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.MOTO'CROSS AlA 125125Occ.Nationai Championship Mqtocross Series Round 7: Kenworthy's MX Park By Davey Coombs hio inferno r TROY, OH, JULY 16 eam Honda/l-800-Collect/Fox Racing's Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lamson, once again led the way in Sunday's seventh round of the AMA 125/25Occ National MX Championship Series. This time the Red Riders got the job done at Kenworthy's MX Park in western Ohio in front of more than 12,000 scorched race fans, who braved temperatures that hovered around the century mark all afternoon The victories marked the fourth outdoor win of the year for each rider. "These outdoor wins just get better and better," said McGrath, who, in the process of finishing first and second in his two motos, was able to add five more points to his lead over Jeff Emig in their 250cc title fight. "I want this title and 1 want to win these races. 1 wasn't charging too good in the mud in the second moto, but then 1 just got my act together and starting charging." A frustrated Emig, agonizingly close to McGrath's rear fender in both motos, ended up third overall behind McGrath and defending 250cc National Champion Mike LaRocco, who led everyone in the second motQ. Emig's Yamaha teammate John Dowd was fourth on the day (6-4) while World champ Greg Albertyn struggled to fifth (4-6) in his first-ever visit to Kenworthy. Lamson's fourth straight 125cc win was methodical. The 24-year-old Californian took the lead early in both motos and was never challenged. Team Splitfire/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Ryan Hughes was second both times out while super-consistent semi-privateer Mike Brown was again on the podium as third overall with a 3-4 score. 'This week and last week (Red Bud) were probably the two best rides of my life," said Lamson, who now has strung together a four-moto winning streak and made up a huge deficit in the National standings. "I'm making more and more progress every time. I'm right back in the points." . One of the biggest surprises in recent motocross seasons has to be Brown, who now leads the 12Sec National Championship standings on his Honda of Troy motorcycle. Brown, a 22-year-old Tennessean, took over the points lead from an out-of-sync Damon Huffman of Team Suzuki. 'Tm just trying to be real consistent in every race and get as many points as 1 can," said Brown, who, like Huffman, has yet to win an outdoor event in '95. "If 1 can just keep riding fast and smart and getting points, 1 might still be here at the end." Huffman, the points leader since the second round of the series in California, could not get it together in Ohio and struggled to sixth overall (6-5) on the same track that he won last year. However, Huffman did not take losing the points lead too badly. "You know, maybe this is a good. thing," said the Californian, who has recently been unable to consistently show the tremendous speed that.landed him at the top of the points charts in the first place. "I don't know what was wrong with me before. Maybe 1was just trying to hold on to the points lead. It was just handed to me the whole time. 1 hope this will help me to kick myself ilL the ass again." Brown leads with 257 points, followed by Hughes and Huffman (254 apiece), Lamson (252) and Reynard (234). Florida's Tim Feny DNFed both motos to slip out of contention, while.