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Cycle News 2014 Issue 24 June 17

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OFF ROAD PARTS UNLIMITED OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLE AND ATV NATIONALS ROUND 3/JUNE 15, 2014 MILLS FAMILY PROPERTY/NEWARK, MISSOURI P106 The second time around, Whibley worked back to the front of the pack and managed to avoid those time-consuming spills, controlling the pace for the remainder of the event. "Once I got in the lead [again], I caught my breath for a lap and sort of learned the track a little bit and started pushing after that." As usual, much of the passing took place behind him with Bach, Fahringer, Jarrett and Thomas doing most of the scrapping. Thomas said, "I got a good start and was out there and we were riding together, then Paul got away, Chris got around me. I went down and caught back up to him, then crashed again. I broke my rib last week so the bot- tom of my back started to lock up so I just rode in and got a solid third. It should be good for sec- ond in points, still." On the other hand, Bach said, "I had a pretty crap start, but once we got in the woods, ev- eryone was going everywhere. I was actually leading the major- ity of the first lap, but it's such a terrible place at these things to be leading early like that. You're pretty much just a sitting duck — you're going where you think you should go but don't know what the guys behind you are doing. They're dicing it up and you're pretty much waiting to get your

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