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Dobb w a s h app y wit h a sec on d p lace th is time, having finis hed a lo ng wa y behind McGrath. "I got off behind Jeremy in m y heat," Dobb s a id . "Th en I just rode my own pace . I have not ridden Supercross at all this year . in fact , not for a lo ng while. My s peed was okay , though. The track's a little dangerous; if you crash, it was easy to fall into the lines of the other riders." Browns heat was a little easier, with a win ahead of Brian Steele and Prince . "I was a little surprised by my speed o n Supercross ," Brown said. "I felt reall y s mooth, co nsi dering that I have no t raced indoors for a while . I got a good sta rt and just rode a safe ra ce ." FINALS In th e British Supe rcr oss Champ ionsh ip ' fina l, it was Bro wn who took home the victory ahead of He rrin g and Prince. Fo r those two, who happe n to be CAS Ho nd a teammates. it was a hard night at the office, especially since Prince had raced the entire season on a 500. The International final proved to be j ust wh a t everyo ne ex pecte d. altho ug h Brown d id h is bes t to un s ettle McGrath early. "I got a great start ," Brown said . "The n I m a de a mistake , and he got thro ugh on the inside; he knows all the tricks in the bo ok. I tried to stay with him , but I couldn 't. Maybe I could have sta ye d with him a little more, bu t I also wanted to conserve some of th e energy for tomorrow . I just need to practice more for Supercr oss." Dobb once a g ai n suffered a ba d start, whi ch cost h im a ny chan ce o f racing with Brown for the runner-up position . "I was a long way behind out of the sta rt," Dobb s aid . "I had to pass Rob [Herring] a nd Brian St eele, and once I g o t b y t h em , I tr ied to ca tc h Mik e [Brown] . I couldn 't m a ke a ny ground on him, so I settled fo r th ird .. .1 d idn 't want to bum any energy getting to Mike. I'll need all that for the British Motocross Championship race tomorrow." As for McGrath , his race went pretty much to plan , although the quickgating Brown had him worried , if only a little . "I wa s sur prised by Mike [Bro wn ]." McGrath said . "Whe n he got the lea d, I th ought I wo uld hav e to wa it a wh ile to pa s s him ; the track's rea lly n arro w, a nd 1did n't want to have to push pa st. Th en h e dr ifted wi d e , and I s wept under him . From there , it was no tro uble. I had to watch o ut for rocks ; the track had many of th ose , so I pic ked my way around." That he did , and fr o m then on , there was no stopping the c ha m p. By all apearances, there will be no stopping him come Ja nuary 6, either. eN Earl's Court Olympic Stadium London. Eng land Results : September 30. 2000 FINAL: I . Jeremy McGrath (Yam ) ; 2 . Mike Bro wn (Hon) ; 3. J ames Dobb (KTM); 4 . Rob Herrin g (Hon) ; 5. Brian Steele (Yam ); 6 . Neil Prince (Hon); 7. Dan ny Toll ett (Hen} : 8. James Painton (Hon ) ; 9 . Charlie Holl is (Hon); 10. Rob Cherry (Hon). 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