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eMOTOCROSS m Wflyne Eller (391) headed Mitchell Jones (131) at the start of the Unlimited Amateur class. Jones took over the lead soon after. The 125cc A class had the track to itself in the second moto, and it was Brown who jammed to the front at the start, followed closely by Lough and Bobby Stovall. Neese crashed on the start and recovered in last place. Childress started fifth, but by the end of the first lap, he had made his way up to third behind Brown and Lough. The top three would remain the same for the entire moto, while most of the action took place from fourth place on back. When it was all over, it was Brown the winner again, ahead of Lough, Childress, Neese, Walker and Stovall. Jim Chester fought his way to the front in the first 250cc A moto, only to have it snatched away by Brown coming down the stairstep section. While Brown led the pack, Chester, Neese, Lough, Mike Andrews, Billy Cox and Walker remained tightly bunched until Lough's front wheel washed out, and he went down, taking Andrews with him. While Andrews and Cox struggled, both Walker and Childress blasted by on the outside. Lough remounted in ninth, and was able to work his way up to sixth by the end of the moto. Out front, Brown tried everything to shake Neese but the Team Green rider played tough. At the halfway point, Neese passed Brown, but Brown quickly retaliated. The lead duo fought tooth and nail to the finish with the checkered flag going to Brown who went on for the win over Neese. Walker finished third, just ahead of Chester, Childress and Lough. Neese holeshot the second moto and stayed out front all the way. As Neese extended his lead, Walker, Brown and Lough were engaged in a dogfight over second. Finally Brown's mastery of the whoops section propelled him past Walker and into second. Brown then turned up the wick and began to reel in Neese, but he ran out of time and had to settle for second with Walker third. While running fourth Lough crashed and dropped to sixth, giving Stoval fourth and fifth to Childress. J.D. Collins turned in a perfect performance, winning all four motos in the Schoolboy and 125cc B classes. Ron Jones racked up wins in the 30+ A and Open Amateur classes, but they were anything but easy. "There wasn't any chance to relax today," Jones said. Mike Andrews, who topped the 25+ A class after a close race with Gaylon • " 'I ro .ably never have ada I'll probably never get to come screaming out of retirement to win in the year's toughest, most prestigious road race. But I still enjoy riding hard, and as well as I can. So even if I carL't handle a bike quite like Eddie Lawson, I can get his brand of tires - DunlopG'l tires. With wins in six of Daytona's seven Speed Week events, and the largest contingency payments of any tire manufacturer, Dunlop is doing more than winning races-Dunlop's developing better tires. And that's great for guys like me, because I can use every advantange I carl get." Daytona winners Eddie Lawsori in Superbike, Britt 1i.lrkington in 750cc Supersport, Miguel DuHamel in 600cc Supersport, Jim Filice in 250cc Grand Prix, Mike Hale in Harley-Davidson 1\vin Sports, ang. Te~ Suzuki in GTO 90 Minute Endurance, helped Dunlop lead the way with 18 of 21 possible podium positions. For a closer look at the winningest brand of tires in the world, visit your riearest Dunlop Performance Center. 14