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125cc
The I5-lap I25cc feature was easily
the most exciting race of the night, and
the excitement commenced when Ryan
Hughes powered hi s Team SplitFire /
Pro Circuit / Kawasaki KXI25 into the
lead, but right behind him was Suzuki's
D a m o n H uffman, wh o h adn't lo st a
West Coas t I25cc main event yet. But
Huffm an had a miserable first lap and
dropped to sixth by the tim e it wa s com pleted. Sandwiched in between H ughes
an d Huffm an w ere Fr ederic Via li e ,
Craig Deck er, Da vid Pin g ree and Cory
Keeney. '
"1 thou ght I had a good start - abo ut
second - but the first cou p le of lap s were
cra zy," sa id H uffman. "People we re hitting me and 1 almost went d own. Th ere
wa s d efinitel y a lot of pu shin g a n d
shoving going on."
Huffman didn't ha ve much trouble
getting around Keeney - which he did
on the second lap - but had a hard tim e
ge tt ing a wheel in on Pingree. Fo r th e
next four laps, Huffman see med stuck in
fifth pl ace, all the w hile making obvious
mistak es on th e track.
"Yeah, I just cou ld n't ge t going and
was makin g m ist ak es," said Huffman.
" Bu t I kn ew I h ad tim e to ge t m y ac t
together ."
.
Lu ckil y for H uffman, Hughes just
could n't break loose fro m th e five-rider
freight train, and wasn't pulling away.
Finally, on the fifth lap, Huffman cu t
underneath Pingree in a tum for fourth.
A lap later, he made a similar maneu ver
on his teammate Decker for third. Decker, however, retaliat ed and tried p assing
him b a ck . " I s ho wed him m y fr ont
wheel ther e," said Decker . "I was hanging wi th him but made a couple of mistakes and th at was it."
On th e next lap, both Huffman and
Decker s ho t b y Vi a lle, w ho lost his
rh ythm through a section of jumps.
At the halfway point, Huffman was
in se cond place and pressuring Hughes, but th e Kawa s aki rid er w as n ' t
going to give an inch. For the next five
lap s , th e two rid ers pl a y ed cat "n '
mouse until Huffman saw hi s chance
in a multiple jump section . Huffman
changed lines and took H ughes by surprise.
" He (H u ffman) came in fast," said
Hughes . " I co ul d 've blocked h im but
:th at wou ld've tak en u s both o ut, and
that would 've been stu p id. I just left th e
door a little ope n for him."
With four la ps remaining, Huffman
gradually p ulled away from Hughes to
sco re his third straight win of the series.
H e'll be taking his perfect record into
San Diego next week.
" I knew I had time: ' said Huffm an,
" a n d I did n ' t want to d o anything
dumb. I was making a lot of mistakes at
fi rst a n d th en I fi nally go t goi ng .
Tonight was the bes t I've seen Rya n ride
all season."
" I had a better start this time:' sai d
Hughes. "So me sectio ns he (H u ffman)
rode better, and there were some I rode
better . But I tak e my hat off to Damon;
he rod e real good tonight."
For th e second week in a ro w, Decker
finish ed a stro ng th ird. " I just have to be
more aggressive at firs t and try to ge t
away from those guys:' said Decker . "I
made some mistakes and it took a while
to get my rh ythm."
.
Finishing fou rth after sta rting off in
seco nd w as Vialle, while Pingree rounde d out the top five. C ha d P ed ers on
cl imb ed fro m eigh th t o six th, w hi le
N CY / PrimaI Impulse /Yamaha's Pedro
GonzeIez finishe d seventh . Co m pleting
the top 10 w er e Keeney, Tommy O ower s and Sebastien Torteili.
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seattle Klngdome
seattle, Washington
Resul ts : February 4, 1995
250 HEAT 1 (8 laps, 4 rid er s transfer): 1. Larry
Ward (Yam) ; 2. Brian Swink (Hon); 3. Mike Kiedrow ski
(Kaw); 4. [am es Dobb (Hon) ; 5. Phil Lawren ce (Kaw); 6.
Clif f Palmer (KTM); 7. Todd De l-loo p (Han) ; 8 . Iean-
Se b a s tie n Roy (Hon ); 9. Ste ve Lam s on (H on ); 10 .
Frederic Bolley (yam ); 11. Tim Ferry (Suz); 12. josh Steel
(H e n); 13. Shaun Kalas (Suz); 14. Rich Ta ylor (Hon); IS.
Anthony Amaradio (KTM ); 16. Alex McElyea (Suz ); 17.
Jake Windham (Suz); 18. Jon Hedden (Hon); 19. Kevin
Cord ua (Hon); 20. John Dow d (Yam).
Ti me : 7 min; 40.28 sec.
250 HEAT 2 (8 hips . 4 riders tr ans fe rk 1. Jeremy
McG rath (Hon~ 2. Mickae1 Pichon (Kaw ~ 3. Ezra Lusk
(Suz~ 4. Mike Craig (H en); 5. M ike LaRocoo (Ka w) ; 6.
Dou g Henry (H on ); 7. Jell Emi g (Yam); 8. Greg Albertyn
(Suz); 9. Lan ce Sma il (Hon); 10. Mike Brown (Hon); 11.
Buddy An tu nez (Hon ); 12. Mike Fisher (Kaw ); 13. Jeff
Dement (KTM ); 14. Larry Brooks {Ya m); "15. Blai r
Morgan (Kaw); 16. David Castillo (Kaw); 17. Masanori
Enom ota (Kaw); 18. Ryuichi Yamad a (Han); 19. Don
Bisceglia (Hon~ 20. Kyl e Lewis (Yam~
Ti me: 7 mi n, 3971sec.
"250 SE M I 1 (6 bp s. 5 ride rs tto1nsfed : 1. Ste ve
Lam son (H a n ); 2. Todd DeH oop (Hon ); 3 . Phil
Lawrence (Ka w ); 4. John Dowd (Yam) ; 5. Josh Steel
(Ho n); 6. Tim Ferry (Suz); 7. Cli ff Palmer (Hon ); 8.
An thon y Amaradio (KTM); 9. Rich Taylor (Han); 10.
[ean-Sebasnen Roy (Hon); 11. Frederic Belley (Hon ); 12:
Alex McEl yea (Suz ); 13. Jon Hedden (Ho n); 14. Jake
Windham (Suz ); IS. Kevin Cordua (Hen),
Tim e: 5 min, 52.88 sec.
250 SEMI 2 (6 laps, S rid ers troilnsf er) : 1. Do ug
Henry (Han); 2. Jeff Em ig (Yam) ; 3. Mike LaR occo
(Kaw); 4. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 5. Mik e Brown (lion); 6.
Kyle Lewis (yam); 7. Mike Fisher (Kaw); S.Larry Brooks
(Yam ); 9. Bu ddy An tu nez (Han); 10. Jell Dement (KTM) ;
11. Masanori Enomo ta (Kaw); 12..David Castil lo (Ka w ):
13. Blair Mo rgan (Kaw); 14. Lanc e Sma il (Hon); 15.
Ryuichi Yamada (He n): 16, Don Bisceglia (Hon) .
Ti me: 5 m tn, 5157 sec.
250 LAST CHANCE QU ALIFIER (6 la ps, 2 riders
tran sf er): 1. Tim Ferry (Suz); 2. Buddy Antunez (Hon);
3 . Iean -Scbastien Roy (Ho n); 4. Mike Fisher (Kaw); 5.
Ky le Lewis (Yam ); 6. Jeff Dement (KTM); 7. Anthony
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