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H-mRS SPEClRl Bu rton h ad a perfe c t day , wit h 1-1 sc ores in a ll three classes. Ab oard a bo om ing Yama h a YZF th um per , Bu rt on took th e ho les hot and we nt wire to wire for both m oto wins in the 250 cc Op en Expe rt class after the first moto was red-flagged after one la p due to a downed rider. Ba rry McCa rty piloted his RM to the fro nt of the pa c k in the first moto bu t c rashed hard sh ortly aft e r the sta rt on the n e w s t e p -u p d oub le befo re the roll er sec t ion . Promo t e r T om Hu rd red -flagged th e mot o for th e safety of th e down ed McCarty and the medical personne l assistin g him . Bu rton na ile d the hol eshot on the re start , trai led by Fre d Metzge r, Erik Burkho lde r a nd J oe Fon tan a . Metzge r pa s s ed Bur ton fo r th e le a d a fter th e seco nd t u rn a n d led Burt on bri efl y through th e new st ra ightaway prior to th e dow nhill ro ll er section and th ro ugh the rolle r section until Burton powered his thumper past Metzger in the turn before the step-down table top. Metzger d ropped to second . Metzge r m a de a nother pass on Burton by doi ng the huge Hurricane Hills stepup while Bu rton rolled it b ut crashed and dropped to fourth afte r re mounting. Bu rkh ol d er and Fo ntan a moved up to second and th ird . Burto n bega n to pull a small lead of five seco nds b y th e s ta rt of lap two. The leade rs be gan to s pread out by lap thre e . Fontana c a ug ht Bu rk holde r a nd was right o n his re a r tire by the start of la p fo ur . Fon tana made th e p a s s fo r secon d j ust a fter th e wh ite flag ca me out. Burton took th e checkers wit h a 20 -se cond adva n ta ge . Fonta na finished seco nd , Me t zger c a ug ht a nd passed Bu rk hol d er just be fore the c heckers to ta ke th ird , and Burk ho lde r finished fou rth . Burton on ce ag a in e a rne d holeshot h on o rs in th e s eco nd m ot o , w it h Font a na , Burkho lde r a nd Me tzge r in to w. Me tzg er' s C R pu lled Bur kh o ld er 's KX o n t he n ew s t ra ig h t a wa y bef or e th e roller section to take th ird . Bur kho lde r dropped to fo urth . Burton wa s wa y ou t fro n t w ith ha lf a la p co m pleted . Burt on 's le a d wa s 10 s e c onds by the start of lap two. The to p five s p read o ut and Burton finis hed th e moto with more than a 20-second le ad , fo llo we d b y Fo n ta n a , Metzger an d Burkholde r. Tony Peregrin nailed the ho le s hot in t h e firs t 85cc (7 -11 ) m o t o but quickly dropped back t o fou rth . Micha el Mazu r had the poi nt po sition b y the second turn, with Ma rshall Hurd , Nic holas McPhee, Peregrin and Chri stopher Che ney in tow . Whe n the lea de rs cleared th e s pecta to r doubl e , th e top two re m a ined o ut front, with C he ney movi ng u p a spot t o th ird . McPhe e d rop ped to fo u rth a nd Er ic Fra ntz ro unded o ut th e top five . Pe re g rin dr o pped to sixth. Th e to p five were spread out by th e st a rt of lap t hree , wi th Ma zur pu llin g a five -seco nd lead on Hurd . 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