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Parts Unlimited Off-Road Motorcycle and ATV Nationals After the first lap, Williamson had almost 30 seconds on Jarrett, and that would be the closest they would get for the rest of the day. Jarrett later broke a footpeg, retreated to the pits for a lengthy repair stop and went back out. But he'd lost too much to make it worthwhile, so when he cooked his rear brake, he retired for good. ''At first I didn't like the throwaways, but it looks like I'm going to use them," he said of his second DNF of the series. Despite his latest nonfinish, he still maintains the points lead. Robertson would also DNF. He his rear brake caliper snapped off, and that left KTM rider Shane Watts to have sole control of second place on his KTMHutt.comi Fun Mart Cycles/Moose 200 EXC. He held it there to the finish. "I was riding nice and easy," Watts said. "My brakes were going out on me, so I just kept a nice, cruisy pace, and it was the quickest two-hour race ever - felt like no more than an hour. I was stoked about that. I just got a serious case of monkey butt from sitting down, trying to use my feet to slow down in the trees'" The best race turned out to be for third place between Garrahan, on his Rentone.com/Maxxis/Moose RM250, and Bach, on his Midwest KTMITorco/Moose 250 EXC. Justin Williamson dominated the Moonshine 100. fter two consecutive victories in the Parts Unlimited OffRoad Motorcycle and ATV Nationals, defending champ immy Jarrett was hoping to ride the wave a little longer and perhaps stretch out his lead in the OMA Series at the Moonshine 100 presented by ITI' But it was young Justin Williamson who stole the show in Missouri, coming away with his first OMA win. Williamson took the lead on the first lap and rode off to an uncontested win on his Williamsonracing.com YZ2S0. "I felt really good out there," the Florida teenager said. "There were a lot of ruts from last year's course, but I felt comfortable in the ruts. Once I was out front, it was really nice because it was dust-free, and I could see everything and just go at my own pace. I just kept her cranking." At the end of five laps on the approximately 10-mile course of mixed challenges, Williamson's lead was nearly three A 44 minutes over runner-up Shane Watts. Suzuki rider Brian Garrahan made a laterace charge and ended up completing the race in third, taking the checkered flag just four seconds ahead of Chris Bach, who had held third for much of the race. Run in warm, dusty conditions, as opposed to the deluge that forced promoter Bill Gusse to shorten and reroute the course last year, Jarrett proved the cagiest off the short start and led the Pro pack on his Andrews Cycles/Maxxis/ Moose RM2S0 as they hit the first woods section. Chris Robertson slotted himself into second on his 10<250, with Williamson third. ''About halfway through [the first lap] in the grass track, [Jarrett and Robertson] both went wide and blew past a corner, and I got by both of them there," Williamson said. "Once I got in the tight woods, Jimmy was behind me, and I just decided to push as hard as I could to pull away from him. I guess it kind of worked. I pulled away and just kept cruising." AUGUST 24, 2005 • CYCLE NEWS "I got a bad start," Garrahan said. "I was running around in the top five, or whatever, then made a mistake at the end of the lap. A couple guys got by me, and from there on out, I just tried to battle my way through the dust. "Those guys were all going a lot faster than I was in the tight stuff," Garrahan added. "In the fast stuff, I was going as fast as I could, but in the tight stuff, I was getting railed." Nonetheless, Garrahan still managed to work his way up to Bach, who was in third, and snuck past him. Bach made a strong but unsuccessful attempt to retake the spot in the last few turns. "I had a so-so start, and I got hooked up with Garrahan there, and we freighttrained the whole race," Bach said. "We came from the back and worked our way up. I made a pass on Brian [Garrahan] and Dustin [Gibson, who'd finish fifth in his first OMA race] right there at the end of the first or second lap, and I kind of pulled away. "I knew Brian would be coming like a freight train," Bach continued. "Man, it was kind of inevitable that he'd be up there. I kind of made a stupid mistake, and he got around me and got around some lappers. I just came around that last lap - 1rode my butt off - and I caught him here at the end; I just ran out of real estate. It was a good race." eN