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top the final rou nd of the season in Las Vegas, and Bradshaw collecte d two ove rall wins, but for the most part, the two fizzled . Kawasaki's Kied rowski - at 24, no spring chicken in the MX world had already earned th ree National MX Ch ampion sh ip s, but 1993 marked the year tha t the "MX Kied" came into his own o n the s tadium t racks . Th e Californian ma de his first-ever supercross win a big one, collecting his longove rd ue v icto ry a t th e prestigi ou s Dayt on a Supercross. He followed that up with a win in Pontia c, Michigan, and 250cc ....l >< U 0 Z 0 I;; :;;" s . co ;:> 0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 jeremyMcGrath Mike Kiedrowski jeff Stant n o Damon Bradshaw Steve Lamson Brian Swink Michael Craig CliffPalmer Guy Cooper jeff Emig Larry Ward Mike laRocco jeffMatiasevich Denny Stephenson Shaun Kales Erik Kehoe Phil Lawrence jeromy Buehl Larry Brooks Ezra Lusk Hon Kaw Hon Y am Hen Suz Kaw KTM Suz Yam Suz Kaw Suz Suz Yam Hon Suz Y am Yam Suz 0 :: 1 1/9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -e !- z SUPERCROSS Mike Kiedrowski was handed the n umber-one plate in the National Championsh ip 250cc MX Series at Tro y, O hi o. Momen ts after this ph oto wa s taken, he fainted d ue to heat exha u st ion. "0 2 1/18 4 2 5 3 8 13 20 9 6 10 7 1 11 14 12 5 4 3 1 12 7 10 - - 250cc Nationals Thwa rted in the supercross s e r ies , Kiedrowski came out with a vengeance in the eight-round 250cc Nationa l MX Seri e s, tak ing over at th e opener and winning 11 of 15 mote s, d e s p ite crashing hard in pracfice a n d m iss in g th e fina l round at G le n Helen OHV Pa rk in San Berna r d ino , California. "This is m y fou r th Dou g Henry (16) su rp rise d many by w in ni ng both th e Eas tern Regi onal 125cc Supercross Series and AMA National Championsh ip 125cc MX Series titles.' He join ed the Honda team at the s tart of the season. of nine set the previous yea r by Damon Brad sh aw . "I just wa nt to w in races , and cha m pio ns hi ps and record s will co me with them . The most impo rtant thing is jus t to win each race." McGrath was s o mas terful that he ap peared to have no competition, and what littl e th ere was came primarily fr om ano the r up-a nd-comer. While Yamaha 's Brads haw - w ho during the off-sea so n had signed a lucrative fiveyear con tract and been picked by many as the n ext ch am p ion - an d Hon da 's d e fen d in g cha m pion Jeff Sta n to n fa lte re d , Mike Kied row ski was th e only on e with a real shot at stopping the boy w onder. Granted , Stanton managed to 1993AMA while he wa sn 't a ble to chase d own McGrath, he ca me closer than anyone else. Kiedrowski will surely be a facto r in '94. " I d id th e b est [ co ul d ," said Kiedrowski. "Jeremy just out-rode me this year. Hedidn't have any bad luck, bu t he deserves (the cha mpionship). I've bee n ge tting bett er every year, so hopefully, I'll ge t bet ter next yea r an d come back and w in the champions hip ." The '93 Ca mel Supercross Series also marked the farewell tou r for one of the spo rt' s most popular riders. At every stop on the circuit, fans roared for Suzuki's Guy C o o p e r, 31, in hopes that they could cheer h im to his firstever s u p ercross win . "Co op" respond ed with wild riding and a w esome a e r ia l man euv e rs, and th ough he couldn't quite pull it off (the closest he got was second pla ce at round tw o in Ho us to n), he certainly gave the cr owd th eir mon ey ' s worth. C o op er w ill race in Europ e until the en d of the yea r, take three months off to h ave a rod re moved from his th ighbone, and then comp ete in off-road e ve n ts. He wi ll b e missed in the world of supercross and MX. 11 2 9 13 5 8 18 20 14 "' ~ Z < 3 1/23 1 3 2 5 10 13 8 14 7 11 9 4 6 16 17 12 < :: ..r ~ ~ tI) 4 1/30 1 8 5 4 7 2 6 12 19 9 13 3 11 15 < u 0" o ~ 0 z -e: tI) 5 216 I 2 3 6 7 5 4 9 - ....l .. "- .( < o -e !Z "- .( z 0 ~ ,," z ;;: z ~ o . .. ~ 5§ ", ' -c :::0 u :s !Z 0 .,;::; z s 0 £. Zi "'" :2 -< z !- < ~ Cl ~ 6 2113 1 3 4 2 12 7 2120 8 3/6 9 3/27 4 3 2 1 7 6 5 12 2 1 4 3 6 5 7 13 1 2 4 7 5 13 3 8 17 15 6 6 2 1 3 15 5 7 18 11 11 7 2 12 4 15 10 - - - -. 10 9 11 14 19 13 8 16 10 8 13 9 12 6 18 7 10 14 12 5 3 20 9 10 18 8 14 6 - « 5 10 - 8 6 20 9 - - 11 14 16 10 12 13 - - - - - 10 14 16 20 - - - 11 11 14 7 13 9 17 8 - - -e - 8 14 - 8 10 13 - 23 10 12 9 - 11 12 - - -< :: U 10 413 1 4 3 5 9 - ~ 0 "'" 11 4/17 "'" 12 , 4/18 1 11 20 3 5 3 4 9 6 2 15 < < u ..r :s ... :;; - - 2: u ....l U .( ~ -< ~ 0 13 4/24 1 12 13 2 7 4 11 - - - 19 19 19 - - - -e ~ z « tI) 5/15 15 6/5 1 2 3 18 4 12 1 6 2 3 8 5 14 - - 9 10 19 14 5 8 11 12 14 9 4 18 16 - - - - 13 16 7 13 15 7 11 :> Z .,;-e " ~ :> ~ :J ~ -< b !- 16 6IU 9 3 1 14 4 20 15 6 11 358 301 278 247 230 2 13 16 12 10 181 178 161 155 154 150 146 124 12 0 116 104 - 85 - 71 59 44 - 8 5 13