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Woods On Top At Honey Lake Briefly... Defending series Champion Nathan Woods broke his drought by scoring his fourth win this season in the Rocky Mountain AN/MC World Off-Road Championship Series. The Montclair Yamaha/Zip-Ty Racing/Moose yz4S0F-mounted racer dominated round nine, presented by DH I Racing and Zip-Ty Racing, at Honey Lake MX Park near Milford, California, on September 25, with Suzuki's Mike Kiedrowski the runner-up some SS seconds behind. Privateer Bobby Garrison finished third on his Big Valley Honda CRF4S0R, another 70 seconds back. Challenger Kurt Caselli saw his quest for a three-peat vanish with his seventh-place finish. The KTM star was hampered by tendonitis that also affected the last few days of his ISDE in Slovakia the week before. Though he gated well on his 250 MXC, he couldn't run that pace for the full two hours. Continued from page 9 The Road 2 Recovery Foundation has announced that Samsung Mobile will be the presenting sponsor of the foundation's first annual Hold 'Em or Fold 'Em Celebrity Poker Tournament at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament coincides with the U.S. Open of Supercross held October 7-9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. "Samsung Mobile has been a sponsor of the sport for the past two years, and supporting the Road 2 Recovery Foundation's event is a great way for us to extend our involvement in the sport," said Tj Person, senior manager of business devel- opment. The tournament will allow participants to sit at a table with a Supercross rider and compete for a spot in the 2006 World Series of Poker. Additional prizes will be awarded through 20th place. Celebrities scheduled to appear include jeremy McGrath, Chad Reed and Travis Pastrana. "Today, I was on a mission," Woods proclaimed. "Yesterday in practice, on our parade deal, Ifelt that I was going to win the race. I felt good, my bikes worlk good, everything about it was just going my way. When that happens, it's great. It doesn't happen that way all the time." Woods' teammate Ty Davis got the holeshot, with Woods tucking in behind and Caselli a close third off the start. Before long, though, Woods broke past Davis, who would end up fourth, and he rode the rest of the way untouched, though he did crash on the final lap. Behind him, both Kiedrowski and Garrison rode steady races to move up in the pack to secure their finishing positions. Russell Pear- son, the third member of the Montclair Yamaha team, rounded out the top fIVe after stopping to assist a fallen Bobby Bonds. jussi Vehvilainen took sixth on his Team Green KX2S0 in his firstever off-road race. The motocross Grand Prix veteran, most recently of the CAS Honda team out of Great Britain, is interested in following the lead of fellow Finn juha Salminen and racing in the United States next year. Mark Kariya The Edwards And Hurricane Rita MotoGP star Colin Edwards was on tenterhooks at the Malaysia Grand Prix - until he learned that his family in his Texas home had escaped the worst of the devastation left by Hurricane Rita. Edwards, ironically nicknamed "Texas Tornado," lives 40 miles northwest of Hous- Chaparral Motorsports in San Bernardino, California, will hold its "Monster Block Sale Event" on October I. The 19th annual block sale will feature more than SO vendors and will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Donnie Hansen Motocross Academy will be at the following tracks in October: October 1-2, The Farm MX (Indianola, Iowa); October 10-1 I, LACR (Palmdale, California); October 14-15, Valley Dirt Riders (Berthoud, Colorado); October 15-16, Lazy River MX (Dalton, Georgia); and October 29-30, Black Rock MX (Leitchfield, Kentucky). For more information, call 719/495-2624 or e-mail Donnie@DHMA.com. Advanstar has announced that the entry fees for the professional 250 and 450 classes would be waived for the entire 12-round K&N presents BooKoo Arenacross Championship Series. "The sharp increases in fuel costs have ton, which was evacuated in preparation for the arrival of the deadly storm. "I was feeling like a dipshit until a couple of days before it all happened," Edwards said. "I've got my six months pregnant wife, daughter and family and everybody at home and the biggest storm in our lifetime coming to hit. And I was out in Malaysia lying in the sun and swimming in the pool. I would have liked to have been there with the family." Michael Scott put an increased burden on our race teams and especially our privateers," Advanstar Arenacross race director Mike Kidd stated. ''As a former rider who made a living racing motorcycles, I understand a dollar saved is a dollar earned. Therefore, we are going to do Suzuki's New Bike Suzuki's MotoGP team is switching to the increasingly popular Magneti Marelli electronics (used by Ducati, Yamaha and now also Kawasaki) as well as pneumatic valve springs, with a new V-four engine intended to bridge the gap between the 990cc machine and the new 800s of 2007. john Hopkins will test the new 2006 prototype GSV-R at Sepang in late November. Team personnel saw the new machine being track- tested by Kousuke Akiyoshi at Suzuki's Ryuyo testing track immediately after the japanese GP. Hopkins was woolly on details. "I haven't heard much," he said. "I just heard it's a Big Bang and the estimated horsepower gain is going to be around 20 so. I hope they are true to their word." Asked if it had pneumatic valves, he replied: " I don't even know what a pneumatic valve is. The more you know, the slower you go." Michael Scott our part to ensure the riders know we appreciate their support." The series kicks off in Fort Worth, Texas, November 4-6, with the championship's final round slated for Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 10-12, 2006. For more information, visit www.racearenacross.com or call 817/595-5844. Continued on page 13 CYCLE NEWS • OaOBER 5, 2005 11