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Round 3: Budds Creek Motocross Park McGrath, whose second place was good for second overall. "Once you start worrying about that stu ff, that's wh en you get hurt ." O n la p 10, Ma tiasev ich took over third from a fading Healey and held this position to moto's end, pumping his fist over th e fin ish-line jump. Kiedrowsk i overcame another' mediocre start - and b ut we 're going to p ut m y oid -type grips back on for moto two." Lewis was sixth in the moto, surviving a freight-tr ain battle wit h Matiasevich, La rry Bro oks, Larr y Ward and Brian Sw ink. Matiasevich was next, followed by Ward and Brooks. Cra ig re-evalu ated the situa tion and decid ed to ride moto tw o; he w as rewa rded with a great start . After following Ray Sommo through tum one, Craig took over the lead and tried to put time on the pack. He wasn't to be so fortunate, though, as Healey and McGrath were on his rear fender by lap two. laRocco had started fifth, but soon he and McGrath had disp laced Heal ey and the lead ing Craig. Soon after, Craig pulled off, again in too much pain to continue. LaRocco and McGrath pulled away from the rest of the pack, and to the surprise of many McGrath held off the Kawasaki rider until midway through the IS-lap moto. "I was doing my best to hold laRocco off, but I knew he was riding good, and I wasn't surp rised when he got by," said McGrath, who was passed at the bottom of a downhill. "I tried to sta y with him after he got by, and I did - for a while." laRocco aga in began setting blistering lap times and pulled over eight sec- . onds on McGrath before crossing th e finish . line, giv ing the crowd th e ·.·..e' .' ·srI.'f·. '1 . .:. " ' 16 (Left) How hard-core are the motocross enthusiasts at Budds Creek? Don't as k. (Below)Defending champ Mike Kiedrowski overcame crashes and slow starts to finish third overall. He and laRocco are quickly outdistancing the field in the 250cc points battle. thumb s-up as h e cli m bed the final uphill. "I didn't get as good a start, but it wasn't bad," said laRocco. "It was a little dusty , so it w as kind of hard to be aggressive. I knew who was ahead of me, so I paced myself and took my time . This helps. It's too early to worry about the championship, though. I just have to keep doing this." "I didn't wo rry about (ieopard lzing) th e supercross champ ions hip," said : .weie bact last -year, andhe 'got Qt!e ofth'ern on - 'the one. that was.worse," said .' ' . . ' • ~_1-, .~_-,';'-'---;--.,-......:.-,-.. ". Reynard's mechanic'and father; Robert Rey- , i .-, ' - .. nard' Sr.: We were hoping to waituntllthe For his wi~ in ihe 1'25cc C1ass, 'Steve Lam'~ . -eridct .this season for the .other one, but : son earned $1600 from 'the' $12,5ci0125cc: : that's the 'one .he hurt in the fall; so nowl.: : class purse; ' wtJile .M i k~. La R o c c o · was .d0n.'t know what:-ve're.going do:We're just .t.0 awarded a $2000.share of the $15000 250cc ..' trylng to make 'itthrouqh.' Reynard got a' · class purse. " ' . .: : :.. . 'nearly ~ead-Iasl 's tart in:rnoto two, so 15th' . ' ' . . .... . . .. " : . . . ' . :,.- overall was the.best h~ could ~o, . And while we're on the subject of money.. . ' .' . . .. . ' ' . ' .' . .' Todd and Robin Delioop have ~orked out a , After sitting out the Seattle Supercross10 re~1 uniqueway .to help 10 pay ihe racing'bills, '.. Ihe·L-t. vertebrae that he f ractured at Hang- ·. Todddoes his best to earn a paycheck on ihe : ' town.,Team Honda/1-800-COLLECTsJeff: · track, 'while Robin ~ his'wife' - helps .ouI.the · Stanton showedup al Budds Creek ready for. · AMA wiih. scoring when the need arises. ' II · . aclion :Unfortunal~ly "lh e three-lime 250~c ' pays for myplane tickel here,".said Robin,' Nalional .Champion again.crashed hard.after · DeHoop 'finished ninth overallvia '1 3~9 mote . .compielingjusl one lapOf the firslrriO "He !o. · finishes. Honda:privaleer) lIch. Taylor has " . hurt his neck an.d back aga in,"'said Wyat · ·also been eaming extra.gas money by haul- '. .Seal.s, Stanton's,mechanic. :"11 happened on 'ing the ·VZ250 ofYamaha privateerJeff Mati·' :Ihat downhill jump bythemechantc's 81'ea,: asevich tothe.races in his boxvan, To be. honest,.I didn'l see it, butfrom.whal I : . . .. hear, neiock off .okay, but.hetanded in- ttie ' '" :: ' . . ..Team' 'Kawasaki's Robbie Reynard gollhe ·mud. a nd