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AMA/ NATC Nationa l C h a m p io n s h ip O b s e rve d T r ia ls Series Rounds 9-1 0 : Spirit Mountain R e s o rt "On the third loo p I was ru nnin' late an d it was just all or noth in,' " Kemp kes added. "I do re ally we ll when I'm all cramped up a nd runn in' late." Kempkes' three-loop tota l was 39 puttin g him in third place for the day, two points better than Aaron, who had lOon the fina l la p. Peter s dr op ped seven for a total of the se ct ions were as easy as the first 34 and t he win , while Bel l finis hed few, the riders proceeded ne rvou sl y, with nine on the final la p and 38 tota l not wa nting to be th e first to dab , for second pla ce. "We just m a de less m ist a kes tha n Peters proved to be the steadiest of the lot and cleaned the first n ine seceveryone e lse ," Ray Peters' minder, tio ns of lo o p o ne . Ray 's first po ints Ga ry Jackson, sai d when th e final came from a five in sectio n num be r sco res were p o s t e d . "We d id two 10 when he failed to make the s pecthings well _ we ma de less mistakes, tacular do uble s te p m idwa y th rou gh and when Raymond did have a pro ble m , we d idn ' t let it af fec t the next the sectio n. Aaro n, who was la ying b a c k a nd ride . Th e sections had a lot of variety watch ing the lines de velop , wai ted a a nd the hardest thing to do is for the littl e too lon g be fo re rid ing sectio n ride r to attack a very la rge wall an d eig ht a nd fived a rock s lab th at had then be faced with a ve ry t e ch nic al greased up from ea rlier rides . and s lippery part, as if yo u were riding Ne ed ing a win, Bell was foc used over glass. Tod a y Ray had that." a nd going for noth ing but clea ns . Th e "I th ink Geoff was a' little off his , strategy worked we ll un til section 11 , foc us today." Peters added . th e first of the rocky creek sections , J a ckson d i a jo b of keep his wher e he took a five at the e ntra nce. rid er foc use .a/ ' ll day;;l ve n after a comica l incident on tli'E1 last loo p. At the end of the first loop, Peters he ld a slim , one-point lea d over Bell, "Ra y' :a~ ha ulin I~ss down ar ery 13 p o ints to 14 , with Aaro n three fast stretch of'ld~.ktpwn one;~f/the ' #t' ,(' ked bac\;.- t~see if I 1 / /d. mo re bac k at 17 . Gas Gas nide r J ess ski slopes, a na loo " Kempkes , who jumped out e ar ly to ....was in1ow,-:: J a c kson sa id:j RiS fro~t avo id the crowd, paid dea rly for th e ,r- whee1 hit a "roc k a~d WSJharKts ca' ~ m , .. ,. " 7' 1' move and turned in a 24 -point first off the ba rs' a nd his c hesthit the-cross ~ ... / ' . /Y' Ioo p. bar.•He rode the fron trwheel.down'tlie s lope ~ith no hands f or aoo Jt SO fee t On loop two, Aa ron once a9 a in had ,/ proble ms with section number eig ht. b e fo re h e g ot it co l(ect e d .. wasn 't Th is time he cleaned th e tough rock . ,.., fi:t rfny a t th e tim e, ut .! ' '"' unny now." f • ." s la b and wa s within spitting d ista'n'ie . of th e ex it whe n his rea f tire kicked " r l,r , O A Y TWO f., k I -#'an, ea sy turn , g 'l' 1"'" 1/. '" o r e~ eryu o d.~ . , "~ wa s #?" o u t a I oo se ro c ......m _ " tI !l n ~ It sending him to the ground. /' ,'/ f' g qJng to "be e~h t o e a f,"" Bell sa id Be ll had a ,good second la p going a~f' th~ event, "j { ~e few sections with a total of l.0'Pomts go ing into~ ,e;.'; ~ ,~' '-a nd • t ho ugh t;. :Oo not put your foot ti final se~tion , '6ut ;';;arde ,'a five wh en"'" • dow n. No rmrtte r what it takes , do not he "forgot to gal it" going up'" n ~pf pUly,our oot"down.' '' th e mo re' aiffictilt,dimos, givtng 11' "a • Bell .f~rfe of th e best- cond itio ned I. ,"''''' / ": /·.,r . . tota l of fifteen:for tlie loop. at ietes on the t o u r , d id Just tha t , II /1' , /' • eters second loo p was ,Oneven t· making short work of the easy but , ful,: ·completin; ihe , ·' sections ~ittfa ~ ,. physical sections and took a seven ","se rles ";f ones an twos afi'd~ f;o five~ poi nt win after posting loop scores of f o a total of.. '4 (c:ou~tin9...the d isaster s ix, four and e ight for a total of 18 . " a} s c:;tio~lg .V. A~on1Grn~d in 14 With the pressure of the champi;: for; fiiS,1eco~ ~u d ', ~ 1!feIl .' , oris hip ~ o n e. Aaron h ~d a mor e I d d S d H s ery can ;/!!PK~ m p,k e s an d P e ~ n sy Iv a ru an , e r~ ax e n. eon .un ay . I ~ . , ra vrs Fox (Bul) turned In the lowest si stent e iqht-, eiqht- and rune-point SCbres of the second lo op, e ach with loops earned him a tot a l of 25 po ints q po ints l ost. and se cond pla ce. ; Afte r d lec king out e very one e lse 's "It definitel y took a huge loa d off line s o n the se c o nd loop , Kempk es my chest to not ha ve to worry about c ame ba ck to post o ne of the more the champ ion ship ," Aaron admitted ' a m a zing loo ps of th e season with a aft er the event. "I rea lly wanted to win mere thr ee points lost on his th ird cirtoda y and I came out sw inging . It was c uit of the course. Had it not been for a bit easy toda y for the top c ha m p th e inflat ed first loop, th e win m ight riders, so yo u rea lly couldn't afford to have been his. ma ke a ny mistakes . I felt I was riding "On th e first loo p I was tr ying to we ll, but you rea lly had to be perfect s tay a hea d of e verybo dy in c ase it toda y a nd I just had a few sp ot s where ca me down to p ena lty points , an d I I just wasn't quite perfect. I had so me thin k it hurt me bec ause I co uldn't see good rides , but m ad e a few m ista kes." everyone else's lines ," Kem pkes sai d. Peter s was in contentio n for the win "O n the second loo p, I was look in' a t until sectio n 12 of the last loo p where th e line s a nd so me we re bet ter th an h e took a swa n d ive into th e c reek min e so I switche d up. a nd s pe nt 15 m inutes pump ing wate r ( g rtat ll I" :I; ?! 'a '-."., .- Gas Gas-mounted Geoff Aaron wrapped up h i s s ixth AMAINATC Natio na l Trials Championship in DuLuth. By SH AN M O ORE/T RIALS C OM PET IT IO N N EWSPA PE R -i" DULUTH, MN, AUG. 12-13 " ~ ha mpionsh ip contend ers Ra y \.2::? Peters (Bul) and Ryon Bell (MoO' ) turned in stellar performances a t th e go ry ; riding with a bO ld1'~ty le ~p t final two rounds of th e AMA/NATC Nation a l Trials Championsh ips held at , see s him ra ck up a;)arge nu~b~~ Sp irit Mounta in Resort n ear Duluth , cleans bu t 4 fair nutrlber 0 f'v e s ';s j Minn e s ot a . Th ei r e ffo rts , h ow ev er , we ll. How eve ( b'e cau; r -;;'f. uf cif! proved to be too little and too late, as c u rns ta nces. " 'e~d ' ~ only a fifth . te am ERE/Gas Gas' Geoff Aaron used J pla c e fin is h' U;;; Californ ia re s iden't wa s m ote c al;'tious. Be ll ' a nd P ters, a 4 -2 finish over the weekend to wrap up his s ixth National title s ince joining / onrthe~th er h and,' thre w ~~~tion to the championship circuit 10 yea rs ago. 'tli'e w ind and r ~d~ as if th e ti tle.. Aaron e nte red th e weekend-wit ,a / de pe nded o' .!O~d itdid . '/ ' , ;' , 24 -point lea d and needed o nly a fifth- /' pla c e fin ish to secure th e' title., B~I OAY ON~ , ' , A ig ht rain be g an Y fall as the ? a nd Pete rs still had slim ma;!:.e!J1at ica l c hances if :h~4r s fe ll ri gh~", ~c~petitors took .to t!te' fivz.-mile, 15 Add ing to th e str~ss"6f1~~ title"'c hase" . " se ction course that wound its way up for th e thre e riders jn v61ved we re ,tec- ..( and down th e grassy, SKi ru ns of S pirit tio ns tha t were r;;(ati veIY'e s y for th e --;;' Mou n t a r'n t.C er k o f Cour s e S t e v e top ride rs com pa red"to other'r U'hds 'lhl e~~d thi? North lan d Motorcycle he ld th is year. Th is, put a ~rern'iu'IJ1~/ ' . ' ~iders 's et a good va riety of sectio ns concentration a nd 'a lterecl~trat'i!'g l es des ign ed to inc rease in severity as the co nsi de ra bly . loo p progre ssed . Assumin g that all of o . f, A;.,' .,4 /i. ,-: 24 A UGUST 3 0 , 2 0 00 ' cue I e n e _ s "','

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