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SUPERCROSS TOYOTA TRUCKSITHORIPARTS UNLIMITED AMA S UPERC O SSERIES RS Round 5: Qualcomm Stadium ~--'-----~- ------ -------- _ By Cameron Coatney Photos by Kin ney Jones (Left) Yamaha was on cloud nine at the San Diego Supercross after ChaparraU Yamaha's Je remy M cGrath (center) and J immy Bullon (right) finis hed first and se cond , respectively. Kevin Windham's third-place finis h gave Yamaha a clean sweep of the podium. (Below) McGrath was unstoppable in San Diego, grabb ing the holes hot and leading every lap of both his qualifying heat and main event . The fourtime champ now has a 27-pointlead over Ezra Lusk In the point standings, 11487. 6 SAN DIEGO, CA, FEB. 7 fter coming within just a few comers of occupying the top two _ -..... positions on the podium last week in Seattle, Team Chaparral Yamaha's Jeremy McGrath and Jimmy Button came through by finishing first and second, respectively, in front of 52,007 fans at the San Diego Supercross. . McGrath had a flaw less night, grabbing the holeshot in both his hea t and the main eve nt in similar fashion before trouncin g away to commanding vic tories at the PACE MotorSports-promoted event. The win ma rked McGrath's 47th Su percross victory and his 63rd win includi ng National MX victories - w hich m.oved him into a tie wiSh the legend ar y Rick Joh nson a nd Bob Hannah on th e all- time win list. For McGrath, it was a night to remember , for his team and for himself - and it wen t a long way toward increasing his confidence. "I'm riding reall y good right now and there's no reason I can't keep winning like that, " McGrath said . "I feel great right now. I'm super-excited about Jimmy's second-place finish, and it couldn't be better for the team. My confidence is as high as it has ever been in my life. Everything is working excellent and I feel the same as I did in '96. I come out here knowing I can win. That's the difference between this year and last." After coming so close to accomplishing this fea t last weekend, Bullon was determined in San Diego. McGrath's teammate didn' t have the early success the four-time SX champ enjoyed, but won his semi to advance into the main. After another mediocre start in the main, Butto n climbed the ladder to take over second with a brilliant pass on both Kevin Wind ham an d Dou g Hen ry in the whoops on lap nine. "T his s hou ld h a v e ha ppened la st weekend , but I capitalized on it - I made it a ste p p ing stone in stead of getting u p set about it ," Button sa id. "Everything worked ou t and I'm stoked . There is n o re a s on w hy this ca n' t ha ppe n every weeken d . Jerem y is rid in g phe-