.MOTOCROSS
AMA125/250cc NATIONAL
MOTOCRO SC AMPIONSH SER
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Round 11: Washougal Motocross'Park
- despite the fact tha t he wa s dragging a
swatch of Yam aha banner s (iro nically)
caugh t in hi s r ear w heel - beg an a
charge that wou ld take him past Damon
Bradshaw, laRocco and a fast-fading
Ward.
At the finish, Emig flashed by the
checkered flag with a massive lead , followed by Albertyn, who had recovered
after a mi nor miscue and forgedj his
way back up to second, and the neversay-die Dowd, who kept his title hopes
alive by the slimmest of ma rgins - one
point!
"People always as k me, 'Shi t, how do
you do that?'" said Emig in response to
being informed th at he had no w wo n
eight consecutive motos. "And I say, 'I
don' t know: I jus t go out and rid e and
have a good time. I'm real fortunate that
I have a good bike, good spo nso rs and a
good team. All of that makes my job real
easy. "
Emig also had so me thi ng to say to
th e anno u nc e rs, w ho i nfo r med th e
crowd of Dowd 's last-chance lunge a t
th e tit le . " T h e mor e I t hink a bou t
this," Em ig sa id with a laugh, "you
g uys ta lk about all this o ve r th e PA,
a nd Dowd ca n hear tha t shit a nd just
wick it up!
" An o the r goa l afte r th is is th e
Motocross d es Na tio ns," ad d ed Emig,
later that afternoon. "I know I'm goi ng
to have to beat th e three-t im e World
Champion (Stefa n Everts ). Everything
I'm doing here is not only to win championships, but to begi n preparations for
racing the des Nations:'
(Abo ve) Windham couldn't ho ld off t he
advances of carmichael and then Team
Kawa saki 's Damon Huffman in the second
125ct moto, and finished second overall
with a 2-3 moto tally.
(Right) Team Suzuk llS uzu ki of TroyN-aooceuect's Jerem y McGrath rode belter th is
w eek and fi nished in th ird with a 3-7.
.....
Lagceco
(Suz);
