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BY MaRK XaruYA
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Hughes embarked on his new
career as a full-time off-road
racer
with all the speed and aggression
he
showed during his long tenure as a
motocrosser,
which
resulted in an uncontested
victory at Speed-
world MX
Park. At the opening round of the
Rocky Mountain
ATV/MC World Off Road
Championship Series near Phoeoix, Hughes
grabbed
the lead
right off the start and held on
to it throughout the two-hour
race, making the
win
on
his FMF/ECC/Moose-sponsored RM-
2450
seem almost easy.
KTM'5 Kurt Caselli, however,
was
pretq/
much the
only rider in the crowded Pro-class
field
that even
came close to matchjng
Hughes'
torrid
pace,
but when he stalled
his
FMF/Michelin/Moose-backed
450 XC after stop-
ping
for fuel, it wiped away
any chance he had of
mountinS any kind of an attack. lnstead, he was
Iorced
to charge back up again to take back
the
runner-up
position
he
had held
before
the flame
out. At the finish, Caselli finished 19 seconds
behind
Hughes.
Second-year Pro
Ricky
Dietrich took
advan-
tage of Caselli's
mistake, and also
passed
Suzuki's
l'4ike Kiedrowski to
hold
second
late in the race.
However. he couldn't hold off Caselli, surrender-
ing second
place
with a
lap
to
go
and
finishinS l5
seconds behind Caselli
for
third
place
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