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Cycle News 1988 08 24

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Donny Sc hmit grabbed the holeshot at the start of the first 125cc moto. Schmit won both motos for his second straight overall w in at Millville. Team Honda's Guy Cooper (5) briefly led Schmit in the second moto. Cooper ended up taking second overall via a 2-5 tally. AMA Bel-Ray/RK Chain National Championship 500/125cc MX Series: Rounds 5/11 -- - Johnson, Schmit win; Holland clinches 125cc title in Minnesota By Kit Palmer MILLVILLE, MN, AUG. 14 T eam Honda'~ R ick Johnson an d Suzuki's Donny Schmit each came away w.ith backto-back m oto win s to secure class victories a t the Spring Creek National Motocross, the second-to-last round of the National Championship Ser" Jh '50Oc I . res. 0 nson s c c. a~s ~m came two weeks after finishing fourth overall at the Troy, Ohm, National, while Schmit captured his first wm of the senes in the l25cc class. . Although johnson and Schmit were tops in Mi,llville, it w~s re~ lly George Holland s day. Despite bei ng sick the past two weeks and riding only once since the Ohio National, the factory Honda rider from Kerman , California, clinched the National Championship l25cc MX Series title after finishing third in the first moto. "It's a big relief," said Holland. "I've had nothing else but the championship on my ~in~ for the past two months, so I think It'S gomg to take a while before it really sinks in. My goal today was to just clinch the title in the first moto, I've been ,s ick ever since I got back from Ohio; I've been feeling kind of weak ." johnson, on the other hand, wanted to win the Millville National badly after Lechien - johnson's closest rival - won both motos in Ohio. In revenge , johnson stormed back and won both motos, today, fairly easily. " I wanted to prove to everyone that I don't give up even if I get beat," said johnson. Lechieri, who showed up at the track in a limousine, finished second

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