Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

be lepossed tirne and agatn as he o,'ercooked orm one. fleanwhile, rrurthirg forward from a mkjpack sun werie Suzuki's Danry Eslick and SuperMoto Racer's Scott Hofnun. At hharay, Roger Flersley quiedy nn fritr, wi6r Hofman sixth and Blkk seventh. Blick was trying ev€e/- thing he knew to find a way around Hoftnan. Qn tap six, Roas maae ere save of dp day in tum one: Hk bike was on the ground e\.er so brielv 6 Ross bounced it bact upri8hr all in one fluid moti(m! This Save MGlsh some bredthirg room in secord. At the fronr Bagnis was lo16 g"*, ,rhie Hoffman, widr Eslick in tow. had Hen*ley in a pr{sure cooker: qy 6re whie flag, Herdey was out due to a medwrical problem, C'oing down the ba(k sfaigtrt for Cle la6t tirne, Edid< ma& a more up de in*le on HoftrEn to td€ fifd|, nEkrB de linishirg order Bagnb, V16tsh, Rm, Robers, Eslick and Hofhq. Thb rneart dtere was a tie for dre 450cc mrmber- twoj@, between Vlhtsh and Ro*, a t,{0 eadr; dre plae wert to Ro6s due ao o/erall higher fini$irg poebons. ln t€ Op€n Epert nEin, series potnts leader fuarte wodd ha/e to linish in front of DunlopAAnrcn's funis to gar- ner the ccrraeted number-one de. Ho./s€ti Bagnis shot to dre $cnt ard never looked back Roas 6ll in bdid, follo €d by Welsh, once again setting up a RocsAArbkh war: Blick corrr irg ffom the second row nnde a run dowr tle hack drr.rte, atterhptirg to rnake up a krt of gro.rnd in om move, h-rt he or"*tlot C. t.t-trurao d dle erd and did a complete 360, ttorth lE kept tre bike running. This caused all kinds of prob- lemc for dte efltire feld - except for Bagnb, wtto was handed a hrSe gap at dre fronl Edick rejoined tte race in last, though he eierntalty dimbed back to 1ofi at dle finbh. Ap the end of the first lap, the order was Bagnb, Ross, Wel+, Ulrich, Ellis and Case/ Currie. FiShting chain prob- lernsll 2005 Ndional Open Ctnmpion Micky Dynond, on the 4lAccess KTM, was forced to go wide to a\oid dre ,irst- hp fi|sco; then, three lap6 late[ he rar ofi the track to avoid hinirb Cur.ie at the end of the back straight - a real spons- manlke mwe on Dymond's part. Wrere was Pearce, you ask? He was cargtrt in the first- lap problems as well and was runninS back in l2th, and though he fought his way up to finish eiShth, dlat wEsn't good enough for the number-one plate. Ross and Welsh's war Sontinued to the end, with Wekh topping Ross on this day fpr second in the race. Bagnis cruised home to victory and gored the number-one plate for the hcifico team. Ellis slipped past RoberB to bke fourth, behind Ross. Dymond retinid six laps in when he picked up a rock and lost his chain in the dirt section. Tte day's awards and the year-end awards were handed out ilnrnediately following the races. The STTARS Series pronlises to get even bigger and better next year. Promoter Don Eanet has scheduled the start of the Vviner Series for mid-frnuary. C GrabE moror Cnorl arpr-i vru.rv, cruro-.o Rlsursl DlG,lllE f I, 2OO5 (Bqqlo!! 9! tI) Mi{IXOTO 65: L lus'r Du.ut ((Tl''l/: 2. Z!.h whrn*k r KIM). I L!r'y smith (F!w). MNl.Horo 8s: L J6.ph h.ddE (Hs): z Cffi 8e!bE trzr: l. Ai6 l{ }l IOTO I lC L BEd ElllBE (l.Lnr:7 prh Rs +ron):I Ti/d (e (ww, l,ltl.lLHqTo |R L Al6e o.lE (xa4). 2 Jorh Bs (r-ro.). ] Tlrror Le (l(d). MlflLMqro HA* L Rdq \4sk (Hs): a odE GEE (Lb.): l. Aio EEF: l.ldEiith ALi (Hd).2.]arc Kiti@d0flH):1. Kn s.4ajr (H6). tl(lv: I JsFt'h AIkn (Hs): 1jffi Kn€d (Ho.): 3 Md.dJohM (Fbn/. I t L SieE baho,€ Cro.l. z Gdrsr Grsm (XTl'r)i 3 &h Benon (H,on) 25G L Gffi v&!+l (Ymt: 1 [dki. G*i (l_h.I l. Joq kdrEl5 (l_hn). 45+ L LdEdo S€E (H6). 2. C31Bq h{dsh l\6m): I Jch F6 (KnO oPFl Et l. Ldtrdo Bq6(Ht6).2 C,rEo.r,1t{h (f,n).1.1(e. R.6s (KT}'t). sP0frrSMAN: l.Fdo'Odl(Hs)r 2. Krts

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