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,SUPERCROSS ,'U.S. S upercross Series ' , , ' Round 1 Texas S ium 2: tad (Above left) In the EastlWest 125cc main, Damon Huffman (1), Mlckae l Pichon (101) and James Dobb (16) battled three abreast down a jump-filled straight. It was here where Huffman repassed Pichon and Dobb for the lead and for good. (Above) McGrath had a little fun late In t he race by "goon riding" for his fri end Jeff Stanton and his mechan ic Skip Norfol k. "I was try ing to make them laugh," said McGrath. He succe eded. (Left) Jeff Emig chases down his bike after crashi ng in the mud. (Bottom left) McGrath (left), Henry (center) and Dowd (ri ght) celeb rate on th e ros t rum. B~riefly..., , . Team Honda/1-800-Collect's Steve Lamson failed to make the main event in Dallas, Lamsari went over the barsIn a sectio n' of whoops during practice and caught his right , leg on the handlebars, twisting his knee: He tried racing in the heat race but the pain was , . too great and he pulled off the track: Since Lamson is a tit le co nte nde r in the 125c c , ' Nat ional.MX Series, which resu mes next week ai Hanqtown , it was decided not to ' push it and to sacrifice the Dallas Supercross , to prevent possible furthe~ injury to the knee. . plansto compete in the l~sltWo rounds 'of the superc ross seriesI n San Jose and Las Veg~s, ' ' Oklahomiu1 Cliff ,Palmer was absentln Dallas, While practicing during the week: Palmer crashed and report edly ~p u t a hole' in his knee." Palmerwill be out of actionindefinitely. KTM's Jeff Dement 'showed ,up ,with ,a new sponsor at Dallas, The Texan worked out a deal with an off-road vehicle company called ASC Off ·R o'a'dlC ar Aud io. The Houstonbased company distributes oft-road parts and builds audiosystems. . " KTMhad a.aooo night at Dall as, field ing 'three KTM rid e rs ,in the 250cc final: Jeff Team Suzuki's Ezra Luskwas no-show at Dement, Tony Amaradio and self-sponsored . Dall as, t.usk, the :1994 ' Eastern 'Regional , Cart Hansen , from -Shawnee. Kansas.' ' , 125cc 'SupercrcsaCharnplon. crashed on Monday, April' 24 , w hile 'practicing n ear his Honda of -Troy's James Cobb was racing in home i n Bainbridge, Georgia. Accordin g to ' pain at Dallas. At the previous round in Char- ' Team Manager Roger DeCoster,Lusk Injured , lotte; Cobb ,fell and broke two bones 'i n his , ligaments in his wrisi and is expected .to be .' foot and injured his shoulder. . 1feelve,y sore " out of actiori for at .least two months. " ' , : and it's painfUl ,to 'race," said Dobb. ,"I can't , ,. . fully extend my shoulder , making it difficult Greg Albertyn returned to action 'at Dallas , through the wricops.; ' " " , atter breaking his shoulder at the Indy Super- . ' . .' '" . cross earlier this month. The Team Suzuki , Kawasaki' s Mike Kiedrowski got irito the rider had returned to his homeland in South ' Texas spi rit. Th e,rnulti -tfme -Natlo nal MX Africa to recuperate, and 'after riding practice , 'Champion, spo rted one -of -a-kind Gae rne , at Dallas; Alberty':' .said he was 'I 00 percent .cowhide boot that ,also, featured, brown and again. "['m a new man," said a smiling Alber.. wh ite cow hai r: "Actually,; I wore -them at tyn. Unf ortunately, the' thr ee-t ime Wor ld ' ,Houston arid .now her e," said Kiedrows ki. Champion' had a tough time in the mud and ' "Theywere built jusi for the Texas rounds." finished,18th, completing just 12 laps. " ' , ' Jeremy McGrath decided 'to have a ,lill ie fun ' After his terrifying crash at the Pontiac Super-" in the 250cc main. "I was having aqreat tirne cross, April 8, where he had to be carried off ' , in the mud; and I knew there was no way I the track on a stretcher; Team NCY/Primal was going to catch Doug (Henry)"so I started Impulse's Pedr~ Gonzalez was hariging out , 'goon riding,' over the jumps," said McGrath. in the pits and signing autoqraphs at Dallas, ·"1 was doing these' gooney one-banders and though he never suited up. Gonzalez suffered ' no-footers on purpose. I was trying to make a concussion iri the crash where he landed Jeff Stanton and Skip (Norfolk; McGrath's short over a triple jump. ."It'll be another two mechanic) laugh . Hope fully someo ne got ' weeks before I start' riding again," said 'Gon· , pictures." " ' , , ' zalez.,"The. first week after the crash ,I slept a ' lot, I mean I was sleeping 20 hours a day; i , The ~ighfS (aCing program h~d a ~light' delay was dizzy, lazy and everything." As far as the when one of the score girls had to be carried crash itse lf, Gonzalez doesn't remember a 'o ff the tra ck on a stretche r. The .girl, was , thing, "I remember theday before (the crash) reportedly.knocked unconscious after being and the hospital; I remember waking up' with , accidentally struck on the head bya large, . tubes in my nose, and, mouth ." Gonzal ez aluminum pole.that was, beinqrnaneuvered spent much of his time recuperatinqln his by tr ack 'maintenance pe rsonnel ..Reports , ' , ,. hometown of Monterrey, M~x.ico . He says he have it that she'll be okay. a