Jean-Michel Bayle (22), Rick Johnson (13) and Doug Dubach (7) approach the first turn at the front of the pack as the main event gets underway.
Jeff Matiasevich (20) checks on Damon Bradshaw in the main . Bradshaw
passed him on lap 14 and rode on to his first American supercross win .
AMA Camel Supercross Series: Round 1"
Bradshaw comes out
swinging at Anaheim
By Nate Rauba
Photos by Ken Faught
ANAHEIM, CA, JAN. 27
Seventeen -year-old Damon Bradshaw was
obvious ly very happy ' with h is first-ever
Amer ican 250cc supercross. win at the
openin g round of th e Camel Supercross
Series the Coors Extra Gold
Super' Challe nge a t Anaheim
.
Stadi um .
.
T he T eam 'yamaha, nder
8
thrust both fists into the air as he
crosse d th e fin ish lin e, a nd the 66,141
fa ns wh o w itnessed th e e v~ nt
cou ldn' t hel p bu t feel Bradshaw 's JOY
as he contin uous ly p u mped his fist
in to the air throughout a vic tory lap.
" It feels rea l good," Bradsh aw to ld
reporters aft er th e race. " I' ve been
working really hard. Ton igh t didn 't
start out too well ; I had to ride
to ta l of four races."
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Last year, Bradsh a w was the 12JC
Eas tern Regional Su percross Cha m
pion and wasn 't a mo ng the top 2
in the 250cc class, so th e Nort
Carolina rider mad e th e progra m b
winn in g a prelimin ary qua lifier hel
ea rlier in the day. T he n in th e firs
heat race, Bra dsh aw cras hed whil
battl in g wi th 125cc W es ter
Regiona l cha m p J eff Matiasevic
and had to qual ify for the main eve
via a semi.
