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AMA CamelSupercross Series: Round 4
han d turn. T he Honda rid er dove to
th e inside o f Emig's Yama ha and th e
two co llided on the exit. Remar kably,
neither cras hed.
" I came around the corner on th e
inside a nd 1 hit a ha y ba le wi th m y
fork: ' McGrath said. " We bot h got a
litt le squirrely and we bu mped into
eac h ot her ."
It was th en a drag race to th e next
tu rn wit h McG ra th getting a wh eel on
Emig. McG ra th too k over the lead
posi tio n a nd mot ored a way for hi s
seco nd win o f th e year.
Em ig's problems contin ued wh en
La mson, w ho had also pas sed Lawrence, closed in a nd began challenging
th e Yam aha rider lat e in th e race.
Lamson saw a n open ing a nd forced
his wa y by Em ig for second pl ace a t
th e checkered flag. Third went to
Em ig , whil e Cra ig finish ed a few
seco nds behi nd in fou rth. Rounding
o u t th e to p five was Yamaha rider Kyle
Lewis. Lawren ce dropped back to
fin ish six th.
For winning the 125cc main even t,
McGrath earned $2000 in priz e money
in add itio n to $5000 from Honda's
co nt inge ncy program.
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Results
Bayle (8) leads
Ware (10), Mike Fisher (14), Damon Bradshaw (11) and Stanion (1) just after the halfway point in the main.
Two-time Supercross Champion -Rick Johnson's struggles continue; he got stuck
in the gate at the start of the feature and moved up from last to finish 10th.
th ird. T he two di ced briefly, before
McGrath got by. A few tu rn s lat er ,
McG rath blew by Yam aha rid er Phil
Lawren ce a nd bega n slow ly reel in g in
Emi g.
A few la ps from th e fin ish , McG r.lth
made his move o n Emi g in a tight left-
ha t' s wrong with Rick Johnson? It's been
almost two years since the winningest rider
in supercross history suf ered a broken right
wrist during a practice session at the Cainesville
250cc National MX in Florida. johnson's injury
occurred when Danny Storbeck landed on top of
him, and it came at a time when he had won
the first five Camel Superrross races of the year.
Johnson 's wrist injury looked to be a thing of
the past. however , when he won the last race of
the Masters of Motocross Series Supercross in
Maastricht, Holland, in November of 1990_
beating Jdf Stanton and Jean-Michel Bayle. It was
an encouraging moment for the Californian,
knowing that the 199
mel Superoross Series
was rapidly approaching and that it would be his
last. Johnson plans to reure after