Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

and de ve lopm ent for tita nium spring s from Renton , Washington -b ased Ren ton Coil Spring Company." Craig Davis and Tim Sh arp both sta rted close to 20th but work ed their t ail s of f all t he way to seve n th and eigh th by lap nine of the 12-lap moto. The duo went on to finish three seconds behi nd Ward at the ch eckers. Cook was ninth , followed by Chisum . Nick Foister was 1 1t h, followed by T rav is Marks , Marty Mann , Thomson and Hart. In moto two, the holeshot was once again taken by Cook, followed by Decker , Woods , LaMastus a nd Mye rs . Ric k AMAlWestemFour-Stroke Nationals Round 7:E xtreme MotocrossDRY Park Decker the Destroyer B y D O N S CHNEID ER SPOKANE, WA. AUG. 6 ra ig De c k e r to o k h is se c o n d st ra ig ht ove ra II victory a t roun d s e ven o f the AMA/ Mot o wo rld of E I Cajon/ Yama ha Western Four-Stro ke Nati on als . s ponsore d by Maxx is Tires , Ma xima Lubric ants , Team Bre e dlove. Pow erstart , O utback Vide o Pr odu c tions a nd Hoote rs Re sta urants . Dec k e r s c ored another perfect 1- 1, as he did at th e pr ior ro und in Albany , O re gon . Jim m y LaMa s tus fin ish ed s e c o nd overall with a stellar 2 -2 score . Nathan Woods ma de the fina l pod ium spot with a cons iste nt 3 -3 . Rounding out th e top five we re Tim Beatty (4 4) and Scott Myer s (5- 5) . All of th e top five rider s rod e Yamaha YZ426Fs . Th e 'first -eve r Four-Stroke National ev ent in Spok an e went off we ll, with more th an 3 0 00 spectator s in atten dan c e. In m oto o ne , Cl iff Coo k took a n impre s s ive ho les hot. Ju st a ft er turn two , he ad ing int o a rh ythm sect io n tow ard the tower , Rich Ta ylor flew off a s ma ll double jum p right in front of Beau Ba ron . "I could not ga ther it back straight on the landing," sa id Taylor. "It was all my fau lt. and Beau had no place to go ." Baron 's front tir e was wedged between the frame and front tir e of Taylor as the two slammed down . Deck er passed Cook for the lead and then tu med it up a few notches and rea lly went to work . Woods was th ird, follow ed b y LaM a stu s , Go rd on Wa rd , Myers , Grayso n Hart , Be a tt y, Lowell Thomson , Josh Chisum , Travis Ma rks and Mat Ba te m an . Both Woods an d LaMa stu s d is p la c e d Co ok le s s t han ha lfway into lap two . Th en LaMa stus man euv ered past Woods a nd the battle wa s on fo r s e co nd . LaM a stu s h el d Woods off for the entire 25-m inute moto. Beatty pa sse d Ha rt on lap two . Then Ward held Beatty at ba y for two more laps befor e s uccum bing . On la p five. Beatty b laste d by Co ok a nd s e t o ut after Myers. O n la p e ight, Mye rs fe ll victim to h is press u re . Myers the n st uc k behind Be atty a ll the way to the checkers , a nd they eve ntua lly crossed the line in fourt h an d fifth. res pectively . When Deck e r took the checkers , his margin of victory was a clean 38 sec onds ahead of his closes t com petition. "S ometh in g ha s to be s ai d a bou t th e fa ct Pete Fisher a t Powro ll does our eng ine work ," De ck er s tate d . "Enzo does the suspension, along with our Team Breedlove doing research C 46 A UGUST 30. 2000 ' c u e I e n e vv s Han sen wa s bumped really hard ov er the berm and took a major soil sample . Beatt y held s ixth, with Foister in se venth and J a son Matthews in eighth. Hart and Ward ran ninth and l Oth, resp ectively . As in moto one, Te am Breedlove / S inisa lo-sponsored Decker laid claim to the lead positi on before the end of lap one . Wood s and laMastus, seeming ly glued togeth er at the swinga rms, again displaced Cook hea d ing into lap two . Head ing into lap three . laMa stus took secon d from Woods with a block-pass he ad ing into a left-hand c orne r that p rov ided t wo d ifferent we ll-fo rm e d lines. Woods hung with LaMastus for five laps before LaMastus gradually pulled a five-second lead and he ld it for the rest of the moto. Coo k held fourth unt il lap e ig ht, wh en Beatty stormed by to take the s po t. Myers did th e sa m e on lap nine. Myer s then closed th e gap to Beatty and passed him on lap 10, but Beatty too k it back a few corners later. Beat ty he ld Myers off to the checkers. De c ker took a not he r im p re ss ive 35 -s econd -plus victo ry. C o o k cros s e d the line in six t h . Wa rd put in an other cons istent run to

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