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Cycle News 2013 Issue 29 July 23

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VOL. 50 ISSUE 29 JULY 23, 2013 In the end, Villopoto's 2-1 performance gave him his fifth overall win of the season and broke a five-year winless streak at Washougal Raceway. "It definitely feels good to finally get an overall win here," said Villopoto. "I've had a lot of moto wins and I've traded moto wins with a lot of riders and ended up on the short end of the stick. I traded wins here again with Ryan Dungey and I ended up with the long stick. Even though it's a 2-1, it still feels good and we'll take it; I've raced here a lot of times since I turned pro and it's great to get this out of the way." Despite finishing second, Dungey still had one of his more impressive races of the season, especially in moto one. "The first moto went according to plan," said Dungey. "We got a great start and I just rode my lines. In the second moto, I got another good start, but once Villopoto got around me, I really tried sticking to his rear wheel, but I think I tried too hard and started making mistakes. He was going re- P61 Briefly... GEICO Honda's Justin Bogle, who sat out the Supercross Series with a wrist injury, turned in his best performance of the outdoor series with a fourth in the 250 class. The Oklahoman had great starts in both motos, including the holeshot in moto one, and finished out the day with 4-6 moto finishes. After missing the last round in Michigan due to a crash during practice that tore cartilage in his ribs, Tyla Rattray made his return to racing at the Washougal National. Despite not being 100 percent, Rattray was able to push on the difficult, hardsurfaced track and finish inside the top-20 with 16-21 moto scores for 19th overall.  "It was just one of those days," said 250 defending champ Blake Baggett of his first-moto mechanical DNF while running second. He ended up 15th overall with a DNF8. "We definitely had the speed to run up front and I think we showed that. Unfortunately, luck wasn't on our side in that first moto and it kind of defined what our day would be about. All things considered, a top 15 is a solid day and we'll look to come back stronger at Millville." Ryan Dungey, Josh Grant, Justin Bogle and Wil Hahn all picked up a point in the Motorcycle-Superstore.com Holeshot Championship at Washougal. So far, the GEICO Honda squad is dominating the 250 class, with Hahn leading the way with eight points, followed by teammate Zach Osborne with four points. Fellow GEICO riders Zach continued on next page

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