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Can ad i an Ross Pederson leads
Ke nny Keylon in 2 50cc Pro /Am
ac t ion.
John Kitch m anaged to stay in fron t of Kenny Kizza r for the 1 2 5 cc B
Pro f A m class w in after the two took turns getting stuc k in the dee p ruts.
D av e Hollis played it safe i n the 500cc Prof Am contest and led th e pack to
the checkers at Florida's Croom Raceway.
Florida February MX Series: Round 1.
McElroy, Ha_rrell
and Hollis survive
Croom mudbog
By Mike and Anne Adair
BR O OK SVILLE. FL, JAN . 26
Brian McE lroy, Todd H arrell and Dave H ol,
a sween In
IIS 1e d a Yama ha sweep i the rain -sh orten ed
.
operung roun d 0 f t h e Fl onid a S upercross
Warmup Seri es a t Brooksville's Croo m R acewa y. The Yamaha- sponsored,
Worldsport-organized series provides conrin uous racing Ior eas tid . b
h \V·
ern n e.rs etween t e l?ter
1&
Yamaha Motorsports department 's
La rry Gri ffis a nnou nced a t th e kic.k o ff tha t Ya m a ha ~as exten.ded ns
amateur a nd p rofession al co n u ngency
p rogra m to five p laces in eac h class
for this series in orde r to " c ive the
AMA Ser ies and th e At la nta/ Gam esv i'lre"!t1a"y'M~ "'tmM "Cr"owli "QlUst"" I""3\Vards"
"t~" the "
riM rs "~Tlo" ai'e" "
h
ac'
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support ing our deal ers." Du e to th e
conti n u i ng ra i n a nd co ld a ffecting
track co nd itions, Cro om p rom o ter
Ra nd y Yoho elected to a ward th e
p urse, tro p hi es a nd co n tingencies
based on o ne mo to o f raci ng.
McElroy, wh o was a p re-race fav orite in the Wint er AM A pri or to
wren ching hi s kn ee a t th e G ainesville
o pener, returned to ac tion a t Croom
in the I 25cc Pro /Am class. Canadian
Ma rc C oburn led th e m ot o but
dumped hi s hol esh o t in th e slime on
th e fourth jump. Ken n y Boll mei er,
Bru ce Buerk, a nd Ti mothy Brill wer e
u p fro nt in th e hunt, while Kenny
Keylon and Ross Pederson fared worse
in th e sta rt an d were for ced to charge
th ro ugh th e p ack from th e rear. Keylon sa id, " I bogged it off th e line and
a fter ca tch ing Buerk, my ro llover
ca n n ister packed up a nd I co u ld n ' t
see. It was a real mess." Barr/Yamahaspo n sored McElroy fell in th e fin a l
lap , but kept Boll meier a t bay for the
wi n . " H e just go t a way from m e, "
co m me nted Bo llmeier , " next week
he wo n ' t ge t that ch a nce ," Keylon 's
rear sp roc ke t gave up th e battle a nd
shed its teeth with th e lead ers well
o ut o f range. Keylon , nursin g h is a iling Yam aha to th e flag , settled for the '
n umber-three spot o n th e finish ros ter. McE lroy explained happ ily, " I
can sure u se that IOOOfrom Yamaha ,
I' ve been tra ini ng hard , bu t I had to
give m y kn ee a rest a n d co u ld n' t race
la st mo nth , It 's go od to be back."
Keylon showered , rem ounted for
the 250cc co ntest and led T odd H arrell, J ohn Sh ay, Ped erson, H o ll is a nd
Joe Waddington in th e firs t-la p pack.
" It was a bad time to lead ," sa id KevIon. " I didn 't kn ow which rut to
take." Keylo n g uessed wrong , bo gged
to his ta n k, a nd H arrell pi cked a better lane, taking over th e soggy point.
Bollmei er d ug hi s Yam a ha ou t from
the bo t tom o f a stac k-up a nd sta rted
h is race in last pl ace. Keylon extra cted
h is bik e fro m th e mire a nd gained o n
H a rrell. H e h ad closed wi thi n a few
len gths when hefell again in th e top
section . "Todd roosted me," h e expl a i ned in hi s p it. " I rea ched to p u ll
m y ro ll o ff a nd I ended up pull ing
m yself right over. " H a rrell 's Mike
Ca lla ha n-p rep p ed, Ha ll ma n Racing/
Wh it e P ow er / S&S S p ro c ke t/ H iPo int /Scott Yamaha set a blistering
pa ce, while Keyl ~n tried to scra m ble,
o n ly to fa ll aga m: Yamaha Mot ors
Canada/ Answer/SIIko lene-sponsored
Pederson took over seco nd, until KeyIon got hi s momentum back , repassed
":1M "':1M iI fill'llnMI"a'\ 1-liI fr~n~ ~~~"
Ion wa s on ly a second away when
H a rr ell dodged the last fallen rider
a nd took the ch eckered. 'Todd wa s
smooth a nd fast toda y," said the run n erup. " I had to ride too hanltocatch
h im."
