Briefl
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Local ride rs Jason McCorm ic k of Vancouver. W ashington , and Rya n Huffma n
Jo hnson (Ka w ); 20 . Rar ry C .lnot,- n (S uz); 2 1. Dann y
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Sm it h (Ya m) ; 22. Broo:l Sl'lla rds (!<.lw): 23 . Tim Perrv
(.~(J1.); 24 k.n Sd.1d..Iie n Roy (Su.d; 25. Ch.a.rll'Y ~ rd
(51.17.); 26. Doug Pd "'-ln~ (· (Suz); HI. BrdJ H.tg!> (Ka wl; 3 1. Carey H a.rt (Ya m) ; 32 . Ben Asaff
(Ka w ); n. Brcmdun Robtorb ()(a w ); 34. TIm Sharp (Hon);
35. Ezra Lus k (Yam); 36. Ty Birdwell (K.aw); 37. Kn s
Rourke- (H un ); JR. l.d.t' Windhdm (Suz) ; 39 , Anthonv
Pocorobba (Soz); 40. Rich Tayb &r.).
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250 MOT O 1: 1. Jeff Emig (Ka w ); 2. Crt"g Al ~n
(Suz); 3. John Do wd (Yam ); 4. Mi ke l....lRocco (Stu); 5.
Larry ward (H on); &. Ul man Brad sha w (Hon); 7. Milt
Cra ig (Hon); tI. Jeremy McCr.:ath <
SUU; 9. Ryan Hughes
(fu w ); 10 . Brian Swi nk ( K..1 w); 11. Jason McC ormick
(Yam); 12. Ph il Law ren ce (Ya m ); 13. Rya n Huffman
(Kaw ); 14. Ji mm y Button (Yam) ; IS. Ezra Lu sk (Ya m);
16, Anthony Ama radio (Ya m); 17. Ht' ath v oss (H on); 18.
Pat NNt:' r (Suz); 19. Ryan Tt'r'llocki (Sw); 20. YO!ohita ka
At-.uLl (H{lfl); 21_[usrin Tit:' rnt'y (Ya m ); 22. Ji m N~
a
(Su7.); 23. Guy Coopt '!' O-tbg); 24. M iJu.. Kat in (Ya m); 25.
Dan Moore (Ya m); 2b. Jm.l·p h th (Ya m) ; 33 . Ikon Asa ff
( Ka w ); 34. Budd y A n t u nez (H on l: 35. Ty Bi rdwell
( Ka w ): 36 . Kris Rourke (H on); 37. An th on y Pooorobba
(5oz); 38. Anthony Whipple (Va m ); 39. Doug Dubach
(Yam) ; 40 . Rich Taylo r (Sm. ).
250 O/A; I. }df EmiK (Ka w ); 2. Greg Atbl.>rtyn (Suz);
3. Jt' rl'm y McGrath (S uz); 4. Milt' LaRocco (Suz); 5.
Larry Wdrd (Hlln); 6 . Rye l Hught'lo (Ka w l; 7. Mill'
ll
C ra ig (Hon) ; 8. Ddmon Br"Jsl1n-'my Ml" .rat h (36'1); 4. Mik t' laRocco (3 19); 5. Larry
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Ward (307); 6. EUo1 1.11,010. (:306) ; 7. Ryctll Hughl"> (299); 8.
G reg Albt-rtyn (272 / t win); 9. Jimm y Button (235); 10.
Da mo n Brad shaw (230 / 1 w in) ; 11. Mik l' Ki..Jro wsld
(53); 12. Phil Lawren ce ( 52) ; 13. Jason McC ormick
( 23) ; 14. Buddy Antunez (114); 15. Anthon y Amaradio
007>; 16. Doug Henry (1{ID; 17. Ryan Huffman (91); 18.
An tho ny Pocorobba Jr. (75) ; 19. Brian Swink (70); 20. Jim
(A bov e) Honda
f actory ri der Scali
Sheak styled his wa y
to third In t he 125cc
c la s s via a 34.
(Ri g ht) Vancouver,
Wash ington , local
boy Jason
McCormic k hol eshot
and led t he first
250cc m o to and
fin ished ninth ov erall
w ith an 8-11 tally.
(Belo w) Carm ichael
and mechanic Chad
Watts show off the
19 97 AMA 12 5c c
o f Rcisebu rg, O regon , caused quite a com mot ion in their 25 0 cc Na tional qualifier
Su nd ay morning. The tw o ride r s had the
crowd roa ri ng its app rcvel as th ey sand w iched Cahfcrmen Mi ke Craig - w ho was '
riding in his first 250cc race of the seasonin a three -w ay do gfi ght . M cCorm ick w on
th e heat. followed clo sely by C raig and
Huffma n.
The contract/silly season rumor mill
wa s humming at 15.000 rpm at W ashougal. It wa s confirmed th at th e aforemen tioned Ryan Huffman had signed
deal
to nde a facto ry Suzuki in the AMA .l 25c c
Sup er c ro ss and N ati onal Cha-mpionship
S er ie s i n 1998 . Furt he
a re, Creg
Albertyn announce d that he had inked a .
new contract that will keep him a t Suzuki
for the next two years. While no one w ould
con firm any.detalls. rumors pe rsist that a ..
num ber o f rac ers are tn a " hol di ng pat tern - regarding fut ure plans . due to a number o f teams courting Jeremy McGrath .
a
Mik e 'LaRocco , Larry Ward. Doug
Hen ry , Mickael Pichon, Mike' Craig,
J o h n Dowd . and a host of ot hers are
, c laime d 10 b e en te rtai ni ng offers from a
number of factory and private teams, St ay
' t u n ~ .'
