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NMA Off-Road Series Round 4: Rockhopper Hare Scrambles Dahners Skims to Rockhopper win had rag ed into an asto undi ng fou rt h . Aurora Suzuki's A ar on W ilson , Mot orGOLDBAR, WA, MAY21 cycle Works of Renton' s J o e W ad e, t took Nation al- level experience to and Rani er Cycle's Rob Lewi s haul ed come up w ith the move th at resu lt thro ugh in fifth through seventh , ju st ahe ad of Bai ley , who pitted to co rrect ed in the las t-ditch pass that KTM's th e damage fr om the c rash . Seattl e Jason Dah ners use d to sustain his Cycl e Center 's Chuck Bo lton had the perfect win rec o rd over the fi rst four 200cc A lead in ninth . Kelly Hill led rac es of the 2000 North west Mot or cy the Fou r-S t ro k e Ex pert s in 10th . cle Association Off-Road Series. By t he seco nd lap, th e ra ce began to look p redictable. Dahne rs was in the lead and check ing out, and the troops seemed t o be co ntent to scrap for first ru nne r -u p, w it h M c Laug h lin in second . As th e 2.5 -h ou r race moved pa s t . t he hal f w a y m a r k , M cLaug h lin had p ick ed up h is pace e noug h t o b e s teadily gain ing on D ah n er s , w hose le adi ng m argi n w as not ye t in jeopardy . W ilso n o wne d th ird , W ad e had fo rced his way into fo u rt h , followed b y F u rr en es , Ste ve ns , Lew is and Bolt on , w ith B aile y hi tti n g a nothe r t ree in fro nt of t he pits an d wisely call ing it a day . Strat egy became su per-c ri t ical , as D a h n e r s c hecked i n afte r six laps, th ere was 25 minRoc:khopper Hare Sc: ambles: Lynnwood r utes t o go in th e race , and he YamahalKTM's Scott Mclaughlin seems to be getting serious again after retiring from the wa s c ut t ing sli g htly faste r lap Nat ional GNCC Series. At the fourth round of the ti mes . Wi th M cL a ug h lin n ow NMA Off-Road Series in Goldbar, Washi ngton, he o n ly 30 se conds b a c k a n d ran down leader Jason Dahners and took the lead go ing abso lutely WFO , it wo ul d at the beginning of the last loop, only to see the co me do wn to the wire. Wilson , KTM pilot slip by near the fini sh. Wade, Furre ne s, Stevens, Lew is a n d B o lt on hel d steady , bu t Gary Fur ren es , ri di ng a K X250 some st ro ng per formances were m ovb a ck ed b y S k a g i t Powerspo rts, ing new ra cer s into th e ninth thro ug h gra bb ed the A A ho lesh ot, with A ur ora 12th po sitions . Vet Expert M ike Ritz Suzuki 's Kevin Ba iley , on an RM250 , m an , Four-Stroke Experts T im Moun t and L ynnw o o d Y a ma ha 's S cott ( ri d ing a n ew XR650 ) a nd D an McLaughlin, on a YZ25 0, hot on h is Weih e, and A Open rid er Brian Turner fender. Up to th is po in t in th e seaso n, were m ixing it up with Hill. B aile y h as be en th e on l y rid er to D ahners sti ll led afte r seven la ps, a p p ly any r e a l pre ss u re t o 1999 but M cLaugh lin had cha rged to only champ Dahners, and he soo n mov ed six seconds back . Th e c ourse cl o sed int o th e lead on the t ig ht , twisty , 6soo n after th ey left fo r th eir fi nal la p , m il e loop . Attempting t o get aw ay wit h t he be st battle for an overall wi n from th e pack and co n tro l t he rac e, yet t his seaso n putting th e subs ta ntia l Bailey in stead lost an arg ument with cro w d o n th eir toes . J ust into t he a tr ee, an d hand ed t he point back to woods, th e KTM p il ot unc haracterist iFurren es. ca lly c ras he d , handi ng McLaug h lin Dahners characte ri stically sta rted t h e lea d. D ahn e r s p inn e d i t a n d cas ually and then quickly m ov ed into caught b ack up, bu t for most of th e c o n t en t io n , shadowing F urre nes as rema inder of the lap he c ou ld not find the fi rst lap ended and then mo ving an opportunity to pass. Quickl y run n ing out of time , Dah ners sp otted a in to t h e lead as the course le ft the way to c u t past McLaughlin , staying rocky motocross sec tion and entered within 25 feet of the ma rked c ourse t he loamy woo ds. McLaughlin was legal an d very savvy - to finish w ith just a few seconds back in third , and th e six -second m argin w ith which he fro m the second wa ve , A O pe n racer started the la p . Phil Stev ens, backed b y CCR Racing, B y T O RY B RIGGS I 42 JULY 1 2. 