all within range of the fron t. Dowd,
Curry and Ferry claime d the top three
slots on lap thr ee and an intense threeway dice ensued. Ferry took the lead
when Curry went down, but Dowd kept
up the p ressure and Ferry slid ou t in a
turn on lap 14.
"I knew TImmy would be back," said
Dowd. "I was looking everywhere for
berms on this hard track."
"The fall shook me u p an d took the
drive out of me, " sai d Ferry, conten t
with second.
Pederson, Jim Neese and Craig Noack
completed the top five.
Dow d d isplaced th e quick-startin g
Blackburn on lap two of the second
mota, wit h Alan Andreu, Brian Austin,
Carl Vaillancourt, Peder son, Bro wn,
Bruce Stra tton and Fer ry in the lead
pack. The 30-year-old Andr eu held third
un til his rear tire slip ped off its rim. At
moto's end, it was Dowd with the win,
an d Ferry, Curry, Jim Neese and Brown
roun ding ou t the field . Neese's 4-4 finishes were good for thir d overall.
"I was g lad 1 got aw ay clean in the
earl y mo to," said the Scotti AX O/ Twin
AirIRenthal1 Acerbis / DF I Ceet/ 100%1
Karcher/DF/Dunlop/MMFI Apical
D.LD-backed Dowd. "I felt relaxed and
smooth right out After 1 took the lead , 1
kep t an eye out for Tim Ferry. Timmy
likes a hard surfa ce like this track."
Ricky Palmer returned from a broken
wrist, arid led the Vet Pro crew off the
line in the first moto. Andreu, Earl May,
Austin, Ort ne r and [ oj o Ke ller took
chase. Andreu, who had moun ted a new
tire, m o to r ed b y fo r th e win, then
backed it up with another victory in
mototwo.
The 30+ class came down to a controversial last-lap slug-fest between May
and Andreu, with May earning the overall win.
"I passed Ear l on the outsid e. ga ve
him plenty of room and he slammed me
twice," said Andre u.
"I had the insid e," countered May.
"My brakes were fad ing and 1 d id n't
mean to hi t Alan. "
Windham kept his record perfect in
the 125 and 250cc A ranks, turning in a
four-mo te swee p, d espite the fact that he
was hindered by a rear flat in the final
tiddler au ting.
Steve Lewis finished at the top of the
40+ A class, and said, "I was conservative, and skipped the 35+ A class. I'll try
both next wee k."
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John Lundy and Wendell Kern battled in th e 25+ and 30+ B classes, and
split overall wins. "I've been racin g the
Winter AMA Series for 23 years, and this
is my fir st overa ll," said 25+ w inner
Lundy.
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Florida Motorsports Complex
Ocala, Aorlda
Results: January 8-9, 1994 (Round 2 014)
125 PRO: J. Kevin Windham (Kaw); 2. John Dowd
(Yam); 3. Mike Brown (Hon); 4. Bany Carsten (Suz); 5.
Tim Perry (yam); 6. Jim Ch ester (Yam); 7. Josh Latina
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