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,", C(") 00 0') (Top) Winner Kerl Jorden leeds the 125s over Jeff Surwell (62), Jeff Gless (21-0 ), Merk Coste (2 0 9) end-Eric Vernell (70) . (A bove left) Englimd'sOavid Welsen (4 ) leeds the 250s. (Above right) Den Conwey (7 1 ), winner John Reinholt (163), M ickey Kessief ( 3 6 ) end M ike Tripes (120) in the Open Pros. Honda Winter-AMA MX Series: Round 3 Jordan, Benolkin 8& Reinholt earn Orlando bucks 125cc Pro By Mike and Anne Adair ORLANDO, FL, JAN . 16 Yamaha's Karl Jordan and Honda 's Tom Beno1kin and John Reinholt scored 125,250 and 500cc Pro class wi ns in the third round of the Honda Winter-AMA MX Series a t Orlando Sports Stadium. Jordan remains undefeated this seaso n . For Benolkin and Rein- said Benolkin. "I've been playing the RA W m ethod tapes that David Boles showed me. I'm more relaxed a nd a real holeshot king now." . Reinholt, who was equally ecstatic said, "This is my hometown crowd. There's no wa y I could let them down . I had to win. I love it." A cold weather snap made practice sessions rough on the mechanics, but the sun wa rmed the event by midday. A good crowd of spectators were back to shirt-sleeves as they rimmed Orlando Sports Stadium 's yellow snow fencing . holt, the sweet taste of victory has replaced th e bitterness o f defeat in th e opening rounds. " I was just trying too h ard before," St. Petersburg's Kar l Jordan isn 't helping the motojourna list's cause as he ripped off two more quick moto wins for his sponsors Yamaha and Hi- Point. R oosted by J o rdan in moto one were Jeff Surwall, Aaron Pitts, Eric Yarnell , Jeff Glass, J ames Veugel er and David Weak . Yamaha of Canada 's Jeff Surwall, who was third o vera ll, said la ter, " J o h n Kingsley sen t m e a new en gine this week . It rea lly h elps. " Team H onda 's Indiana rider, Aaron. Pitts, who joined the Pro ranks this year a fter severa l good seaso n s in Florida as an Amateur, moved by Surwall on lap two and dominated the second spot. Yarnell hung in the top four until Massachusetts' Steve Burdette took over on lap eight. Following Jordan in moto two were P i tts, Carlo Coen, Veugeler, Mark Flesia, Emery Anden , Jim Bro die, William Barr and Surwall. P itts wrapped second and moved to the number two spot in the series. Surwall moved up to third with New York's Coen scoring well again in fourt h place. Jordan admitted la ter , " T h ere were so many lappers i t was hard to keep my rhythm up. The bike is pulling strong and handling wel l. Dad (Gene J o rda n ) a nd Ray (Hem pstead) are doing a terrific job o n it." 250cc Pro Tom Benolkin and Kris Bigelo w 's Hondas blurred red at the head of the first 250cc rnoto with Yamaha 's Mark Murph y, Mai co's Mickey Kessler, Chris Borrello, Doug Longwell and Doug Jackson in the hunt. Bigelow missed lap two with an unseen problem.while Murphy and Kesslerdueled for seco n d . Kessl er out-i urn ed