Evidently Jason Wynyard got his wake up call in the Stihl TimberSports Series.

	Are there chinks in the Wynyard armor?

The New Zealander is once again at the top of the point standings of the series, exactly where most pundits expected him to be a few weeks ago. They had different thoughts, though, after the first day of qualifying in the event.

Wynyard will lead 12 qualifiers into the Stihl TimberSports Championship in two weeks, just the right amount of time for things to change.

Two weeks ago it looked as if Wynyard would walk away with the Series points title. He dominated the first two rounds of competition in such a way that it looked as if the lumberjack was the man of steel himself.

After the third round of competition, though, Wynyard's Superman status started showing a few chinks in his armor. Matt Bush of Croghan, New York, overtook Wynyard in the points race and showed the rest of the field that Kryptonite may very well exist.

Bush, coming off a strong qualifying day on Friday, had a two-point lead over Wynyard with one day left in the Series.

"I don't think I was focusing really well," Wynyard said of Friday's performance. "But today, everything seems to be coming together."

So Wynyard won two of the chopping events and finished second in the other. He garnered enough points to stay on top and remind the rest of the field that even Superman can bounce back from a bad day.

"Just about the time you think there's some room for someone to make a run at him, he turns around and slams the door shut again," said John Hughes, ESPN Timber Events commentator.

Wynyard's sub-par performance or lack of focus on Friday, though, has given every lumberjack left in the field the idea that the door could swing open again.

Each of them is hoping to rush through it if given the chance. And if there's one place it could happen, it will be at the Championship.

Wynyard has won five of the last six, but in 2001 David Bolstad proved that he wasn't invincible. And despite Wynyard regaining the crown in 2002, he barely slipped by Dave Jewett by a point to do it.

The main reason for that is the dynamics of the overall competition in the championship are vastly different than the qualifiers.

In the Stihl TimberSports Series, a total of 28 lumberjacks compete in six events, three sawing events and three chopping events. For two days leading up to the finals, each of the competitors qualifies for the individual events. Depending on how well they are cutting or chopping in the qualifiers they may compete in all six, or just a few to garner points in the finals.

At the Championship, though, there are no qualifying days, and the 12 competitors must compete in all of the events. Like a track meet, the lumberjack with the most points at the end of the day wins.

Although Wynyard has led throughout the series, he's only qualified once for all six of the disciplines in the four qualifiers.

With all the lumberjacks competing in the mix, his ability to garner points could be offset and could level the playing field, leaving the door open for an upset.

"At this level anything can happen," Hughes said. "Every lumberjack here is capable of winning. If anything, 2001 proved that there can't really be a sure thing."

In that event, Bolstad of Taumarunui, New Zealand, won the title, virtually walking away with the championship after winning four of the six events.

Something similar happened on Friday. What remains to be seen is if Wynyard's wake-up call will last for the next two weeks.