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Kiedrowski and started to tense up," said Vohland. "But it pushed me to Emig and I just focused on him and egan to relax. I reeled him in at the nd but it was a on e-lin e track." Bayle took the fast lin e to a relativ ely asy win over Emig and Voh land, with Kiedrowski not far behind and well head of Smith. Coo per cha rged up on 1atiasevich as they ap proached the ini sh lin e but couldn 't get by. " I never found a lin e where , I cou ld Stephenson as s, " sai d Co oper. inished a distant eig hth ahead of ughes, and Erik Kehoe rounded out e top 10. "There was only on e lin e and I ouIdn't find a nywhere to pass," said ' iedro wski. " I started to catch Vohland hen got a rear flat, then I just tried o stay up. " Smith was the fast starter again in ce two as Matiasevich, Emig, Bayle, iedrowski and Stephenson tucked in ehind. Matias evich made an error that ropped him behind Kiedrowski, then ayle stepped off his Honda and fell n a rolling, jump-strewn downhill. " I was close behind Emig, didn 't see he lin e and went off," said Bayle, whose egs came up and over the bi ke. Bayle ied to run alongside his mach ine but lid down. Sm ith quickl y established a twoecond lead o n Em ig whi le Vohland oved into third by lap two. Matiaseich went down on the second lap hich a llowed Suzuki's Budd y Antunez Ii move into fourth beh ind Stephenson. ughes moved into fifth o ver Kiedowski, Cooper and Bayle. Bayle moved in and ap plied pressure o Cooper, and the two quickly displaced Kiedrow ski. Cooper was the first to move forward as he put Stephenson tween him and Bayle on the fifth lap, then Antunez a lap la ter. Bayle spent three laps pass ing Cooper's Suzuki teammates, but once clear of Step henson and Antunez he quickly reeled in Cooper. At the from Smith began to slow and Emig cha llenged him for the lead. ,''' I was go ne and then I go t a rear flat," said Smi th. " It sti ll worked in some places, but then I cras hed a nd got up in time to hold off Vohland." Emig fell , handing second to Vohland, a nd then missed a turn foll ow in g a downhill double j ump and dropped furt her behind, then quickly lost severa l more positions. " I was goi ng to pass Smith when the front end washed out," said Emig. " I went to do the double, missed a shift and just about crashed. I couldn 't see at firs t because I was seeing stars from hitting my head o n the handlebars." Vohla nd moved in on Smith 's rear fender a nd took the lead as Smith bega n a fade back to seven th when his tire went com p le tely flat. Cooper a nd Ba yle battled for second until Bayle motored past o n the ninth lap, then a lap later he was cha llenging Vohl and a nd got by a t the 25-minute mark. " H e wa s coming a nd had a faster pace," said Voh land. " I fo llowed him and learned his lines. There was a coup le of places where I'd catch him, but the last couple of laps I j ust kept on ' pace. This is onl y m y fo u rt h Nationa l so I' m sti ll gaining expe rience." l As Bayle cruised to the win, Cooper made a late a ttack on Voh land but came' up a few bike lengths short a t the fini sh ' line. Antunez was a distan t fourth over Kiedrowski, Stephenson, Smith a nd Emig. Matiasevich , who appeared to lack drive in both motos, finished ninth as Kawasaki Team Green rider Jeremy McGrath shadowed him throughout ' the race and' had Hughes on his tail at the finish. Damon Bradshaw (8) led from start to finish in the second 250cc moto to clinch his first 250cc National overall victory. 250cc National , When the ga te dropped for the first moto Suzuki's Larry Ward sho t around the o utside of the sweeping first turn and led Kawasaki's J ohnn y O'Mara, J eff Ward, Suzuki's Ron Tiche nor a nd Mike La Rocco, Bradsh aw and Stanton down the first hill. Bradshaw moved up to fou rth as they began the seco nd lap whi le Larry Ward, O 'Mara a nd J eff Wa rd rode in tigh t form ation j ust ahead. On lap three , La rry Ward began to slow and both O'Mara and Jeff Ward go t by. O ne lap later J eff Ward was in the lead a nd pulli ng away . " I was gelling held back by O 'Mara and Larry War d and was rid in g stiff because I cou ldn 't see because of them ," sai d J eff Ward. "Then I swept o utside of O' Mara and he waved me on." Bradshaw .mo ved by the ra p id lyfadi ng Larry Ward, pa ssed O 'Mar a and . began clo sing on Jeff Ward . Just as he was gelling close Bradshaw nearly fell in a turn, saved it but went off the track and lost several seconds. O 'Mara held third until the halfway point of the 30-minute-plus-two lap moto when both LaRocco and Stanton went by. That was as far as O'Mara would slide as Yamaha's Doug Dubach Jeff Ward (3) won the first 250cc moto but couldn't catch Bradshaw in moto two, Third-place Jeff Stanton (I ) dogged Ward in moto two before dropping back. II