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Cycle News 2014 Issue 24 June 17

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LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP MOTOCROSS ROUND 4/JUNE 14, 2014 HIGH POINT RACEWAY/MT. MORRIS, PENNSYLVANIA P44 JAMES STEWART TAKES CHARGE AT HIGH POINT STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHAN MOORE F our rounds into the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship and the se- ries is starting to take a markedly different course than it appeared to be taking when the schedule kicked off on the west coast. Rounds one and two saw an almost total domination by the Red Bull KTM duo of Ryan Dungey and Ken Roczen in the 450 class, and in the 250 class, it was Yamalube/Star Racing Ya- maha teammates Jeremy Martin and Cooper Webb going 1-2 at Glen Helen and Hangtown. This weekend at High Point Raceway in Mt. Morris, Penn- sylvania, two different riders dominated the two classes, with Yoshimura Suzuki's James Stew- art showing flashes of the James "Bubba" Stewart of old who swept the entire 2008 motocross series. Stewart went 1-1 at High Point to claim his first overall vic- tory of the outdoor season, and the first since last year at Spring Creek when he went 1-3. In the 250 class, Blake Baggett im- proved on his 4-1 overall win last week in Colorado by sweeping the two motos in Pennsylvania. And while Roczen and Martin still hold solid leads in their re- spective classes, the latest wins by Stewart and Baggett ensure that the 2014 season will be any- thing but dull. 450 NATIONAL Stewart's Back James Stewart has a somewhat dubious history at High Point Raceway. It's been the site of a VINTAGE STEWART

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