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Supercross After passing Schnell, Brandes was now in control of fifth. Johnson forged on and, on the 10th lap, tripled over the fading Pingree for third, and Brandes soon followed. However, a lapped rider slowed Brandes' progress a few laps later, and Pingree repassed his Suzuki teammate over the triple. With three laps remaining, Ramsey held a six-second advantage over Lytle; then came the hard-charging Johnson. Pingree still held fourth. Then Brandes got out of hap and ghost-rode hi RM125 over the triple, losing several positions. "There was a rut that I got sideways on, and it kicked the back end up, and then both of my feet were on the left side of the bike," Brandes explained of the odd crash. "Instead of riding that one out, I just let it go." Ramsey relaxed the final lap and Lytle closed the gap, but it was too little, too late, as Ramsey styled to his third straight victory of the year. "Every time feels like the first time," an ecstatic Ramsey said of the win. "The first part of the race is always chaotic, and I just tried to stay smooth and be smart. Once 1 got out front, 1 dug down to get a little lead a 1 could relax later. It went pretty mooth." Lytle finished a strong second, while Johnson finished a career-best third. ''It took me a couple of laps to get by Pingree; then Ramsey came up and 1 started getting a little tense," Lytle said of hi second-place ride. "After he (Ramsey) passed me, I just tried to hang in there for second and maybe get him back, but he wa going good." "1 got a good tart and my Yamaha felt great the whole time," said a proud ' Johnson. 'Tve been riding and training a lot on supercross-type tracks, and things are going good." Pingree held on for fourth, in front of Schnell, who usually does well at Anaheim. Clark finished sixth after battling throughout rna t of the race with his friend Wheeler, who ended up seventh. Isaiah Johnson's cousin Keith Johnson finished eighth, while a bummed Brandes recovered from his fall in nintll. _ Edison International Field Anaheim, California February 6, 1999 (Round 5 of 8) 125 HEAT 1 (6 laps, 1-9 transfer to main): 1. Ryan Clark (Kaw): 2. David Pingree (Suz); 3. MichiJ(~1 Brandes ( uz); 4. Casey Lytle (Yam); 5, Creg Schnell (Yam); 6. Travis Preston (5uz); 7. Keith Johnson (Yllm); 8. Oilnicl Blair (Yam); 9. Steve Andrich (Yam); 10. Donovan Mitchell (Yam); 11. Donald Upton (Hon); 12. Brad Hagseth (Hon); 13. Ryan Duff (Yam); 14. Kris Rourke (5uz); 15. Jeff Northrup (Kaw); '16. Dax Kastrin (KaW)i 17. Murk Tilley (KTM); 18. Rodrig Thain (I-Ion); 19. Danny Carlson (Yam); 20. Jerry Alem.,n (SUl). 125 HEAT 2 (6 laps, 1·9 transfer to main): 1. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 2. Charley Bogard (Suz); 3. Ismnh Jolmson (Yam); 4. Ryan Huffm.'n (flon); 5. Chris Wheeler (Yam); 6. Rusty Holland (5uL); 7. Tyler Evans (Suz); 8. Tom Clowers (Suz); 9. Stephan Dem.utis (Hon); 10. Cia Tedesco (Yam); 11. Kenny B.."\rtram (KTM); 12. Andy Harrington (Yam); 13. Doug Parsons ( liZ); 14. Dennis Owens (5uz); 15. Akira N.lrim (Han); 16. Erick Vnllcjo (K.~w); 17. Hawk White ( UL); 18. Ronnie Clark (Yam); 19. Matt Maximoff (Han); 20. Cobey Johnson (Yam). LeQ (4 laps, 1-4 transfer to main): 1. Erick Valle;o (Kaw); 2. Rodrig Thain (Hon); 3. Andy Harrington (Yam); 4. Akira arita (Hon); 5. Ryan Duff (Y"m); 6. Kenny Bartram (KTM); 7. Donald Upton (Han); 8. Dennis o,..tens (5uz); 9. Kris Rourke (Suz); 10. Jeff orthrup (Kaw); 11. Brad Hagseth (Han); 12. \!taU Maxlmoff (Han); 13. Dax Kdstrin (Kaw); 14. Doug Parsons (Suz); 15. Mark Tilley (l(lM); 16. H.lwk White (5u2); 17. Ronnie Clark (Yam); 18. Cio Ted~o (Yam)i 19, Donovan Mitchell (Yam); 20. Danny Carlson (Yam); 21 Jerry Aleman (Suz); 22. Casey Johnson (Yam). 125 MAIN (22 riders, 15 laps): 1 ~athan Rarnst.---y (K.1W); 2. Cao;ey Lytle (Yam); 3. Isaiah Johnson (Yam); 4. David Pingree (Suz); 5. Greg Schnell (Yam); 6, Ryan Clark (Knw); 7. Chris Wheeler (Yam); 8. Keith Johnson (Yam); 9. Michael Brandes (Suz); 10. Rusty Holland (5u7.); 11. Tyler Evans (Suz); 12. Stephan Demartis (Han); 13. Rynn Huffman (Han); 14. Erick V.tllcJo (Knw); 15. Rodrig Thain (Han); 16. Steve Andridt (Suz); 17 Andy Harrington (Yam); 18. Akll'<.1 artl.l (Han); 19. Brieflv...· Chris Gosselaar was cruising around the pits at Anaheim in a wheelchair. The FMF/Honda rider is shooting to be back In action at round 12 in St. Louis on March 27. "I broke both my heels, and I broke a toe and one 01 my ankles." said Gosselaar about the' injuries he sustaine,d while practicing lor the lirst Anaheim SX in January. "They put a plate and live screws in my right loot. because I totally shattered my heel. In the lelt one. they put one screw and pins. and I just got the pin$ out last Thursday. I also dislocated my linger pretty bad in the crash. I'm gOing to hopelully start walking sometime next week and start riding in lour or live more weeks." What did Larry Ward do alter his big win in Seattle last week? "Mainly. I enjoyed the win on Sunday and hung out With my lamily up in Washington and watched the Super Bowl. - said Ward. who wasted little time getting back to work. "I flew back here on Monday and rode hard Tuesday and Wednesday. I had a lot 01 open houses to go to this week. too. In between that time. I rode with Greg

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