Langston reflects on surprise title glory -ozzy go- crash.net

The 25-year-old South African won the final three events on his
factory Yamaha to edge out KTM's Mike Alessi, Honda's Andrew
Short and Kawasaki's Tim Ferry in one of the best battles in series
history.

It marked the second American motocross title for Langston. He
won the AMA Motocross Lites class (then called 125ccc Motocross)
in 2003. Prior to coming to America he also clinched the FIM
125cc World Motocross Championship in 2000.

Langston ran sixth in the point standings as late as round seven in
late July. But then made an amazing turnaround and scored two
seconds and three firsts in the final five rounds to complete his
championship rally.

Grant led by just eight points from Short entering a thrilling
climax to the AMA outdoor campaign but with his rival only able to
take fifth position overall, Langston ended his first season in the
class and maiden year with Yamaha 16 points over Alessi and 18
points in front of Short. click on ozzy go to the full story - pic from
yamaha-motor.com