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he could only catch me instead of being able to pass me." But Jarrett got a break a few miles from the finish when Williamson got hung up in a deep rut on a climb in the woods and had to pull his bike out. "I knew if I just stayed ahead of him until we got to the dusty section, it'd be okay," Jarrett said. Instead, it was Williamson taking a better line around a couple of logs and squirting back into the lead, which he held for the remaining few miles. "From there on, I just tried to put the hammer down, pin it, spit a lot of dust and try to pull a lead," Williamson said. "He stayed close to me all the way to the motocross track, and I guess he had some kind of spill or bobble there, which allowed me to cruise in comfortably." Watts never seemed to get a break in the race. He misjudged the start and, after working up to fifth from that, he hit a tree, fell and sprained his ankle, losing a couple of spots and lots of time, as well as the ability to dab on that side. The second lap saw him hit another tree, this time damaging the bike fairly extensively, but Watts managed to nurse it to the finish. "It was just one of those days where all the wrong things kept happening," Watts said, "so I just concentrated on getting back on the track each time and moving forward, trying to make the most of it all. I'm pretty bloody, stiff and sore now, though." Brian Garrahan, who'd been third on the first lap, settled for fourth place on his Rentoneonline.com/NorCal Motorsports/ Moose RM250, finishing in 2:57:56, while fifth overall went to the Matt Fish, who easily took the overall A honors on his KTMHutt.com/Fun Mart Cycles/Moose 250 EXC in 2:48:24. eN THE RACE BY PIREW FENTON, ILUNOIS RESULTS: OCTOBER 30, (ROUND 9 Of 101 2005 Unoffkially, Jimmy Jan-ett leads the series points standings by a comfortable margin, holding 202 points, while Justin Williamson has 196 and Shane Watts has 161. When you factor three throwaways into the equation, things tighten up. With one round left, Jarrett still leads with 165, and Williamson has a tenuous hold on second with 149, with Watts just behind at 147. It appears that Honda will jump into the OMA Nationals next year with a team consisting of Cole Calkins, Jimmy Jarrett and Chris Robertson. Calkins and Robertson will likely ride CRF250Rs, while Jarrett may opt for the CRF450R. Eight-time AMA National Enduro Champion Dick Burieson, 57, rode his 2006 KTM 200 XC and finished 14th in the Pro class and 16th overall. Never one to be satisfied with a stock bike, among the modifications he made was gearing it up with a 45-tooth rear sprocket (giving it great top speed while also mellowing the power delivery in the tight woods) and running a Dunlop radial trials tire with eight psi in the tube. since the KfM doesn't have a tubeless rim. "My bike was working exceptionally well:' he said. "It was hooking up everywhere - logs, no problem whatsoever, just going over stuff. That one rocky creek bed - it was, like, [there were] not even rocks in there! It was fantastic. And then it was hooking up in the sand; I was amazed." Two people went home with new helmets after The Race. One was Jonathan Searl, who won an HJC youth helmet donated by OVERAll: I. Justin Williamson (Yam); 2. Jimmy Jarrett (Suz); 3. Shane Watts (KTM); 4. Brian Garrahan (Suz); S. Matt Fish (KTM); 6. Allan Westerfield (Kaw); 7. Tim Taber (GG); 8. Chris Bach (KTM); 9. Chris Robertson (Hon); 10. Charlie Deuteher (Yam). Jimmy Jarrett 2nd ExpIalnlng his lare-race aash, which left him wiIh a tweaked ~ jarrett said: "k was dusty, and I was trying to chase down Justin, and I got confused on what part of the trade I was on. I thought I had to go ovw a double, and It wasn't a double - It was a single Into a banked tum, and I kind of launched myself over the comer. But It was all good; at least I didn't kill myself and was able to kind of limp myself back In." On the other hand, jarTett said, "My shoulder was perfect today; It never gave me one lick of trouble." Jarrett dislocated It at the ISDE and then re-Injured It while trail riding In Colorado 2 I f2 weeks ago. Allan Westerfield 5th Pro/6th overall Afu!Jr missing a few rounds, Allan Westerfield and his 10<250 returned to the OMA wars for a flfth-place IInish In the Pro division, his best to date this ~. ". stiffened my suspension; I think I was runninl too soft of a setup," Westlllfleld said. "I've bMn doing a lot of trail riding In some dusty, hard conditions back home. and I think that helped me out. I felt really comfortable out there." Chris Robertson 9th Racing a Honda CRF150R for the first time after ridinl a 10<150, Robemon blew the Slart, admitting, "I got a little excited and twisted the throttle when I kicked It." But after heading Into the first tum In last place, he made up ground In spectacular fashion. "I just kept picking people off the whole first lap, and I came around In third on the first lap. So I came from last to third, which I _ really happy about. RIding a 150F on this fast track, I was kind of surprised. My dutch lever was getting stuck on my Bark Buster; I bent It. I tried not to use the dutch as much as I could because I knew It'd aet stuck, and we were coming to a hili and I got a little excited and reached for It and couldn't get It to work. I was reeling Garrahan In at the end and got stuck there, and that dropped me back to, like, 10th or somethlng." Storm lake Honda of Iowa and presented by Pro racer Tracy Bachman. The other was promoter Bill Gusse, who found himself with a custom-painted Moose helmet presented by starving artist Jerry Bernardo. who attended his second OMA National. Bernardo rode Bachman's spare CRF250X to sixth in 200cc A. Dick Burleson and Shane Watts clashed on the first lap, with both riders pointing fingers at each other for being at fault. Watts claimed he was stopped along the trail, removing some wire from his rear wheel, and Burleson ran into him. Burleson insisted he had a good line but got kicked over by Watts, who rode away after a brief flurry of angry words. Besides having a bolt for his handguard come loose, Burleson later got hung up on one of the tubular Aframe fence crossing ramps, with one leg stuck between the tubes and the bike on top of him. "I'm pretty shocked and happy I didn't break my leg:' he said. "It was ugly, and I was trapped. There was no getting out from underneath it." Fortunately. a nearby checker heard Burleson call for help and helped extricate him.