The final round of the AMA/Camel Supercross Se ries was held in front of 40.125 fans in the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Newly-crowned 1989 Supercross Champion Jeff Stanton ended his
season in fine'style. easily winning his fifth final of the season.
AMA/Camel Supercross Series: Final round
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Stanton takes series
finale in L.A. Coliseum
By Paul Carruthers
Photos by Kinney Jones
LOS ANGELES, CA, JUNE 10
With the monetary monkey of a week ago
lifted from his back, Team Honda's Jeff
Stanton cap p ed off his cha mpionshipwi n ning su percross season in style, win ning the season finale in
the historic Los Angeles
Coliseum.
A week ago in Oklahoma.
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Stanton admitted to being a little
reluctant to take chances as he
strolled to a fifth place finish to wrap
up his first-ever Supercross Championship. Tonight, however, was a
different story. With the $50,000
Ca mel bonus already tucked away,
the Michigan resident, racing
arou nd the perimeter of the Los
Angeles Raiders home football field,
took heed in Raider owner AI Davis'
famous words, "just win, ba by."
The 20-year-old fought past his
Ho nda teamm ate George Holland
on the seventh lar of the 20-lap final ,
held off the brie advances of Kawasaki's jeff Ward, an d cruised to an
easy win - his fift h of the season.
Ward, meanwhile, held on to
second spot, p lacing him fifth in the
year-end point standings - the same
position he held last season.
Third place went to arguably the
fastest rider on the night, Ward's
Kawasaki t.eammatc: Ro~ Lechien,
The EI Cajon, California, resident
barged t~r~JUgh .from a .1 3th place
start to .flnIsh third, m.ovmg hll~ to
second in the senes pomts standings
ahead of reluctant spectator Guy
Cooper. The Oklahoma~ suffer~ a
broken left collarbone m a Fr:day
practice crash on the Colesium
course, ~nd was forced to Sit out
Satur
