Dam~n Bradshaw (11) grabs the holeshot at the start of the main event ahead of Jeff Stanton (I), Jeff Emig (18) and Jean-Michel Bayle (8).
Bradshaw (II) stayed ahead of Stanton early in the main, then held off the advances
of Bayle to record his first Camel Su percross Series victory of the season.
Bradshaw stops Honda
streak in Atlanta
By Henny Ray Abrams
ATLANTA, GA, FEB.23
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eam Yam ah a 's Damon Bradshaw
p ut an end to Honda 's win ning
streak in the Camel Supercro ss
Series wi th a flawl ess rid e in the Coors
L ig ht Challe nge on the muddy Atlan ta
Fu lton Co unty Stad ium track.
T he 18-year- old rider from Ch arlotte, No rt h Carol ina, ga ted first o n
the wet and rutted red Geor gia clay
track and held off a determined cha llenge by Honda's series leader j eanMichel Bayle for a narrow win in front
of 32,312 hi ghly partisan and ch illed
fans.
Bayle's teammate and defend in g
Ca me l Su pe rcross Cham pi on J eff
Sta nto n, a fte r a n ea rly cha lle nge ,
slip ped to third when he failed to
prot ect an inside lin e and allo wed
Bayle to pass,
"T hose two gu ys have been one and
two since the season started," Bradshaw said on the victory podium. It
was the first tim e a non-Honda rid er.
topped the rostrum sin ce last ' year's
fin al round , wh ere Bradshaw prevailed. " I started riding the edge a little
bit. Last week (when he won th e Tokyo
Supercros s) I go t my confidence back ,"
Brad shaw took home $5000 from the
$35,000 250cc pu rse for the win and
also tightened up th e po int s race. After
six of J 8 ro unds, Bayle leads Stanton,
135-126, wit h Bradshaw holding third
at 117 points.
Brian Swi nk look over the lead in
the 125cc Eastern Region al main with
just two lap s to go when he passed
Ta llo n Vohland and th en went on to
win . Not o nly did Swin k take the race,
but he a lso passed Vohl and for the lead
in th e cha mpionsh ip standings, but
just barel y. Three races into the II·
race series Swink is one point ahead,
68-67, with Doug Henry, third tonight,
in third pl ace with 50 points.
After nearly a week of rain, and a
night when the temperature dropped
into the low 40s, Jerry West and the
Supenrack Builders Inc. crew faced a
