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M icky Dymond won his heat race and placed fifth in the main. He leads the series point standings. Hughes co nt in ued hi s climb up th e ladder and managed to displace Young to third on th e final lap, a s Jeremy McGrath lost a position to Voh land. Holley took an unchallenged victory over Hughes, Young, Mulligan, Vohland a n d J erem y McGrath. Davis led McGrath, Dan Berg, Thomson, Vohland a n d Mike Young aft er th e rubber band sta rt of th e final. Davis' lead wa s short -lived as he was quickly kn ocked back to third. "I wa s second at the s ta rt ," McGrath sa id , " and I saw an o pe n ,jn g and took it. It was th a t si m p le." r McGrath powered past th e former - eam Suzuki rider and m oved into T th e lead before th e co m p letion of the firs t lap. After tak ing over th e lead, McGrath ope ned up a sm a ll cus hion a s Vohland fou g h t his way into second. I T he lead th at McGra th worked so hard to bui ld was soon cu t down by Vohland o n lap four. The p ressure was only felt for a lap sin ce Voh land slid ou t an d restarted in sixth . " I p us hed into th e turn rea l h ard ," r Voh la nd said, "I was trying to set McGrath up for th e ne x t two turns wh en I slid ou t. It h appened so fast there wa s n othing I co u ld really do. " While Vohland pi cked hi s bike u p , ' T h omson m oved into th e runner-up slo t ah ead o f Young. Dym ond wa s now fourth with Craig appl ying f pressure in fifth. f Up front McGrath co n tin ue d to set : the pa ce a n d h ad built up an eig h tseco nd lead wh en th e white flag came out. The last lap saw the T eam Green Kawasaki/Klemm Research/ AXO/ Wh ite Bros.lBell/Scott/Dun lop / I n nova tio n Sports/Renthal/Koller _Koll ers-backed rider tak e it easy in. .an effort to guarantee him th e win. ~ On the last lap, th e race wa s far from over for Dym ond a nd Cr ai g. Cr aig temporarily worked his way ' i n to fourth pla ce, but D ymond - retoo k the sp o t he had h eld for five • laps. At th e fin ish McGrath cl aimed th e I win wi th a l O-second margin over ,T h o m so n , Young , Dymond a n d Cra ig. In " I felt gr eat." McGra th said after hi s victory, "T he m os t di fficult thing I did tonight wa s talk o n th e PA system. . . I felt weird on th e m ik e because of th e dela y. Larry (Nasio n, the a nnouncer) said th a t before m y _n ext big ra ce he is going to g ive me a few pointers so I will be prepar ed , th e nex t tim e th is h appens .. . hopefully th at will be soon ." • Results 1. Jeremy McGrath (Kaw); 2. Lowell Thomson (Suz); 3. Mike Young (Yam) 4. Micky Dymond ; (Kaw); 5. Mike Craig (Kaw); 6. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 7. Jim Holley (Yam) 8. Dan 8erg (Hon); 9. ; Ryan Hughes (Kaw); 10. Ty Davis (Hon); 11. Mike Fisher IKaw); 12. Kerry Mulligan (Yam); 13. Jamie ' Munson (Hon); 14. Chris Young (Suz); 15. Keith O'Naal (Hon); 16. 8r ian Roth (Kaw ); 17. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 18. Levi Noble (Hon); 19. Dennis Parker (Suz); 20. Eddie Hicks (KTM). , CHAMP IONSHIP POINT STANDINGS : 1. Dymond (61); 2. Craig (54); 3. M. Young (45); 4. (TIE) McGrath / Holl ey 43; 6. Thomson (33); 7. Hughes 1 32); 8. Vohland (24); 9. Fisher (17); 10. Mull igan (16). EXTRA GOLD SUPER CHAllENGE ~}C')¢'I4! • ~~ "ALL THE TOP GUNS OF SUPERCROSS ARE FL YING IN TO CHALLENGE THIS TRACK" .)(-1£:1 ~ ~ :OUNLDP • " H I GH FL YIN' ItIOTORSPORTS ATITSBESr' TICkets for txxn events aV3ll o fe at a SAN DIEGO COUNTY TOYOTA DEALERS PRESENTED BY -e- • • 'V ,,*,· ;S;OAl BANDIT ICHAiplONr ~ ..,~ ~ 77CKEf .o4S7JiFi'9 " MA YCOMPANY. JACK·S.TOWER TICKETMASTER CHARGE(819) 278-TIXS ANDAT PARTICIPATING Y AMAHADEA S LER RACINe· PERFQRMAlVCf PRfNEN [~] PROD UCED BY . ~ MICKEY THO MPSO N ENTERTAI NM EN T GROU P P.O. BO X 25188 ANAHEIM. CA 92825 , HONDA DEALER S SUPEACROSS ONl Yl. NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES Hanalei Hotel ATLANTASUPERCROSS QUALIFIER SERIES AMi1 IA N C TI Q N I! D FEBRUARY 4. 11 . 18 ENTRY FEES PER CLASS/PER EV EN T AMATEURS : $15.00 ooAoo/EX PERT S : $20.00 °4 WHEEL EXPERTS (OOAOO ): $20 .00 CLASSES 51 cc Au to 4 Wheel 0-2 50 Mod B 65 cc 7-11 °4 Wheel 0-2 50 Mod A S5cc 7- 11 (OSO% Pay-bac k Purse) S5 cc 12-' 3 EXPERTS S5 cc 14-1 5 1 25cc 12 5 Youth 250/50 0 cc 125 B,C 15 0% Payb ac k Purse 2 5 0 B.C . (Classes may be combined based on en tries.) 500 Novice Plus 2 5 Seniors Su per.Sen iors ~ (IfII:BIBO] GATE ADM ISS ION ADU LTS/R IDERS: $7 .00 CH ILDREN ( 10 and under) : $4.00 GATES OPEN ••• •• •• .•. . .• • 6 : 3 0 AM PRACTICE .••• •• •• • ••• •. •• • 9 :00 A M RACES 10;30 A M • A WORLD SPORTS POINTS PAYING SER IES • WORLD SPORTS AND AM A MEMBERSHIP REOU IRED ~ DUN"'£OP FOR INFORMATION CALL OR WR ITE: World Sports / P.O. Box 13246 / St. Pete rsburg. FL 33733 / (813) 822·8929