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ca tch him a nd he'd p u ll away. I p u lled
u p rig ht beh ind hi m and co u ld n' t fin d
a good line, then go t a ll sq ui rre lly a nd
he go t a way from me."
J eff Wa rd sai d h e h ad si mi lar
p rob lem s wit h Bayle: " I was making
a few m istak es a nd he'd ma ke m istakes.
H e rode ha rder for the firs t th ree o r
fo ur laps a nd pu t a gap on me. I was
paci ng myse lf. I cha nged a few lines
whe n I sta rted mak in g mistakes . Then
I used a slower, sa fer lin e beca use I
did n' t wa nt 10 fal l. "
Bayle, li ke mos t race rs who . wi n
p rob lem -free races, had lilli e 10 say.
" I go t a very good sta rt a nd was very
smooth, " said Bayle. " I d id not mak e
m istak es an d I win agai n ,"
Ma tiasevich , o n th e o the r hand , had
noth ing to say a nd was u navai lab le for
co m me nt a fter th e ma in .
125« Main
Damon Bradshaw (8) ran near the front early in the main but slowed with vrsron
problems and finished eighth, Larry Ward (17) finished fifth despite a sore arm,
Kawasaki's Jeff Ward started th e main behind Bayle but 'cou ldn 't dose the gap
the Frenchman put on him early in th e race and finished a lo ne in second ,
As expec ted, Step henson wo n th e
first heat a nd J ones wo n the second.
T he baili e in the ma in would be
betw een th e two seaso n -lo ng adve rsaries.i th ough it didn 't appear tha t way
a t th e start.
Step henson beat -j ones to turn o ne
with Barry Ca rste n th ird. Tha t's how
th ey wo ul d finish, bu t there was drama
in between .
Ca rste n passed J ones o n th e seco n d
of 15 la p s, o n ly to be retak en a lap
la ter. Stephenson bob bl ed on the sixth
la p a n d Jones gai ned so me grou n d,
th oug h he was n' t d ose enough to pass.
Then , o n th e n in th la p , Stephe nson
went down over so me whoops, a llowin g J ones past.
"The trac k wa s rea lly ro ugh ,"
Stephenson said. " I got crossed up
there a nd got into the haybal es."
Stephenson remounted in seco nd
a head of Carsten a nd J ason Langford .
Ta llon Voh la nd was fifth.
" I saw Ste p he nson goi ng down but
I d id n 't have enough energy to ge t b y
hi m ," Cars ten sa id.
Stephenson was clea rly th e fas test
rider o n th e trac k a nd he q ui ckl y cu t
.
the ma rg in J ones held .
" W he n 1 sa w 1 wa s ca tch in g Mike
I was hopi ng th a t lapper s wouldn 't ge t
in the way," Step he nso n said.
It a ll ca rne down to the last se t o f
fou r co nsecu tive left-h and ben ds that
began entering the tunnel under th e
fini sh a nd cu rled up o n to the jum p.
Jones was in first, bu t Stephenson's
mome ntu m ca rr ied hi m for ward a nd
th ev co ll ided .
S'l ephenson ex p lai ne d : "He we nt
wide and I hit the sa me ru t he did.
It ca rr ied h im into m v line. We tried
to hit bodies a nd not hi kes. "
J o nes said, " H e rod e a good race .
I made a mistake look in g back. 1 was
100 worried ab oUl h im ."
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Resu lts
250 H EAT 1: I. J t"".m ·~ti dl(.· 1 Bay lt- (U on}; 2. GlJ)'
O)O!K'r (Sul ); 3. Frro A ndn" wo; (S UI ); -I. G rill" N au m l' c
t l\.a w ): 5. Ke ith Bo wen (S UI); 6. Ku n McM illt:n
( B o n) : 7. Ron n ir T idlt'nor (Sm ); 8. JoJ o Kd h. r
·
(H o n); 9. J d f Pt"'tan;:1 (SUI); 10. Rand y ~kCann
( 1\...\\,): 11. J ason BUIII(" (l Ion ); 12. Juhn ea.. hman
.
n "am l: 13. O a ~ BoY ~'n ( Ka w ); H . Ed ;\' Ior~ ( I-I o n);
15. Mal l P ill io n (H o n); 16. La rry War d (Su z): 17.
.J ;lI n t' ~
Tim~
l\.;lpil;1I1 ( S. I).
U
6 rnin ult'!>.
3 0. 6~ ~n)fld ~ .
250 H EAT 2: 1. Da mo n B rad~h~w (Ya m ): 2. M ike
3. J d f SI~n1 on (Hon) ; 4. Mikt'
Fi!>11t'1 ( K~l w ) : 5. RlxJ llt'y Sinilh ( SUI): 6. Dean Ma l..o n
(S il l): 7, Cliff Pa lmt'l (SUI); 8. Carl Va illancourt
(I t o n ); 9. l\.likt' Tread""t'll (Ka w); 10. David Al1IoIlucci (H on): I I. j a m t'!> Bo!>dll'l) (Ka w); 12. j oh n
Rid d ·1 ( SUI ); 13. J o h n S u lt'Whki (}-Ion); H . Pa tr ick
MlIl ph y (1\.01 \\'); 15. JOM"p h Ell ing:ICH! ( Hon ): 16.
