.M T C O S . .
OO R S
. . :'. Round 9: Spring Creek MX Park
.• AMA 1251250cc National Championshl Motocross Series
(Left) John Dowd breat hes a si gh of relief
after bare ly holding off Mike laRocco to
win the second 250cc National moto and,
with It, the overall victory. It was his
second career National win.
(Below left) Steve Lamson (4) and
teammate Doug Henry (1) battled from
star! to IInlsh In the second 125cc moto,
with Lams on holding on for the narrow
win. His 3-1 tally gave him the overall win ,
wh ile a 2·2 netted Henry second. Jeff
Emig won the first moto.
Xtr eme/Yamaha ' s Larry Ward, w h o
posted 5-6 moto finishes.
Despite fini shing second, LaRocco
still enjoys a command ing lead in the
2S0cc se ries sta ndi ngs. With his teammate Mike Kiedrowski sidelined wit h a
broken finger, laRocco enjoys an all-butun catchable 129-point lead over his nearest competitor Dowd, 420-291. McGrath
is now th ird w ith 272 poi n ts. LaRocco
cou ld realistically clinch the title next
week at Washougal.
Steve Lamson record ed his second
12Scc National win of the season, narrow ly defea ting his Ho nda/l-BOo-COLLECT tea mma te Doug He nry . Tea m
Yama ha's Jeff Emig won the first moto
ah ead of both Henry and Lamson, bu t
Lamson ou t-due led Henry in a fight to
the finish in the second moto to score the
overall win . Emig couldn't make
amends of a so-so start, finishing third in
the second moto and third overall. Ryan
Hu ghes
of
th e
SplitFi re /Ho t ·
Wheels/ Pro Circuit /Ka wasak i Team ,
and Suzu ki's Damon Hu ffman compl eted the top five.
" I just ha ve to keep wi nnin g," sa id
Lamson. "I ' m seven points ba ck and
th ere' s three mor e races; I th ink I can
make that up."
The title chase in the 125cc class has
nar rowed d ow n to just seven points,
with Henry leading Lamson, 3So-343. A
distant third is Hughes with 319.
250 NATIONAL
By Kit Palmer
Photos by Steve Berkner
MILLVILLE, MN, AUG.7
hey sa y that oppo rtunit y
comes knocking only once.
Well, if that is tru e, then privateer John Dowd from
Chicopee, Massachusetts,
didn't keep Mr. Opportunity
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