story, but he's really fast when he's
leading."
Windham maintained about a fivesecond lead over Huffman throughout
the race, but Huffman did dose the gap
slightly the last couple of laps when
Windham backed off a bit. Even with
Huffman gaining, Windham felt comfortable enough to pull off one of his
patent heel-clickers over the track's
longest double jump on the last lap.
One of the main reasons Huffman
do ed on Windham was that he knew
that Lamson was coming on strong.
Lamson got of to a bad start when he
tangled with a couple of riders in the
first turn.
"I actually had a good start, but a
couple of guys on tl,e inside got together and went straight, driving me to the
outside," Lamson explained. "After that
I wanted to get through the first lap
without crashing."
Lamson completed the first lap in
12th, and spent the rest of the race picking off riders one by one. He eventually
worked his way into third after passing
Craig, who had been holding down that
position the entire race, just after the
halfway point. Lamson slowly dosed
the gap on Huffman, who knew darn
good and well that he was coming.
"The laSt few laps I had to turn it up;
there was no way I wanted him to pass
me," said Huffman.
ot long after Windham had taken
the checkered flag, so did Huffman,
closely followed by Lamson and Mike
Brown, who ran fifth for much of the
race before slipping by Craig after the
halfway point. Sixth again went to
Ferry, followed by Pederson and Reynard, who got off to a ninth-place start.
Xtreme/CTi2/Kawasaki's Buddy
Antunez ended up ninth after crashing
in the first moto, while Dowd took
10th.
L~
Kenworthy's MX Track
Troy, Ohio
Results: July 28, 1996 (Round 9 of 13)
125 MOTO 1: 1. Steve Lamson (Han); 2. Robbie
Reynard (Hon); 3. Damon HuHman (Kaw); 4, Kevin
Windham (Yam); 5. Michael Craig (Han); 6. Timmy
Ferry (SUZ)i 7. Chad Pederson '(Kaw); 8. john Dowd
(Yam); 9. James Dobb (Suz); 10. Brian Deegan (Hon); 11.
Jeffrey WiUoh (Hon); 12. Casey Johnson (!d (Hon); 4. Ryan Hughes (Kaw); o.
Greg A1bcrryn (Suz); 6. Mike urocco (5u2); 7. Damon
Bradshaw (Yam); 8. Brian Swink (Han); 9. Phil
I...1wrencc (Kaw); 10. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 11. 0iH Palmer
(Sud; 12. unce Smail (KTM); 13. Jeffrey Yen_ (Kaw);
14. Jean Sebastian Roy (Han); 15. Kevin vine (KTM);
16. Guy Cooper ( uz); 17. Patrick Gomm (Yam); 18. Ty
Wallace (KTM); 19. Anthony Amaradio (Han); 20. jeff
Dement (Hon); 21. Jeff Curry (Suz); 22. Mike Metzger
(Suz); 23. Doug Stone (Kaw); 24. Andre Pene d
(237); 6. Brian Swi.n\: (233); 7. Kyle Lewis (220); 8.
Damon Bradshaw (197Y. 9. Ryan Hughes (188); 10.
Jimmy Bullon (186); 11. Phil uwrence (181); 12. Doug
Henry (165); 13. Oiff Palmer (157); 14. Richard Taylor
(93); 15. Kevin Crine (74); 16. Ty Wallace (66); 17. JeanSebastien Roy (64); 18. Shaun Kalas (51); 19. Jason
Frenette (37); 20. Anthony Amaradio (31l.
Upcoming Rounds:
Round 10 - Millville, Minnesota, August 4
Round 11 - Washougal, Washington, August 18
Brieflv:...
--
Damon Huffman turned In his best performance since injuring his knee. He went 3-2 for
third overall in the 125cc National.
'.
moto at Troy. Pichon was I1!nning inside the top 10 bE.fore pulling out of
the race due to latigue. -rve beeh having problems wilh this since
Gai.newille (March): said Picho~. 'I recently had a blood test and they
discovered the virus. ,The more t ride the stronger .the virus gets. The doc"ormer 125cc Nati.on<;1 MX \::hampion Guy Cool>~r competed' in the tors say tlie only way to gel over Ihis is to rest. eat right and. take vitamins." Team marlager Mitch PaYton said. ·"·!fs·a pretty serious virus. The
2~cc class ~t Trc;>y. It was Cooper's second National MX appearo/\ce ~f
.the year (his orst being at the series·opener in Gainesville). The highly , more he. exer:ts himself lIie worse it gels. I told nim. to call it a season;
popular rider had an up·and-down day in Ohio. lailiflg to finish the first· he ·s·.got next yearto' think about." .
mota after crashing. but coming back to post a respectable 13th in Ihe
second mota. "I was runniog about 12th or 14th when I got out of contr.ol Spea\r the 125cc National at Troy was Team Primal
Impulse/Bill's Pipes/Hondas Kim Ashkenazi. The multi-time Australian Honda of Troy had a busy weekend. The team held an open hoose at
Nalional Champion failed to transfer out of the moming· s preliminary the team base shop in Troy. and more than 1000 people attended the
event to get aUlographs from Honda of Troy. as well as factory Honda
heals.
team ncJere. On Sunday. Honda of Troy broke out their blue riding .gear.
Team SuzukI's Greg Albertyn was confident going into the Troy- which they use on special occasions. Larry Ward's third-place finish gave
the team its first podium appearance in the 250cc class.
National after having won his firsl National the previous week at Unadilla.
The Win was Suzuki's first 250cc Nationai victory In 15 years. "' believe
Kent Howerton was the last Suzuki rider to do it." said Albertyn. And This week's recipients of the Skoal Privateer Challenge Award went to
what did Albertyn do 10 celebrate his Unadilla victory thai night? "We Kawasaki rider Phil Lawrence. in the 250cc class. and Suzuki-mounled
.James Dobb. in the 125cc class. Both riders took home a $500 check
went out and ate. "
from Skoal.
.
Sitting out Ihe 25.occ National at Troy was Team Yamaha·s Doug
Henry. He<\ry injured his shoulder a few weeks ago at the Michigan Honda of Troy also offered $500 for Ihe winner of the faslesl moto in
National. He tried riding at Unadilla last week but the shoulder caused him Doth the 125cc and 2S0cc Natic;>nals. Ke'(in Windham and .JeH Emig
too much pain. so· he· decided 10 sit out Troy in order to let the shoulder pocketed the cash. "That was pretty cool of them." said Emig.
·heal. "He tried riding on Friday (two days before Troy) but just couldn·t do
it.". said· his tuner Pete Stienbrecher. "He tore the muscle in the shoulder Team Suzuki's Ezrl! Lusk had a day he would just as soon forget at
Troy. A pair of bad starts relegated him to 13th overall in I.he 125cc class
and he needs to take a rest. He might retum at Washougal. "
after posting 16-12 moto (lnishes. "aoth motos I caughl handlebars of"the
Following the Southwick National a ~ew weeKs ago, Henry·s Wire. Stacy... guy next to. me." said a disappolntad Lusk. A·"little" crash. in the first
gave birth to the couple's first child - Breanna Donna Beverly mota didn't make matters. any better for the former· East Coast \25cc.sX
Champion.
Henry.
Team SplitRre/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki·s Mickael Pichon will more than
likely sitout the rest of the season. Pichon has been bothered by a virUs
that basically drains him of strength and endurance. 1<\ the first 125cc
Erik Kehoe. the team manager for Honda of Troy. said that they have
already signed Larry Ward to another contract for the 1997 season.·
"We·re glad to have him on the team for al least another year,· said
Kehoe, "especially after the way he·rode loday."
