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tim e Sha ruga wa s not to be in timi dated by Kelt 's aggressiveness . By m idrace , Sharuga h ad buill hi s lead to five seco nds o ver Kell a nd a lmost ' 10 a t th e fin ish . Palmer (Ans wer! Kawasa ki) had got ten p ast Tedder (MX Fox! H o nda ) a nd was a di stant thi rd. Sha ru ga stayed in co n trol a nd took th e m oto well o ut in front. Kell fini shed second wi th Pal mer th ird a nd T edder fourt h . Kelt 's th ird a nd seco n d ga ve h im th e ov erall an d Palmer rever sed those numbers to earn seco nd. T edder took th ird a nd the di sastrous first rnoto dropped Sharuga to fourth o vera ll. T h e l 25cc Novice race co u ld ha ve been bi lled a s th e " G uy Deckert Show." Deckert went wire-to-wire in rnoto one with n ary a serious cha llenge u nti l 100 la te in th e m oto, In th e la st la p , C hris 'G a bles fin a lly broke a wa y fro m h is ra ce-lo ng figh t fo r seco nd wi th Jamie Mora bito a nd tr ied to close o n Deckert , wh o was no w ta ki ng it easy. T ime ran o u t a nd Deckert h ad th e win , G ables th e seco nd spot. At th e sta rt of rn oto two , severa l bi kes j um ped th e gat e, which the n hung up m omen tarily, trapping severa l o th ers, incl uding Deckert, who was last. The ra ce was red-flagged a n d resta rted . T his tim e Deckert bea t th e bunch an d stayed in th e lead a ll th e way. G ables was th e one w ho suf fered a t th e restart a n d barel y worked his way u p to eig h th a t th e end. Surprisingly, everyone else was so scra m b led that eig h th was good eno ug h for seco nd overa ll. Kevin Nea l a nd J ason Newman were in a ni p-and-bark tuss le right fro m the ga te in moto one of th e l25cc Intermedia te race . Newm an had moved to the lead by inches in lap two a nd cl u ng 10 it. Short ly after th e mi drace sign, Neal dropped h is bik e a nd fell ba ck as Mark Lap ora a nd SCOll Murphy m oved to second a nd third. M oto two saw Newm a n a nd Neal a t it aga in . T his ti m e it was New ma n 's turn 10 drop back a nd, onc e more, Lapora a n d Murphy were th ere 10 p ick u p th e p ieces. Murp hy was m ovin ' a nd go t by Lapora in lap six 10 take seco nd in th e rnoto a nd ea rn th e overa ll l 25cc In term ediate wi n wi th th e best to tal. Th e Pee Wees were o u t in force to en joy th e excelle nt co n ditions', an d Robby Ham mond wa s o u t en forcin g h is cont ro l o f that clas s. H am m ond easily won both Ex pert rno tos wi th J erry Alem an a lso picking u p two in the Ama teu r class. Steve Hen gerveld took both m oto s o f th e 60cc class, with Sha y McAlister on h is back every in ch of th e way . H ammond was back 10 win th e 0-8 d ivision o f th e 60s. H e just turned seven in December, so by th e tim e h e o u tgrows th a t d ivision, h e'll have had over two years exper ien ce and ca n be expected to dominate the 60s and probabl y the 80s. For th e m oment, th ough, a ll the 80s h ad to worry a bo u t was Intermedia te Dana Wiggin.' That was n o concern for m ost o f the m ; th e ga te drops a nd Bang l Wi ggin is gon e for th e chec kered a nd th e rest ca n race for seco n d. H e got th e h ol eshot in both motos of both th e 80cc Stoc k a nd th e 80cc Modified classes a nd all four wins as well. Kell and Sharuga were back a t it in th e 250cc Pro race, with Kell in th e lead from th e start. It was a no-quartergiven baule all the way . While they fought, Mall T edder was closing on them and, by lap four, it was a fast, hard, three-way fight. Sharuga pulled a spectacular triple jump at the beginning of lap six to take the lead. A few turns later, Tedder powered past Kell and moved right up on Sharuga. Tedder was on the gas and looking for an opening. He seemed a bit faster in the very rough stuff and hit the jumps harder. On one of them, h e f:j B ~ O'MARA SHOWS CHAMPIONSHIP FORM AT ANAHEIM 13kes Third on One Leg Despite the fac t that h e had hyperextended a knee only a week earlie r, Johnny O'Mara was still able to run with America's best. O'Mara demonstrated his championship commitmen t by placing third a t the Anaheim S upercross. Johnny's helme t? The Bell Moto-4. More professional off-road racers wear a Moto-4 than all other h elmets com bi ned . Why? Like Johnny O'Mara. we have a championship com m itmen t--a com mitment to provid e you with the finest h elmet possib le. With the Bell Moto -4, we have that helmet. The Moto-4 features our patented Force Flow" ven tila tion system to h elp keep you cool. The liner--removable for easy c1eanlng--is made fro m super-comfortable polypropylene to help keep you dry throughou t those d em anding, hot motos. And the lightweight, fiberglass Moto -4 lsSnell '85. ANSI 290 and DOT c ertifie d. 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