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SUPERCROSS TOYOTA TRU K O R UNLIMITED ~ C SfTH RIPA TS ',' AMA SUPERCR S O SSER IES Round 4: Kingdome (Left) After winning his first rac e on the Yamaha, McGrath picked up his tune r, Randy Lawrence , fo r a victory la p. (Right) Frenchman David Vuillem in exe cutes ahee l-clicker en route to his third consecutive 125cc West Coast mainevent win and , with it, moves into the series lea d. That 's wh e n Lu sk go t him, bu t no t before com ing up through the field. Lusk w ent from 17th to 10th by the fifth lap. A lap later he was in ninth, and by the halfway point Lusk had control of seventh. After that, Lusk too k sixth, fifth and, by the 16th lap , had a lock on fou rth. Here, Lusk found some heavy resistance fro m Ward , and it wasn't until the second -t o- las t la p th at he go t ar ound the Suzuki ride r. And he wa sn 't finished yet. After takin g t h e w hit e fl a g , Lus k stuck hi s Honda's fro nt wheel ne xt to Button's and then su rged ' ahead of the Yama ha rider for good . Ward followed Lus k's lea d as he pulled u p next to Button and passed him. Bu tton passed him back bu t th e tw o mad e contact, w hich re sulted in Bu tto n careen ing off the . track. Ward also go t a littl e ou t of sha pe; and Henry, w ho had been surveying the sit u a tion from a close fift h, rod e past them both. "It go t re al close at th e end ," Ward said of the last lap . "Bu tton needs blinkers o n h is bike - I'm ju st te a sing. He wanted to get on the pod ium , but he did cu t me off. But th a t' s ra ci n g , and I would've done the sa me thing to protect a podium finish . I passed Button on the ou tside and the n he tried to par k me. I hit the brakes, and he w ent off th e track and He nry got us both ." "Wh en Yogi (Lus k) pas sed me, I wa s still hap py in third ," Bulton said. "Bu t I made a little mistake after the triples and kin d of w ash ed ou t go ing into th ere. The n Larry Ward made a pass. I made a pa ss back on him, an d he hit m y rear w hee l and kind of shot me off the trac k." Button ended up sixth, finishing rig ht behi nd Huffma n, w ho had a strong ride .after a I Oth-place start. Wind ham had anoth er qu iet race. He go t off to a midpack s tart a nd really co u ld n' t d o mu ch w it h it, takin g th e checkered flag in sev enth , just ahea d 'of a stead ily improving Brown. Hughes imp ro ved only tw o positi ons afte r his l l th-place s ta rt, w hile Ferry, w ho showed go od speed o n occasio n throughout the night, comp leted the list of the top 10 finish ers. fX Klngdome Sea ttle, Washington Res ults: Ja nuary 31, 1998 (Round 4 of 16) 250 HEAT 1 (8 laps, 14 transfer to main) : 1. Doug 6 Henry (Yam ); 2:- Mike Crai g (Hen ): 3. Jeff £mig (Kaw); 4. Phil Law ren ce (Ka w ): 5. Micka el Picho n (Suz); 6. Ezra Lusk (H e n): 7. Lance Sma il (KTM); 8. Da mo n Hu ffm an to. Robb ie Skaggs (Yam ); 11. (Kaw); 9. Tim Ferry (Yam ); Rya n Ter lecki (Su z); 12. To ny Ama rad io (Yam ); 13. Car ey Hart (Kaw); 14. Erik Ande rson (Hon); 15. Cory Bau d er (Yam ); 16. Jaso n De m pse y (K., W); 17. Joe Am o tt (Kaw ): 18. Rod Ta pia (Su z); 19. Shawn M" cDona ld (Su z); 20. jeff Baile y (Suz). Ti me: 7 ml n., 24.330 sec . 