Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

SUPERCROSS AMA S upercross Series Round 9: Texas Stadium 17 . Tod d De Hoop (Suz l; 18. Jim Povo lnv (Kaw); 19. Shaun Kalas (Yam ); 20. Bri a n Swi n k (Hoo). T im e: 6 m in., 4,82 !iE'C. 250 H EAT 2 (8 lap s, top 4 tra nsfe r): 1. Je re my McGrath (Hon); 2. Ezra Lusk (Suz ); 3. Mike laRocco (suz) 4. Greg Albertyn (Suz): 5. Phil Lawrence (Kaw): 6. ; Mik e Bro wn (H on ); 7. larry Wa rd (Han) ; 8. Gene N au mec (Yam) ; 9. Oi ff Palmer (Suz ); 10. Ke vin Crine (KTM); 11. At sot a Takate ru (Han); 12. Tim Za cha rias (Kaw ); 13. Gr a yson Goodma n (Su z); 14. Joe Hedden (Han) ; 15. Mar co Du be (Hon); 16. Tommy Johansson (Kaw ); 17. Hea th Voss (H an ); 18. Damon Bradsh aw (Ya m ); 19. Ba rry Carsten (Suz ); 20. Buddy Antune z (Kaw ). Time: 6 min ., 2.30 sec. 2SO SEMI 1 (6 l.aps, top 5 tr~sfer): Jimmy Button (Yam); 2. Brian Swi nk (Hon ); 3. Jeff Hedden (Suz) ; 4. Denny Ste phenson (Ka w) ; S. Todd DeHoop (Suz); 6. Mike C raig (Han ); 7. Kell y Andris (Han) ; 8. David Ca stillo (Kaw ); 9. Brian Stone (Kaw ); 10. Jim Povolny (Kaw); II. Alex McElyea (Yamt 12. Ty Wallace (KTMt 13. Andrew Catanzaro (Hon ); 14. Scott Carter (Hon ); 15. Mark Easley (Kaw); 16. Shau n Kalos (Yam). Tim e: 6 min ., 13.n Sl:'C. 250 SEMI 2 (6 laps, top 5 tr an !ifer): 1. Mike Brown (Han); 2. Phil Lawren ce (Ka w ); 3. Damon Bradshaw (Yam); 4. Larry War d (Ha n ); 5. Kevin Crine (K11\.t ); 6. Tim Za charias (Ka w ); 7. Gra yson Goodman (Suz ); 8. Ateota Takateru (H on); 9. Heath Voss (Ha n); 10. Cliff Pa lme r (Suz); 11. Marco Dube (Han ); 12. Tom my Joh an sson (Kaw); 13. Buddv An tune z (Kaw); 14. Joe Hedd en (Hon) ; 15. Gene Na u mec (Yam); 16. Barr y Carsten (Suz) . Time: 6 min ., 6.37 sec. 250 LeQ (6 la p s, to p 2 transfer) : 1. Mi ke Cra ig (Han); 2. Budd y Antunez (Kaw) : 3. Cliff Palmer (Suz); 4. Gene Na umec (Ya m ); 5. Crayson Goodman (Suz); 6. Atscta Tak ate ru (Han); 7. Mar ro Dube (Hon); 8. Brian Sto ne (Ka w ); 9. Hea th Voss (Hon ); 10. David Castillo (Left) Damon Bradshaw had a erash-Illted night on the hard"packed Dallas track. He would finish 11 th o (Above) Damon Huffman struggled with an Inj ured wrist but st ili managed to f in ish seventh. (Kaw); 11. Tim Zacharias {Ka w]; 12. Ty Wallace (KThI); 13. Andrew Catanzaro (Ha n) ; 14. Mark Eeeley (Ka w); 15. Alex McElyea (Yam ); 16. Tommy Johansson (Kaw ); 17 Jim Povolny (Kawt 18. Kelly Andris (Hoot 19 Joe . . Hedden (Hon); 20. Scott Carter (Hon); 21. Barry Carsten (Suz); 22. Shaun Kalas(Yam), Time: 6 min., 8.98 sec, 250 MAIN': (20 riders, 20 l.lpsl: 1. Jerem y McGrath (Hoo): 2. Ryan Hughes (Kaw): 3. Larry Ward (Hoot 4, Ezra Lusk (Suz); 5. Ieff Emig(Kaw); 6. Phil Lawrence (Kaw); 7. Damon Huffman (Kaw); 8. Brian Swink (Han); A raffle w as held lor Roy Schellenberger, the 125cc rider who was injured at the Daytona Sup er cross. The Texan, who lives , only a few miles from Texas Stadium in Grapevine, Is para-. Missing from the D allas Supercros s'lineup was ' Iyzed from t~ chest down, and in spite of the injury, he had hoped to attend the event but was 'the ot her half of Team l -BOO-ColleCt/H onda/Fox .steve Lamson. The defending 125cc