Lamson (54(1/9 wins); 2. (TIE) John Dowd/Kevin
Wmdham (I wm) (405); 4. Mike Craig (283); S. Buddy
Antunez (274); 6. T;m Ferry (271); 7. Ezra Lusk (271); 8.
James Dobb (243); 9. Robb;e Reynard (236); 10. Mike
Brown (218); 11. Chad Pederson (215); 12. Brian Deegan
(208); 13. MickaeJ Pichon (198); 14. Da.mon Huffman
(179); 15. Scott Sheak (155); 16. Kim Ashkenazi (139); 17.
Casey Johnson (130); 18. Mke Brandes (107); 19. Pedro
Gonzalez (89); 20. Barry CaI5ten (87).
250 MOTO 1: 1. Jeremy McGrath (Hon); 2. Jeff
Emig (Kaw); 3. Mike LaRocco
Coen (Yam); 21. Matthew Crown (Yam); 22. James
Povolny (5u1.); 23. Austin Squires (SU%); 24. Doug
Dehaan (Suz); 25. Billy Schlag (Kaw); 26. Josh Demuth
(Yam); 27. Ty Birdwell (Hon); 28. Peter Jastremski
(Han); 29. Scotl Gridio (Kaw); 30. Joel Dengler (Suz); 31.
Cory !eslio practicing on in prepara·be incredible. Th·e design ·is extremely complicated - ·tion f"r the upcoming 1997 SX and MX seasons.
and, basicallY, feeds the engine vaporized fuel. Some
Rumoehas it that Kiedfowski·will be reieased from· his
say ~ rivals tf:ie Power-Jet carbureior ttlat Hooda has· consultin~ duties at Teain. Kaw~saki. eany , has done full tear-downs on Windprivateers up anp running since the Hangtown
Almost 980 racerS tumed ou·t to ride the .......teur. ham's motor.. including splitting the cas.es after his
Nati6nal. The service costs $250 per event and
prC!llr.m held et the Broome,Tioga Sports Center
rider's. wins at the Houston SX, the'Mouot Morris
inciudes bike .transportation, the use of the equip.on the Friday and Saturday before the National. Rain
National.ahd his latest win at Binghamton. He doesn'f
menf .0'; the truck, personal sforage arell for gear . canceled sortie of the racing on Friday, bur riders
believe ·anyone else has been tom· down to the cases,
and five gallons of race fuel. "The service is becom- . were· treated to near-perf.ect traok conditions on SatIncluding Lamson, Out he.believes it has to do with the
urday.
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ing more and more popular and it gives t~e privafive-speed gear boxes with aitered internal gearing
teers, the backbone of·this sport. an opportunity to
Yamaha runs in its factory 125s. The rule book says·
train. ride, and be with fheir families more than if
Jeremy McGrath's mechanic Skip Norfolk was
there has to ·ba a six-speed transin·ission in the 1250c
they were on the road ·eafing fast lood, ~uying gas
ebsent from the Team Honda/I-800-Collect/Fox pit
class, and Yamaha somehow gets around the rule by
and sleeping in hoteis," says owner Scolt Keller.
area after his Wife, Christy. had an eight,pound baby blocking sixth gear off. "They can tear this th·ing
Keller prOVided the service to Binghamton. lor Rich
I:ioy the week batween Washougal and Binghamton. down, every weekend.' said Semar. "As long as we
keep gelling tom down that means were winning. I
Cliff Whit. handle~e wrenching duties for
Taylor. Tony Lorusso, Paul Currie and Shaun Perolio
don·t mind that a\ all.McGrath. "Yeah, he doe.sn't have any championships
among otners. Keifer plans on providing the ·service
ride 250cc SX and MX series for Team· Suzuki.
. Suzuki is ·r:umored to be·keeping Alb.rtyn ·and
L.Rocco. but C...Ig. Decker's; Tim Fe.ry~.
·and ·Ezra'Lusk's futures are unknown. It looks like
Suzuki Team Manager Rog.r D.Cost.r ·still
.needs 125cc pH9ts. Stephan Roncoda: a Frimch
Supercross rider, has signed to riae fur Honda of
·Troy·in the 125cc East SX aniJ. MX sen'es. Larry
. W.rd and Mike Kiedrowski will ride the '25Occ
SX and MX series, Mik. Craig will ride the 2500c
SX and 125cc MK series: and ·easey LytI. will ride
. the i 25c': East SX and MX series. j.H WiHoh,
Milo. Bro.... and Brian S.ink all ·have been
released from Honda of Troy. Team Noleen r;der
Kyle Lawls repOrted that he has signed a contract
witt> Suzuki of ~apan's factory team to ride ihe
.25Occ Nationals over there for 1997. Looks like they
waot SQmeone to beat.KawasaKi of Japan's J.H
Mati.s.vlch. "I .can't.affor.d not to go. " ·said
Lewis. -The· money,is too good. ·1 went out and rode
some Suzukis and felt· really 900d on them. I'll be
gelling a bike ~eict week. - . ..
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