250 HEAT 2 (8 taps, 1-4 transfer to m a in ): 1. Jer em y McG ra th (Ya m ); 2. Ji m my Bu tton (Ya m) ; 3. Ke v in Windham (Yam ); 4. Larry War d (Suu ; 5. Greg A lbertyn (Suz ); 6. Heat h Voss (H e n ), 7. lean-Sebastien Roy (Kaw): 8. Rya n Hughes (Ka w); 9. Yoshitaka Ats uta (Han); 10. Mike La Rocco (Han); 11. Ta keshi Koi ked a (Yam ); 12. Billy Binck ley (Ya m); 13. Kris Rou rke (KTM); 14. Aus tin Squ ires (Ha n); 15. Kris Papwort h (Ya m); 16. Pat Foster (Ka w) ; 17. Sh a w n Hi ~ h l a n d (H bg) ; 18. Tra v is Gage (Suz); 19. Mike Bro wn (Han ); 20. Ty Bird well {}(awl . Tim e: 7 min ., 25.060 sec. 250 SE MI 1 (6 lap s, 1·5 tra ns fer to m ain ): 1. Ez ra Lu sk (H en ): 2. Da mo n Huffman (Ka w ): 3. Tim Ferry (Yam ); 4. Rya n Terlec ki (Suz): 5. Micka el Picho n (Suz) ; 6. Robbi e Skaggs (Yam); 7. To ny Am arad lo (Yam); S. Ca rey Hart (Kaw): 9 . Cory Ba ud er (Ya m); 10. Lan ce Sm a il (KTM); 11. Erik Anderso n (H a n ); 12 . Ja son De mpsey (Kaw): 13. Jo e Arnott (Kaw): 14. Je ff Bail ey (Suz): IS. Shawn MacDon ald (Suz): 16. Rod Tap ia (Suz). T ime: 5 min ., 32.330 sec , 250 SEM I 2 (6 laps, 1-5 tra nsfer to m ai n ); 1. Rya n Hugh es (Ka w): 2. Mike Brown (Ha n); 3. Greg Albe rtyn (Su z): 4. Hea th Voss (Ha n); 5. Mike LaRocco (H a n ); 6. Ta ke sh i Ko ik ed a (Ya m) ; 7. Bill y Bin ckley (Ya m ); S. Yosh itaka Ats u ta (Hen ): 9. Ty Birdwell (Kaw ): to. Kris Rou rke (KTM); 11. Pat Foster (Ka w): 12. Au sti n Sq u ires (Han); 13. Kris Papwort h (Yam); 14. jean-Sebastien Roy (Kaw ): 15. Tra vis Gage (Su z): 16. Sh awn Hi gh la nd (Hb gl . Time: 5 mi n., 38.700 SI:c'C. • 250 LCQ (4 laps. 1 ~ 2 tr an sf er to ma in ): 1. Lan ce Sm a il (KTM ); 2. Ton y A maradi o (Ya m) ; 3 . Ta ke s hi Koik eda (Yam ); 4. Ca rey Hart (Kaw): 5. Yoshita ka Atsu ta (He n): 6. Co ry Bauder (Yam ); 7. Ty Bird w ell (Kaw): 8. Robbie Ska gg s (Yam ); 9. Austin Squires (H a n); 10. Erik Ande rso n (Ha n); 11. Iea n-Seba s r ien Roy (Kaw); 12. Kris Rourke {KTM}; 13. Ja so n De mpsey (Kaw); 14. Billy Bin ckl e y (Ya m ); IS. Jeff Ba ile y (Suz): 16 . Joe A rn o tt (K aw): 17. Trav is Gage (Su z); 18. Shaw n MacDon al d (Suz ); 19. Shawn Highl a nd (H bg) : 20. Rod Tap ia (Su z): 21. Pat Foster (Kaw ): 22. Kr is Papw orth (Yam ). Tim e: 5 min ., 39.950 250 MA IN (20 lap s): 1. Jerem y McGra th (Yam); 2. Ezra Lusk (Hen): 3. Doug He nry (Yam) ; 4. Larry War d (Su z): 5. Damo n Hu ffm an IKa w): 6. Jim m y Butto n (Yam); 7. Kevin Wind ham (Yam ); 8. Mike Brown (Hon ); 9. Ryan Hu gh es (Ka w): 10. Tim Ferry (Yam ); 11. Mickael Pichon (Su z); 12. Mik e LaRocco (Han); 13. Greg Albertyn (Suz) : 14. Jeff Emig (Kaw): 15 . Mike Cra ig (H o n): 16. Lance Smail (KTM ); 17. Ph il Law re nce (Kaw ): 18. Heat h Voss (H a n); 19. Tony Ama rad io (Ya m); 20. Ryan Terlecki (Su z). Time: 18 m in., 30.380 se c. Margin o f vic tory- 8.004 St.. 'C. Z50cc TOYOTA TRUCKSrrHORJPARTS UNLIMITED A M A SUP ERCR O SS C'SHlP S ER IES POINT STAND IN G S (Aft er 4 of 16 ro u nds): 1. Jere my McGr ath (89/ 1 wi n); 2. Ezra Lusk (77/2 wins ); 3. Jeff Emig (6'1>; 4. Kevin Win dh a m (59); 5. Mike La Rocco (53); 6. Dam on Hu ffman (SO 7. Mike Craig (49); 8. Rya n Hu g hes (48); 9. ); La r ry Wa rd (4 6); 10. (TIE) Gr e g A lb erty n /Mi c kael Pich on /Dou g Hen ry (45); 13. Jim m y Butto n (43); 14. Seb as tien To rtelli (38/ 1); IS. Mike Brown (31); 16. Phil Law rence (Kaw ): 17. Tim Ferry (Ya m ); 18. Lance Sm ail (I S); 19. Fred eri c Belley (10); 20. Kyle Lew is (7). KTM JR. SUPER CROSS CHALLENGE : 1. Michael Busch; 2. Ray Vald ez [ r.: 3. Walk er Wilk ers on ; 4. Kyle Clevenger; 5. Jacob Kanna da; 6. Dan iel Gu bser; 7. Steven Sveda rs ky. 8. Tyler Tapi a; 9. Kyle Hammon tree ; 