C h ri!> An/dmo (H o n ).
Ti me: 6:32.27
2!>O H EAT 3: I. j d f Wa rd ( K;lw) : 2. l\'l ike l..a Ron ·o
a
(SuI); 3. Jt,ff l\b lia !>t'\"id l ( I\. w ): 'I. Dou g DU!>;Kh
(Ya m) ; :,. j o h lln y O '~ la l'a ( Ka w ); 6. j oh n Do wd
. (I\. w): 7. R~l ) SI )ll1m o (SUI ); 8. Ric hard Taylor (S UI );
a
9. Pal riek Ba rt o n (S u I) ; 10. Danid Pa bd illo (Ka w ):
1 I. Carlo C~ )l'11 (SUI ): 12. l. a wn ·n u · Max wd l ( Ka w) :
1.11. RriOJII Yl ~..n Il io n); H . Mikt" C.ora llo ( Y;WI ): 15,
R o b ('11 jUI"lon
Bu ul t· (H on ); i . Jojo Kl'll e r ( Ho n ); 8. Kun :\.1d\lillt'1l
( H on ); 9 . Jdr P l'~ la na (SlI.l); 10. Il:t g Roy('~n ( Ka w);
I\. i t-dr-ow ~k i ( 1-1 0 11):
14
II. Ma rk P ill io n (H em) : 12. j oh n Ri ckel (S uz]: 13.
C hris An zelm o (H o n); l-l. j ohn Cas h ma n (Ya m) ;
15. Randy 1\1(:ClIll1 ( Ka w): 16. Pa tr ick :\I ur p h)
( Ka w): 17. Edward :\lor M'" (li o n ); 18. j a m e!> Ka pi tan
( S Ul ).
Time: 5:00 .30
250 SE.\ n 2: I. John Dowd ( Ka w}; 2. Ra y Sommo
(S Ul) ; 3. C liff Palmer (S ut); 4. Ric-ha rd T aylor (SU1);
5. Mik e Treadwell ( Ka w): 6. Patrick Barton (SU
.l):
i . Danid Pala dino ( KA w ); 8. Brian Yea rs {H on }; 9.
a
J o hn Sulewski (H o n) : 10. Viva! In gr ha m (K'1'M);
11. Ca rlo Coe n (SUI) ; 12. james Boschen {Ka w ): 13.
Mik e C.. ra l.lo (Ya m); H . jo!>t'ph Ell in gton (H o n ):
o
15. Ro bert jurzak ( Kaw]: 16. Lawrenc e Maxwell
( Ka w j.
T im e: 5: 16. 18
250 LCQ: 1. C liff Pa lmer (S UI); 2. De Mal!>on '
an
3. Ca rl Vai llan court ( He n ): 4. Ku rt :\fcM ill en
(H o n) : 5. :\1ikt' Tre..c.J\\,('J! ( Ka w): 6. j t"H Pestana
(S UI): 7. Car lo u~ 'n (S uz ): 8. David An tonucci ( Hon ):
9. Ric ha rd Tay lor (SUi): to. Juju Keller ( Honj: 11.
Daniel Pa lad ino (Ka w]: 12. jam e~ Boschen (Ka w) ; .
13. Randy l\k Ca n n (Ka w): H . Bria n Years (Hon ):
15. Pa tr ic k Bar ton (S uI) ; 16. Dog Boyes en ( Ka w] :
17. J o hn Sul ewsk i ( H o n ): IH. \'i,·al . l u g ra h a m
crazeo
(KT M) ; J9. jnscu Bunlc (H u n); 20. Mike C
(Ya m) ; 21. J o h n Ri ckel (Stl1).
T im e: 5: 15.72
250 MAIS : I. j ean -Mi chel Ba yle (H e n): 2. Jdr
w ard ( Kaw): 3. Mike Lakocco (SUl) ; ·t Jdr Sta n ton
(H o n ): 5. La rry W a rd (SUI): 6. Milt" Kied rowsk i
r Hon ): 7. R o n-ni e T ic henor (Su z); 8. Dam on
Brad sha w (Ya m ); 9. Jerf Ma ria svvich (Kaw) ; 10. G uy
Cooper (S UI); I I. G ene Na u mec ( K:.Iw); 12. Rod ~ey
S mi th (S U1); 13. Dou ~ Du bach (Ya m ): 14. Mike
Fish e r ( K:.Iw): 15. Kei th Bowen (S uz); 16. Fred
An drew s (S UI ): 17. j oh n Do wd ( Ka w) : 18. johnr.lY
O ' Ma ra (Kaw): 19. Ra y So m rno (S Ul); 20. ChH
Pal m er (S UI) .
