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Briefly... Eddieville is one of the most unique venues on the WORCS tour. Despite being in Washington, it's not in the lush green, forested portion. It's about 100 miles east of Washougal, and it's set amid rolling hills that are primarily alfalfa fields. There are no trees on the property, and the course consists primarily of sweeping turns and runs up, down and around the hills, reminding many of a European ISDE grasstrack special test. But WORCS chief Sean Reddish threw in a 100-yard section of telephone poles laid at odd angles and distances. Reddish put up $1 00 bonuses for the most spectacular crash there, won by Washington's Danny Brocker, and the longest jump on the last lap at the Elevator, won by II th-place finisher Adam Metzler with a lOS-foot leap. as many points as I can. I'm not happy, but I'm not too disappointed in my ride." That put Woods a way back in third, with Kiedrowski continuing to lead, but then Caselli charged by with two laps to go. "I thought I had a good lead; then all of a sudden Caselli was there," Kiedrowski admitted. "Caselli was just reeling me in. With two laps to go, he got around me and then was gone." "I just put in two good laps as hard as I could and pulled a little lead, and that gave me some breathing room," Caselli said. "I felt good. It was a good day. Brett Leef, Mike Chaves and my dad are doing a great job." Kiedrowski wasn't too upset with second - his second runner-up finish in a row to maintain third in the points. "I'm glad I was up there running in front the whole time," Kiedrowski said. "We're getting our RM-Z figured out and not making any real changes now so it runs good." With two rounds to go, Woods enjoys a 34-point advantage over Caselli, while Kiedrowski sits in third, another 26 points back. CN EDDlIIVIW MOTOIISPOITS PAlIK "It's fun here; coming from the desert, we don't have any dirt like this," Red Bull KTM/FMF/Fox 525 MXC rider Kellon Walch said. "So every lap, you feel like you get faster and every turn you can just push it further and further because you're getting better traction. Usually you'd slide out." Mike Kiedrowski agreed, saying: "The track was just unbelievable. It was good traction everywhere." GolDENDAlE, WASHINGTON Rlsuus: oao.n 9, 2005 (ROUND 1001' 12) PliO: I. Kun Ca••11; (KTM); 2. Hoke IOedrowski (Suz); l. NatI1an Woods (Yam); 4. Ricky [);e(rich (Kaw); S. Russell Peanon (Yam); 6. Bobby GaniK>n (Hon); 7. Matt Kamen (Hon); 8. Eric Rhoten (Hon); 9. Hoke C"""" (KTM); 10. lance Smail (Kaw). SIM~PIIO: I. Il.-enden Ritzman (Kaw); 2. CIvis Johnson (Kaw); l. Justin Soule (Kaw); 4. Joshua Morros (Kaw); S. OavKlKamo (Kaw). II0CKY MOUNTAIN ATV/MC WORLD OFFROAD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (Alter 10 OF 12 n>UnCk): I. Nathan Woods (240); 2. Kurt Caselli (206); 3. Mike Kiedrowski (180); 4. Russell Pearson (141); S. Lance Smail (134); 6. Ty OaW (129); 7. Ricky Dietrich (Ill); 8. Matt Kamen (106); 9. Demy Abbott (97); 10. Bobby Ga,rison (85). (Above) Russell Pearson fell, stalled and had ta work hard coming from last to fifth. (Below) Woads, Caselli and Kiedrowski on the podium. Montclair Yamaha/Zip-Ty Racing team captain Ty Davis rode Pro practice on Saturday afternoon but never made it to the starting line on Sunday. In fact, while the race went off, he was in the hospital in Oregon for surgery to remove a 5.9mm kidney stone. The next day at home, though, he had to go to the emergency room once again after the pain returned, but he got tired of being there after his IV ran dry, and he left. Finally, he had another surgery Wednesday evening, and a day later he felt "90 percent" as he went through last-minute prep for the 24-hour race at Glen Helen, where he hopes to win for the fourth consecutive year. "Truthfully, this is the best race I've had all year," Carter Powersports/Maxxis/ARC KX250-mounted Ricky Dietrich said. "I was actually kind of sick this week, kind of getting over a cold." Asked about any disadvantage on the power-hungry course, he replied: "I was pretty close to Kurt [Caselli] and [Nathan] Woods at times, and I could hang with them, but it seemed like I was trying a lot harder than they were. Then eventually, they would just slowly motor away from me. I wish I would've had the KX450F; it definitely would've helped. that's for sure, but I did the best I could." Danny Brocker (577) won $100 for the most spectacular crash in the telephone-pole section. My 509 OWN Team Green's Lance Smail finished 10th on his TBT/Smail Training/Moose KX250, still recovering from a case of walking pneumonia that doctors diag- RAce Mike Corder nosed two weeks ago. 9th "It's fun, but It's tough; these boys know what they're doing." a tired Mike Corder exclaimed after his very first WORCS race. "I took a little digger. I was going around a COI'l*' up a hili, and my back end slid out and I went end over end. From there I just kind of lost it; I tried to tell myself, 'Just ride smooth, ride smart.' I lust kept on going backwards and getting madder and madder, but I finished the race, I lasted, so that's all that counts to me." Asked about the telephone-pole section, the Troy Lee DeslplslRenthallDunlop ICTM 525 SX rider declared: "That's the hardest thing I've ever done. It's tough; I hated them." Russell Pearson 5th "Fifth sucks; I'm frustrated," Montclair Yamaha/Zlp-lY RaclngIMoose VZ450F racer Pearson said. "I just kept making little mistakes early on. Some ~ kind of swapped in front of me, so I tried to fork In and cut In way sharp, and I got a little bit too much front brake on a harder-packed corner and the front end just went f>OOf- wiped out." The bike died and he had trouble getting It restarted; by the time he did get going again, he was last and was forced to make another comeback through the pack to end up fifth. "Back to the drawing board and practice for next time," he concluded. Privateer Honda racer Matt Karlsen from Colorado showed up at Eddieville with a new ride - for his bike, anyway. nred of the miserable fuel mileage he was getting from his converted "short bus:' he found a used Volkswagen Jena with a turbo diesel and fIVe-speed stick. Karlsen then picked up a short. clamshell-type, fiberglass, enclosed trailer large enough to comfortably hold two bikes, and he now reports getting 30 miles per gallon while towing and 50 without the trailer. Though Nathan Woods is likely to win the numberone plate on a Yamaha, he may be running it on a green machine next year. So go the rumors, anyway. John Beal had to replace the shock on his RPM Racing/Maxxis/Acerbis KTM 450 MXC not once but twice during the race. As a result, he would finish 15th after running I Ith in the early going. CYCLE NEWS • OCTOBER 26, 2005 Sl

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