SUPERCROSS
Bologna Supercross
(Left)Steve Lams on was uns toppable at the Bologna Super cross. He
went undefeated over two days of racing .
(Above) Larry Ward was the only rider to kee p Lamson In s ight. Ward
finis hed second overall both nights.
By Joe Bo nn ello
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BOLOGNA. ITALY, DEC 7-8
onth s after the
supercross season
ended in the Ll.S.;
European fans have
been getting their SX
fix in a series of
e ve nts s taged in several co un tries
th rou gh ou t the continent. In ad di tion to
the recentl y com p leted World Series of
Super cr oss, th e Bo logna Su pe rcross is
one of a number o f non -points-p aying
even ts that, nevertheless, d raws some of
the world 's top riders by pa ying hands ome a p pea ra nce mon ey up front, as
well as a substan tial purse.
.
Th e "big three" - Jer emy McGr ath,
Mi ke LaRocco an d Mi ke Kied ro w sk i didn' t ma ke it to Bol ogna, but Stev e
Lamson, Lar ry Ward, Gu y Cooper and
Mich ael Craig did, as well as expatriates
Bob M oore, T ra m pas Parker, Tallon
VohIand and Bader Manneh. The y were
(Left) Guy Cooper was a
contender with 3-4 overall
finishes.
(Above) Tallon Vohland
rode well. His best mota
finish was a second in the
first mota on Thursday.
also joine d by European stars such as
Pedro Tra gter, Alessio Chiod i, Michele
Fanton and Marn icq Berv oets, including
a group of Italian nati ona l rid ers filling
out the 20-rider field. Thoug h not really
consid ered "s tellar," the field prov ed to
be amazi ng ly well matched and turned
in two da ys of solid, exci ting racing that
h ad th e p a ssi on a te It al ian crowd
screami ng for mor e. And at the end of
two d a y s o ne ri de r s too d head and
shoulders ab ov e th e rest - Steve Lamson.
