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John Dowd (4 9 ) slithered to the overall win in the 250cc Pro class. Fred And rews (18) fin ished second overall. Florida Winter ·AMA Motocross Series: Round 2 Colem-an,Dowd sling mud at Hyman Myers By Mike and Anne Adair TALLAHASSEE, FL, JAN . 6-7 When Jeff Glass (65) got stuck in a rut. Chris Co leman (47) quickly went by and rode on to the victory in the 1 2 5 cc Pro class . Saturday's amateur classes were spared from the mud. Kev in Windham (51 1) prepares to pass Kenny Yoho for t he 85cc (12-13) class w in . Chris Coleman . and John Do wd demonstrated excellent New England m ud riding tech niq u e as each rider swept his Pro class motos in the second rou n d of the Florida Win ter AMA MX Series a t H yman Myers Park . T he 560 · 'd . d h . n ers Ignore t e s~v<: re ram forecast and put then rep u tations an d eq u ip me nt o n th e line. Saturday 's Amateur classes found a tractab le bu t da m p surface, wh ile th e . P ro class slugged it o u t in a sea o f red clay slime th e follow ing day. T he I 25cc Pro class win ne r, Kawa sa ki /Hi Po in t/Ba rrs /Scott-sponsored Co leman said, " I tried to keep m y moment u m up a nd not fall off. Vision was a key factor and th ank good ness my R olloffs lasted th ro ug ho u t bo th motos. " Coleman gav e h is Roll off s a better chan ce by leadi ng a ll b ut th e early go ing in bo th mot os. T h e 250cc P ro class winner , Dowd; w ho is backed by Kawasa ki T ea m Green, Cycl e Designs, Answer, Factory Suspension, Scott, Shoei, Dun lop and P ro Circu it com me nted, "I'm rea lly surprised 1 d id this we ll si nce 1 had never reall y co nsidered mys elf m uc h of a m ud rider. 1 m ade lots o f mista kes sli p pi ng a nd slidi ng ou t th ere, b ut sti ll managed to sta y o u t fro nt. " P romoter Mo nty Myers had ski ll full y groomed and pa cked the ser pent in e red clay course in an ticipation of th e co ld front 's passing. H is pl an wo rked for Sa tu rday's p ro gram , but steady ra ins came Saturday ni gh t a nd Su nday crea tin g a m ir e. H ym an Myers Park pe rso n ne l, referees Bob Yarnell a n d Dav e Aubrey d id a masterful job o f manning th e 'track a n d sa lvagi ng the race. Seve ra l Ama te ur classes were ca lled ~y popular vote after o ne m o to a nd In the Senior classes, the top contenders agreed n o t to rid e a t a ll. H onda , Ka wasaki, - Yamaha and S u zu k i rep s were a ll n eeded to support th ei r rid ers in to ugh co ndi tions a nd made the best of a bad si t ua tio n wi th a lo t of assistan ce thro ug ho ut the day. Suzu ki techni cia n J im Dan forth, who trash ed hi s box . va n in December, drove do wn in h is personal car to do w ha t he co u ld to help rid ers. Danfo rth exp la ined, "Next week 1 wi ll be ba ck a t the Winter AMA in fo rce. I'm gett ing a Ryder rent al truck to finish the ser ies." In the l25cc P ro class opener, J eff G lass ' S urf d e terge nt-s po nso red Suzuki blasted a head o f David Beckingto n over th e first jump a rid led Beckington , Colema n a nd a n a rmy of muddy jerseys on to the in fie ld . G lass pi cked th e wrong rut, m oment a rily stu ck it, a nd Colema n slithe red by for the lead. G lass, wh o with drew o n la p th ree, elaborated, " I ca n' t -seem to shake thi s bad ru n of luck. My transmissio n di ed last week and 1 lost m y igni tio n toda y." Seco nd p lace sha ped u p into a real duel with Tea m Green Kaw a sa ki / Barrs Com p tea m mates Mike Brown a nd J a y Mann doing the h onors, Mann mad e a wi de p ass on Brown in a mud pit o n ly to give it back a few slides later. On lap th ree the