Though not happy with second,
Bradshaw seemed satisfied.
"I know that 1 could've gone faster
than he did if 1 hadn't gone down," said
Bradshaw. "But 1 just tried to do what 1
could."
While Kiedrowski was uncontested
for the overall win, Stanton's 2-4 narrowly edged Dowd's 4-3 for second
overall.
"I had surgery on my broken leg at
the end of last year, so 1 wasn't able to
ride all that much during the off-season," said New England's Dowd. "For
the last few weeks, though, I've been
riding almost every day down here."
Lawrence was fourth overall with 3-4
finishes.
"I'm really glad to be on a 250," said
Lawrence, who contests the 125cc
Western Regional SX Series. "It's a lot
easier to ride, being as big as 1 am. I'm
really happy - 1 always knew 1 had the
speed to run with these guys."
125cc
Craig pulled an impressive holeshot
in the first 125cc moto and led Kehoe,Jf
USA's Larry Ward, Suzuki's Brian Swink
and McGrath. McGrath hustled on the
opening lap and quickly move into second. Also coming through the pack after
a so-so start was Honda's Doug Henry,
who completed lap one in fifth. Ward
quickly faded back into the pack, and
dropped to 32nd after crashing on the
drop-off. Swink's charge was cut short
by a faulty ignition, and he slowed drastically before finally pulling off the track.
Up front, McGrath glued himself to
Craig's rear fender and the two riders
began to pull away from the rest of the
Erik Kehoe passed Jeremy McGrath late in the second 12Sec moto and took the checkered flag with a few feet to spare.
pack. On lap three, McGrath slipped past
Craig in a supercross-style section of
jumps in front of the grand stands and
gained the lead. Craig hounded
McGrath, never more than a few inches
behind.
Meanwhile, defending 125cc National
Champion Jeff Emig was blitzing past
riders at an impressive rate after suffering a ninth-place start. By the halfway
point of the IS-lap race, Emig sat in fifth,
behind Henry and Kehoe.
Though he was admittedly riding a
little stiff, Emig still had the speed to
motor past Henry and Kehoe.
Atlanta was buming
again. And this time n:
was torched by Damon
Bradshaw Rrst, he In:
up the track of the new
Georgia Dome by winning
the faster of the two heats
by five seconds. Then in
the main, in front of 44,524
screaming fans, he took a
hold of the lead on the fifth
lap. And he never let go.
Thundering past the checkered flag to his third victory
in a row in this Southem
town. So congratulations
Team Yamaha, and way
to go Damon. Sherman
would be proud.
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