2000' c ue • e n e"" s Th e top 10 spo ts wer e rounded out by W ilson ; Wa de, in his best fi nish y et in hi s firs t AA ye a r ; Furrenes ; Ste vens , with another p erfo rm an c e tha t wi ll ea rn h im an AA rank i n g ; Lew is; Bo lton , in an aw esome rid e; a st rong -finis h ing T urn er , fi na lly ge tt ing over some inju ries; and Rit zm an, wi th a fine pe rfo rma nce. Th e m orning ' s Am ateur race was ano the r wire-t o-wire performan ce b y Se n ior E xp ert Sco tt O'Bri en, o n a KTM 200 bac k ed b y Motorcycl e W orks of Ren ton, alt hough L ynnw ood-suppo rted KTM p ilot Bob Ryan charged all race long to catch and p ress him very ha rd ove r the last lap. Ron Gisle put in o ne of his best finishes ever for third , followed by fel lo w KX2 50 p il ot J.R . To nsgar d in fo urth. Ly n n wood Ya m aha / KT M o u tdi d t hemselves, with the bes t co urse eve r for this event , paying o u t a $500/$250/$ 100 AA pu rse, and di st ribut ing a ni c e p ile of goodies from their shop , as we ll as from MSR and Th or. As McLa ug hli n and Dahner s sat on th eir b ik es, ex ha uste d fr om t h eir i nte nse ba ttle , th e Y a ma ha r id er declared h is pos t-Na tio na l -yea rs vacation ended , and that he had set his sights o n taking a w a y t h e ch amp's number-one plate . With Ba i ley c erta in to bury one bad rac e, and multi - ch amp D a vid L ykk e soo n t o return hom e as th e lik e l y number three i n th e AMA N ation al End uros , t h e r ac e to th e 2000 season t it le is go ing nucl ear. eN Rockhopper Hare Scrambles Goldbar, Washington Results: May21,2000 [Round 41 AA : 1. J a s on Dah n er s ( KT M ) ; 2 . Sc ott McLaughl in (Yam ) ; 3 . A aron Wilson (5 uz); 4. Jo e Wade (Yam) ; 5. Gary Furrenes (Kaw). A OPEN : 1. Phil Stevens; 2. Brian Turn er; 3. Rob Russell; 4 . Brian Wright ; 5 . Greg Bayless. 200 A: 1. Chuc k Bolto n; 2. De a n Dorse tt ; 3 . Steve Park er; 4 . Chad Torbergson. 4 -ST RK EX : 1. Kelly Hill ; 2. Ti m Moun t: 3. Dan Weihe. VET EX: 1. Mike Ritzman; 2. Doug Micone . SR EX : 1. Scott O ' Brien; 2. Bob Ryan ; 3. Ron Glsle : 4 . J .R. Ton sgard; 5 . John Forsb erg . B OPEN : 1. Duane Peterson; 2. Jesse Barstow; 3. Ron Dur kon; 4. Ron Robinson; 5. Bri an Dill on. 20 0 B: 1. Er ic Forsberg; 2. A aron Morgan; 3. Ma rk Patter so n ; 4 . Sea n Joh nson; 5 . Su san Copeland. C O PEN : 1. Geo rge Plccinl : 2. Mi k e Cook ; 3, Robert Hossack ; 4. Will Ballard; 5. Dustin Seeger. 2 00 C: t . Paul Ne ff; 2 . Ben Petter : ) , Rory Callahan: 4 , T im Corp : 5 . Tim Lindsey . 4 ·STRK AM: 1. Todd Mill er: 2. Rick Thom pson; 3 , T ed Br own in g ; 4 , Sut to n B rown ; 5 . Geor ge Meadon . VET AM: 1. Reynoir Peterson ; 2, Jeff Dahners; 3. Ward Rodger s; 4. Lonny Marble; 5 . Todd Lynn . SR AM: 1. Todd Wolfe; 2. J ohn Stark weather; 3. Darryl Seeger; 4 . Gary Turner; 5. Jim McGinty, S/ SR: 1. Derald Nuez. WMN : 1. Glo Russo; 2. Chery l Ritzman; 3. Angi e Turner; 4. Maria Forsb erg. SPTSMN : I . Budd y Dard een ; 2 , T r o y Swettenem: 3. Ja son Wolfe. California Racing C Ounestown Series lub Round 4: Los Angeles County Raceway Thompson's Dazzling Debut By GREG R O BE RTS O N PALMDALE, CA, MAY 28 hris T hompson picked ro und fo ur of Californ ia Raci ng Club 's 23rd ann ual FMF/Burger Ki ng/VP Racing Fu els/O ' Neal -spon sored J .B . M emor ia l Dun esto wn Seri es t o m ak e h i s Pro -c lass d eb ut , and h e we nt hom e th e w in ne r i n b oth t h e 12 5cc a n d 250 c c Pro c l asses . Th omp son sp lit m oto win s w it h Raymond Smi th fo r C t he 125cc overa ll an d th en b ack ed th at up with consiste n t 2 - 2 perf ormanc es on th e J .B . Memori al track at Los Ange les County Rac eway for th e 250cc overa ll ho no rs as wel l. In 125 c c Pr o f i r st- r ound act i on , Smith ab sconded w ith th e ho l esh ot ove r th e Suzuki -m ounted quarte t of J ason Wood , Troy Welty , Thompson and Rich Truch insk i. Wo od went down on the open ing l ap and dropped t o fifth , while Th ompson ov ert ook Welt y g lr w lD fi! co w a: co ' > lD ~ Q. Los Angeles County Rac:eway: Jason Woods (205) leads at the start of the second 250cc Pro moto, but Chris Thompson (121) was the big winner on the day, in Palmdale, California.

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