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Donny Schmit (401) edged Willie
Surratt for the 125cc Pro-Am win.
Rick Johnson won his f irst Supercross of the series. and with it. takes over the points lead .
AMA Nippondenso Supercross series:
Round 3
Johnson's revenge
in San Diego
By Kit Palmer
SAN DI EGO. CA, FEB. 8
Before 30,208 cheering specta tors, Tea!?
Honda's R ick Johnson finally c~pt~re~ hIS
first win of the Supercross Senes inside a
soggy J ack Murphy Stadium, just a few miles
fro mJohnson 's'hometown ofEI
Cajon. "I' ve ,~ant~d this w in
~?r f~)U~ years, said J ohnson.
This IS . my ho~etown , a nd
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I've go t a lot of fri ends o ut th ere
wa tch ing. I' ve had to listen to peo pl e
talk over th e yea rs abou t o the r people
winn in g this race; n ow I ge t to listen
to th em ta lk a bo ut me." .
J ohn son won th e race 111 th e sa me
man ner as he a lmos t won the la st
Supercross ro u n ds in An aheim , Ca liIornia , an d H ouston , T exas. T he
popu lar J ohnson took o ver tl.le lead
ear lv in th e race a nd dom in ated .
ho wever, thi s rim e .J ohn~on did o ne
th ing d ifferent ly - h: didn 't fall .o r
bl o w.a h.u ge lead I.at e 111 the race like
he d~ d 111 An a hell~l. a~ld ~?Us t(:)[L
Instead , J o hnson mamtame~.tq Ulck
and smoot h pace, and plainly b.eat
ever~b()dy COllI . the . t ra c \f ~~fe~ d ~ n.~
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