Pro Sh ock/Wheels of Oxford-sponso red Dave H ollis pl a yed it safe in th e
500cc Pro and led John Collins, David
Sm ith, Kevin Seid le, Harold 'eig h bors, Richard Sirois and Ted Van est
through th e fir st sl ippery serpentine
st'ction ." I was slow off th e co ncrete
sta rt gate," sa id the Michigan rider,
" bu t I found so me traction in th e wet
sa nd an d wa s a ble to ca tch Collins
before th e first tum." Florida's Collins held the second spot and waited
for a Hollis miscue that never carne.
Hollis was unable to tell who was
behind him as all th e riders were
black with mud. While Collins locked
up second, Canadians Sirois and
Shane Drew were knifing through
the pack from last place. Sirois' Honda
took over third from eigh bo rs and
soo n found Drew for company, As
H oll is celebra ted h is firs t win of the
season, he exp la ined , " 1 would like to
th ank J im m y Prior of Pro Shock for
a ll h is h el p . I wouldn 't be ra cing this
year without h is su p port,"
In an excitin g I25cc B co n test,
Ca nadia n J amie McLean, Michigan 's
J ohn Kitsch a nd Tennessee's Kenny
Kizzar took turns leadingand getting
stuck in th e deep ruts, Kizzar'sYamaha
led every lap but th e one that counted
when Kitsch's Barr/American Comp
Ka w a sa k i finally pulled ahead.
McLean sa id, " I p icked a bad line
a nd , aft er that little error, those guys
were just too fast to catch."
Greg Cecil came out of retirement
to lead R ick Perry, Dan Crawford
a nd David Ind iveri in th e 500cc B
mota. Cycl es of Long Wood-sponso red Crawford said, " 1 th ink Greg
got tired out there today. I took the
lead on th e whoops and tried not to
fa ll after that."
T ommy Ferry took th e early lea d
in th e 85cc 7- I I contest, but buried
h is Yamaha in a bad rut and was
passed by Brock Bu llard. " We both
got stuc k and passed each other a
co up le of times during the moto," sai d
YamahaiGear/Scott-sponsored Bu llard , " Dadcha nged toa lo rer sprocket
a fter pra ct ice and it helped."
Woody Stri ck land passed David
Ellis for a Senior class wm and had
a lready loa ded h is R.C. H iIl slBarr
Ka wasa ki wh en th e seco nd moto was
ca lle d off. "The promoter d id th e
righ t th ing ," sai d Strick land. " 1don't
want , ~o rui n m y eq ui pment in the
m ud.
Arl ie Cecil's Kawasaki passed David
Kuxha u sen a nd Daniel Pio ux to lead
the first th ree la ps of 250cc C a cti on ,
bu t All en Lundsford 's Honda reeled
h im in o n lap fo ur to ca pture th e
ch eckered flag.
Results
PRO AM
125cc: 1. Bri . n McElroy (Y....t 2. ICanny BotImeier (Y.m); 3 . Ken ny Keyton (y.mt 4 . Broce_
(Hon); 5. Ross Pederson (Yom~
25Occ: 1. Todd Ha rrell (y.mt 2. Kenny Keylon
(Vam); 3. Ross Pederson (Yam t 4 . Dave HoItis
(y am); 5. John Shay (Yam~
OPEN: 1. Oave Hollis (Yam t 2. John t:.oruns
(Yam); 3. Richa rd Sirois lHont4. Sha . . Dn!wlHont
5. Kevin Siedi IHon~
A M ATEUR
125cc B: 1. John Kitsch 1Kawl: 2. 1Canny ICizzar
(Yam ); 3 . Jamie Mclean (Yam t 4 . Jell Puterbaugh
(Hon); 5 . Danny zcne (Yam l.
250cc B: 1. Rod ney On lHont 2. Tony BulIan1
(Yam); 3 . Tommy Knapp (Yam t 4 . Den Mille< (Yam t
5. Andy Whil e (Y.m~
OPEN NOV: 1. Dan CnowIonI (Yam t 2.Rickhny
(Vam); 3 . David Indi.-i (YlIf11t 4 . Greg t:eciI (Yamt
5. Don Teddy (Yam ).
85c c 12 · 15 : 1. John Kitsch (K.awt 2. Daryl
Vou ngblood (Yam); 3 . Sean SmeltzerlHont 4 . Ryan
Dean (Kaw) ; 5. Derek Voungblood (Yam~
85cc 7-1 1: 1. Brad< Bu llanl lYamt 2. M ichael
Poore IKaw) ; 3. TIm Feny (Yam~
SRS: 1. Woody Slriddand (Kawt; 2. Dave B1is
(Kaw) ; 3. Bill Darl ing (Hon t 4 . David Indineri (Yam t
5. Ed Lon gaa e tSuzj.
125cc C: 1. Andrew F..... ISuzl; 2. RicIty tt.npsh ire (Suz); 3 . Troy Smith lYomt 4 . Kelly Voung
(Suz); 5. M ike Foley (Yam ).
25 0cc C: 1. Al len lunslonllH