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IS no t go ld : -Ma t o' XXX
rid ers Brian Swink and Brian Dee gan made a lo ud ta shron sta tement at
W ashougal. In some thing that had to be
se en to be believed . bo th ride rs' co mpe te d ab oard mot o rcy c l e s ad orned w it h
. b right gl itter-coa te d ga s tanks, fender s.
boots and helme ts. ..It 's a' spec ial pate nt ed re sm- qht te r formu la that is sprayed on
an d w on' t co me off , " ex p la ine d Tr ip le
XXX te am manager J ordan Bum s. M w e
lf
ge t a good re sponse. we may try mar ket ing it. " B urn s also co nfi rme d t ha t t he
tea m wrll be back ag ain in 1998 and is
ac tive ly see kinq support. Good thing, too ,
because Te em XXX alwa ys s e ems t o
hav e some thing up its sleeve _.muc h o f 'it
es tablis hme nt -rocking . .
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' All that glitters
W ashougal again held its annual auction to
s upport the ' Am erican Motoc ros s d e s
Nat ions effo rt . A number of ite ms were
o ffered up that fetched so me hand som e
pri ce s - all o f which g o toward he lp in g
A m e r ic a ' s 'q u e s t t o w in its 14th des
Notions tItle in Nlsmes. Belgium . on Scptember 14.
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Jason' McCormick and Brian .Swink
wo n the Sk ool Pnvateer Chall enge Awards
in th e 250cc cl ass at W ash ouga l. wh ile
Ron Tichenor and B rian Deega n won
the awa rds in the .125cc· divis ion.
National Champlonshlp plate.
Antho ny Pocorobba and JeH Em ig .
-cla i med the 1·900 -Pr o Race Hol e s hot
award s in the 250cc division at Washougal.
Kevin Windham and Michael Bran·
des to ok home the checks' in the 125 cc '
class.
Primal Impu'lse Honda ride~: Robbie Reyn ard s uffere d a broken hand and wrist
during the secon d mote -at Washougal.
Wh i le de t ails were , not a v ailable, it i s
claimed that th.e injury will keep the you ng .
rid er fro m Ok lahoma out of actio n inde finitely.
Nt't'Se (65).
Former AMA . 25c c N ati on al Champion
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125 M OT O 1: 1. Ricky Ca rmic h.w l (Ka w ); 2. Kevin
W in dh.Jm ( Yd m) ; 3 . Sc u tt S he a k ( Han I; 4 . M ic ka el
Pic hon (St u.); S. Mil.. Br,m dr,; (Yam ); 6. Robbk>Re ynard
(Hon ); 7. Ca sey Joh n~n (K.1w ); R, D.w id f"ingrw (Ka w) ;
9. Stephdll(' Ron caJ a Ofun); 10. Ron Tk"ht'11Ur (Suz); 11.
Damo n Hu ffm.m (!<.aw ); 12. Na than R.u n -.ey (Suz); 13,
Ca sey l.ytle ( H o n ); 14. To ny loru s '\u (S U7); 15_Ji m
L.:amastu... Suz); 16. Jctf Wil loh (Ya m ); 17. Ch ri s WhL"t'kT
(Suz); HI. Brock SdL:m:b (K.1w ); 19. Tim tl'"Y (Suz); 20.
Barry Ca r.;te n (Suz); 21, Da nny Smith (Ya m); 22. Tim
Fpr ry (S uz); 23. Ch a d Pl'derson (Ya m ); 24. Ch a rle y
Bogard (Suz) ; 25 JMTY Ak'fI'Un (Yam); 2b. DoUg Parsons
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(Yam ); 27. 51:l"V'-'n Hc.>nnan (Suz); 2ti. Chad Kresge (Suz l;
29 . Cory Ba ud er ( KOI w) ; 30 . Ro b b Flot h ( H o n); 31Shin khi K.tga (H on ); 32. Scott Da vis (Ka w ): 33. Isai ah
john'>(m (K.t w); 34. Jt'd n 5t'btill'n Roy (Suz); 35. Steve
Lam.'iOn (Hon); J6 . r .ml CurTi.. (KA w); :17. Stt!' t!'An drich
v
tsu:d; 38 . Ted Ca m pbo. (Su d ; 3Q Ry.Jo Duff (Hon); 40.
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Bnan J:)('q;a n ll'y (5oL); 17. Ca ~y
l.ytle ( Hon) ; 18 . C h "d P..d l!'rloOn (Yam): 19 . Casey
J o h nny O ·M ara was able ta- view Ricky
. Ca rmichael 's cha mpio nship season fro m a
u niqu e .p e r s pe c t ive, Througho ut -19 9 7 ,
O 'Mara • at one time a worId -elas s race r fou nd him self in the unique role qf adv i·
s o r /coach/frie nd /trai ne r t o th e yo u ng
Ricky Carm ichaeL " It's a lot different ," said
O ' Mara a f e w hOllrs aft er Carmi cha e l
cli nc he d the ti t le . - I' m really hap py fo r
Ricky . Wi th him , I see
race r who w orks
hard . He has a lot o f the same character
that I did w hen I raced , in that he ha s a
desire to race end to have fun. His success
doesn 't s urprise me. It' s all 'jn his blood.
We hang ou t so much tog ether. and I like
to t hi n k t ha t som e o f 'my lea rn in g ' ha s
rubbed off on him . It' s very spec ial. the way
'. all o f .t his .happ ene d . This wee k , it's all
we'v e bee n talk ing abo u t. He did it . He
w erif ou1 and won bo th motos . He's t he
champi on...
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