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AMA,/Chevy Trucks U. S . Motocross Championship Series R o u n d 5 : B u d d s Creek Raceway (Above) Brock Sellards found h is way to the 125cc podium for the first time this year. He went 3·5 for third overall. (Right) Steve Lamson had an off day and lost the series points lead to Roncada. " I k e ep d oing that every wee k ; making mistakes and sma ll bobbles ke ep c osting m e ," Vohlandsa id of his resu lts . "I fee l strong m enta lly , but those guys just pulled away from me before I ha d a c ha nc e to catch up ." Works Co nn ection /D GY/ Troy Lee Des igns -sponsored Steve La m s o n had his worst res ult of th e series , a s he took fifth o ve ra ll. A first-moto fa ll wh ile le ading resulted in a fifth-pla ce finis h, but th e Californ ian ra llied to a s tro ng fou rth t he seco nd t im e o ut. Lam s on drop p e d to seco n d in th e point standings a s a re s ult. Plan o Honda 's Paul Currie ha d one of his better da ys as he rode to a 6- 8 ta lly a nd s ixth o ve ra ll. The Flor id ia n ha s be en o n th e ga s th roughout th e la st few weeks a nd is ba c k up to th e s peed tha t ea rned him seco nd to p pl a ci n g 12 5cc pr iv a t e er status in 1999 . "I like be ing able to hold it wide open outdoors, " Currie said. "I go t a ne w bike and I like it a lot. I want to stay in the top I 0 every week. " KTM/Thor -suppo rted Rodrig Thain finis he d seventh o vera ll (7-9), whi le Yam a ha of T ro y ' s E rnesto Fo ns e c a too k e ight h ove ra ll with a 4 - I 7 s howin g. Fon sec a rod e we ll a ll day lo ng but wa s involved in a second -moto, fir st - t urn p ile up that e nded any cha nce of a podiu m finis h. Fons ec a 's tea m ma te Ca sey J ohn son was in a s imilar situation a nd fin- 20 J UNE 28 , 2000' C ·u c I e is he d ninth (1 5-6) , while ye t another Ya m ah a o f Tr o y represe n tative, Justin Buc kelew, finished 10th via a 9-12 sc or e. MOTOONE Lams on grabbed a hug e hole sh ot fro m th e farthe st outs ide gat e a nd led e a rly in th e first mot o . Fon s ec a , Past ra na an d S e llards s e tt led in n e xt. Ron c ada gate d around 10th and was , o nce a gain , c ha si ng down th e lead ers. Vohlan d slid out on the first lap a nd c ame a ro und in 20th. F on s e c a clo sed in on La mson thro ug ho ut the next few laps and the two rode c lose togeth er on the nea r pe rfe ctl y prepped track . Ronca da was a lrea dy u p to fourth a nd was putting pr e s su re o n S ell ard s whe n La m s on wen t down in the second tu rn o n th e fifth lap. "It was slick in the middle down the re so I decided to cut in and it just we nt out from under me , " Lamson said . "I got up and m y hand was muddy and from there o n out it was pretty much 'blaa h.' I was pissed." F ive ri ders motored by the downed Lamson a nd he restarted in sixt h . Fonseca was now the new le a d er , bu t c ro wd favorite Pastrana wa s a ll o ve r th e Co s t a Rican p ilo t a nd was look ing for a p lace to pass. Less tha n a lap later, Pastrana ma de a b e a ut ifu lly exec ute d pass o n an uphill off-cam ber tu rn that had the crowd roaring . n e "'" S Fonseca did not th ink m uch of th e pass a nd he re ta liat ed right ba ck with a pass of his own, but that o nly lasted a no the r half of a lap befo re Pastrana woul d get him aga in. Ron c ad a , m eanwhile , ha d pa ss ed Sellard s and wa s so on by Fo nseca and on Pa stra na 's tail look ing to take over th e lea d. With a little bit of pressu re , Roncada forced Pastrana into a m is take that he co uld tak e a dv a ntage of. Pa strana la unched down one of the big down hills a b it too far , a nd he landed on the edge of the racetrack and momentarily lo s t co nt rol. Th at was enough fo r Ronc ada to g et by and ta ke over the lea d . "I was rid ing o n m y heel a nd I hit some brak ing bumps at th e top a nd almost looped it ," Pa strana s aid. "If I had pulle d up a ny harder , I would 've done a back -flip ." Throughou t t he n e x t few la p s , Roncada e s t a b lis h e d a large r lead. Se llards began to close in on Fon s e c a , and Vohland was up to I I th and st ill c ha rging . Roncada was clea rly in contro l as th e two-lap board ca me out. Pastrana . co mforta bly sett led into second , a nd Sella rds got b y Fon s e c a fo r t hird . La ms on c ru ised in fifth a nd Vohl and had m a d e hi s way up t o seve n th when the checkers flew. "If I get a to p- 10 start, I kn ow I ca n win the race ," a confi de nt Ronc ad a said after t he moto . "I d id get a de c ent sta rt that tim e and 1 just went for it." "Whe n I stay up I seem to do pretty good ," th ird-place finisher S e llards s a id . "I've had five c ra s hes in the last e ight rnotos , so I'm happy with third.'" "I'm gaining my co nfide nce ba c k and h a v e be en prac ti cing reall y h ard , " F o n s e c a said of hi s fo u rt h p lace ride . "I made a few m ista ke s and Tra vis got b y , th en Ste ph an e , the n I c ra s he d." MOTOT\NO Sell ards na iled the start a nd was c re d ite d wi th the $500 T HQ Ho leshot Awa rd in th e s e co nd moto. Pa strana , Ronc ad a , Buc k e le w, Voh land a nd Pl an et Ho nda' s J a s on McC orm ick fo llo we d . Lam s on wa s several pos ition s ba ck a nd Fon s e c a wa s p ic king him s elf up a fte r a firs tturn p ileup . Pastrana moved by S e llards for the lead on the first la p a nd sh ortl y there afte r, Sp lit F ire /Pro Circuit's Na tha n Ramsey we nt down ha rd a nd took out FMF/H onda 's Michael Brande s in the process. Ron c ad a was qu ic kl y o n Pas tr a n a ' s fe n der a n d th e tw o ro de together for a s ho rt tim e before Ron ca da jumped by Pa strana o n one of th e downh ill dro p aways. Bu c k ele w wa s in th ird , with Vo hla nd , S ellards , Lams on , Curr ie an d Case y J o hnson chasi ng .