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Briefly... t Riclqr Cormichoel (4) ond Jqmes Stewurt (7) hod onolher close first-molo duel ot High Poini. Grant langston was surprisindy fast at HiSh Point Racewa/, despite riding with a wrist that he dislocated during press day for the Las Vegas Supercross iusr three weeks before. At Hangtown. the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider iust rode around to collect points, but in Pennsyhrania, it was clear his intentions were to do more than that. However, before the High Point race, Langston indicated that the plan was to just get points, "This week I tried to ger back ro nry normal routine," Langston said. "l am t aining, iust not on the motorcycle - c,,cling and swimminS, whatever won't put any stress on the wrist, At HanStown, with the rain, the track was extra choppy and goint down those hills with the br-akint bumps was really killing rne. Hop€fully, we won't be dealing with quite the sa-rne condi- tions, and I am really hopins I can llnish both motos and 8et some points." langston briefly led the openinS Lit€s moto, betore finishing the day in fourth overjll. Rock Star Suzuki's lason Lawrence was also among the wdking wounded at Mount Morris after injuring his ankle at the Primm Prequel. [awrence was limping badly in the pits on Saturday, but was still plenty fast on Sunday. "l rode the Prequel, and in the lirst moto I came from the back to the front, and a couple of laps from the end I was toint up the new hill and I slid into a rock and smashed my {oot between the bike and the rock and hurt my heel," Lawrence said. "l started ridint atain this Wednesday and it was preE/ painful, so I went to the doctor on Thursday and got a cortisone shot." Lawrence linished l3th in the linal moto at Mount l'lorris en route to a l6th overall. Team l'4oto XXX'S luss Laansoo was still a little sore at High Point alter a major crash at Hangtown the week before. '13n Mon- day and Tuesday I stayed in bed and on Wednesday I started taking some hot barhs to loosen up my back," Laansoo said. "lt maint hurt my back, and there was swellinS, so it is very tight. Only on Thurs- day did I decide to come here, because I need to 8et some points or the top- l0 gu),s are goinS to be so far away." bansoo rode practice on Sunday moming, but decided to sit out the race to Sive his back a little more tim€ to heal. Monster Energy P.o Circuit Kawasaki's Chris Go.selaar grabbed the holeshot and led the lirst Lites moto of the day before pulling out on lap two when he re-iniured the leg, which he broke iust above the ankle at the Las VeSas round of the Super- cross Series. "l landed in a rut and I heard it pop. and then it hurt like hell. I wanted to keep on .idint but I couldn't, so I ,ust pulled in," Gosselaar said. "Yesterday was the first day that I tried to ride sin.e I hun it, so now I think I am going to iust sit out a few weeks and let it heal." Chad Reed suflered a nasty crash during Saturday's practice session, but luckiry came out of it with nothing more than a few scrapes. "There is a triple before the finish line and there was a hole in it. I was Co,nlinued on poge ,7 I Rrcrcv CanurcHAEL CASHES tN, WHTLE JauEs STEwART CRASHES OUT I x$drfE1 ! l 4 ) Ht l- .s I T CYCLE NEWS . JUNE 7, 2006 t 5 tiill,:,1q I dE D D I BY SHAN MooRE Pxoros sv Knnl Ocxrrr, Srrvu Bnuxr luo Sxar Moonr