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Unvvind Seri es p o ints leader Shane W atts had a da y h e'd mo st like t o fo r g et. F ir st h is bo x v an d ied on th e w ay t o th e rac e on Satu rda y . He to ok wh at h e n eed ed an d c r am med it into th e va n o f Sc ott Sum m ers ' , w h i c h w a s follow in g at th e time , an d co nt in ue d th e tr ip; then , on ce th e race st arted, he nev er fo u nd h is pace . : " I got an all - rig ht sta rt, but t h en ju st fell i nto a trail-ridi ng pace ," h e sa id . " I was n ' t attacking t h e co u r se li k e I n eeded to d o, a n d o nce I g ot into a rh ythm I cou ld n' t sp eed up. I f in all y rea liz ed h o w far I was off th e lead pace, and after pitting fo r fue l I set th e fa ste st lap t ime o.n t he fou rth l ap , so th e 52 0 was wo rki ng good . But I c aught up to Ro dn ey and didn 't p a ss , I j u st fel l b a c k to th e slowe r pace in t he t raffic , and t hen I sta rted crashi ng . On c e I sta rted cras hi ng it was all over, I mu st have c ras h ed 10 t imes on t he last lap." It w a sn 't hi s d ay, th at was c lea r, and Watts fe lt lu c k y to hav e fini sh ed eig ht h. F ill in g o ut the top lOin th e Pro class , but b ack at le a st 10 mi nu t es from t he le ad ers, were Robbie J enks and Rodney Judson . " I just want to say thanks to all th e fans for st ick ing it out o ut th ere in all the t erribl e weather," sa id Edmond so n fr om the p odium . When ask if th is was evidence that he was p utting on a major push fo r the front , Edm ond s on a ns w e re d , " I' m g oing t o tr y t o win th e t itl e . Shan e W atts h as b e en ridin g exce p tio nally we ll, a nd I th ink Rodne y and m ys elf bo th have a ch ance to pu ll some points ba ck fr om him. We'll see how it goe s." B efore round 10 , th e GNCC rac ers g et a m erciful n in e w eek s o ff for the summ er , t h e n e x t r ound b eing th e H ard ro c k GNCC i n F a irm ont , West Virgin ia , o n Augu st 27 . Until then , th e u n offi c i al p oint s s ta n d i n gs show Wa tts in first with 164 p oints, Hatch in seco nd w ith 126 an d Edmondson in third w ith 125, fo ll owed b y B arry Hawk w it h 120 an d Dou g Bl ac kwell wi th 114 . That isn ' t counti n g th e subtra ct i on o f fou r t h r o w a w a y e v en t s ; perh ap s we'll h ave an an alysis o f ho w t he top r id ers ' best fin ish es stack up lat er this su m mer. eN Husqvarna Dual Sports Just th e t oy you need to escape the rat race. The walls start closing in. The quiet hum of the fluorescent lights threatens your sanity. And all you have to look forward to is the commute. Now is the time to cut loose and have a little fun. Try taking the long way home. A little dust won't hurt that tie. Unwind a bit. 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(ca n be billed 2 s "S Brownsville GNCC monthly payments) Brownsville, Penns ylva nia Results : July 18. 2000 [Round 9 of 141 PRO : 1. Pau l Ed m ond so n ( Ka w) ; 2 . Rod n ey Sm it h ( Suz); 3. Bar ry Hawk J r. ( Yam) ; 4 . J im J arr ett (Suz); 5 . Fred A nd rew s (K aw) ; 6 . Rand y Hawk ins ( Ya m) ; 7 . Shan e Wa tt s ( K TM) ; 8 . Rob bie J enk s (Yam) ; 9 . Rodn ey J udson (G- G); 10. J ason Raines (Ya m) . O P EN A: t . J e r em y B e rw a n g e r ( K T M ) ; 2 . No rma n Feth (Yam ); 3 . Da ve Gunn (Ho n ); 4 . J eff Murg el (Yam ); 5. J eff Melik (Yam ). 2 50 A: 1. Chuck Wood ford (Kaw); 2. A ndy Shea (K TM ); 3 . Todd Mo rain (KTM ); 4 . Aar on Ko pp (Suz) ; 5. Bill Atk inson (KTM ). 2 0 0 A: 1. Cole Cal k ins (Kaw) ; 2 . J oshua Knapp (Kaw ); 3 . Brian Guett ho ff (S uz) ; 4 . Mik e Mc Cr ea (Kaw): 5. Chris Gallt (Ka w). 4·STRK A: 1. Ronni e Bumfi eld (Suz); 2. Da rius Let tee (Yam ); 3 . Ky le Milne (Yam ); 4 . Curt Wilcox (Suz) ; 5. Shawn Brell (Yam ). VET A : I . 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