high-slded, He 'aggra valed his. ·outdoor. season' off to a great .startwith a' .' injuries'froniHangtown." " ::" '. malo win at the.series opener in Gainesville'; ' .' . , :- . . .. . . . ' .. , Florida, 'but hisluck has qulckly gone downhill . Scott goggles rep Belia Forti was back in the ' since then .. At Blldds" Creek,. Reynard .. plts at Budds Creek'afterm isslnqthe Seattle :.crashed over an uphilidou'ble.on Ihe firsl ·iap ' . Supercross.."My·wife·.:Helen, had he'r baby,": of motoone. Whileh is 'recenl ;'';ri~t. rnjurY . · 'said Forti. '"I;le was bornon Friday the'13Ih, : .came away'from the incident unscatned.rhts" , arid Vie 'named hlm'v tncenzo Guido forti .: :' ofteri-injured shoulders once' again proved to . That's why I.missed Seattle -·1 was on mater-" . . . be the weakpolnt.: "Both of his shoulders . , nity leave."":.: y ' . ".. . . .' . .r> , . ' " : : operated , . ' seconds ahead of Henry for the remainder of the moto, while Emig worked through the pack, passing Huffman on the last lap to fini s h third. "Yeah, he (Henry) kept me on my toes, but I just kept looking ahead and concentrating," said Lamson , "I got a bad start and rod e crappy for the first part of the moto," said Emig. .. tw o cr as hes .. to finish fou r th in th e moto and third overall. "First I crashed in a powdery tum at th e to p o f that hill, then I cut to the inside in a tum and just clipped someon e's wheel and went down ," said Kiedrowsk i. "I jus t have to come back next week." Fifth was Lewis, who was rid ing with teammate Brooks' back-up shock after his malfunctioned in the first moto. "I ki nd of hit the wall, " he said. "A t least the first moto went good. I learned a lot rid ing behind Lakocco." Dowd finished sixth , after suffering a horrendous start. "I just got pinched off, then passed people for the whole moto. I'm not too happy. I think I'm still third in points, but Kiedrowski and laRocco are getting away." Button surv ived a hard crash in moto one to place seventh in the second outin g, while his teammate, Phil Lawrence, was eig h th. DeH oop and Brooks completed the top 10, "Then I started catching guys really quick. Ryno (Hughes) put up more of a 'figh t than Huffman. It's a good track - a little dusty in a coupl e spots. It was really bad on the first lap. I didn't know where I was!" Huffman was fourth ahead of Hughes. "I started getting tight towards the end," said Huffman. "I was tr ying to loosen my arms up ove r the jumps. It was dusty, but I'd rather have it dusty . than muddy." Gaddis held on for sixth, ahead of . Scott Shea k, Craig Decker, James Dobb .and Denny Stephenson, Scott goggles rep Bevo Forti predicted another Lamson holeshot in moto two , and he was right. This time, however, Emig gated better than he had in moto, one and pa ssed the H onda rider on the first lap , Henry was third ahead of Hughes, while Huffman rounded lap one in sixth place. Lamson challenged Em ig on an uphill, and made the pass on Ihe next ascent. Emig retaliated, however, taking 125cc NATIONAL the lead back at the bottom of the next Lamso n holesh ot the first 15-lap moto • downhill. Lamson got -by again, bul an d p ut an eigh t-second advantage on . gav e himself a scare on lap seven, "He messed up bad in that back secsecond pla ce by lap two . The first rider to hold down second was Jimmy Gad tion, and L'go t by, " sa id Emig."He almost went over the bars ; you'd better dis, then Henry. Emig had gated poorly, while Huffman was in fourth place, ask him about it." Kawasa ki' s Robb ie Reynard clip ped "I was pre-jumping this little downa n u p hill double on the first lap and hill double, a nd on e time I ca m e up short and my back wheel hit the second we n t d own , takin g n ewl y crowned jump," said Lamson, when reminded of 125cc Ea s te rn Reg ional Supercross Cham pion Ezra Lusk with him . Both the incident. "My back end came up and I hit my face on the bars. That scared riders remoun ted near the back of the pack, but Lusk had better luck working me. After that, I just kind of let Jeff by." Emig pulled five seconds on Lamson, forward - until he hit a patch of mud when la nd ing from a downhill jump, and crossed the line with the moto win , and crashed again. "I guess you could say I was having a lot of fun," said the Yamaha rider. "Me Lamson stayed approximately five

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