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Cycle News 2006 Issue 04 February 1

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Anssl srq c SUPERCROSS Round 3 larlud"y 21, 2006 Amp'd Mobil€/AMA Western R€gional Supcncnoss Lites Senies After getting the holeshot, Alessi slipped back to finish seventh, followed by Yamaha of Troy's Brett Metcalfe, Rocktar/Suzuki's Jason Lawrence and Zoo Minstry/Hahm Motorsport's Jesse Casillas. Cl{ It took me a couple of laps to get going again, and I started catching him a little bit more, then the lap- pers got in the way. But Nathan was riding strong; he was fast the whole night. The track was really easy and we were all going the same pace." The loudest roar from the crowd all race came on the second-to-last lap when Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto, who had a few laps earlier passed SoBdSamsung/Honda's Jake Weimer for fifth, went down after tanglinS with a lapped rider. The incident also brought down Weimer, and Star Racing's Sean Collier benefited by get- ting around them both to take fifth at the finish line. Weimer got up quickly and salvaged sixth, but Villopoto was- n't so lucky. By the time he got going again, he had fallen all the way back to l2th. Villopoto was unavailable for comment after the race. Continued lrom poge 2l sit ou dE rest of tr'e fuperlt6 series wi$ a bo- ken foo( lipea broke fie bdB in the foc( \,rhidr will requir€ crrFry folbwing dle Amheim re. Fle suferEd tlE hiry wh e pr&tkiB drirEtheweek "He uas dnct ddte pr*ticing dr bst cor.ple of bF wtEn he dil ir" sai, uARs hud Bailey "Fh migt{ rile the b.t co(de of S-peraos roon& htt will probatt irist wrrr fortlE l.latirEh." h,an I'lorab ntried to adim after s'.tfferitE an IVC +Erider seporaion d Aiaheim L The WBR/foshimura t€am rider skipped fte ftloenk round and qralified fc de Lites nEin eveiit after frF i+ing ninfi in dle first l|€d race. ln f€ rnain, l4orais and hb tearrrrEte Mdlad LeFglia ran irto edr adEr in th€ first n m ad compl€ted the frst lap in 22nd and 2 I st ph.e, rEspedid,r Mol-ais ended up I 5dr alrd Lapqda wflo made *te rmi,n for fE frst tjrne oI hb (ar€€r, inlsH '+ in I 9& pbce. A.6alian Andrsw McFarbre wa urEble to srrh up fcAaldm ll. The \/afrulla of Trcy t am rirer bd

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