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" I came arou nd a tum and th e back end sq ua tted," said Johnson. " It spun a donut, I fell and smashed my . .. cro tch. I was ridin g tentative, not th e way I should be." .Suzuki's Mike La Rocco had an even more frustra ting night than J ohnson. It sta rted when he nearly cras hed upon landing from th e triple in a pre-race parade la p . In th e second hea t , LaRocco mi ssed tra nsferri ng to the main by one position, th en he cras hed in the fir st turn in his semi" and th e La st Chance Qua lif ier. La Rocco 's fail ure to make th e main and coll ect points dropped h im from fifth to ninth in the sta ndi ng s. 125cc Main Just as Stanton dominated the 250cc class, IS· yea r-old J er em y McGrath controlled th e 15· lap 125cc ma in o n his Peak /Splitfire/Pro Cir cuit Honda. But McGrath 's victory didn 't come as easily . . After being pass ed by teammate Steve Lamson on lap two, McGrath stayed in Lamson 's tracks and capitalized on a mi stak e that came at the beginning of lap nine. " I messed up in the wh oops befor e the fin ish lin e jump," said La mso n. " I thought he'd come dow n lo w in th e foll owin g turn, so I hugged the ins ide. He went o uts ide an d go t the drive." McG rath then sailed to hi s first win of the seaso n , earning $2000 in prize mon ey, plus $5000 fro m H o n da 's contingency program. " At first I was nervo us ou t in front," said McG ra th , who won hi s first 125cc ma in event a t last year's Las Vegas Su percross. " It worked o u t well whe n Lamson was in front beca use I didn 't have to set the pace. I had some better lines and knew I co uld pull it off." Lamson fin ish ed abo u t five seconds behind McG rath after battl ing wi th Mich ael Craig in the last half of the race. T yson Vohland finis hed a short distance behind in fo urth and P hil Lawrence rounded ou t the top five. £l'I Jean-Michel Bayle (8) started poorly but charged through the pack and finished fifth. Here he passes Dean Matson (21). Jeff Ward shows the strain of chasing Stanton for 20 laps with weak wrists. Jeremy McGrath' (left) and Steve Lamson battled for 'th e lead in the first half of the l25cc main. McGrath got by and motored away to capture the win. Results 250 HEA T t, I. J ell Su n"," (He n): 2. Larry Ward (SUI ): .3. M ik e Kied row sk i ( Ka w ); 4. Da m o n Brad sh aw (Ya m ); 5. Ro n T iche nor (SU1): 6. Guy Cooper (SUl): 7. Rick J ohn son (Ho n );8. Kei th Bowen (Suz): 9. Denny Stephe nso n (SUI): 10. Kei th Johnson (KT M); I I. Mike Pascarella (SUl); 12. Rodn ey Smith (SUl ); 13. J ell Glass (Han ); 14. Takavuki Miyau ch i (Han); 15. Mike Cha mberlai n (Yam ); 16. Scott Stelly (SUl); 17. Ch ris Young (SOl); 18. Larry Brooks {Ka w): 19. Micky Dymon d (Yam ); 20. Todd DeHoop (Su, ). T ime: 7 min utes. 28.27 seconds 250 HEA T 2: I. J d l Mari asevich (Ka w ): 2. jdl Ward (Kaw); 3. J ean-Mich el Bayle (Hon ); 4. Dou g Dubach (Ya m); 5. Mike La Rocco (SOl); 6. Ty Davis (Ho n); 7. Mike f isher (KTM); 8. Erik Kehoe (H on ); 9. Ra y Som mo (SOl); 10. f red Andrews (SOl); II . Rick R ya n (SUl ); 12. Rich Tay lor (Suz]: 13. Dean Ma tson (SOl); 14. Mike j on es (H o n); 15. Greg Ziuer ko pl (Hon); 16. Eddie Hi e ks {Suz): 17. Kerry MutliJ