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AMA,/M o t;o world of EI Cajo n W e s t;e r n Four--St;roke N a t;io n al rvtouoc r-o a e S erie s R o u n d 6 : Alba ny Mbt;orspo rt;s P a r k I ecker I oes be "I crashed hard ye st erday in pra ctice," Walt ers said , "so I basically j ust wanted to get through th is day and gain po ints on the guys th at I needed to ." MOTOONE After th e unl eash ing of th e 36 -rider field, the holeshot belonged to Decker, followed by Walters, loc al favorite Ryan Leach , Holland an d K TM -mounted Nathan Woods, Decker had a m iniscul e lead on WaIters as they started the second lap, but Decker had an encounter with a fallen rid er and allowed Walters to take the le ad , Decker quickly rea ssumed the point positi on ju st one tum after his tipover. Walters st ayed within str iking distance of th e leader wh ile Holland was quick to swoop past Leach and settl e into third ; th is left Leach alone in fourth , but ahead of Paul Winn ; KTM -mounted Scott Myers ; Brad Hagseth; Taylor, Oregon 's Rory Sullivan; and Woods - who, due to m echanical problems, began a descent ba c kwa rd th rou gh the f iel d before drop ping out entire ly , Walters applied the heat to Decker up until the halfway point of the 14-lap moto. D eck er , at that point , gained breathing room over Walters when the lea d duo encountered lapp ed riders. Decker then padded his lead over Wal- S T O RY A N D PHOTO S BY C LA Y LI GHT ALBANY, OR, JULY 16 e a m Bree dlove - backe d C r a i g Deck er served notice to the com pe tition at round sixth of t h e 12 rou nd AMA/Motoworld of E I C aj o n Western Four -Stroke Na tio na l M oto c r o ss Se r i es wi t h h i s d o ub l e m o to d ec im at ion o f the co mpetition a t Al b an y Mo torsports Park that t here's a new kid in town, Hail in g fro m Palm Desert , Ca lifornia , Decker scored his fi rst ov erall win of t h e series - in only his third attempt - to lea d his new Team Breedl ove t eam m ate Rusty Holl and and seri es po int s leader Spud Walters across the fin ish li ne in both m ot os. Deck er's deci siv e two-m oto sweep also snapped th e five-race win streak of Wh ite Broth er s- sp on sor ed Wa lters, although Walters m aintains a large lead in the series points lead o ver VOR 's Gordon Ward , 289 - 164, wh i le Rich Taylor made up ground, jum ping from fourth to third pla ce in th e points with sixth overall on the day . J immy laMastus' bad -luck streak conti nued at round six and he fell to fourth in the series points standings. Decker, the former Team Suzuki star who has resurrected his career by virtue of this series , led virtually the entire first moto (with the exception of a brief lap-two lead by Walters), and then ran in the shadow of Holland for much of moto two until Holland fell , allowing Decker to capitalize on his mistake and finish in the front for the overall win, ahead of Holland (3-2) and T 40 A UGUST 2, 2000 ' cu e • e (Above) Team Breedlove/Sinlsalosponsored Craig Decker showed the dominance many predicted of him by winning round six of the AMA Western Four-5troke Nationals. It was only his third race i n the series after coming out of retirement. (Right) Decker's teammate Rusty Holland completed the Team Breedlove 1-2 sweep by finishing second overall on the day. (Below) At the halfway point i n the series, White Brothers-sponsored Spud Walters enjoys a more-thancomfortable lead in the po ints standing s. He f inished third overall at ro und six after w i nning the overall at the first five rounds. Walters (2 -3) . Coming into roun d six , Walters had amassed an amazing win total, emerging victorious in nine of th e 10 motos run du ring the series. ters - a lead that would balloon to as much as 14 seconds by m ote's end, as Walters w as un ab le to m aintain the leader's pace. Hagseth , riding the Herb 's Cycletown -spon sored Yamah a, moved into fifth , trailing his teammate Leach at the finish, as Decker, Walters and Holland nabbed the top three positions. Walters saved a near get -off on the final lap to finish ahead of Holland, Leach and Hagseth. Winn , My ers, Ty Lacey, Taylor and laMastus, who raced up from the 36th position after a tumone fall , rounded out the top 10. MOTOTWO Not to be outdone by his teammate, Holland put his potent Team Breedlove/ neVIl's