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(Opposite page) Kawasaki's Mike Kledrowsld recorded his second win of the season at the Spring Creek National MX In Minnesota via 2-3 nioto finishes. (Right) Mike Craig (19) grabbed the holeshot ahead of Steve Lamson (5) In the second 125cc moto. Reynard would dive under both riders and roost away. Lamson ended up second overall with a 3-2. (Below) Robbie Reynard smoked to victory In the 125cc National. The Kawasaki rider scored wlre-to-wlre victories In both motos. following his first-moto crash with Dowd that effectively left him 21st at the finish line and one spot out of the points. Emig has a comfortable 46-point advantage on third-place Kiedrowski. In the' 125cc National, Reynard simply out-rode everyone. Period. Reynard: who's had an up-and-down season to this point - mainly due to injuries - was unbeatable on the fast and rough Spring Creek track. The teenager scored a wireto-wire victory over last week's winner Hughes and Honda's Steve Lamson, and pretty much did the same in the second moto, where he left no doubt in anyone's mind that his spectacular firstmoto performance was no fluke and that he was indeed the fastest 125cc rider on the day. Lamson gated just behind Reynard in the second moto but just could not hang with the Kawasaki rider. By the halfway point, Reynard was consistently pulling two s~conds a lap on Lamson. Third in the moto went to the lone factory Suzuki rider at Spring Creek - former series leader Damon Huffman, who finished fifth in the first moto. Reynard's perfect 1-1 score gave him the overall followed by Lamson's 3-2 and Hughes' 2-5. Huffman and Honda of Troy's Mike Brown rounded out the top five. Going into the Spring Creek National, Hughes held a slim two-point lead over Lamson, but the two riders left Minnesota locked in a tie for the series lead with 339 points each. Huffman is third with 328 and Brown is fourth with 324. 250Cc NATIONAL As the mercury flirted with the 100- degree mark, the huge crowd cheered as local hero Schmit outdragged the pack to and through the long, right-hand, sweeping first turn. Down the following straightaway, Schmit led Ward, KTM's Kevin Crine, Dowd, McGrath and Emig, but it was Emig who was beginning to make the big move. Through the next left turn before a tabletop jump, Emig dove underneath McGrath and was about to overtake Dowd when the two Yamaha riders collided in mid-air over the jump. Both riders went down in a heap. "I cross-rutted going over the jump and got out of shape," said Dowd. "I came over on Jeff and we hit." "He basically landed on top of me," said a dejected Emig. "I knew I was going down and I tried jumping off my bike in midair. There wasn't much I could do, and I went down pretty hard." Both riders were slow to their feet. Emig's bike was nearly completely destroyed in the crash - the front fender, number-plate, front brake cable and a fork guard were all hanging off the bike. Emig would, on the next lap, stop for repairs before getting back into the race. 'Thad no front brake and the front end was bent," said Emig. Meanwhile, up front, Schmit's moment of glory was short-lived. By the second lap, he had dropped to third behind Kiedrowski and McGrath, and in his wake chased Ward, Crine, HoT's Todd DeHoop, LaRocco and Kawasaki rider Roy Schellenberger. A lap later, Ward moved into third. A lap after that, LaRocco dropped Schmit one more place to fifth. Kiedrowski and McGrath had moved out slightly ahead of Ward while engaged in a serious dice for the lead. As the sun beat down, McGrath chased Kiedrowski, matching his every move, lap after lap. At times, McGrath looked to have'a pass made only to have Kiedrowski slam the door shut on him in the next turn. "I had him a couple of times," said McGrath, "but he. would always have the line."