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SUPERCRaSS Florida Winter AMA Series:Round 3
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Justin Jackson (401), Jim Neese (3) and Canadian Ross Pederson (SO) head the 250cc Pro dass as they funnel into the first tum on the floor of the Citrus Bowl
Barry Carsten (34) lea ds Chris Coleman (96) and Joshua Steel (570) in the
125cc Pro cl ass . Carsten held on to win the first moto over Coleman.
McMillen, Ferrydean
up at the Citrus Bowl
By Mike a nd An ne Adair
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ca n't wait to ca ll my wife in
New York and tell her tha t I
wo n," said Kurt McMillen after
scoring the 125cc Pro cla ss win a t the
Orlando Citrus Bowl. McM ill en used
consistent 3-2 mo to fin ish es to win,
while Tim Ferry went th e more dominant route in the 250cc P ro class wi th
a I-I score. Ch ri s Col eman was the
runner-up in both classes.
A grand to ta l of 563 rid ers tu rn ed
out to ba tt le on th e sa me track th at
the factory stars di ced o n th e night
before in th e ope ning round o f the
AMA Ca mel Supercro ss Series. Su nday's AMA-sa nc tioned, WoridSportspromoted ama teu r supercross even t
featu red 25 classes, and a day full of
racing tha t didn 't end until three hours
afte r the stadiu m 's lighting system was
turned on because of darkness.
T he first 125cc Pro moto saw Josh
Steel grab th e early lead , which he held
for th e next five la ps until Barry
Ca rsten took over. ' Steel event ually
d ropp ed back whil e Col eman,
McMillen a nd J eff Curry moved up
into th e second, third and fourth place
positions.
Co leman closed in on Carsten at th e
fini sh , but Ca rs ten held o n for a
narro w win. Col em an was seco nd ,
fo llowed by McM ill en , Curry a nd
Steel, resp ecti vely.
After th e race , Co lema n sai d, " It wa s
hard to pass out th ere. I even tried
yelling a t Bar ry, but he didn 't make
a mistake."
T hird-p lace McMillen said, " By th e
time I moved up, Ca rsten was too far
a head."
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T om Welch was th e early lead er in
the second moto, bu t it en ded up being
Mich ael Tread well's race. The Suzuki
pil ot soo n fou nd hi s way to the front
a nd was never headed, despite falling
once.
" I lik e th e sa nd a nd th ought that
the sand pit would be a strong point
for me," Treadwell sa id. " Instea d, it
was the only place that I fel l."
McMillen , who clinched the cla ss
victory with a second-p lace finish ,
said, " I closed in o n Treadwell in th e'
last turn but ran o u t of time."
Vin ce DeVane, who was seventh in
th e first moto, finished third in th e
second moto for fifth overall, while
