Round 7: Georgia Dome
TOYOTA TRUCKSITHORIPARTS UNLIMITED AMA
By Henny Ra Abrams
Photos by Frank Hoppen
ATLANTA, GA, FEB. 20
ith the largest crowd this season cheering him on,
MaLda/Chaparral/Yamaha's
Jeremy McGrath rose to the occasion,
riding an intelligent and mistake-free
race on a demanding track that claimed
many of 111, competitors.
The win, McGrath's second of the
year, came before a crowd of 60,183 that
watched the five-time and defending
AMA Supercross Champion master the
packed-clay track on the floor of the
Georgia Dome in round even of the
AMA U.s. upercross Series. It wasn't
so much that he was that much faster
Ii than everyone else, but rather it was his
!8 ability to gate well and set the pace up
front that Jed to his victory. Suzuki'
Larry Ward chased McGrath for the first
III half of the race before McGra th took off
and Ward was slowed by his forearms'
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(Above) Jeremy McGrath, on the
MazdalChaparral/Yamaha YZ250,
posted his second win of the
season at the Atlanta Supercross.
(Right) John Dowd finished a
season-best second.
u.s. SUPERCROSS SERIES
