Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eSUPERCRO~S e A Camel Supercross Series:Final round MA A sixth -p lace finish m ade H onda 's J eff Stanton the first ri der to win back-to back Supercross titles since Bob H anna h 's three straigh t from 1977 through 1979. Damon Brads ha w (8) beat J ean-Michel Bayle (22) after a close, physical battle [or the win. Bayle la ter protested Bra dshaw's tactics, but the p rot est was den ied. Bradshaw's battle, Stanton's series in Los Angeles Brad sh a w gOI out of shape in a w hoop section lead in g 1 th e finis h li ne ju m p . 0 Bradsha w 's legs bounced o n to the seat o f h is Mike C havez-tu ned Yama ha. but he m a naged to ha ng o n a nd cro ss the fin ish lin e j ust a he ad of Bayle an d co llec t 5000 of th e $40,000 purse. Ba yle was upset w it h Bradsh aw 's hlocking tac tics during the ba tt le, but Bra dsh a w said. "That 's wha t I had to do to wi n, th at 's w hat it tak es." Bavlc's H ond a teammat e Mike Kiedrowski moved by Ka wa sa ki 's J ohnny O'Ma ra wit h just over on e lap rem aining 10 get the fin a l spot o n th e ro strum. O 'Mara . w ho had cha llenged Sta n to n for th e lea d ea rl y in the ra ce , finis hed fourt h wh ile Ka wa saki 's J eff Ward p assed St a nton headin g into th e last la p to finis h fifth . In t lu - 12,'jcc Weste rn R egion a l fin a le. Suzu ki's Budd y Ant unez wo n t he l ,'j-Iap m ain even t but DG /MS Ra cin g-b ack ed H onda pri vat eer T v Da vi s lOok the Wes lern R egion a l S uperrross ti tl e w ith a 10th pl a ce fin ish . Amu n ez p a ssed Ka wa sak i ' s Jef f Emig near the ha lfwa y point of the 15-la p m ain th en m o tored o n to the \ in ory a nd a $2000 payda y. Emi g fell tr yin g 10 retaliate hUI ca m e back la te in th e race to pass Kawasaki T eam Green rid er J erem y MrCrarh a nd gra b th e ru nner-up SP0l. Davi s see med to be str ugg ling a ll n iglu as he crashed a t the start o f h is heat ra ce a nd had to qua lify for th e main ev e n t via t h e L as t C ha n ce Qualifi er. Davis' bad da y ca m e to a n Bv Na te Ra u ba phot os by Ken Faught and Kin ney Jones LOS Al'\r.ELf . CA. jl':\E23 S n a Ihrill in g fin a le 10 t he 1990 Came l Supercross Series, a n ou t-ofco n tro l Damon Bradsh a w cro ssed Ihe fini sh line a half-h ike len g th a head o f 250cc World C h a m p io n J ean M irh vl Bayle 10 w in the Coors EXIra G o ld Su per C ha llenge ln-Io re a crowd o f ·10.067 a t t lu- Los Angeles Mem or ial Co liseum , Wh ile Bradshaw to ok th e vict ory a nd lied Bay!« for the most w ins at five in th e lSvrou ud series, H onda 's Jdf S ra n to u cro ssed th e fini sh line sixth 10 cl inc h t he Ca mel Su pe rrross C ha m p io ns h ip for th e seco nd co nsec utive yea r a nd ea rn $50,000 of th e $ 125.000 Came l point fund . S tanton becam e th e Iirs t rider 10 win back -toback Su pe rcross titles sinc e Bob H annah to ok th ree in a lO W from 1977 th ro ug h 1979. SIa n IO n won fo u r main even ts in th e series , including th e two rounds' prio r to th e fin a le, a n d had o n ly 10 fin ish nimh o r beuer to clinch the titl e. I 6 Be-Ion- rhe race, however, Sta n to n said he wa nt ed 10 go OUI in style wit h a W ill. Stan Ion we nt for tha t wi n as he led fir st six la p s of the 20- la p m ain belon- Bradsh aw got by. T hen Sta nto n beganllla kin g mi st a kes and cveru ua llv pl ayed it sa fe 10 loc k up th e cha m p io n sh ip by finish ing six th . "Th ings w ercn' t clicki ng th e way I wa n ted ." said St a nton . "If it had to ' go IO t he w ire: I wo uld 've rode over m y head a nd did wh at it took. I just p la yed it sa fe a n d mo st im porta n rly wo n the cha mp io nsh ip ." Brad sh aw was w ill in g to do w ha t it rook IO wi n as he o pt-ned up a five"'cOlHI lea d. BUI lat e in the race Bayle was in h is tracks af ter work in g up fro m a poor sta rt a nd th e two hall led fiercel y fOI th e la st five la p s. On th e fina l la p they swa p ped the lead a l t he infa mo us pe-ri sryle . wirh Brad sh a w j u m p ing back to the fiel d in first p lace. Then ju st before th e fini sh lin e t lu- end w hen hi s Honda's cra n ksha ft stuck o n Ihe first la p o f th e 125cc Ca m el Shootoul. T he Shoot out pitted the top 10 12!icc Eas tern Reg ional rid ers against th e Western Reg ion 's 101' 10, a nd Em ig won the event and ea rned $ 10,000 of the $2,'j,OOO Camel Shootout purse. McG ra th fin ished nearly 30 seco nds behind in seco nd , w h ich pa id $3000, and J im m y Button cla imed third. Missi ng fro m th e eve nt was 12,'jcc Ea stern Regiona l champ Den ny Stephenson , wh o was sidel ine d wi th a broken wrist suff ere d at th e Ok lahoma Supercross. 250cc H ea ts Suzu ki's Ron T iche nor g ra bbed th e hol eshot at th e sta rt o f th e first of three eig h t-la p heat races. eac h of w h ich wou ld ad va nce th e to p five fini sh ers to th e main . Ka was aki 's J eff Matiasevich' started o n Tich en or 's tail , bu t o n th e first lap Kiedrowski moved up from his fourth -pl ace sta rt ing pos itio n to g ra b seco n d. Although Kiedrowski go t 10 w ith in a few bike length s of T iche nor. he co u ld never find a way by. Ma ria sevich kept the heat o n Kied ro wski throu gh o u t the race, but co u ld n ' t find an y openings. Suzuki 's G uy Coope r sta r ted th e hea t fifth , m oved u p a position bUI th en fell back to sevent h . Cooper cha rge d back, thou gh , a nd pu ll ed a lo n gside Su zu ki privat eer Chris Young as they nego tia ted a w hoop section just before the fin ish line. T h e tw o riders crossed

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