Damon Huffman (99 1; 13. Sb:vc Lamson (93); 14. David
Pingree (91) ; 15. Tony Loru 5S0 (84); IS. Ron Tichenor
(811; 17. Brock Sellards (73); 18. Casey Lytic (70); 19.
Robbi~ Skaggs (62); 20. Barry c.anten (58) ; 21. Jeff
WiIloh (55); 21. SNun Perolio (54); 2J. N a t h.1n Ramsey
(39); 24. BlUn OeqI;iln (29); 25 . JO!Oh Demuth (27); 26Scott Carter (24); 27. Pa ul C ur rie (23); 28. Charley
~ an; 29. Robbie H orton (16); 30 . C1'ub Whet*r
US); 31. Mike Tl'\"adwt4.1 (13); 32. Ch. d Pt"lknon (11);
33. Rus ty Holland (8); 34. m E) Ja~ Povolny / Grrg
Schndl (7); 36. mE) Tra ve Pno!Iton / David Kratz (6); 38.
Wall y Sil va (4); 39. (TIEl Billy Sil varole/Jiri
Do>tal/P Goazalez (I).
Z50 MOTO 1: 1. Jeff Emig (1(aw) ; 2. John Dowd
(Yarn); 3. Jeremy McGrath (Suz); 4. Larry Ward (Hon);
S. Mike Lagcccc (Suz); 6. Ezra Lu:o>k (Yam) ; 7. Mike
Kkodro
wsld (Hon ); 8. Jimmy Button (Yam); 9. Anthony
(Left) Jeremy McGrath was
reun~ed w ith his former
mechanic Sk ip Norfolk at Red
Bud but stili CQuldn 1 pu ll off
t he win. Instead , McGrath
went 3-4 for th ird o verall .
(Below) Ezra Lusk (11) pulls
the ho les hot In the 250cc
c lass ahead of Do wd ( 1 ~),
McGrath (2), Em lg (1) and J im
Neese (85). Lusk went 6-2.
Amarild io ('fil m) ; 10. Bri.an Swin k (Kaw); t 1. Ryan
Huffman (K.tw); 12. Phil Lawrence (Ya m ); 13. Jason
McConnid. ('(.am); 14. Budd y An tulle".t (Hon); 15. Ryan
Tt'rlt"Ckj (Suz); 16 . Jim N~ (Su z); 17. Todd Dej-l oo p
(Yilm) ; 18. Rich Ta ylor (5070); 19. H ea th Vmy McCrath l C; z);
"(U
)
u
5. Jeff Emig OGt w) ; 6. l.a ~ Wan! (l Inn); 7. Jimmy Button
(Ya m); 8. Greg Albrrtyn (Sw'J ; 9. Ryan Hughes U{aw);. to.
Mike Kiedrow ski (Honl; 11. j'hi l Lawre nce (Ya m); 12.
Brian Swi nk ( Kawl , 13. Ryan Huffman ( Ka w); H . Jim
NCCS<' (Suzl; 15. Ant hon y Ama r" d io (Ya m); 16. Buddy
Antu nez (H on ); 17. [aso n McCor m ick (Ya m) ; 18. Todd
DcH oop (Yam); 19, Heath VO!>S (l Io n); 20. RYoln Terlecki
(Suz); 21. Brad Hagseth (Yam); 22. Bruce Stra tton (Suz);
23. K..-Uy Smith (Suz ); 24. JOM'Ph Oclt1hof (Kaw); 25. Jason
Thomas (K.a.w); 26. Mike Katin (Ya
m); 27. Brad Woolsey
for good I've got some titles t~ win. The 1 ~ 9 0 0- P R O - R A C E Ho lesh o t 'A w a r d
winners ' on Sunday were Ke vin Wind ham and
B ri a n Deegan in the t 25cc class and J . H
Em ig and Ezra Lusk in the 25 0cc division.
Each rider earn ed 5250 for getting to th e first
tum first.
LaR occo (Suz); 6. Larry Ward (Hon); 7. Jimmy Button
(Ya m>;8. Mike Kiedrowski ( Kaw ); 'J. Brian Swink (Hon);
10. Phil Lawrence (Ya m ); 11. Ryan Huffman (Ka w); 12.
Anthony Ama radio (Yam); 13. G reg Alberryn (Su z); 14.
Ryan HUShes ( Ka w); 15. Jim Neese (S uz ); 16. Buddy
Antunez (Han); 17. Jason McConnid (Yam); 18. Todd
lleHoop (Yam) ; 19. Ryan Terlecki Emi g
.£(
("1!17 /2); 2. John Dowd <259/2); 3. JI"f1"DlY McGrath (247);
4 . (T IE ) Lu ry W,ud / Eua L u~ k (204/1); 6 . Mike
LaRocco (193); 7. Ryan Hug",", (178); 8. Jim my Butt on
(157); 9. Damon Brad5haw (157/1); 10. G~ Albntyn
(133/n; tt. Phil La~ (105); 12. Doug Henry (102);
13. Buddy Antu~z (83); 14. Mike Kied rowski (77); IS.
J.l!IOn M<:Cormick (68); 16. An thony Amaradio (66); 17.
An tho ny Pocoroba (56); 18. Ryan Huffman (53); 19. Ray
Sommo (43); 20. Jim Neese (4 l); 21. Brian Swink (38 ); 22.
B~ Stratton (38); 23. Heath VOlIioS (37); 24. Ty Wallace
(0); 25. Tak.e!l.hi KotL.o.Ja (29) ; 26. Cliff Palnwr (28 1 26;
M ike Jont"S (21); "D. Bra. n Swi nk (18) ; 28 ..
