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AMA Camel Su ercross Series: Round 10
and technical and it helped me out a
lot. I wasn't doing the triples in practice
so I didn't do them in the main."
"I was riding a li!-tJe bad, but it
turned out pretty good," Pederson said.
"I was trying to stay smooth, but that
didn't happen. I just couldn't put it
together."
In a race that saw little passing near
the front, Davey Yezek was fourth, first
on the second lap, then fourth from lap
four on. Josh Steel was fifth from the
sixth lap onwards.
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Results
A sellout crowd of 24,612 fans was on hand at Memorial Stadium. Most were disappointed that hometown hero Bradshaw didn't win.
Lany Ward (9) and Denny Stephenson (23) diced in a semi, with Ward scoring the win.
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rode a great race and Jeff (Emig) stuck
me there at the end. I'm happy to be
here, bu t I wish I was a few spots higher. I'd rather look bad and win than
look good and get third place."
Still, with six rounds to go and a
sizeable deficit, Stanton wasn't willing
to concede the championship. ''I'll
never quit. I'm a champion and I'm
going to go to the end."
Third to fifth was separa ted by
about 20 bike lengths, Stanton was 10
seconds in front of Kiedrowski, who
had about the same amount on
Bradshaw.
Kiedrowski, the Daytona winner,
was fourth, taking the spot with team- .
mate Craig's fall. The SOOcc MX
Champion was unable to improve on
his position and came under attack
from Bradshaw at the end.
"I got off to a mediocre start and I
was running about sixth or seventh at
the end of the first lap before working
my way up," Kiedrowski said. "It was
real slippery and I couldn't make any
time on Stanton. He made some mistakes and I caught up, but I had no
drive and I couldn't get by him in the
last three or four laps. He was jumping
the same as me and when he made a
couple of mistakes I was trying hard. I
still didn't have enough drive and I
think everyone was having the same
problem." .
Bradshaw, unable to replicate his
heat-race start, was mired back in the
pack and only able to work up to fifth
on the 11th lap, passing Honda's Steve
Lamson. Bradshaw would make a
move for fourth, but came up short.
"I didn't get a good start and that's
the way it's been all season:' Bradshaw
said. "I tried to pick off as many as I
could. This track's hard to pass guys on
unless they make mistakes. I had a few
decent passes early in the race. 1 didn't
know Kiedrol'lski was there in front of
me. I was riding and riding and I'd
seen him in the first part of the race. I
couldn't see my chalkboard in the
mechanic's area so there was no way
for them to tell me he was that close."
Recovering from his fall, Craig finished sixth, passing Cooper late in the
race.
"I was riding good after I fell
because I felt stupid. I caught up and
passed a lot of guys:' Craig said.
"It went alright," Cooper said. "I got
good starts. In the main I was riding a
little. conservative. I'm happy with the
finish. I wanted to be in the top 10. The
top five would have been better, but
that didn't happen. Maybe next week."
Shaun Kalos, Lamson, and Phil
Lawrence filled out the top 10.
125ccMain
It came as no surprise that the 125cc
heat race winners, Honda's Henry and
Suzuki's Lusk, locked into battle at the
start of the IS-lap main. Henry had
built up a huge lead and cruised over
the line to win his heat race by over 12
seconds, and Lusk won the second, and
faster, by about five seconds.
Henry was the quicker of the two in
the main, Lusk moving up to challenge
on the second lap and nearly catching
Henry by leaping the east-side triple
jump on the third lap. But just as quickly, he was gone, falling on the fourth lap
and allowing Henry an unimpeded path
to the checkered flag. Henry began
clearing the triple on the second lap and
would amass over a 14-second lead by
the halfway point, and increase it only
slightly in a commanding performance.
Despite winning his fourth race of
the series and increasing his points
lead, Henry wasn't ready to rest on his
laurels.
"The season's not over yet. I'm not
looking at how many wins I have. I'm
really looking forward to a good battle," Henry said.
After Lusk fell, second place was up
for grabs with Ferry and Pederson both
coveting it. Pederson had a couple-second lead up until the ninth lap when
Ferry began to seriously cut into it, taking over second with less than five laps
to go. Pederson was a comfortable third.
"I knew if I was behind Chad I
could catch him," Ferry said. "There
were a few chancy passes. I cut a few
people off. The track was tight, tough
250 HEAT 1: Damon Bradshaw (Yam); 2. Steve
Lamson (Han); 3. Guy Cooper (Suz); 4. Shaun Kalos
(Yam); 5. Mike Kiedrowski (Xaw); 6. Phil Lawrence
(Suz); 7. Doug Dubach (Yam); 8. Kohji OhJcawara (Yam);
9. Jeff Matiasevich (Suz); 10. Ray Sommo (Yam); 11. Dag
lloyesen (Yam); 12. Brian McElroy (Vam); 13. Randy
Richardson (!