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broke away from the rest of the pack as
they argued over the lead in what was a
very intense battle. U went on for five
laps until Hughes made his move and
shot by the Honda rider. Hughes
proved that the pass was no fluke as he
immediately began pulling away from
Lamson. Lap after lap, Hughes steadily
increased his lead over Lamson until
just past the halfway point when he
bailed hard over the handlebars.
. "We had a good battle going," said
Hughes. "Once I got out in front, I tried
pulling away from Steve as quickly as I
could; because I didn't want him seeing
(Right) Kyle Lewis ran
second for moat of
the second 250cc
mota and eventually
finished fourth.
. (Below) Steve
Lamson (5) chases
down Damon
Huffman. Lamson was
the beneficiary of
Hughes' second mota
crash.
my lines. But I lost the front end and the
bars hit me in the stomach and I flew a
ways."
'Briefl ,- . Missing from the '250cc line-up at Unadilla
was Team Suzuki's. ~'reg Albertyn. Last
week a!'the Troy, 'Ohio, Natio."al, Albertyn fell
during the second mota and injured t)iS Wfist.
He went on to finish the mota and originally
· didn't think much of the injury ·until he woke
up the next morning and the wrist had
swelled. The 250cc World Champion.had the
wrist X-rayed and it was' discovered ·that he
had broken the long-healing navicuiar bone.
According io team manager Roger "DeCOster,
Albertyn is out for the rest of the season.
Tne word out of the HOOda of Troy pits is that
former 125 and 250cc MX World Champion
Donny' Schmit will compete at next week's
"Spring Creek National in Millvil!e,. Minnes<;>ta,
on a Honda of Troy team bike. Schmit, who
'hails fr<;>m Bloomington; Minnesota, and.is a
local favorite at the Sprin9 Creek track, is
scheduled to compete iii the 250Cc class.
.
.
Team' HondaJ1-800-Gollect's Doug Henry
made his first public appearan.ce at the
Unadilla National since injuring his back at..
the Budds Creek National last month. Henry
showed little signs of his injury as he, along
with his wife Stacey, walked around in the
.pits visiting with friends and signing autographs fo.r fans; As far as when he'll be allie
to (ide again, Henry said, ":Time will tell." He .
did say he plans on racin9 again next year.
Speaking of Greg. Albertyn; ttie Soutt)
African .has no intentions of switching teams.
for 1996. Hecurrentfy'has a aile-yeaF con- Kawasaki rider Phil Lawrence and Suzuki
tract 'with Suzuki arid is' expected to sign tor. pilot SCOtt Shaak.were the' top-finishing privaanother VElar.
teers at Unadilla and were the recipients of the
Camel'Raci"glSkoal Raclng Pro Privateer
The injury to Greg Aib.eriYn relegated the. ·Challenge. Each rider was. aW~rdea $500 for
once-mighty Suzuki team to' just two riders' their efforts. Lawrence, who is sponsored by
going' into the'Unadilla National, but that 'Kawasaki of Mexico anetThor, finished'1Oth'in
, number would dwindle to just'one after the the 250Cc class, While Sheitk, who is supportfirst mota. Tim Ferry was unable -to start ttle ·ed.by:Pro,Circuk, Tt)or, Bell, Scott and Dunlop,
. second 'moto after he" discovered in .the first . finished sil\th'in the125cc. class..
mota th.at 'the sprained thumb that he had
sustain'ed las.t week ·at.ihe Troy National Tony AmJitadlo showe'd up' at'Unadilla
cilused too much. pain for' hint to ride comp,et- ·aboard. a borrOwed' Honda CR250. The Cali- .
itively.. Thaf left Dam.on Huffman as Suzuki's fomian was it fa,clory-tiacked KTM team rider
sale 'survivor at the 'lnd at the day. Pilr!lady . ."until' last week following the ·TroyN.atioAal..
~)J1 Suzuki's Clisaliled flSt.are Cra.lg Decker,
Airlaradio ·Md .KTM st(uggled'all year wilh
who 'is recuperatil)g with a back injury, and 'suspension and communication' problems
· Ezra. Lusk. lusk, who snapp.ed il ngameni in which eventually "ed to Amaradio'S decision
his wrist 'ea~ier in the season, is 'riding again, .. to leave the team. The first time he rode the
• hut' ii' is' still 'I)ot sure when he'll'relurn to
Honqa w~ during practice On race 'r11oming
. action. "I' guess I'm going to. have to·star\"ridof the Unadilla National. H!l finished 16th in'
ing again;" joked iea'fI) manag:er Roger the first mota and finished out of the pqints:in
DeCo~ter, a five-time World Champion.
the second mota: .
.'.
Despite his handlebars having been
pushed downwards from the faIl, Hughes still went after Lamson after picking
up his bike in second. '1 knew I had the
overall but I was still thinking about the
points."
"He was putting a lot of pressure on
me," said Lamson. "All I could do after
he passed me was try to watch his
lines."
Right after Hughes crashed, the rains
came and drenched the track, making
Hughes' attempt to catch Lamson that
much more difficult. Many riders tossed
aside their mud-eovered goggles as they
sloshed their way around the now
muddy track. The rain ended just as
quickly. as it had started and the sun
was even shining by the time the checkered flag came out.
Lamson went on to score the win,
finishing approximately 11 seconds
ahead of Hughes, who enjoyed a big
lead over third-place finisher Huffman.
Pichon, who started the moto in seventh, ended up' fourth, while Brown finished right wliere he started - in fifth.
Reynard climbed from 11th to sixth,
while Sheak rode another strong race to
claim seventh. Craig finished eighth, followed by Pederson and Stephenson.
For the second time in his career,
Hughes finds himself leading the 125cc
series point standings. 'Tm not going to
change anything," said Hughes. "I've
been in this situation before, but this
time I know how to deal with it."
CN
Unadilla Valley Sports Center
New Berlin, NY
Results: July 23, 1995 (After 8 of 12 rounds)
125 MOTO 1 (30-minutes--plus·Z-Laps): 1. Ryan
Hughes (Kaw); 2. Mickael Pichon (Kaw); 3. Steve
Lamson (Hon); 4. Damon Huffman (Suz); 5. Scott Sheak
(Suz); 6. Mike Brown (Hon); 7. O>ad Pederson (Hon); 8.
Davey Yezek (Suz); 9. Jason McCormick (Hon); 10.
Denny StEphenson (Suz); 11. Buddy Antunez (Hon); 12.
Nathan. Ra!J15eY (Suz); 13. David Pingree (Kaw); 14.
Ryan Huffman (Hon); 15. Tony Lorusso (5uz); 16. Steve
Herman (Suz); 17. Robbie Reynard (Kaw); 18. Barry
Carsten (Suz); 19. James EickeJ (Hon); 20. Tim Ferry
(Suz); 21. Jim Povolny (Kaw); 22. fun Mcilvaine (Hon);
23. David Kratz (Kaw); 24. Scott Cartel" (Hon); 25. Travis
Hodges (Kaw); 26. Richal"d Zupko (Hon); 27. Tom
Welch (Yam); 28. Richard Schmidt (Suz); 29. El"ic
Swartwood (Hon); 30. Mike C~aig (Hon); 31. Doug
Dehaan (Suz); 32. Mike Treadwell (Suz); 33. Thomas
Rice (Kaw); 34. Eric Reilly (Suz); 35. Keith Tl"occoli
(Suz); 36. Brett Salandel" (Kaw); 37. Brian Deegan