MOTOCROSS.
. AMA 125f25OCc National Championship Motocross Series
Rounds 6/6: Southwick, MA
(Left) Suzuki's Ezra Lusk came within a half lap of winning the first 125cc moto. A 2-3 gave
him second overall.
(Above) A hole in the radiator ended John Dowd's ride in the first 125cc moto, but he came
back to win the second, much to the delight of the home crowd.
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(Below) Local rider Tony Lorusso holeshot the first 125cc moto ahead of Lusk and another
local rider Shane O'Conner and would go on to finish third. Lorusso ended up eighth
overall.
"The first four laps or so I was just
trying to get my rhythm down," said
McGrath. "But Damon was riding good,
like the 'old Damon.' One time I stalled
the engine and he got real close."
It wasn't until the halfway point that
Bradshaw began showing signs of letting up. He began dropping off the blistering pace that was being set by
McGrath and eventually broke off the
chase. During their battle, McGrath and
Bradshaw had left the rest of the pack
behind, as McGrath went on to take the
·win, and Bradshaw a lonely second.
Hughes and Henry mixed it up for a
while for third. Henry caught up to and
passed Hughes, but the Kawasaki rider
retaliated later on, taking back his old
position. Hughes would hold on for
third, while Henry almost lost out to
Emig for fifth.
On the last lap, Emig made a desperate, last-lap attempt to get around
Henry and nearly did just that a few
\0 turns before the finish, but the two rid0\ ers collided over a drop-off jump wi th
~ Emig going down.
"He (Henry) came completely over
on me," Said Emig. "He went from left
to right and completely took my front
wheel out (in midair)."
The hard crash cost Emig one position as Lawrence managed to get by
before Emig got going again. Henry
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held on to fourth; Lawrence fifth and
Emigsixth.
laRocco looked to have made up for
his first-turn crash, running sixth when
he bailed over a risky double jump, a
jump that only he was doing late in the
race. The crash cost him positions as
well, as he took the flag in ninth behind
Button (seventh) and Albertyn (eighth).
Rounding out the top 10 was Ward.
The second moto saw Emig edge out
McGrath for the lead through the first
tum, with Honda of Troy's Brian Swink
settling into third, followed by Hughes,
Lawrence, Henry, LaRocco, Button and
Albertyn. Back in 18th was Bradshaw,
and even further back was Ward.
This time Emig led McGrath, as
another two-rider duel for the lead
ensued. The two longtime rivals quickly
put distance between themselves and
