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· at Unadilla and we travelled to , Florida to see him do it again." 'I In th e o pening 125cc Pro moto Jeff Beckington, J eff Gl a ss, Ba rr y Carsten a nd j ohn Kitsch raced over ' th e double jump with Beckington holding th e inside lin e thro ugh the long left-hand sweeper for th e lead . Ronnie Tichenor, J ay Mann, Mike LaRocco and Bowen were in m idpack but in the fast lan e. Kawasak i/' TUF/Race T ech /Scott sponsored Kitsch mov ed by Carsten on lap three and locked in on Beckington, Beckington sai d, " I felt good but the bik e wentout from under m e and Kitsch, Tichenor and Carsten passed me befor e I co uld get going again." T ich en o r put the pressure on Kitsch for II laps, but Kitsch rod e £lawlessly a nd pres erved the win. Suzuki 's Tichenor, who was off with the £Iu last week, explained, " J ohn was very fast toda y. I'm kind of out of shape, having not ridden since .. Dade Cit y ." Bowen made it to third before h is cl utch fri ed, m aking room for La Rocco's charge. Ya maha /G ea r z S c o t t /R Ksponsored LaRocco owned ' all but the final four laps of moto two. Bowen 's T UF Kawasaki ro lled from th e firth spot a nd methodicall y picked o ff Patri ck Barton, Carl Samson, and William Dzielak before passing LaRoco o n lap II . LaRoco said , " La pped rid ers held me up and cos t me mu ch of my lead." Bowen said, " Mike is racing four motos. I can' t believe he stayed so close to me for th e rest of th e ra ce." Carsten scored second in th e series aboard a Answer/ Circle Sp rockets/ Blockers Yam aha. T he 250cc P ro ac tio n o pened with hol esh ot specialist Man n doin g his thing, j eff Frisz, Car l Vaillanco urt a nd j ohn Reinholt close a nd Fred Andrews , Kell er ' a nd H annah in range. Hannah a nd Keller ta ngled in turn three and went do wn. Keller sai d, " I tried to miss some gu ys and fell in front of Bob . I [eel reall y bad abo u t it and sure ho pe he isn't hurt. " Hannah remoun ted in last, but kept shaking hi s left arm as he rode. With the cro wd behind him all th e way, he began to regain his momen tum , charging back to fourth, H annah said, " ' I hit my funnybone a nd my hand was numb. I just kind of stuck o ut there o n the bar s wit h little or no strength [or a while.'.' At th e front Fri sz and Reinhold had di spl aced Mann 's Kawasaki a nd raced for the win. Reinholt exp lained, " J eff dropped it in the sand a nd I caught up to him and passed him in the esses, Wood y Kyle turned my bik e into a rocket shi p thi s week." Frisz sai d, " I tri ed to catch j ohn ana thought that it was my riding. We learned later th at my filte r was leaking and the engi ne sucked sand. " LaRocco beat H annah to the £lag for third with Fred Andrews fifth. Hannah was set to ro ll in mo to two as he led Mann over the do ub le jump, but the Suzuki landed in a hol e and H annah stu ffed his head hard into th e ground. " You should see the kn obb y marks on my arm ," said .H a nnah . " T hos e kids used me [or tractio n o u t there." Mann led a lap a nd Reinholt three before th e " H u rricane" stormed from last to first. LaRocco gassed it from ninth o n lap two to second ahead of R ei n h o lt a n d Kelle r. 'Former series ch amp Mark Murphy ended his series with an impressive back-of-the-pack charge to fifth. As Rein holt a nd his mechanic celebrated th e overall win, he said smiling, "I have been training hard and it paid off today. " . La Rocco, wh o finished th ird over- 00 00 0") 1"""'"4 A TRU LY UN IQUE A ND VERSATilE RV For on -ro ad or off-road enthusiasts . the Toyhouse by Alfa provides not only a safe. sound and clean ride for your race or sports car. motorcycles, dune buggie. ATV's and ATCs . but also a nice. comfortable place to stay when you get there. Up 10 10 year RV financing is available through our dealer networ k. 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