MOTOCROSS
MAZDA TRUCKIAMA 250cc NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP MX SERIES
Windham, as Albertyn, Ward, Emig,
Henry, LaRocco and, finally, Craig were
all able to move around him within a
few laps, dropping hun to 10~,
Albertyn got Lusk for second on the
10th lap, and Ward followed suit to take
third on the next lap with the aid of a
lapped rider, Emig and Henry began a
battle for fifth that carried them up to
the rear of Lusk in a matter of laps, On
the 15th lap, Henry passed Emig, and a
lap later he passed Lusk for third in a
sweeper turn,
"The track was really good, with a lot
of lines to work with," Henry said about
passing opportunities on the high-speed
and choppy circuit designed and prepared by Dirt Diggers North, "If you
were aggressive and wanted a position,
you could pass."
In the end, McGrath took the win
with seven seconds to spare over Albertyn, Ward nabbed third another seven
seconds back, followed by Henry, Lusk,
Ernig, LaRocco and Pichon, who rounded the first lap in 10th and could only
move up to eighth, Craig rode steadily
to grab ninth after passing Windham a
few laps from the end,
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(Right) Doug Henry rode his factory Yamaha YZ400F to the final podium
position wIth a 3-4 tally.
(Above) Team Suzuki's Larry Ward rode to fourth overall (8-3) for tha
second time In as many weeks.
Prairie City SVRA Park
'Sacramento, California
Results: May 17, 1998 (Round 2 of 12)
250 MOTO '1: 1. Greg Albertyn (SUl); 2. Jeremy
McGrath (Yam); 3. Doug Henry (Yam); 4. Mike LaRocco
(Hon); 5. Mickael Pichon (Suz); 6, Jeff Emig (Kaw); 7.
Mike Craig (Hon); 8. Larry Ward (Suz); 9. Kevin
Windham (Yam); ]0. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 11. Doug Dubach
(Yam); 12. Tony Amarad.io (Yam); ]3. Heath Voss
(Ron); 14. ]e<1n.-Sebastien Roy (Kaw); 15. Yoshitaka
Atsuta (Han); 16. Takeshi Koikeda (Yam);. 17. Pedro
Gonzalez (Kaw); 18. Jason Thomas (Knw); 19. Jeff
Del;Tlent (Yam); 20. Jason Frenette (Kaw); 21. Ryan
Terlecki (Suz); 22. Tyson Kady (Suz); 23. Dnn Moore
(Suz); 24. SpUd Walters (Yam); 25. Jeff Pestana (Yam);
26. Cory Bauder (Yam); 27. Pat Foster (Kaw); 28. Mike
Katin (Yam); 29. Frank Mecono (KflW); 30. Chad
Wollaston (Yam); 31. Patrick McMullen (Suz); 32.. David
Lodermeier (Suz); 33. Jeff Tilton (Yam); 34. Kell.x Andris
(Kaw); 35, Scott Myers (Yam); 36, Ryan Duff (Hon); 37,
Lance Smail (Hbg); 38. Jeff Matiasevi.ch (Kaw); 39. Ted
Campbell (5uz); 40. Tyler Evans (Suz).
Time: Nt A.
250 MOTO 2: 1. Jeremy McGrath (Yam);'2. Greg
Albertyn (5uz); 3, Larry Ward (Suz); 4. Doug Henry
(Yam); 5. usa Lusk (Hon); 6. Jeff Emig (Kaw); 7. Mike
laRocco (Hon); 8. Mickael Pichon (5uz); 9. Mi.ke Craig
(Hon); 10. Kevin Windham (Yam); 1'1. Doug Dubach
(Yam); 12. Tony Am.a.radio (Yam); 13. Heath Voss
(Hon); 14. Takeshi Koikeda (Yam); 15. Ryan Te,r1ecki
(Suz); 16. Lance Smail (Hbg); 17. Jason Thomas (Kaw);
