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Borry
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puts
the skids to
Jimmy
larrett's
streok in Ohio
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treaks
don't last forever, as
Jimmyjarrett
found out at the
Pirelli
Coal
Miner Cross Coun-
try,
where he saw his three-race
string of wins finally snap, cour-
tesy of GNCC star
Barry Hawk. But
Jar-
rett can take solace that
he finished sec-
ond and extended his lead in the Parts
Unlimited
Off-Road l4otorcycle
and ATV
Nationals Series
points
standings.
Rounding out the top three at the Coal
Miner was Hawk's Am
Pro Yamaha team-
mate Charlie
Mullins.
Run over rolling
green pastures
dotted
by sections of hilly woods.
competitors
also faced another challenge
-
grass
and
hard-packed clay that rhe overnight
rain
turned into a
veritable skating rink in
places. (ln
other words, r/pical southern
Ohio conditions-)
And that apparently suited
Hawk
just
fine,
as he
got
the holeshot on his Factory
Connection/FI"lF/MSR-backed
Y2250
barely
a wheel ahead
of Andrews
Cycles/Maxxis/Moose
RM25O-mounted
larrett,
l''lullins, series regulars
Alan
Westerfield. Aaron
Branham and the rest
of the largest OMA
Pro class in recent
memory
"Yeah,
I
got
the holeshot,
that's the
best start l'Ye had in
-
|
don't
know
-
years," Hawk said.
Though Paul
Whibley and his Parts
Unlimited/Honda/l'4oose
CRF250R
wor.rld
pass
Hawk briefly a couple times
on
the first couple laps,
Hawk remained
in control of the race
from that
point.
"Once
I
got
in front of him, I tried to ride
a5 fast as
I can and try to
pull
away," Hawk
said.
"ltseemed
like I'd
pullawaya fewtimes
then they'd
run
back
up on me. I knew it
was Whibley and Mullins
- and I could see
Jimmy
back rhere. All day I tried to
nde
mis-
take-free
and not do anythinS
stupid-"
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CYCLE
NEWS
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