National . unable. A Kawasak i KX I 2S' was donated f rom' Kawasak i of Carrollton,. wit h the help of other M X Cham pion injured his foot at the previous supercross round in Houstona week earlier. As· local dealers: Ben Bossier, from Shreveport .", Louisiana. won the mot orcycle but immediately it tume d out , Lamson broke the big toe ' in his gave the bike back,' so it coul d' be raffled off foot. "The toe is a/l swo llen, and ·he's hobbling again at the end of. the year inD enver-.This way, arou nd' on crutches. ~ 'said tearn manager"Wess Bossier figures rnore money can be raised for McCoy. " He pro bably won 't be back until Tampa (A'pril 6), bu t he 'll definite ly be rea dy for Hie, Schellenberger' s medical expenses . Bossier is a . good fri,end of racer JeR Dement, and the two Nat ionals." Lam son is cu rre ntly eight h in t he we re sitt ing next to each other in the press box 250cc SX point standings . . when the winning' numbers were announced . A tJ ••• Team Honda of Troy/Slrusalos M ike Craig · finally retumed to actio n at Dallas. Craig broke " his leg at the Atianta'Supercross last month and had hope d to return to act ion by the Dayt ona Super eross two ' weeks ago. S t H, just making .! the Dallas Supercross was pretty quick, constd.ering the .injury. " I've been doing a special kind of treatment to spee d up the healing process;" . said C raig. "There 's this machmel use 30 mm-'. utes a day that uses some kind of laser: it's pro grammed ov er a 24 -hOur penod.. so you can 't use it any more than 30 minutesa day. Basically, it (i he leg) feel s pretty goocL The muscles hurt arid it's pretty hard to walk on, but it isn't too bad when I'm nding. You just have to be a little ' care fulover the triple s. Cra ig suff ered "c rash· itis" ' at Dallas, qualifying for the main event via the last chance ' qualifier. He came from 17th to ·91h in t he ~ain 'event. " (Kaw); 19 Todd DeHoop . Margin of vi d ory: 9.53 sec. 250 AMA SUPERCROSS SE RIES POINT STAND1NGs (A ft er 9 of 15round.l: I . Jeremy McG rath[2:15 /9 wins); 2. Damon Huffman (160);.3. Jeff Emig (I-I(); 4. Ryan Hughes (132); 5. Damon Bradshaw (129): 6. Mike laRocco (Iu 7. Ph Lawrence (119); 8. Steve Lamson " il (107); 9. Ezra tusk (104); 10. Brian Sw ink (99); 11. Michael Craig (91 ): 12. Larry Ward(80): 1 MikeBrown 3. (67):14 Jimmy Button (63~ 15. Kyle lewis (52):16 Greg . . Albertyn (-12): 17 Buddy Antunez (-I() ; 18. Jeff Dement . (31): 19 (TIE) Mickael Pichon /Larry Broo~ (30~ . Upcoming rounds: Round 10 " Indianapolis, IN, March 30 Round 11 " Tampa, Flo April 6 9. Michael Craig (Hon ); 10. Jimmy Butt on (Yam); 11. Damon Bradshaw (Yam :t; 12. Buddy Antunez (Ka w); 13. . . Mike Lakocco (5oz): 14 Grej; Albertyn (Suz); 15 Doug Briefl Henry (Yam); 16. Mike Brown (Ha n); 17. Kevin Crtne (KTM); 18 Denny Step henson . (Hon); 20. JeffHedden (Suz). Time: 20 min., 6.73 sec. And speaking of- J eR Dement, The Honda of Houston/Be Claim-sponsor ed rider from Hum-' ' ble , Texas: was forced to sit out the event - I n the press box ' after suffering a knee injury the week before at the Houston Supercross. " It

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