Todd
DeHoop/Dou~ Dubach (15);. 30. AU~tiR Squ ire (13); 31.
Ryan 1erleckl (12); 32. Ketth Bowen (l 1) ; 33 . LanC'~
S mail n O); 34 . Yo shitaka Atsuda (9); 35 . (TI E) Joel
mE>
Drngler/Mike Kalin (7); 37. (TIE) Keith johnson/Sean
Hogan (6); 39. Jeff Yentzcr (5); 40. (TIE) Spud Walters /
Ben AMff /Pat Bart on (4); 43. mE) Rich Ta ylor / Jason
Conlon /Brad Hagseth/M.:1tt Shue (3) ; 47. Keith Trocroli
(2); 48 . (T IE) Juo n Tho m as /jos~p h Oehlhof /jim
Jorws /Pat FOtiter/Jaso n Frenette/Shawn Waring /Tom
CIowmi/ Ty Bitd wd l (1 ).
Upcomi ng Round s:
Round 8 • New Be~ in. New Vorl<. July 20
Roun d 9 • Troy, Ohio, July 27
A speciaf vis it was 'paid to the Red Bud Nationals by seve n-tim e W orld . MX C hampion ' Joe l
Rob ert and f o r me r 250 c c GP s t ar J im
Pomeroy. The two legends of mot ocross' were
invited to attend the event by wo rks bike collector Terry Goode. who put together an exhib it
of rare wo rk s motorcycl es that he owns . The
bi kes 'i ncl ud e' Ro be r t ' s '72 Su zuk i 250. the
Honda.thet Pomeroyvsed t o w in a motoet
Carlsbad in '78 , find race bike s belong ing to B ob
Hannah, Jchnny O'Mara and others. The on-site
muse um wa s open an weekend long and provided. a .lot of room for old- school be nch racers to
·get to geth er and enjoy the glory days of works
, bikes . As fo r Robe rt , he seemed very intere sted
in the action as he WatchEtd th-e race from atop the anoocncer's tower.
When asked how he thouqht fellow Belg ian Stefan Everts . ight do at
m
!Jnadilla in tw~. weeks. Robert Said. - Very well. I saw him ,a few weeks
:
ago at the Belgian G P (at Kester) and he Is ~ding very · strong and fast
The' Suz u ki pits were' crowded' on Sunday a s J ere u:.y ·McGra t h
-riqht.now. I think that he might s urprise the Americans here . "
s how ed up wi\h a pai r of mechanics to help w ork on the #2 RM2SO .
.
.
.
Skip .N o rfo l k . M c G rath·s me chanic for s ix c hamp ions hip years on . The ,S k oal Racing Privateer Challenge Awards at Red Bud went
Hondas. wa s called in by the team in an effort to . give th e slumping ' to Ronnie nchenor (ninth) and Robbie Skaggs (13th) in the 125cc
McGrath a ' needed boost . Norfolk worked along side McGrath's regular
class and Brian Swink (ninth) and Ryan HuHman <11 th) in the '25Occ '
mechanic Wyatt Seals ' and did aU the pit -board woik. - It was· actually
clas s. The top-finishing privateer in each class earned $500 from Skoal
Roger DeCoster"s idea for me to come back ; - said Norfolk. who retired
Racing. while the second·highest finisher grabbed $200.
.
from wrenching after the '96 seas on to take a job a t No Fear in CaliforThere were no jerseys or gloves 'being thrown to the cro w d from Jeff
nia. · W e' re trying to give J eremy a boost because right
he's not rid·
Emig at Red Bud. Due to a mix-up in shipping. Emig arriVed .at Red Bud
ing ~ke his old self . ·Rog er thought that maybe the best thing for him to
with one set of lime -green S hift riding gear to last him throUghout the day.
· do was go back' to a combmati on that 'worked o ut well in the ·past. ·
-That' s why I got ·the holeshot and took off in the first moto' ~ beCause I
· McGrath $8.Id o~ the arrangement. · Skip w~ _alwnys a goc;>d ~trvator
didn 't want to get all dirty a'nd sweaty' fighting through.the pack : Em'g
for me. and I felt Hkeit might be a good idea to have him come back for a
little while. I jus\. want to start doing well 'aga in and rm ·trying a lot of Iater.~ . After crashing 'on the fir st lap of the second mot a'and racing
through the pack from 37th to fift h, the mud-eovered Emig was more than
things to figure out how to ·do. it.· It was obvious tha t the situation was a
.
· little awkvolard for both mechanics, but they seemed to 'get along fine · willing to leave the clothes with his adoring Red Bud fans. .
working in tandem on the multitime champion's bike ..'tVhen asked how
Here ·s a human interest st~ fo'r you : When he wOn the last 'two 125cc
he felt abo ut the new working arrangements, Seals felt it best ·no t to
comment until he 'saw how 'the race went. M cG rath ran 3-4 for third over·
Nat ionals of 1996. Kevin Windham wo re a gold cross around his.
~.
.
.
ttiat had been giVen to him by a fan. Bui the chain broke and .Windham ·
was 'u nab le to fin d 'an unbreakable chain to replace it . After suffering
Ab s'e nt from 'S unday ' s Red Bud National w as Honda of Troy's Mike . through 'the first six Nationals of the year without even a mota·wi n. W ," dham borrOwed a chain from teammate Ezra Lusk so he cou ld start running
Craig. According to boss Phil Alderton. Craig twisted his knee at M~m
the I.ucky cross. again. The res.':Jlts speak for thems~lves ,
.
moth M ountain last wee kend . a~d the leg was too stiff to ride. C mig is
·Briefl
...
now
neck'
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