November 19, 2005
OFF-ROAD
through there, but what can ya say? You
get a little fatigued and you're bound to
make a mistake."
Another rider who made few mistakes
all evening was fourth-place finisher Ty
Davis.
"I was no flash tonight," Davis said. "I
was a little nervous, I wasn't riding good,
and I was a little mad at myself. Everyone is
here and you don't want to ride like a
spode. I started riding better and just didn't
want to make a mistake. But I can't complain; I did better than last year."
Rounding out the top five overall was
the Spaniard Cervantes, who had earlier
won his heat race. At one point, the World
Enduro champ was running as high as third,
but a couple of mistakes dropped him back
a few spots.
As for defending EnduroCross
Champion Hughes, he had a miseralble
race. But at first, things looked promising
for the Suzuki RM250-mounted rider.
Earlier in the day, he set the fastest lap time
in the qualifiers and then went on to win
the first heat race. He even got off to a second-place start in the main, only to go over
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the handlebars in a log section while pursuing Dietrich. He never could rebound after
that.
'M, I made a mistake." Hughes said. "I
was using the same line but hit [the logs) a
little harder than I normally do and went
over the bars. It took me a while to get
going - I was in a weird position [where he
fell). The race isn't that long, and I couldn't
wait to see if those guys were going to
make a mistake, because there was a lot of
good guys up there and not all of them are
going to make mistakes. I had to ride hard,
but I guess I rode too hard. Myoid mentality of motocross and Supercross came back
and I just tried to charge everything instead
of being smooth. In that race, I was my
worst enemy. I felt I was the fastest on the
track, but that's the way it goes. I'm very
pissed off that Ididn't win, but that's racing."
Hughes ended up ninth.
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lAs VlGAS, NEVADA
RUULTS: NOVEM!lER
19, 2005
OVERALJ.., I. Dmd Knight (KTM); 2. John Dowd
(Suz); J. lUcky DMtuich {Kaw}; 1. 1Y OM; (Yom); 5. !von
C"""",es (KTM); 6. Ryan Dudek (Kaw); 7. Kurt Caselli
(KTM); 8. Mike Lafferty (KTM); 10. Xa_ Galindo (KTM).
NOVEMBER 30,2005 • CYCLE NEWS
(Left to right) Randy Hawkins avoids a falling GeoH Aaron and Ryan Dudek.
