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o O'l O'l ........ Californian Ryan Hughes (15) won four of the six A Modified class motos to pick up a pair of titles in the 125 and 250cc divisions aboard his Kawasakis. . Michigan's Brian Swink dominated the 125 and 250cc A Stock classes as he lost only one of his six motos throughout the week to Eric McLear. led Hughes all the way 10 the checkered flag, though second was good enough for Hughes' second title of the week. Lawrence was second overall with ' a 5-2-1 tally while McGrath scored third. Hughes' nemesis, Brown, was fourth in the first moto and might have won the second heat had he not lost his seat hile leading. Swink's finest outing of the week me in an extremely muddy 250cc A tock finale. After a cloudburst flooded e track late Saturday afternoon, three otos from the end of the event, Swink ook to the track with a pair of moto ins already to his credit. He pulled e holeshot in the thick soup and then Imly wheeled away to pick up his cond title of the week. Fellow mud aster McLear was second in the last eat to seal up another runner-up verall finish while Clowers suffered lirough the mud for fifth, good for ird overall. Richards' 125cc B efforts were fairly neventful as he reeled 0(( three traight Stock class wins to accept the itle ahead of Massachusetts' Jason owler and Team Green/ShoeilTsuaki/Maxima-backed Billy Felts. In the Modified class Richards howed a pair of ones going into the in-soaked finale but rode a cautious ce to secure his second title of the eek with a 1-1-3 showing. Fowler and elts again followed on the tally board ith 4-2-2 and 3-10 -6 rides , espectivel y. Suzuki's Lusk was the most convincng winner of all in Tennessee with ix decisive moto wins. Kawasakiounted Craig Decker, also an '89 lass champion , managed second verall in both classes but couldn't ake a dent in Lusk's perfect score. race rides of Neeley and moto winner Bart Lucas, whose second-mote fifth eliminated him from the contention. New York's Lucas finished between Alderton and Neeley in the final tally . The closest racing of the week came in the Plus 25 Junior class, where defending champ Kevin Foley put his title on the line against fellow Floridian Alan Andreu. The CMC Racing/ Fox /Scott/Yokohama/MRC-backed Foley let Andreu get away in the first 20-minute moto but came out swinging in race two to even the score. In the finale both riders were wi ped out on the start and remounted at the back of the 42-man field while early leaders Tim Coombs and David Mack pulled away. However, Foley and Seminole Honda/Boyesen-backed Andreu blitzed the field in tandem arid by the halfway mark were within sight of the leaders. The two were out front a lap later and began an all-out sprint towards the finish line and the title. Unfortunately for Andreu, the weeklong battle took its toll over the last three laps . " I fell three of four times this week and that took it out of me there at the end," said Andreu of his late-race fade. " 1 think he might have just been in better shape than me in that last race," Foley took th e win and the title and, like Lewis in the Plus 40 class, will go to Japan as a Yokohama champion for the second straight year. Michigan' s Mack was third overall via a 32-5 showing. Another rider who will be making the journey to the Far East is 15-yearold Florida sensation Timmy Ferry , who dominated the Schoolboy classes on his CMC Honda CR125. In th e Modified division Ferry could only After a fourth-place first Modified rnoto Decker carded two seconds to capture the runner-up prize ahead of fellow California Damon Huffman. In the Stock class Decker racked up triple twos for the runner-up spot behind the fleeing Lusk while Texan Steve Olson flip-flopped with Huffman to secure third overall. At the other end of the spectrum was defending Plus 40 Senior champ Steve J,.ewis, a South Carolina racer who competes aboard a two-year-old bike. "It may be a worn-out scooter but it's just as competitive as anything out there ," said Lewis of his '88 Yamaha YZ250. " Ap paren tly Yamaha made a good, strong bike that year." Lewis needs every bit of that strength to battle back a determined Gary Peak for the title. In all three mOlOS Peak kept himself attached to Lewis at the front of the pack but couldn't make a pass stick. In the final stanza he missed the moto win by a wheel length, leaving Lewis to score the triple on his Jeff Eads' Yamaha/Kawasaki of Johnson City machine. For his performance, Illinois' Peak was awarded the Most Impressive Effort pr ize from Yokohama Tires and the Kayo Corporation, which means a trip to th e 1990 Tokyo Supercross in November. Pennsylvania's Paul Eckhart ran off three straight third-place rides for third overall. Ohio's Phil Alderton dir ected his Honda CR250 to a 1-1-3 score in the Senior Plus 30 class to record th e National Championship. In the process, Alderton halted the five-year winning streak of South Carolina's Robbie Neeley, who went 8-2-2 for third overall. Alderton might have had a sweep if not for the inspired th ird manage a third in race one as Washington's Jason McCormick and Team Green's Davey Yezek battled 10 the finish line with McCorrmick getting the nod. In race two Yezek appeared to be on his way to another race-long fight for the win, this time with Ferry, until his front tire went flat just after the halfway mark, leaving Ferry way out front The final was all Ferry as the Honda rider came up from a top 10 start to run away with the title. McCormick's 1-3-8 moto finishes earned second overall with California 's Michael Brandes going 8-7-2 for third. In the Stock division of Schoolboy racing Ferry clamped down on the field from the very start and posted three impressive wins for a follow-up championship. Yezek suffered another flat tire and was out of contention after one race. McCormick, second and third in the first two heats, was a dismal 16th in race three, leaving Ohio's Joshua Steel with second overall via a 10-62 score. Brandes was again third overall with an 11-4-3 tally. Louisiana's Kevin Windham and Ohio's Gregory Rand were the stars in 85cc (12- 13) racing. Windham piloted his Team G reen/Maxima/ AXO /Scott-backed KX80 to the Stock class championship after outpointing Rand in the last two motos. Rand had a shot at Windham and th e overall in the final heat but dropped his bike just before the infield sweeper and was forced to settle for second overall with Kansas Kawasaki rider Robbie Skaggs third. In the Modified (9-13) class Rand turned the tables an d scored a 1-1-3 overall with Windham showing 2-4- 21