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flu all weekend and I'm really weak .
, came out of the first corner in the
lead th en Kyle just smoked by me .
Tyson got by on the . inside. , didn 't
even kn ow he was there so co ns idering
th at , I'm pr etty happy."
Local rid er Jimmy Button put in a
so lid rid e for fourth at th e checkered
flag. Button started fifth then pi cked
up one more p lace aft er passing 125cc
Western Regi o na l Supercross Series
points leader Jerem y McGrath. Button
. was out-spoken abo u t the lack of tra ck
tim e, which th e motorcycles share with
off-road cars, trucks, buggies and
ATVs, as were the maj ority of riders.
'" fee l l ike we get second -class
treatment," said the 17-year-old rider.
" We got a se ve n -m i n u te practi ce
session at 10:00 a. m. and a no ther short
session a t noon. My fir st hea t was at
10:00 p .rn."
H o nd a 's McG ra th was far fro m
ha p py with h is fifth -p lace fin ish in
front o f defe ndi ng Ultracross Cham pio n Mik e Craig.
'" had bad luck in the qualifier and
started in fifth in the main, " said
McGra th. '" just cou ldn 't get going.
T he tra ck is so da mn hard ' co uldn 't
ge t a rhyt hm going. , had a lo t of
tro u ble with the track."
Designed with the Grand National.
trucks in mind, th e narrow, one -line
track was composed mostl y o f cla y and
packed down so lid, so that it developed
a berm less blue groove that many
riders had trouble dealing with. First
heat race winner Tommy Clow ers slid
o ff o n th e first lap of th e main as did
Shawn Wynne, wh o fin ished seventh
in the main.
Larry Brooks, winner of the p revious
round in Pa sadena, California, took a
hard fought eigh th but was no t sat isfied with his performance. '" rod e
ha rd in th e main but , messed up in
the heat. I ca n 't blame a n yone but
mysel f.
Former Ultracross Champion, Jim
Holley, who won the first heat, fell o n
lap th ree of the main whe n h is bra ke
peda l go t wrap ped arou nd the Iootpeg
a nd locked u p th e rear wh eel. H olley
slid o ff th e track a n d was h it b y
Lawrence. H olley had to be carried off
the track but was lat er seen standing
unassisted in his van , albeit with a
nasty bru ise o n his th igh. La wre nce
sp rai ned his wrist in th e in cid ent .
~~arniCq Bervotes
CONGRA TULA TIONS
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RIDER
KAWASAKI· SPDRSOlad by Ian Ewljk. Balglum
for winning the opening round of the
250cc World Champ ionship GP Series
held in Ho lland .
Boyesen Engineering is proud to be a part of your victory
because you have chosen to use the Boyesen RAD Valv e.
REPLACES INTAKE
MANIFOLD .
AND REE D CAGE -
Results
2SO MAIN: I. Kyle L.ewis (Vam ); 2. T yson Vohland
(Kaw); 3. Lo well Thomson (Ya m]: 1. J immy Buuon .
(Va m); S. J erem y McG rat h (Hon ); 6. Mike Crai g
(Kaw): 7. Shawn Wynn e (Sul ): 8. La rry Brooks (Ka w);
9. Rich Truchi nski (SUl ); 10. Shaun Kales (Ka w);
II. Chris Y()u n~ (SUl) ; 12. Ryan Ca rlisle (Ka w) ; U .
And y G rider (Ka w] : 11. Kyle Killeb rew {He n}; 15.
Damn Hoeh (Sw ); 16. Duan e Benner (Ya m); 17.
T ommy Elo wers ( Kaw) : 18. Ch ad Pederson (Ya m);
19. J im Holl ey (Ya m].
H EAT 1: I. Ji m Holley; 2. Rya n Ca rlisle; 3. Andy
Grider; ... Chad Pede rso n : 5. j ere my McG rat h; 6.
Jimmy But ton ; 7. Kyle Kill ebrew : 8. La rry Brook s:
9. Shawn Wynn e; 10. Duane Benn er: I I. Steph en
Mitchell (Yam ); 12. T ravis H