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MOTOCROSS AMA FALL CLASSIClEASTERN FOUR·STROKE NATIONAL MX SERIES Round 3: Daniel Boone Motocross Park Neese said. "I went too high and end ed up in the hay bales." Ou t in front, Kelly Smith and Anthony Pocorobba chased Thomas. Man y of the riders used the first lap to develop their mud-riding strategies, as Pocorobba p assed Thomas for the lea d a t the end of the first lap. "I had a fas ter, drier line through the 'Supercross Six' (a whoop section) and I was able to ge t by Thomas," Pocorobba said . A battle developed for second between Thomas and Smith. Then Smith began ge tting the upper hand. Five min utes in to th e 20-minuteplus-two-lap mo to, Pocorobba secu red the lead , ma intaining a 25-seco nd lead over second-placed Smit h. The race wore on , and by the mid way point Neese had worked his way into fourth , only to slip back in the pack aga in. " I had to throw m y goggles ri ght a fter I fell becau se th ey fogged up," Neese said . "T h a t made rid in g th e remainder of the mot o tougher for me." Yamaha-mo unted Anthony Poco robba (left ) scored t he overall win in the Eastern Four-S troke Nati onal at Daniel Boone Motocro ss Park in Kentucky. (Below) Kevin Walk er wo n the seco nd moto. By Susan W. Wil lian LONDON, KY, ocr. 4 oggy, overca st s kies greeted riders as they fired off the line at the th ird round of the AMA 1998 Fall Class ic I Fo u r -S t r o k e National at Daniel Boo ne Motoc ross Park. The even t, s ponsored by Husqva rna, ProAction Sus pens io n, Moto Tees, White Bro th ers a n d Ball z e e , featured 560 en tries - d espite the soggy condition s. A n d of t h o se 560 r i d ers , A n t llo ny Pocoro b ba, Jim Neese and Jon Boruff were three of th e top riders. Pocorobba sco red the Easte r n Four -S t roke National competition while Neese and Boruff scored b ig in the Fall Classic Series races. "Seven ty days witho ut rain, then it rains," sa id the event' s promoter . "At least th e conditions tod a y a re beller . The bu lldozer hel ped to scrape away so m e o f the mud , whi ch improved tra ck cond itions for the riders. The seco n d m ot o s we re g rea t, as the sun a p pea re d, dryin g out th e racin g surface." The biggest purse of the day - $4000 was up fo r g rabs in the Fo ur-S tro ke Eastern Nati on al class. In mot o one , Hond a -Husq varna of High Point /Protei /Winters Mar ketingbacked Jim N eese had the lead off the ga te but , in the mu ddy track cond itions, eese went d ow n righ t away, d ropping to sixth. RPI Racing /Pro-Action /Thor's Jaso n Thomas took charge. "I basically missed the first corn er," F A a ~f ~ ,....., ~ N ;.... (l) .c o ..... u o 32 •