'MOTOCROSS' Championship Series Round 8: Unadilla Valley Sports Center
AMA 1251250cc National Motocross
By Cameron Coatney
Photos by KarL Ockert
NEW BERLIN, NY, JULY 21
eam Suzuki's Greg Albertyn has
final! y broken his curse of bad
luck by taking the overall victory
in the 250cc class at the legendary
Unadilla Valley Sports Center, just outside of New Berlin. The three-time
World Motocross Champion has not
had much luck since coming to the
states to race at the beginning of 1995,
as numerous injuries and crashes have
made an overall victory very elusive
for the South African rider. Albertyn's
2-2 moto tally was good enough to
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secure the overall win on a day that
saw Team Honda's Jeremy McGrath
basically crash out of contention for the
win in the first moto, and saw Team
Kawasaki's Jeff Emig do the same in
the second moto while leading early on
lap one. The overall victory was by no
means handed to Albertyn, as he
fought hard and rode well all day long
- even after crashing himself early in
the first moto.
"I'm so happy right now, it feels
amazing," said an elated Albertyn. "It's
been a long time coming. I've sort of
(Above) Three-time World Champion Greg Albertyn finally won his first National overall
victory at Unadilla. The Team Suzuki pilot won with a 2-2. (Left) Team Honda's Steve
Lamson simply decimated the rest of the field In the first 125cc moto, and played it smart to
finish second in moto two, securing his sixth National win of the year.
