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MOTOCROSS FLORIDA WINTER AMA SERIES orsports Complex But it would not matter in the long run, as Tichenor still won everything in sight on his Performance Engineering/Cytomax-backed Suzuki. In the first 125cc Pro moto, Kawasaki rider Paul Currie jumped out in front, while J~ff Curry, Tichenor, Brock Sellards, Keith Johnson, Shae Bentley and Barry Carsten all filed in behind the pace setter. On the second lap, Jeff Curry passed Paul Currie for the lead, while Tichenor slid in behind the new leader. Tichenor was on the gas and was sizing up Curry when, all of a sudden, Tichenor went down. "1 just felt off my rhythm," Tichenor explained of his slide-out in an off-camber turn. "After 1 got up and finally calmed down, 1 got going again." That he did. Tichenor r~Qu!lted still in second with Sellards and Carsten now right behind in third and fourth, respectively. Tichenor and Sellards ran together for the next 10 laps as they tracked down the reader, Curry. It looked as though Curry might hold his two pursuers off till the end, but it would not be. "1 was feeling great and holding those guys off when my rear tire let go," Curry said. "After that 1 just tried to stay in it and maintain some points." Curry let Tichenor and Sellards by as they dueled for the lead. At one point, Sellards got by Tichenor, who came right back with a pass of his own. "It was a Dig mistake passing Tichenor," said Sellards. "He wore me out trying to stay in front of him." "Brock was cleanly by me:' Tichenor said. "1 backed off to give him the turn, but he still rode my front wheel off the track. It kind of inade me mad, so 1 went after him." Like Curry, Carsten developed a flat tire and stopped in the pits for repairs. He dropped all the way back to 15th place. Meanwhile, Tichenor and Sellards continued their fight and it all came to an end at the checkers with Tichenor leading the way over Sellards. Paul Currie held on to third, while Johnson, Tony Lorusso and Eric Reilly foUowed in line. Once agairi it was Sellards and Tichenor leading the pack early in the second moto. Carsten, Scott Carter, Lorusso, Bentley, Ronnie Renner and Curry all settled in behind the lead duo. Sellards still had control at the midway point, followed by Tichenor, Curry, Carter, Currie and Carsten. But Sellards' ride out in front would soon end when both Tichenor and Curry motored by. '1 felt good and thought I was setting a great pace," Sellards said. "When By Mike and Anne Adair OCALA, FL, JAN. 4-5 uzuki-mounted Ron Tichenor might have won every moto he competed in, but those wins did not come easily. "1 just couldn't get a start today," Ti~enor said after topping both the 125 and 250cc Pro classes at the second round of the Florida Winter AMA 'MX Series a t the Ocala Motorsports Complex. "1 would watch the gate fall and say, 'Hey, the gate fell: before 1dumped the clutch and took off. Everybody got the jump on me." (Above) Ron Tichenor was unbeatable at Ocala. He won all four 125 and 250cc Pro motos. (Right) Emesto Fonseca, here leading Matt Walker, scored both the 125 and 250cc B-class wins SatUfday. (Below) Walker (27) came back and beat Fonseca (6a) In the 125cc (12-15) division. 24 Tichenor and Curry came by me on the eighth lap, I thought something was wrong. 1 followed Curry and tried to regain the pace." "Sellards got a great start, so 1 settled down in second and just waited to see what happened," Tichenor said, "1 seemed to have better momentum, passed him and then gave a big push to open the gap. It worked and I left those guys." Sellards hung on to second, while Currie took third. Right behind him came Carter. "1 got a pretty good start and was pleased to find myself in the top four:' Carter said. In the first 250cc Pro moto, Brian Swink jumped out to an early lead. Swink, who recently had both wrists