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EVENTS
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th e 28th a nnual Worldsport s Florid a
Wint er AMA Motocross Series, held at
the Pasco County Fairgrounds.
In th e fir st 125cc Pro m oto , BSY
rider Ernesto Fonseca led the 22-rider
field in to tu rn one, with Mike Peat and
Chad Shepard in hot pursuit. Fonseca
con tinu ed to lead as Barry Car sten and
Johnso n worked their way throug h the
tr a ffi c after mid pack sta rts . Carsten
closed in on Fonseca with tw o laps to
go and, w hen the w hite flag came out
after 25 minutes of ra cin g , Cars te n
mad e his move an d passed Fonseca in
the ba ck sand sectio n of the co urse .
Car sten held on for th e wi n over Fonseca, Johnso n, Ton y Lorusso an d Cor y
Keen ey.
"I showed Fonseca my wh eel on the
ins ide two lap s before the finish ," said
Car st en, "a n d then, on th e la st lap, I
we n t ins ide, th en s ho t ou t when h e
di ved to the inside ."
Lorusso on his F&S Suz u ki grabbed
the ea rly lead to start mot o two, with
Currie, Fonseca, Brandon [essem an and
Carsten giving chase. Lorusso led most
of the race as a freigh t train of riders'followed behi nd . Joh nson slid his way into
second and began to look for a way by.
Late in the race, Johnson passed Lorusso
to score the m o to a nd ove rall win .
Lorusso, Currie, Iesseman and Ca rsten
rounded out the top five places.
Johnson jumped out to the early lead
in th e opening 250cc Pro division and
led fro m wi re to wire, scoring the easy
win over Currie, Keith Bowen, Lorus so
and Fonseca .
Currie controlled moto two from the
start and led the entire moto, u ntil Johnson motored his way int o second aft er
starting ou tside of the top five. With two
laps to go, Johnson closed in on Currie
and kn ew he had to mak e th e pass to
earn the ov era ll victo ry. As th e tw o
entered the final corne r and headed for
the finish , Johnso n railed the outside
while Currie took the inside. Currie and
Johnson bumped as they crossed the finish line side by side, with Currie cras hing and Johnso n flyi ng off the cou rs e.
Currie held on for the win by a knobby
over Johnson in one of the closest finishes in Florida Wint er AMA MX his tor y.
Bowen w as th ird o n a KTM, Carsten
wa s fou rth, and rounding ou t the top
five was Dav id Kratz.
Johnson also raced on Saturday and
won the 250cc A class and Over 25 division. Johnson battled Carsten and Matt
Crown in .the Over 25 class and Chad
Shepard a nd Tom Johansson in th e
250cc A class.
"Big Dave" Curry topped both Over
50 m o t os ove r lo ng time ri val s To m
Bragg and Barry Mayo.
Dav i Mill saps, Tyson Hadsell and
Steve Dumond were a ll d ouble class
wi nne rs. Suz u ki-bac ked Mill saps wo n
all fou r moto s in the 60 and 80cc (7-11)
di visions. BSY's Had sell wo n thr ee ou t
of four motos in the 125cc B an d 125cc
Youth classes, wit h his only loss coming
in th e fi rs t 125cc Youth mot o, w h ich
Tony Med rano wo n. Dumond wo n the
Over 25 BI C and Ov er 30 BI C events,
going 2-1 in both classes for his pair of
0
wins.
Pasco County Fairgrounds
Dade City, Florida
Results: January 10-11, 1998
PIW (4-6): 1. L Karl Benoit (Act); 2. Chase Co utu re
(Co b); 3. Bubba Cros by (Cob); 4. Troy Smith (Cob) ; 5.
Ies Freeman [Lem},
se
PIW (7..s): 1. Ricky Renner C
lem); 2. T.J. Rho nc lli
(Cob); 3. Kyle Keylo n (Cob ); 4. Mike Nirolini (Cob); 5.
Orlando Hamilton (Cob) .
60 (7·11): 1. Davi Millsaps (Ka w ): 2. Kyle Ch isho lm
(Ka w); 3. Jimmy Keys (Ka w); 4 . Bry an Joh nson IKa w ): 5.
Ricky Renner ( Kaw).
80 (7.11): 1. Da... Mil lsaps (Suz); 2. Bryan Johnson
i
(SUZ); 3. Kyle Chis ho lm IKa w); 4. Ma tt Goerke IKaw), 5.
Kyle Williamson C
Hon).
SO (12-13): 1. [ames Stewart (Ka w ); 2. Ge ne Stull
C
Suz); 3. Dan Truman (](a w); 4. Brian Gray (Ya m); 5.
u ck Lund y Il-ion).
80 (14·15): 1. Troy Adams (Ya m) ; 2. Rya n Davis
(Ka w) : 3. Bra ndon Butler (Hon ): 4. Mike McGo u rt y
(Ya m); 5. Derrick Steams (H e n).
S /M IN I: 1. Rya n Davis (Kaw): 2. Da n T ru man
(Kaw ): 3. Troy Adams (Yam); 4. James Stewart IKaw) : S.
Brian C ray (Yam ).
16-24: 1. August in Font (Yam); 2. Robert Steveson
(Kaw); 3. Mike Steveson {Kaw): 4. Ca milo White (Yam).
5. Aa ron Perkins (Yam) .
25+ A: 1. Keith Johnso n (Kaw) : 2. Barry Ca rs ten
(Suz); 3. Matt Crown (Kaw): 4. Tommy Martin (J(."1w); S.
Jeff Lampe (Suz ).
25+ D/C : 1. Ste ve Dumo nd (S uz) ; 2. Bryan Abel
(Kcw ): 3. Todd Wichtner (He n); 4. Tim Egge r!'> (Suz): 5.
Barrett Duchsc hcr (Ka w) .
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30+ A: 1. Barry Carsten (Suz): 2. Ma tt C ro w n (Ka w ):
3. Tommy Martin (J(.1 w); 4. Joh n Lundy (He n): 5. Mark
"
Beame r (Ka w) .
30+ B/C : 1. Sh. ve Dum on d (Suz) ; 2. Joh n Camelio
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( H l Jn); 3. Tim Eggt.TS(Suz ); 4. Brad Rue! (Yam); 5. John
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Choa te (Hon).
35+: 1. J(lhn Lund y (Ho n); 2. Tim Egge rs (Suz ); 3.
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John Ca melio (Hon); 4. Ken Frankenberry (J(. 1w); 5. Jeff
ProvanCl'(Ka w).
40+: 1. Ken Fran ke nberry (Ka w) ; 2. Jeff Provan ce
(Kaw); 3. Ch ris Dout hitt (Ho n); 4, David Jo hnso n (Yam);
5. Doug I-Lu vey (Ka w).
50+: 1. Dav e Curry (Suz) ; 2. Tom Bra gg IH us ): 3.
Barry Ma yo O