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Honcy Lak ,ltx Potk ,rriford, cA I I I I I I I ir$#.-ts#)TFJ 'r3 ;r ?z {fi. ,{i tr I Round 4 April r, 2006 OFF.ROAD futtrWonld Off;Roa I 4 *ffi lYlllft lfttDfiOl[Slfi /lftEPS T a fiuBBtfi slDt Do,lf ll',il|/fiOuTt I I0 HollrY tAl([, ofics''$lil I I ! I t I '"}rt ,,,,4 \ \--:.^.*.- 4 I I it * '.f 5q _s I n I E Ff; \ f, ,dike Kiedrowski (re5t5 Tho Woterfoll en roule lo tlic Honey Loke WORCS- $ -. : 1 . .s roce win.' . -r ;t * .L, iE F ike Kiedrawski was at the right place at the riSht time to daim his lirsf WORCS race win of the series. The former WORCS champ proved that patience is truly a virtue after watching his teammate.Ryan Hughes crash twice while lead- ing, the second fall proving to be Hughes' undoing t Kiedrowski wentually rode cfr wlth the win, finishing comfortably ahttd of Hughes at the Honey Lake round ofthe four-race-old series. Joining Kiedrov6ki and Hughes on the podium was Kawasaki Team Green's lance Smail. . The Honey Lake course was undoubtedly the most techhical of the series thus far. Normally, the Honey Lake iace is held toward the end of the series, in the fall, but this year it was h.ld in tti6 spring, though in winter-like condF tions. Thb uiualv dry creek on the Honey take course w€re full of water. which'made things quite interestirE br the ride6. To inake things e\,en more interesting, course designer and WORCS pro- moter Sean Reddish decided to ry something different thit year and had the mcers go up the track's siSnature section - "The Walerfall." And this year, it was iust that - a waterfall. ln past yeaE, ride6 vr€re led down the rocky descent in normally df)*Eonditions, so the 'new" section had everyone taik- int before the race. Followng Saturday's lull arnateur-racing Prograrnl Sunday's Pro race was greered with overcast clouds tha( rhreatened to dump rarn and snow on the course, which only addeb to the ride6 akeady high anxieq/ level. The rain. however. held off : GI IB t I L ts I a I I I I a t J '/ ts a nr1:ictrslr (-- Gl'tG= When the gate dropped, Team ZigTy Yamaha's newest recruit, Bobby Garrison, grabbed the holeshot and led the way through the Honey Lake obstacles. Kiedrowski settled into second, ahead of Garrison's Zip-Ty teammate Russell Pearson, Honda's Robby Bell, and Hughes- Garrison was understandably stoked to get the holeshot. "l knew I needed to 8et a good start," he said. "l didn't want to be stuck behind anyone goinS into the creek sections and The Waterfall. lf you let the leaders get away from you in WORCS racinS, then you're done, so being up front was awe- some. I hope I can do that more often." While things were going great for Garrison. the sarne could not be said for his teamrfiate Ty Davis, who got bumped in the first turn and found himself in the back of the pack. He checked in in l6th place after the first lap. He would spend the rest of the race picking off as many riders as he could. The Kawasaki guys didn't have it much bette( either. lbam Green's Nathan Woods, Destry Abbott and Lance Smail were all hanging just inside the top 10, and Ricky Dietrich, on the Team Carter Powersports-backed Kaw-asaki, was even further back, barely inside the top 20. Meanwhile, Garrison was enioying the fruits of his spectacular start, and the Y2250 pilot continued to lead the charge, but HuShes was about to pay him a visit. Before long, Hughes was knocking on Garrison's back door, and the Suzuki rider invited himself into the lead, without much resistance from the young Yamaha pilot. Once in the lead, Hughes steadily pulled away, He soon had about a lS-sec- ond lead on Garrison, and another Hughes route was in the works. But that all changed on the sixth lap, when Hughes came to The Waterfall. This time a slower rider was ahead of him, and the lapper was struggling to get the rocky climb. Rather than wait for the lapper to get out of the way, Hughes attempted the climb anyway - big mistake. He came to The Waterfall with a ls-sec- ond lead and left The Waterfall in third place and 25 seconds back. ''l got in behind a lapper, and the se

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