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Brief'Y··· Continued lrom page 17 the first turn in separate incidences. Lewis ended up 14th and Buckelew 15th. While the team was happy with the performance of its riders at Anaheim III, it was, however, disappointed to learn that I25-c1ass rider Nick Evenou broke his wrist practicing Saturday morning while preparing for the East Coast 125cc opener next week in Indiana. The Motorsport Outlet/Honda team had all three of its riders - Steve Lamson, Akira Narita and Ryan Abrigo - make it into the I25cc main event. Lamson, who injured his arm during practice Friday, ended up as the tearn's top finisher in 13th. Lamson ran as high as ninth but, because of the sore arm, had troubles hanging on to the bike late in the race. Narita ended up 15th and Abrigo 19th. Abrigo had a promising ride going when he crashed just after passing Danny Smith for fourth on the eighth lap. Abrigo actually crossed the finish line in 17th but was docked two positions by the AMA for receiving outside assistance. Team Makita Suzuki's Dav; Milsaps was hanging out in the pits. The young rider is slated to compete in the THQ AMA I25cc East Coast Supercross Series and says he is ready. "It [training] has been going really good," Milsaps said. "I've been working a lot harder than I did last year, and I feel a lot more ready. I'm not so nervous going into the first race. I've got a year under my belt and I'm good [to go]." inally, Team Monster/Pro Circuit/Kawaski's Ivan Tedesco got a good start. On a cold night at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, at the third and final round to be held at the venue, Tedesco jumped out to the early lead and showed all 4S,OSO people in attendance why he has the number-one plate on his KX250F. The 23-year-old defending champion from Albuquerque, New Mexico, earned his fifth Anaheim win, the ninth of his career and his second win of the 2005 THQ AMA Western Region Supercross Series, making him the only I25cc rider this year to score two victories in the competitive class. The win also gave Tedesco an even bigger lead in the points standings - he now leads Danny Smith, 105 to 76 - and it allowed him some added confidence going into the season break. "Coming into this weekend, I really wanted to win," Tedesco said, "and I put myself in a good position to win, and it feels great to get a couple wins in the season. I'm just trying to keep the ball rolling going into San Diego and going into the long break." The good start definitely made Tedesco's night slighdy easier. Team Boost MobilelYamaha of Troy's Danny Smith got the holeshot, but Tedesco made his move in the first whoop section and never looked back. "It was really good getting up front," Tedesco said. "That's the first time I've put myself in a good position in the first couple of laps, in the main event, and it seemed to work out for me. I got into the lead early and just rode 15 clean laps." At almost the same time that Tedesco got around Smith for first, last week's winner, Team Amsoil/Chaparral/Honda's Billy Laninovich, snuck past Smith as well and took over second. Laninovich then began to keep close tabs on Tedesco. Mistakes, though, held the Honda rider back. "I got a good start," Laninovich said, "got behind Ivan [Tedesco], and I made a couple mistakes and started to tighten up a little bit. And Ivan started pulling away." Tedesco knew this and took full advantage of it. "Towards the middle, he [Laninovich] started making a few mistakes or something, and I pulled out," Tedesco said. "From there on out I just tried to keep the gap behind me." Behind Tedesco and Laninovich was Team Red Bull KTM's Nathan Ramsey. After a disappointing finish last week at SBC Stadium in San Francisco, Ramsey was looking to redeem himself, but he had a slight bobble in the opening stages of the race. "I think I got into third pretty soon," Ramsey said, "and then just kind of had just a little wash out on the front-end, went down, got up pretty qUick, but it was just enough to kind F Some of the riders have been complaining that the Dirt Wurx-designed tracks have been "too easy." At Anaheim III, everyone seemed to agree that the track was the best yet - very technical. "Over the years we've been on some technical tracks," Team Red Bull KTM's Nathan Ramsey said, "and for me it has always been better that way. I like it where there's some stuff you've got to reach for and some stuff you've got to kind of... when you're not comfortable still kind of go for it. I think that kind of separates riders. Yeah, for sure I would like to see them all be technical." After scoring his first 125cc Supercross victory last week in San Francisco Team Amsoil/ChaparraI/Honda's Billy Lani· novich said that he is planning on riding a few of the East Coast rounds in the 250cc class. "Yeah, for the first few races," Laninovich said. "I'm going to start in Adanta and hopefully get some top-IDs in the first few races, and then hopefully get some top-fives. I'll be on a 250cc two-stroke." KTM Junior Supercross Challenge Results: I. Jose Ceja (La Puente, CA); 2. Trentin Herrington (Phillipsburg, PAl; 3. Kyle Fry (Whittier, CA); 4. Scott Crane (Belmont, CAl; 5. Michael Rutter (Sacramento, CA); 6. Chanler Godfrey (Draper, UT); 7. Michael Gilbert (Santa Ana, CA); 8. Dean Spangler (Corona, CA); 9. Brock Sittman (Kennwick, WA); 10. Bailey Croom (Canton, GA); II. Jordan Kanady (Los Gatos, CA); 12. Jake Martin (Temecula, CA); 13. Alex Lee (Foxboro, MA); 14. Collin Campbell (Aguanga, CA). CYCLE NEWS • FEBRUARY 16, 2005 19