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Broc Glover (66) ran near the front early in moto one before dropping back, wh ile Swede Peter Johansson (8 ) worked up to sixth in each moto. When Johnson crashed in moto two, van den Berk took the lead for nearly a lap until he also crashed just after this photo was taken. Va n den Berk (1) leads teammate Vehkonen (2 ), Johnson (16) and Bayle (1 11) at the start of moto two. Jeff Stan ton (7) worked his way to the front in both 125cc Support class motos . Here he chases runner -up Mike Kiedrowski in moto two. 8 in fourth with Suzuki 's Ron Tich enor close behind, and he was followed by van Doorn, Dymond and Johansson. Bayle got van den Berk o n lap five and Tichenor moved by Vehkonen . A little furth er back Dymond was pressuring van Doorn. Wh en Bayle moved into second J ohnson was already five seconds a hea d , and the margin conti n ued to grow. A few laps aft er taking over seco nd, Bayle crashed and dropped off the pace, allowing van den Berk a nd T ichen or to get by. '" swap ped a nd crashed ," said Bayle, illustrating his point with his ar ms and hands. '" was going for first , maybe too quickly." Dymond passed Vehkonen, van Doorn had Johansson on his tail, and Hannah was back around 20th. A lap later Tichenor crashed hard a n d was on the ~round, while Dymond was back In seventh with banners wrapped in his rear wheel at the tail end of a close battle with Johan sson a nd van Doorn. " I went around Tichenor's bike and sucked up some banners and lost the rear brake," said Dymond. Tichenor stayed on th e ground and was eventually carried from the side of the track, but luckily escaped with only a headache and bloody nose and was able to tell what happened. "I took a little different line," he explained. "The back end kicked, caught, then went the other way and threw me sideways." Tichenor had also crashed in the first turn in rnoto one, and then ran out of gas . At the halfway point the top three spread out while Johansson began to pressure van Doom and they both moved in on Vehkonen who held fourth. Dymond wasn't far behind and Hannah was up to 15th but didn't seem to have the same drive as he had exhibited in the first moto. '" didn 't think I was going anywhere," said Hannah " I could've charged to 10th quickly or slowly." Dymo nd adjusted to his situation and picked off van Doorn , who began to slide back to 10th,Johansson a nd finally Vehkonen. "Of co urse I tried to fo llow Dymond," said Vehkonen, "bu t he was fastest and I didn't feel so good. I didn't have good technique today." Back in seventh, Mike La R occo, who had been battling for the position for nearly the entire race, fought off Yamaha teammate Shaun Kalos. But Kalos was passed before th e finish by teammate Doug Dubach, who overcame stomach problems early in the moto. With Johnson a good 10 seconds clear of van den Berk late in the race, it looked like it would be a no ther routine finish. But with just over two laps remaining J ohnson lost the lead. "I came up th e hill, the same one where Tichenor crashed, and hit a rock with my front wheel , " explained Johnson: " I tried to rid e it out." Van den Berk went by the downed Johnson and was a few seconds ahead when Johnson got going again, but Johnson charged and was quickly on the new leader's tail. Then it was van den Berk's turn to make a mistake less than a lap la ter. "I took an outside line in an offcamber turn and the front end slid out," van den Berk said. " I was going to try everything; it was either win or crash. " . Johnson had an even bigger lead than before and coasted to the win 15 seconds ahead of van den Berk. Bayle was a distant third, and H a nna h didn't quit and charged up to 12th behind Soren Mortensen.