Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

HonGy Loke IrtX Pork Milford, CA OFF-ROAD Round 4 Apil I, 2O06 I I I ! a I t T fl I T series points, and I learned something today that is iust Soing to help me to keep winning. For most of these guys, they have raced on these tracks already, so they know what to expect. Everything is new to me, so I learn at every round. one thing about today that was fun was that I love to chase people down. and I 8ot to do that. Gefting out front with a big lead is okay, but whar is really fun is tracking them down and passing guys and for the win. That is what racing aboutl" is HoNrY lal(t MX PaRK MTLFoRD, CalrioRNra REsulrsr APRI l, 2006 (Rou\p 4 oF 12, PRO: Mke Kedrowik' (stz): 2. Rye HughB lsuzli l. Lnnce Smal lKnw)i,4 Ty Davis lYam)i5. Natha woods ilGw)i 6 Robby Bel iHor): 7. DestD/ Abbdt lKlw)t I Russel PeiBon lY.m): 9. Rrky Diedch (rqtfi lO. Bobby Garisof (Yrml: I I'laft ki sen (Xd)l 12. En. Rhor.n rH.n)i ll raatt Oppef (Ym): 11. Nld( Pea6.n i|on)i s lohn Bca (Klr'l)r 16. Ror, Sulliw (Hon): 7. Jon S€erDr. (KIM)] I 8. Denn6 Stapreto ltolfli 9 Cn,Bwdner (Kaw); 20 tlick/ Grifln tam). ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATV/MC WORLD OfF.ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (Ait.r 4 oI l2 roundr: H,r, Nr8r'e\ 0612 w'ns). 2 M'r'r K.nr."ill. 171 wnr: J iTlE) Robbie D€r, rr, EoL:ry fi,r s. r4,iii i L .. Smail (56)i 6. Ty . Davr l5l, 7 Bobby B.ll r49) I R!$ Pea6on ({8i: t. Oen'} Abhoti iall 0 Ynit l(jrl5er (18); ll. Nathan ^. rJ.,r., - " L--. 1C Lr) ,l Lnc Rhole; (11 (2 (201; L I O Destry Abbott 7th Place National Hare & Hound Champion Destry Abbott said he felt Sood on the bike but made too many mistaket to run with the leaders. And a bad stan didnt helP, either. "l didn t 8et the best jump and was around I 2th after the flrst corner," lhe Kawasaki Team Green rider said. "l made some passes, and by the end of the first lap I was around ninth. I \ /as tn/'n8 way too hard and making too many mistakes. After anorher laP or t!vo, I w3s still struStling and ridinE ti8ht. I re-ally don't know why, but I was pretty PUmPed uP. I actually went down tlvice in rhe lirst 30 minutes ofthe race- Both times, I just lost my front end in some rocls- I made my first pit stop around the 4s-minute mark- After my Pit, I started to feel a little better, bur I still wasn't ridinS as aSSressive as I would've liked. At this Point, I was in sev_ enth. Not too much happened for the next 45 minutes Then ! stopped for my last prr stop. Now I had about 30 minutes left in the race and just rode a good Pace The way I was feelinS today, I didn't want to let at hang out and hurt myself before next weekend's hare and hound race. I still fe€l good about the way I'm ridinS, and I wasn t that far off some of the guys in front of me. I just need to stop making so many mistakes and get bet_ 4 Russ Pearson 8th Place Russ Pearson corjldn't paday agood start into a podiurn finish, but he did survive a couPle of iffy situations to score an eighth-place finish- "l was second, ritht behind Garrison," Pearson said ofthe start. 'After the moto section, we headed off into the ofI_road stuff that I liked and then back to the moto- I was feeling titht on the moto stuffand lost a couPle positions early on. I passed Dertry [Abbott] back when he Pifted early. Then I pitted and he got back by, I actually started flowing and cauSht riSht on the rear tire of Destry and we headed up the hill... I pinned [it] and it was a lot rougher now. and I didn'r line it uP Perfect and whom! I cased it pretry rough, and the bad thinS was. sploshl rhe sweat on my goggles went ali over my lens. Everything was blurr/ now as I did my besr iust to stay on the course. I kept Des(ry in my sights and, the next lap, he tot by a lapper right before the Pro section wkh The Waterfall and rocky stuff Well, I 8ave a li(tle space at The Waterfall for this [apper], and he made it ea9/, so I 8ot up. and then lhere was another little rufted_up hill with rocks, and I thouSht it was pretty easy, but apparently not, as he was now stoPPed and I was already in the huSe rut hal6/yay up this thing l stoPPed and iumPed off m)' bike and had to wheelie it to get it out ofthe rut ahd then turned around and had to ride back_ wards down the tiSht wash until I

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