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a half into the contest, when Dietrich went wide in a turn on the motocross track. "lt looked like he was get- tinS pretty tired," Garrison said. "l felt strong the whole time, so it was good - real good, lwent down quite a few times in the logs - the logs were not fun - but the rest of the track was good." "He simply hdd more than I had," Dietrich admit- ted. "l started a new training [routine] a couple weeks ago. lt's huning me now, but here, by midsummer it's going to start paying off, so I'm just fighting through these races right now. lt beat me up; l'm sore, it hurts, but I'm iust going to keep fight- ing. By the end of the season I want to be on top." For now, though, Hughes is the man to beat. Even though he sideswiped a desert tree and ripped the left radiator shroud off his bike, then fell several times, he owned an indisputable margin of nearly a minute and a half over Garrison at the finish, "l just rode my race, rode my pace - iust tried to lmain- tain] a nice, steady, clean pace and stay out of any problems, and I came out on top," Hughes said. Cll Suzuki Off-Road's l*4ike Kiedrowski and RP14 Racing/Maxxis/Moose KTI*1 300 XC-mounted Bobby Bonds, while Hughes found himself in the midst of the pack. But that didn't last long. By the end of the first lap, Hughes was in front by nine seconds on his FMF/ECC/l'4oose Rf4-2450 followed by Honda's Robby Bell. Team Green's Destry Abbott, PRO OVERALL. l. Ryan Husher (suz); 2. Bobb/ Garnsoi (Yam)i 3. Rick/ oietri.h (Kaw): 4. Nathan w@& (lQw)i 5 Ty Davis (Yam)i 6. Flike Kiedrowski (Suz): 7 Lan.. Smail (Kaw)r I l'like Corder (KTl'l)i 9. Mltt Karlsen (Kaw)i 10. Ru$ell PelEon (Yam). ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATV/I{C WOBLD OFI.ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP SERICS POINTS STANDINGS (Aft.r 5 of l2 munds)r L R/an HuSher ( 136):2.8obb/ Gnrflson (89)il. Mike Kiedrowiki(48)i4. Ricky Dietrich (8S)i s Lance SmaiL (70)i 6. Ty DevB (69): 7. Russell Pearron (5t): 8. Robb/ Bell (s6): 9. (TlE) Nathan woods/Man K:.lsen (50). SEiII.PRO: l.lustin Soule (Kaw)i 2. lamre Lanza (Yahli 3. R/!n Abbatoye (Knw). RacETowN 395 ADt[aNTo, CaLttoRNta REsuLrs: APnrr 16, 2006 (RouND 5 or I2l 3 mite Kiedrowski 5th Place After getting a fourth-place stan, Team FHF Suzuki Off-Road's Mike Kiedrowski then he knocked the vent hose off the fueltank with his knee. He 8ot drenched with fuel, making for an uncom- fortable ride. After that, he had more problems. "l aame around the second lap, went throu8h the tires section, and I split the tires, and broke the front-brake caliper right off," he said. "lt was swing- ing into the front wheel, so I rolled down pit lane as good as I could so it didn't get caught in the wheel, and we iust cut it off- I went the next lap, I think, and went through the tires and bent my shifter around, so I had to stop and straiShten that up." dropped back to loth. 'Through the logs, I think, I must ve clipped a tire or somethint over there with my front caliper and broke it off," he said. "l went ro hit the front brake and it waj tone. I looked down and the thing was iust flapping. I just pulled in [to the pits]. We changed it out, and lwas 27th or 30th when I left." 32 Rotuy a"tt t4th Ptace The telephone-pole and tire seccion at the entrance to the pits gave nearly everyone fits, including Robby Bell. "l came into the owesome log section and the tires had spread out a lit- tle bit, and the line that I was taking - which worked just awesome the flrst four laps - turned into a bike stand," he said. "lt iust stopped my bike and I endoed over the front and smacked my leSs on the bars. I Bot back going and I tried to pick [the pace] up aSain and then the next lap, I did the exact same thing! Smacked my legs again, and then my legs really staned cramp- in8 up; it started hurtin8 to stand up-" He also had to stop in the pits to replace a bent shift lever: And that wasn\ all. "l',ly water pack broke, so I ran out of water. I just had a tough day. k hurt a little bit to stand up. so l'd sit down too much. then at'd start beating me up. I was iust going backwards." Mv Owru Rnce 4 Russell Pearson National Hare & Hound Champion Russell Pearson had an up-and- down day. After gettinS the holeshot, he had problems and I Oth Place J CYCLE NEWS MAY 3,2006 45 Ricky Diarich wos fosr oll doy long in the rond ond finiched oul the doy in rhird. lt s ! l," 7 I I ./ V, \ ,u, ;n, 1 J ) .t I t l> r.l ,l.P. t E I I t-t 'r- T I Dietrich and Griffin. The next lap, it was l9 seconds, this time over Abbott, Bell, Dierrich and Zip-Ty Racing's Ty Davis- Dietrich put himself into second the next time around on his Carter Powersports/Pro CircuiI/ARC KX450F, now 30 seconds behind Hughes and l8- seconds ahead of Bell's Precision Concepts/Honda Pro Oils/Fox-backed CRF450X. A cartwheel in the telephone pole/tire section about 50 minutes into the race put Bell back and let Garrison in for third, which is how the front three remained until about an hour and Nqth.rn Wood5 hod o tough weekend but still monoged to finish lourth. V 4 tj j I I F\ - 'l 'l l ,) I 0 I 'a