is, in motocross at least, often
skewed by opening-race jitters
and the unknown factor, as in
bike set-up and physical prepa-
ration. After all, two weeks isn't
much time to make the transition
from Supercross to motocross.
Last week at Hangtown, the
opening round of the Lucas Oil
AMA Pro Motocross Champion-
ship, Eli Tomac showed that he
was more ready for the outdoors
than anyone else. "He spanked
us," said Red Bull KTM team
manager Roger DeCoster.
So the big question going into
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BY KIT PALMER
O
ften times it's the second
round of any champi-
onship that's a better
indicator of things to come
rather than the first round, which
