uation, however, by dominating the first
moto and finishing a strong runner-up
to Yamaha 's Jeff Emig in the second outing - good enough for the overall win.
Lamson now leads the po ints chase by
14 points over Team Suzuki's Damon
Huffman, 129-115.
"1started getting a cold this morning,
and I d idn't even want to be here," said
Lamson follow ing the second win of his
career; the first came two yea rs ago at
Hangtown. " I was just hop ing to do
.decent, but it actu ally turned ou t pretty
good."
.
By w inning the second moto, 1992
125cc National MX Cha mpion Jeff Emig
helped make up fo.r a first-mo to third,
and finished second overall. He a lso
became the first 125cc rid er of the season to win more than one moto. Defending champion Doug He nry - o f Team
Honda /1-800-COLLECT - was third
overall, with Team SplitFi re/Hot
Wheels /Kawasaki's Ryan Hughes finishing fourth. The top 10 overall positions were filled out, respectively, by
Huffman, Team SplitFi re/Hot Wheels/
Kawasaki rider James Dobb, Honda of
Troy's Craig Decker an d Eri k Kehoe,
Pro Circuit privateer Jimmy Gaddis and
RRP/ Cycles of Palm Beach/Kayo/Dunlop /P3 /Sidi-backed priva teer Tim
Ferry .
This marked the first time since October 4, 1992, that an AMA National was
held a t the hi gh-speed Budds Creek
ter than that. I guess it's not bad, considering my starts and the dry track."
Finishing fourth overall was North