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September 30th &October 1st, 2000 at this point , but I'm going to fight really hard to bounce ba ck from thi s. " Wha t m ad e his DNF even tougher to swa llow was the fact th at s er ies lea der Shane Watts, the man Edmondson is desperately trying to c atch, als o suffered mechanica l problems. Wa tts p icke d a bad time to ride the KTM 520 fo ur-st ro ke for the first tim e . He had th e 200cc two -stroke on hand to ride in the mud, but at th e sta rt he was fig uring o n a d ry day . Watts finished a d isa ppointing 12th ove rall. At the c o n c lu s io n o f lap t h ree, t h e re wa s ye t a n o t her le ad er. Th is tim e 'it was Kawa s aki's Chuc k Woodford, who su rprised e ve ryon e in on ly his second Pro GNCC. Jarrett s ee m ed co mfo rtable in s ec ond a nd was waiting to b last int o the lead. Blackwell, who led lap two , no w found himself in third . Th e ra c er s wer e s huffling ba ck and forth as th e top riders all enc ounte re d so me kind o f b ad lu c k wh ile fighting the trea ch er ou s cond itio ns . Woodford a nd Jarrett go t a qu ick sca n at th e mai n c he ck and rockete d into th e pit s fo r fu el. As th e c ro wd wa tc hed a nx ious ly, J arrett wa s a s p lit seco nd faster a nd e dg ed Wood ford o n the way out . Lap fou r ca me to a close with the leader, J arr ett, lapping a t 3 8 minute s , 25 s e c onds - whic h was al most 10 m inutes s lowe r than th e open ing la p. Th e conditions be gan to wo rse n a nd the riders be gan to fee l fatigu ed. Nipping at J a rre tt 's heels was Woo dfo rd , whose Kaw a sak i seemed to be wor kin g well. Slidin g int o the c hec k , Blackwe ll was still th ird , just s light ly off th e pa ce of the le a d d uo . With a wave of the wh ite fla g, the ride rs pulled out the sto ps . As Woodford foll ow ed J arrett o n the m u ch -an ti ci p a t e d last lap , th e specta tors cou ld only await the radio u p d a t e s . As the two r id e r s ap proa ch ed a s lick mo untain halfway th ro ugh t he la p , Woodford c lim bed up on Jarrett's back whee l, hopi ng to make a pass. Woo dford, with out any go gg les, was catch ing all of J a rrett's ro os t wh ile fo llowi ng J a rrett u p th e mudd y hil l. Wo odford was b lind ed with a he lmet full of mu d and had to b a c k o ff. Wo odfo rd's final a tte mpt fai led , a nd he couldn' t mount a no ther charge o n Jarrett before t he c he c k e red fl a g . The enthusiast ic c rowd greeted Jarrett with applause a s he appeared from the wilderness to take a we ll-deserve d o ve ra ll win . 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SIGN UP CLOSES 1/2 HOUR BEFORE RACE VIEWFI NDERS REFEREE: GA RY LACHA RITE 3' 0-329-4648· GLEN HELEN REFEREE: LORi YA RNELL 909·384·9342 I NSTRUCTIONS AND EN T RY FORM ON SACK · ONE EN T RY FORM REQUIRED PER RACE TRA CK ENT RY Iseparete from race fee): TRACK GATE HOURS: SIGN-UP HOURS : • SORRY. NO 3-WHEELERS • 16 YEARS OR OLDER TO RACE QUADS· NO REFUNDS SJJeBJJMENTII CANCELLEDI 600lNflITJJTIONJJL MILE The SACRAMENTO 600 INVITATIONAL MILE October 7,2000 has been canceled as John Penton 6NCC/Nationai Hare Scrambles Millf ield. Ohio Results : September 10, 2000 [Round 11] Chris Agajanian Presents, Inc. has the O / A : I. J im Ja rr ett ( Suz); 2. Ch uc k Wood fo rd ( Kaw); 3 . Doug B lackw ell (Ya m); 4 . Fred And re w s ( K a w ) ; 5 . B ar ry H aw k (Yam) ; 6 . Robbi e J e n k s exclusive rights to motorcycle races at the (Ya m); 7 , Rand y Ha wkins (Yam ); 8. Patr ic k Garr a han ( KTM ); 9 . J a rno Boano ( Hon); 10 . J ason Raines ( Yam ): 1 1. A ndy Sh e a ( K T M): 12 . Co le Cal k i ns ( Ka w); 13 . Ste ve Ha tc h (S ua) : 14. S ha ne Watt s (KTM ); 15. Rodney Jud son (G·G); 16 . Gary Fridl ey ( Su z); 17 . Ry an Wu ebb eli ng (Yam) ; 18 . Stev e Mc Swa i n ( Ka w ); 19 . Tim Sh ephar d ( Yam) : 20 . J effr ey Hursh (Yam ). Cal Exp o State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, Ca. cue I e n e _ s S EPTE M B ER 2 7 . 2000 21