·Rick Johnson (1) leads Jeff FrilZ (52), Jeff Ward (3), Ross Pederson (25) and Dennis Hawthome (35) into tum one in the second 260cc moto.
AMA 125/25Occ National Championship MX Series: Rounds 2/2
Johnson, Holland
sweep.Hangtown
By Mike Larson
Photos by Troy Scott
SACRAMENTO, CA, MAR. 22
Honda's Rick Johnson and Suzuki's George.
Holland took victories at Hangtown the
same way they did at the season opener in
Gainesville, Florida. Johnson swept the
250cc cl<\ss with a 1-1 score and
Holland used a 2-2 tally to
claim the 125cc division
honors.
Rick Johnson slams the door on Jeff FrilZ to take the lead in the first
260cc moto; Johnson went on to a 30-second win over Jeff Ward.
George Holland (7) took the 12.6cc class win witIT a 2-2 tally while Erik
Kehoe (8) won the second moto and finiShed second overall.
Johnson decimated the first 250
moto, leading at times by as much
as 40 seconds over. Kawasaki's Jeff
Ward. In the second moto Ward
made the contest much more interesting by keeping pressur~ on John'
son for the entire race.
Consistency paid off again for
Holland. Team Yamaha's Jeff Leisk
grabbed the first moto win after
several lead changes., with Holland
running a close second. In moto two,
a strong performance was turned in
by Holland's Suzuki teamate, Erik
Kehoe, who took the win, while
Holland fought his way up to second
to claim the overall victory.
Heavy rain during Saturday's
Amateur races left the track with a
couple of large mudholes and led to
some rider complaints at the riders'
meeting. The protests resulted in a
small jump being built at the base
of the first major downhill section
of the track, just before the first of
the mudholes.
After the first motos were completed, the track was routed around
the second mudhole in the right
hander at the bottom of the track's
biggest downhill.
250cc National
Jeff Frisz jetted into the lead as the
pack exited turn one in the first
moto, btit by the halfway point of
the lap Frisz had Johnson glued to
his rear fender. Johnson snaked his
way into the lead near the end of the
lap with Frisz and Ward in tow.
By lap two, Johnson was up to full
s~d and was quickly leaving the
held behind. At the end of the lap
Johnson was five seconds ahead of
Ward who was just in front of the
battle for third between Frisz, Jeff
Stanton, Broc Glover and Doug
Dubach.
Johnson turned in the fastest lap
of the day on laJ;> three, recording
a quick 2:59 cirCUIt.