( SUI.);
Time: 16:17.-17
250 CAMEL SU P E RC ROSS POINT STANDINGS:
I. j -rr Matiase vich (265) : 2. jdr S ta nton (264): 3.
J ean -Mi chel Bayl e (256) ; 4. Larry Ward (21S ); 5. J elf
w ar d (22B); 6. M ike Kie
dro wski (225); 7. . M i ~ f'
La R oc co (21 I ); 8. Da mo n Brad shaw ( 199); 9. Ro n nie
Tich en o r (198); 10. G uy Cooper ( 174); I I. Mike
Fish er ( 158); 12. j ohllli y O 'Mara (1'18); 13. Do ug
Duba ch ( 145); 1'1. R ick johnson (95): 15. Fred
Audrews (76 ); 16. Kei th Bowen (65 ): 17. Dea n Mal so n
(57); 18. Erik Keh oe (42); 19. G e ne Nau rnec (27);
20. Ra y Sommo (26 ).
125Il EAT 1: I. Den n y Stephenson (S uz): 2. jt"romy
Bueh l (Sun: 3. Chris Nea l ( SU1): 4. Davi d Beckington
(SUl ); 5. CliH Pal m er (SUl); 6. Stev en Chi ld ress (SUI );
7. JeHt"l)' Glas!> (H e n ): 8. Mi ke Treadwell { Ka w ):
9. Tim Beachak (B o n ); 10. Wally Si lva (Ya m ); 11.
Eric. Koch (H e n) : 12. Shane Slother (SUi); 13. Ed
Morse (H o n): ll. Ton y Lo ru sso (Ya m) ; 15. Paul
GO\'~Ilt' ( Kaw): 16. jason R iva s (SUi); 17. Bru ce
Stratton (Ya m); 18. Keith Covene (Ya m ): 19. Kurt is
B.3.rT OIl (Ya m); 20. Dou g H en ry (Ya m).
Time: 5:02 .35
125 H EAT 2: I. :\li ke jones (H o n): 2. Tallon
Vo h la nd ( 1\.1\\'): 3. Bill y \\"hi d t')" (SUl ): 4. Barry
0
Carste n (SUI); 5. S teve H erman (Ya rn): 6. Ja !>()J)
Lan gford (Ya m); 7. Gr~l y !>on Goodma n (S Ul) ; 8.
Wi lliam Deie-lak (H a n); 9. Brian Carroll (S UI ); 10.
Ca rl Samson (lio n): II. Brett Salannder (H e n): 12.
Tim Le mire (Ke w j: 13. Brian Ca lh o un (SUI); 1'1.
james Eick el (Yam ): 15, Lance :\'urick [Kaw]: 16.
Ma rk Pillion (H e n): 17. T h o m a!'. R ice (Kaw): 18.
Ra nd )' !\h-C.ann ( Ka w); 19. Pa tr ick Barton (SUL); 20.
an
Scott C er (S tll ).
Time: 5:04.29
125 LeQ: 1. Do ug H enry (Ya m ); 2. James Eickel
(Ya m ): 3. R i CH Sa la nd er (H un ); 4. Tho mas Rice
( Ka w) : .1) . Ku n is B.uTOn (Ya m ); 6. TO il)' Lo russo
(Ya m ); 7. Carl Sa mson ( H em ); 8. Randy McCann
( Ka w): 9. .Ed Mo rse (H u n) : 10. T im Le mire (Ka w);
II. Pa tr ick Bart o n (S UI.); 12. W all )' Silva (Ya rn): 13.
SCUll Ca rte r (SUl ); H . Pa u l O oyeue (Kaw): 15. Sha ne
Slo th er (Su z]: 16. Erie Koc-h (Hon ): 17. Ke ith Ooveue
(Ya m ): 18. j aso n R ivas (SUI ): 19. Bru ce Stra non
(Ya m ); 20. Ma rk P ill ion ( H o n ); 2 1. La nce Norick
( Kaw ).
T im e: 3 : 35 .2~
125 M A[~ : I. Den ny Ste phenson (Su z): 2. :\-like
j ones (H o n ); 3. Ba rr y Carsten (Suz ): 4. T allon
Voh la nd ( Ka w ): 5. Jason L angford (Ya rn); 6. Bill y
Wh itley (SUl ); 7, jdft'r y CIa!>!> (H o n) : 8. DoUR H enr y
(Ya m): 9. j am('!> Eidd (Ya m ): 10. SIt'\I('n H('rma n
(Ya m ); II. jt'TOm y 8Ul,hl ( SUI.); 12. Cliff Pa lmt'r
(S U1.): U . Brian Carroll (S UI) : H . SIt"\'en Ch ildr es!>
(S tu); 15 . Gra y!'>on G o odman (S Ul) ; 16. :\Iik e
Trl"" ulwdl (KlJll G oodman (87 ): 1I. j a!>On
Lan grord (77): 12, j ame!'. F.id.d (i5 ); 13. Brian
>
Ca rro ll (63); H . Slevt' He rm an U 21; 15. jdr G las!l
(46); 16. j im C he!ller (33); 17. C h ri!lo Colt'ma n ( ~J9);
18. David k cking:lO (19,: 19. Ol uc k R ("t'd ( I ii); 20.
n
j a y Mann(l 5).
