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Camel Pro Series veteran Steve Morehead dominated the opening rounds of the Wiseco-Spectro Dirt Track Series in Florida. Steve Morehead (42) passes Don Estep (64) en route to the Expert win; Estep finished ninth on Saturday and sixth on Sunday. Wiseco-Specfro Dirt Track Series: Round 1-2 Morehead sweeps Tampa Half Miles By Dave Hoenig Photos by flat Trak Fotos TAMPA, FL, FEB. 14-15 Steve Morehead donlinated the opening rounds of the Wiseco-Spectro Dirt Track Series at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Morehead led every lap of Saturday's Expert final 16 but he had to work mueh harder on Sunday to get his KK Motor1 IJ W H IF&S eye 1e S upp y . . unt Harley-Davidson/StorzlJohn Dragoo-sponsored Harley-Davidson imo the winner's circle. Morehead had to slip his Tex Peel-built XR75Q past Sammy Sweet then hold off the challenges of Pete Hames to gain the victory on the half mile oval. The Pro-Am and Junior classes also had double winners with Bryan Villella, last year's number two Junior, easily the winner of the Junior finals. Kevin Atherton breezed to Saturday's win but Mike McDonnell made Athenon earn his Sunday win in the Pro-Am Division. Sammy Sweet kicked off Saturday's program by turning fast Expert time at 25.143. Dan Ingram was second. Rich Foard and Atherton wail Pro-Am scratch heats, and Hawaii's Chris Kiser and Villella took the Junior scratch heats. Atherton repeated in the first Regional Pro-Am heat, winning by a full straightaway, and Tom Ikey won the second heat. Kiser and Villella repeated their wins in the Junior class. The first Expert heat saw Sweet and Morehead run wheel-to-wheel for the emire r.ace, but Sweet took the win over Morehead as they both pulled away from Steve Eklund and Ronnie Jones. David Miller jumped into the lead of heat two but was soon joined by Ingram and Rod Farris. Floridian Miller was not to be denied a win on his "home" track and he held off Farris. Ingram and Don Estep finished third and fourth, respectively. McDonnell charged into the lead of the Pro-Am final with Ikey and Atherton in tow. Atherton stood that for two laps, then blasted his Ron Wood/Perry's H-D/Arai/Hi-Point/ Hog Wash/Tsubaki Northern ElectriciNHI-sponsored Wood-Rotax into the lead. Atherton built a good lead to win over McDonnell who was well ahead of Ikey, Foard and Larry Arnetl. [key picked up enough points to move up the next day to the Junior ranks. Kiser led the first three laps in the Junior final only to see Villella motor by on lap four. By the halfway point, Villella was far ahead of Kizer who held a good lead over a battle between Scott Stump and Mike Scott. The red flag came out on'lap nine when Buddy Haas, Chance Darling and Rob Nichols fell in turn two. The riders were unhurt but Hass' bike was left in two pieces and only Darling made the restart. The top three positions stayed the same but Mike Scott was damaged the most by the restart, dropping from fourth to eighth. Villella made it look easy as he wheelied his WoodRotax across the finish line. Villella had just added Cam 2 Racing Fuel to his lengthy list of sponsors - Ron Wood/MC Racing/Tsu-