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until the end of th e rnoto , with
Sheidler and Hernandez rounding out
th e lOp five ,
Worth took home th e overa ll win
a nd th e 12 .000 pesos th at went al on g
with it as Hubbs came in seco nd on th e
fina l talli es. T hird overa ll went 10
Sh eidler; Preston grab bed fourth , and
Hernandez took a ha rd-earned fift h.
DG's Wild Wi lly Sim on s rod e h is
heart ou t in both motos of the 250cc
International, and it pa id off a t th e
end of the day . T aking th e holesh ot of
the first moto was Carlos Serrano . but
he went wide in th e first turn a nd th en
foul ed-a -plug. Jeff Vidic slip ped his
Ma ico under for the lead.
J ose Marin fought a losin g battle fo r
t h ird as Su zuki W est 's Gary Dent on ,
An d y Jannin gs, W illy Sim ons and
Dave Haugh set out in a dash for t he '
fro nt . By th e th ird lap , Dent on was in
second a nd Simon s had m otored into
third , bot h closin g on Vidic, As t he
trio went aro und th e fifth tim e,
Denton and Vid ic were .sid e -by-side as
t hey crested th e big gorge jump on th e
back straight. Denton put on a radical
mov e in th e tight left turn following
and took the lead away from Vidic.
Denton's reign as leader was
extremely shor t as he got off on th e
sa me lap , dropping to fou rth behind
Haugh . Vidic again ran in fro nt, but
next on th e list of harassers was
Sim ons. Willy put a move on J eff for
the lead , and it stuc k. H augh and
Denton were doin g th e sa me thing for
thi rd with Dave stick in g his move for
thi rd.
As th e pa ck ca me aroun d for th e
last lap . positi on s looked stable.
Simons, Vidic , H augh th en Denton
ca me around, but collec ting th e
check ers was not th esam e.
' Simons held for the win , b ut Vid ic .
with j ust a half-lap to go . came to a
sudden hal t. H e rip ped t he gas line off
10 chec k fuel. and that wasn't the
problem. Next came off t he spark pl ug
wire , and that d idn't cu re a nythi ng.
Disgu sted , Vid ic wa lked the bike
ac ross the line a nd out of the m on ey.
Electrica l problems were t he ca use .
H augh picked u p second as Denton
moved up to third, and coming ou t of
midpa ck was Sh erman Schnelle.r, wh o
picked up fourth as he pushed lit tle by
little to the fron t. Marin co llected
fift h, top Mexican .
II Off th e lin e th e second tim e came a
ragll'1g Serra n o. The Ari zon an pulled
int o a com mandi ng lead .by the sixt h
lap , a fte r Ga ry Dent on experie nced his
own "Daytona Supercr oss" incident in
Mexico. Dent on grabbed the holesho t
a nd early lead , but wh en trying 10 la p
a slower rider on the fifth lap, Dent on
was forced dow n and of f the tra ck.
Serra no 's lea d was also short -lived as
he fou led another plug . After th e race
he found ou t wh y th e spa rkers were
go ing so qui ck . T he owner of the bike
was runnin g Bel R ay, a 50 to I pre m ix
and higher. a t l 5 to 1.
On th e 10th lap , Simons had m oved
from fourth place to th e lead , with a
spu rt that ca rried him past Haugh .
T his duo was battlin g for th e overa ll
win, but Simon s was too pumped to let
go of anythin g . W hen the checkers
flew , Sim ons ro lled across to one of th e
biggest wins in his career with H augh
seco nd .
Denton h ad charged a fte r his fall
and was right on H augh at the line ,
but had to settle for third ahead of
Vid ic and Schneller .
Overall s wen t Sim on s. Denton ,
Haugh, Schneller and J ose Marin .
I Aft er th e ra ces, th e teams went back
to th e hotel whe re th e trophy
presentation s were made , pesos were
pa id , and th en th e partyin g began. •
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