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hooked up best on t he sloppy start straight and led the start of the first 125cc moto. Damon Bradshaw survived Hurricane Hugo and brought some of the force of.t he storm to Binghamton as he won the 125cc class . Jeff Stanton (7 ) took the lead in the second 500cc moto when Lechien's (4) rear hub broke. Stanton won the moto for the overall victory. AMA National Championship 125/500cc MX .Series: Rounds 10/3 first 125cc National mota left the line as a n es ti m a ted 7000 spec ta to rs wa tched. Bradsh aw worked hard for hi s $1000 payday as he had close battles o n hi s wa y to 2- 1 m o to scores. Kawasaki 's J eff Mati asevich turne d in hi s best -ever Nationa l performan ce wi th 3-2 fin i sh es wh ich sec ured seco nd o veral l. P ri vat eer H onda rider Donny Schmi t rounded ou t th e top th ree overa ll. Brad shaw battled in th e first moto with title ri val Mik e Kiedrowski until the two tangled at th e end of lap one and Kiedrowski went down. Kiedrowski's Honda teammate Guy Coo per sent Bradshaw over a berm lat e in th e race to take the win. The cras h cost Kiedrowski as his 6-5 moto scores dropped him 27 points behind Bradshaw with only three rounds rem aining in th e 125cc series. There was an I I-po int gap betw een the two prior to the event. " T hat takes a bit of pressure off," Bradshaw said, " bu t I still look at it as though I'm behind in points. I want to win by as many points as I can." Team Honda's Stanton a lso helped his quest to win three championships in a season. The Supercros s and 250cc National champ came into the contest third in the 500cc standings, 17 points behind Bradshaw, Stanton storm Broome-Tioga By Nate Rauba BINGHAMTON, NY , SEPT. 24 Damon Bradsh aw barely escaped H u rrican e H u go which rip ped throu gh his h ometown of Charlotte, Nor th Carolina, two days before the Bingham ton National MX, bu t the Team Yamaha rider brought some of the force ยท S north to Br~ome- T ioga ports Center to WIn the 125cc class. 6 Bradshaw joined 500 cc class winner J eff Stanton in victory circle at th e end of wh at turned o u t to be a beautiful day. The tail end of th e hurricane passed through New York State th e da y befor e the National. Several in ches ..Qf rain turned th e track into a soupy mess for an a~ateur eve.nt , but fortunately th e ' ram subsided late Saturday afternoon. Although there were still lingering clouds the morning of th e Suzuki/ Tony D. MX Schools/Coca-Colasponsored National, no rain fell. Thanks to hard work by th e BroomeTioga tra ck crew and su ns h ine throughout the da y, th e co urse dr ied ou t and was in good shape when th e Kawas aki 's J eff Ward, winner of th e first two ro unds. But while Stanton rode to 3-1 fini shes and a $1500 payday, Ward struggled to 5-4 fin ishes and saw hi s point lead diminish to six over Stanton . "The most import ant thing today was ge tti ng points," Stan ton said. T aking points from everyo ne was Frenchman J ean-Michel Bayle, th e 250cc World Ch ampion, with 2-2 rides . Defending 500cc National cham p R ick J ohnson co mpleted the top three with 4-3 scores , which moved him into third in the standings, a point ah ead of first-rnoto winner Ron Lechi en . Lechien DNF moto two with a broken rear hub. 125cc The first moto began with the top two titl e contenders at th e front as Kiedrowski pulled th e hol eshot and led Bradshaw for the first lap. Nearing the end of the first circuit, howt:ver, Bradshaw came around the outside of Kiedrowski at the widest point of the track, th e mechanics signalling area. Bradshaw swooped over to the inside, th e two tangled and Kiedrowski went down. Severa l of the mechanics who saw the move claimed Bradshaw intentionally moved over on Kiedrowski, and the Honda rider obviously wasn 't pleased.