Eddie Warren (17) and Guy Cooper (15) fight for the holeshot at
tIM start of the 250cc main. Tyson Vohland (22) and Jeff Stanton (56) pursue.
AMA/Coors Supercross Series:
Round 13
Johnson, Turpin win
at Meadowlands
By Henny Ray Abrams
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, JlJNE 7
Team Honda's Ricky Johnson took advantage of a miscue by Team Kawasaki's Jeff
Ward to win the inaugural Coors Meadowlands Supercross at Giants Stadium. Ward's
teammate Ron Lechien and
Eddie Warren were second and
third, respectively, with Yarnaha'sJeffLeisk fourth and Ward
..
recoverIng for c.ftl~...
. Had Ward l~alOtamed his. lead
IOs.tead of crashmg ne'dr tl.le Imdwa.y
POlOt, he would ha~e dm~ed Ins
second Supercross ude..As It was,
Ward now leads defendmg Su~cross champ John~o~ 260 to 22! wlt,h
two r~>und~ rema10 I?n g . Lechlen IS
thn'd 10 POlOtS with _09.
J~hnson earn~d $1500. from the
$27,:J00 purse, wnh Lecillen taklO.g
home $1350, an~ ~arren, with hIS
best Supercross hOlsh ever, collected
$1217, "
.
.
Suz~kl S Ron ~Iche~or dmc.hed
the Ea~tern RegIOn. L5cc ChamplOnshlp by, flOlsblOg second to
teammate Keith Turpm today. Peter
Hitchens, who was appearing in his
first-ever Supercross a'1d is sponsored by his parent, finished third.
"II feel great," Tichenor, who just
finished his junior yeal" of high
sdlOol, said. "The first couple of la"ps
I thought I could catch him, but
there wasn't mudl I could do. I had
to seule for second."
Turpin's win was worth $3~ I from
the 5000 125cc ,?urse.. Tichenor
earned 34 less, with Hitchens, of
nearby Bound Brook, New Jersey,
taking home 277 for third.
Today's race, held at the home of
the Superbowl Champion New York
Giants. was tht' first-ever in the ew
york metropolitan area and drew a
crowd of 28,672 in a stadium that
seats ovt'r 70,000. The track was
dt'signed and built by John Savitski
using over 9000 LOns of din laid over
230,000 square ft'et of plastic and
supported by 6500 sheets 4' x 8'
plywood. Riders had mixed opinions
of the ,nark with some saying tbat
passing was easy while others disagreed. For the most part, there was
Iiule passing.
"
250 heats
Thunderstorms were predicted,
but when the gate dropped for the
first 250rc heat the sun had peeked
through and the tempet
