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GMOTOCROSS GFI California Winter Series South: Round 2 ~ Mark Testa (39) grabs the holeshot ahead of Timmy Santana (90) and the rest o( the field in the 25Oa: Beginners Division Three class. Joe Fernandez was the class winner, Kyle Lewis (81) leads 125cc MX World Champion Donny Schmit in the 125cc Pro class. Schmit won both motos, when riders showed up (or race day , they were greeted with a loamy, traction-filled track due to a three-day rainstorm that dumped close to three inches of moisture on the track, " I like racing these types ' of races because they are good practice," said Schmit, ''Today I want to take it easy and get used to the 250. This track is tighter than what I am used to in Europe, but it is every bit as rough." Lewis powered his Noleen Yamaha to the front of the pack at the stan of the first 250cc Pro rnoto, and quickly put three seconds on Bader Manneh and Schmit, On the second lap Schmit sliced by Manneh and we nt after Lewis. " Ba der was ridi n g way ou t of con tro l, I wanted to get by q uick and . safe," Schmi t said. During the next six laps Schmit chi pped away at Lewis' lead until he was a half bike length behind. " Near the end of the race Kyle looked like he was starting to get tired, I followed his li nes since I could hardly remember the track, then I made my move on the last lap," Schmit said. " Kyle was riding good so I got a little wild and passed him on a fast outside sweepe r. He could have rammed me but he rode clean and didn't take me out." Schmit blasts LACR By Tony Alessi PALMDAU, CA, JAN. 5 eigning l25cc MX World Champion Donny Schmit was among th e more than 600 entrants at Los Angeles County Ra ceway (or round R two of th e GFI California Winter Series North-South Showdown and blasted to the 250cc Pro class win. Schmit, accu stomed to riding a l25cc machine, adapted well to the borrowed Pro Circuit-prepared Suzuki RM250 and scored a well-earned win in the first 250cc Pro moto after a wild, finallap pass on Kyle Lewis. Schmit stormed back to dominate moto two , after Lewis slowed with a broken fork. Lewis was also entered in the 125cc Pro class and won both motos with apparent ease over Mike Chamberlain and Allan Dyck. Located in the southern sector of the Mohave Desert , LACR is renowned as a dusty, whooped-filled sand track, But Lewis followed Schmit to the finish line followed by Manneh in third and Chamberlain in fourth. Manneh briefly led the second moto but was quickly displaced by Schmit and Lewis. The two riders quickly picked up where they left 0(£ in the first moto by beginning their own private. race up front and away from the rest of the pack. Then suddenly on the (ifth lap Lewis slowed. "I really wasn' t even ready at the start, the gate dropped before my goggles were on," said Lewis . "Then when I passed Bader, I think my fork ... tube had some con tact with his bike because later in the race my forks stopped working. I figured it would