Son
Froncitco, CA
SBC Po
oming
into SBC Park for
round four of the Amp'd
Mobile AMA Western
Regional Supercross Lites
Series, Red Bull KTM's
Nathan Ramsey was in founh
place
in
the series standings, nine
points
behind
series leader Grant Langston.
Upon
leaving the event,
Ramsey found himself
in first
place, l0
points ahead of
Langston,
who is now in fourth
place.
Blame
it on the rain.
On
a
quagmire
of
a track that may
have been even worse
than the one the
racers experienced at
the Anaheim sea-
son opener in
2005, the 32-year-old
Ramsey
pushed
and
plowed, plodded
and
paddled his way to his second AMA
Western ReSional Supercross Lites
win
of
the season and the eighth of his career
(Ramsey also has three Eastern
Region
victories and two Easwvest Shootout
wins to his credit)
in
a
shortened, eight-
lap main event
in front of 38,402 nin-
soaked fans.
It was a close
one, as
Pamsey
just
barely held
o{f a charginS
Boost
l''lobile/Yamaha
of Troy-backed
Brett
Metcalfe to win by
.579 seconds. lt was
also his second
victory in such atrocious
conditions,
as Ramsey also claimed the
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FEBRUARi 8, 2006'
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