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~ MOTOCROSS Florida Winter AMA Series: Round 2 , of th e orr-season racing out West, said, "I love to ride in Florida, better than out West. Bu t the sand was hard to get used to aga in." Perhaps the hottest rider of th e da y was another Flor idian, Tim Ferry, wh o won the first mota in bo th 125 and 250cc Pro classes. Bu t the demanding Diamondback trac k proved too mu ch for the Kawasak i-mounted rid er who afterwards said, " I felt good today , but it was a mistake ridi ng two classes here. T his deep san d gets ro ug her as the motos progress. I was a basket case in the final 250cc rnoto." Non eth eless, Ferry was the ru n nerup in th e 125cc class with a 1-2 score . and sixth overa ll in the 250cc class after postin g a 1-15 combination. Amo ng the 609 cont ingents was -fo rmer 125 a nd 250cc MX World Champ ion Trampas Parker, but over. heati n g proble ms with his Hon da CR250 dropped him ou t of contentio n in bot h 250cc Pro mo tos. " I' m here to train for some of the Cam el Supercross Series events ," said Par ker. "I haven ' t ridden Supercross here in five years and I want to try e it." First moto winner Tim Ferry (77), Jim Neese {3} and Trampas Parker {7} fight for the early lead in the 250cc Pro class. The 16-24 class offered plenty of racing action, and it was Ryan Reynolds (l 99) who emer ged with the number-one trophy. Parker will campaign the World Championship 250cc MX Series in 1992 - which gets underway in Holland, April 5 - on the Cha mbersGatorade H onda team. Tea m Pea k/H on da rider Mike Brown was the ear ly lead er in the first 125cc Pro mota . H e led for two laps before fading back to sixth, wh ere Brown fini shed the mota. "After Vin ce (DeVane) and Timmy (Ferr y) p assed me, my arms pumped up, th en the engine started losing power," Brown said. Ferry and DeVan e took contro l up front as they battled back 'and forth, un til Ferry locked on to th e lead position four laps from the end. Following the moto, DeVan e gave Ferry a lot of credit for the win. "He (Ferry) was having to tak e slow lines to deal wit h the lappers, and I used the fast on es to reel him in." Ferry comment ed On the pass th at put the fini shing tou ch on DeVane: " Vince went wide in the downhill 'sweeper by th e fini sh. I saw my chance, passed him and made it stick for the win. " DeVane, Henry master Diamondback sand By Mi ke an d An ne Adair COCOA, FL, JAN. 4ยท5 he second round of the . WorldSports' Florida Wint er AMA MX Ser ies trave led so uthe a st to Cocoa's Diamondback Cycle Pa rk (allowing the successful series opener at Gainesville's Gatorback Park. Also making .the commu te were more than T 10 600 riders, and two of the weekend's top rider s were hornestat e favo rite Vin ce DeVan e and Connecticut's Doug Henry, both of whom scored Pro class win s in th eir resp ective divisions, Suzuki-mounte d DeVane used a 1-2 combi na tion to win the 125cc Pro .class, whi le Yamaha rider Henry went 3-1 to clinch the 250cc Pro class victory. "It sure feels goo d to win the 125cc class here," said DeVane. " I love a rough track and I was not disappoin ted today." Henry, who's been spending mu ch Cross ing the ' finis h lin e in third p lace was J eff Curry, while Kurt McMillen and Barry Carste n rounded out th e top five. Once again, Bro wn pu lled th e ho leshot in the second mo ta , but DeVan e sho t past the earl y leader down the first straight. On ce out in front , DeV an e wa s un toucha b le as h e motored ahead to score the second mota win and overa ll. " It was nice not having to eat any dirt ," said winner DeVan e. According to fourt h overall finisher Carste n, staying out of one's roost was of high importance on the day. "The roost is a big factor On this track," said Carsten. "You can ru n righ t up on someon e, bu t when trying to pass , you take a face full of dirt. Goggles are a cri tical item." Ferry en ded up ho lding off Cu rry for second place, which ga ve the Kawasaki rider second overa ll. Third in the mo ta was Curry, whil e Carsten was fourth and McMillen fifth . Ferry nailed the holeshot at the start of the first 250cc Pro mota an d was unca tchable, as he rode away with a wire-to-wire victory. Whi le Ferry cru ised out in front, Fred Andrews and H enry battled back and forth for the runner-up spot, and it was Andrews wh o prevailed. After he had taken over second, Andrews didn't have a chance of catch ing the leader, Ferry.