kaw); 4. Dylan Murdoc k (Han): S. Brad Goolsb y (Yam); 6. Travis Krueger (Han ): 7. Cole am); 9. Matt Crouch Kirkpat rick (KTM): 8. lance Bross (Y (Yam): 10. SeanHackley (Kaw ). Conlinued from page 21 Scrambles. Smail has been on the comeback trail after injuring his knee early in t he season . "I haven't got the re sults that I would like , but I am riding good and I am healthy," Smail said. "So I am looking forward to the 'OS season . I feel as good as I did before , but it is the me ntal part - making sure that I am riding properly with my knee - that has affecte d me ." Nathan Wood s didn't have anything signed yet , but had this to say about the 'OS season: "I would assume that I will probab ly be staying with Yamaha and I will be riding the WaRCS series . I want to do the Six Days in a coup le of years, so I am going to be training for that with Ty[Davis]. I'lldo the Big Six series and I'll probab ly end up doing some GNC Cs just to mix things up. I haven't signed with Yamaha, but I have offers and they look good . So hopefully, when Iget home, we can make things happen ," 40t h Anniversary