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Mike Fisher won the 250cc Pro
class·and the series at Carlsbad.
led Brown home in bo th motos for
th e da y's 500cc P ro class overall wi n .
Luck p layed a maj or p art in
Craig's cha mpions hi p victory. The
top th ree series riders coming in to
Carlsbad didn 't show u p for the event
which gave the Yamaha factory rider
a help ing ha nd. However , Craig
earned h is titl e aft er taki ng a 2-1 ta lly
to th e winner's circle for the overall.
Fish er's overall in the 250cc P ro
class was also aided by a littl e lu ck.
Bad lu ck p lagued series p oint
leader J eff Wa rd a s the for mer
Su percro ss Cha mpion inj ured him self while practi cing for the Anaheim
Su percross the day before.. Ward was
also not present a t Carlsbad which
gave th e Maxima/ Kawasa ki/ O 'Neal
USAf Acerb is/Ohlins/Rentha IlCTi
Brace/ Sco tt -spo n sored Fi sher a n
easier shot a t th e o vera ll win.
Fish er took co mp lete adva ntage of
Ward 's a bsence and won th e overall
with two perfect rides. Ward dro pped
to seco nd in th e fin a l poi nt sta nd ings
a hea d of Yamaha-mounted; Ste ve
Lamson.
Bro wn 's victory in the 500cc Pro
class was not as clea n as Craig's or
Fisher's, but it was just as effective.
Brown co nt in ued hi s string of consistent fini shes to claim seco nd in
both mot os to Bria n Manley for the
runner -up position. The number
two slot was solid eno ugh to place
Brown firml y into th e cha m pio nsh ip
victory circle a hea d of Greg Zitterkopf a nd Derek Brown.
In th e I25cc Pro class the titl e went
righ t down to the wire.
Bill y Wh itl ey led Denny Stephenson, J eff Em ig , Mike Young a nd
Yues Dem ari a a round a t the stan , but
slowl y fad ed back to seventh within
the first few laps. With Whitley o u t
of the wa y Em ig managed to shoo t
past Stephenson and move into the
lead. Up fro nt the battle raged as th e
top five co ntin ually too k shots at
Em ig 's position.
Wh ile m uc h of th e a ttentio n was
bein g focu sed o n th e lead, Craig had
begun wor king his way up from a
poor start and slowly negotiated hi s
way into fifth.
Nearthe halfw a y po int th e order
of the top five flip-flopped aro und
as Craig forced hi s way into th ird
behind Emig and Step henson . Su zuki's Todd DeHoop bum ped h is way
up to fo urth with Young fall in g back
to fifth .
The last few laps saw Craig put