10. Eric Bro wn ; 11. Brod y Gilstra p ; 12. Jeff rey Simonson; 13. jared Lang; 14. Mo n te McGrat h; 15. Cody Hube r. Upcoming Rounds: Round 5 - San Diego, California, February 7 Round 6 - Indianapolis, Indiana, February 14 A AW rn R M este egional 1 5 upercross Series;R und 4: King 2 ccS o dome Vuillemin· happy • anniversary By.Kit Palme r Photos by Kin ney Jones SEATILE, WA, JAN. 31 renchman David Vuil lem in made it look easy again, as he rode to victory for the third straight tim e in the 125cc Western Regiona l main event, this tim e at Seattle' s Kingdome. The FMFbacked Yamaha rider mad e quick work of Spl itFire /Pro Circuit /Kawasaki's Jeff Matia sevich and Suzuki' s R)'Sn Huffman before op en in g u p a su bstantial lead and scoring hi s fou rth main-even t win of his caree r. Vuillemin won his first race one year ago at this same venue . " It w as my goal to win th ree races (this season)," Vuillem in said . "Now it's alread y done and I feel good." Wit h the w in, Vuill emin moves into th e series po ints lea d , takin g it away from ope ning -ro und winner John Dowd, w ho battl ed his wa y u p to thi rd after a mid p a ck s ta r t. The w in made the evening even more sweet for Vuill emin, . w ho had received ne ws earl y in the day that the ope ning ro und of the 125cc GP series in Indonesia had be en canceled, which ma kes it po ssible for him to ride the Minneapolis Supercross - an even t he w as expecting to miss. Now, with three ro u n ds le ft in the se ries, it appears Vuillemin wi ll attem p t to win the series F championship, and he certainly seem s to be headed in that direction. Making it a French 1-2 sweep at Seattle wa s Honda of Troy's Stephane Ron cada, who ro u nded the first lap in fifth place and qu ickly w orked up to fourth, where his upward m o m entum was brie fly stalled by Matiasevich, who wa s despera tely tr ying to ho ld on to thir d p la ce. Ron cad a made an aggressive and somewhat controversial pass on Matiasevich, who w as left spraw led ou t on the Seattle dirt, un able to continue - the result of an injured knee. Roncada escaped the incident uns cathed but, by that time, he had n o ch a n ce of ca tchi n g t h e runa w ay. Vuillemin. Roncada finished a lonely second, w hile Yama ha 's Dowd made a late pa ss on Van cou ver, Washington's [ason McCormick for third, McCormick had the best rides of his caree r, w inning his heat race and th en placing fou rth in th e I S-lap main af ter sp en d ing m os t of the ra ce in second . . Rou n d in g o ut th e top five w a s FMF / H o n d a ' s David Pingree. Six th went to Sp litFire/Pro Circuit/ Kawasaki's Nathan Ramsey, w ho wa s follow ed across the finis h li ne by Stiffie's Je ff W ill oh, F&S Suzuki /Midwest Motorsport 's Travis Preston, Su zuki su pport rider Tyler Evans, and Moto XXX's Brian Deegan, in that order. . Ramsey led nearly eve ry inch of the way in the first 125cc heat race and wa s thankful for team mate Matiasevich, who m ade things difficu lt fo r VuiIlemin . Vuillemin quickly recovered from a so-so star t bu t struggled to get around Matiasevich. By the time he d id , Ramsey w as gone for the win . Vu illemin too k second, followed by Matiasevich and Kawasaki of Mexico /Tecate's Erick Vallejo. The second heat race had the 56,000 fans chee ring as they wa tched Oregon's Ry an H u ff ma n a n d W a s hingt on' s McCo rmic k battl e for the lead while run~

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