18. Jean·Sebastien Roy (Kaw); 19. Tyler Evans (Suz); 20.
Dan 'Moore (Suz); 21. Jason Frenette (Kaw); 22. Jeff
Pestana (Yam); 23. Tyson Kady (Suz); 24. Ted CampbeLl
(Suz); 25. Pat Foster (Kaw); 26. Toshitaka Atsuta (Hon);
27. Mike Katin (Yam); 28. Ryan Duff (Hon); 29. Scott
Myers ('tam); 30. Frank MOOJno (l1 said after crashing · Larry Ward ·has beenrun'ning a wQrks, one.off. magnesiu·m front·hard'in the first mota' and finishing eighth, "Guys have lost champibrake caliper lfnd olde!'sty!e SU,z0ki walks front master. cylinder
onshfps by one point, and t'didn't want to be that guy down the
(which look identical to the m~ster cylinder Team ':Ionda uses) on
road for not riding Sacramento:". Carmichael turned it all around to
his, RM250: ."1 ·use the setup because it stops .quicker, you don'l
win the second, mote;> and stea,1 the finaf overall 'podium spot, from , have to pull. as hard and it always stays consis.tent . it neverfacjes, "
his teammate Casey Johnson, The true seriousness of the, injuly
Ward explained.
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has not Yet be\'>n determined .. alth9ugh he was g.oing for X-rays
after the rac.e,'
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Damon 'Huffman was. seen
, hobbling around tlie, Team
.Jeff Matiasev.ic!" who rode' for
Kawasaki pits in Hangtown and
revealed all the. trouble his bro·
the Pro Circuit/SplitFire/Kawasaki
and
Kawa·sakl
' of
ken iemur has brought him since
Mexico/Thor/Tecate ·t~ams this, ,
~e bcoke it
the Pontiac, S·uperseason .after bein,9 dropped from
· cross mpre than a mOr)th ago. "I
Kaw~saki, of J~pan even after winhad my surgery in Michigan and
ning a championship in, '97, decidwas. told everything was okay,"
Huffman lamented, ",When I
ed to retire from motocross .after
Hangtown. ''I'm going to have to
· came home. a week la,er, I went
r~tir.e so·metime." Matiasevich .
to get the staples ,removed by
expfained. "I'm 29 years old, the
my ,doctor ,and he X·rayed it. He
fans have been. great. and'it's·time,.
s·aid ,it wouldn't ao because my .
ThiS whole year has been a joke, I
leg would be ,three"quarters ,of an
switched teams almost every· two
inch loa long, and it wasri't heal·
races and that's· not the way I want'to do things. The bikes are
ing properly because it wasn't
good, but they are not really competltive'- I know wh'at factory bikes
lined up righi. So I had surgery
are'like because i'v_e been riding them fQr almost 10 years, I don't
again and had -a rod installed
want
ride around·in, Wth,place, dotrig the privateer thing· it's a·
iri~te~d of <\ plate, and now I'm
"1'aste of time, I ·also:know I don't heal as 'qui,okly these days: I'm
ready to go. Me and my trainer,
leaving ,the sport healthy, and I'm happy, I just want to thank:all, my , Mike' Rossi, have been ';"orking .
fans ~nd sponsors whO ·have helped m'e through 'the years," Malia-.
out already', We jyst started
sevich.. who. was clad in Troy Lee Designs' new apparel, qualified
swimming, which wi)1 help with'
for the program, but pulled OL(t of. the first moto with mech~nical
roy cardiovascular tra'ining and
, troubles. He did not start'the second mota, "
'the leg. I'm .also still able,to lift
""eights ·Iike I was: except feir the
Jeff 'Emig's ''Tour de Fro." bus was·on hand 'at Hangtown,
right leg, of course, I hope· to be
,lending the defending champ a place to entertain guests"or to reiax
back for Washougal (August 2),
and concentrate before the (aces, The pos~,green, silver and bl~ck
but .
we'll . . to wait and see,"
have
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, rig is a sight t9, be seen, comRlete with outdoor T\I. monitors .and all
the· amenities of a ,nouv\,>a'u ri,he home withi~, "Origina!ly, t~e wh.ole'
KTMIH~sabe!g factory rider Lance ,Smail Switched oV,er to ~
,idea,was to go. to the supercrosses with Arnette, ahd in each,town, ,Husaberg MC501 four·stroke, for ,he second ·round of the .series
the Amette'dealers could hang out and me.et Jeff, ", explained lim
after campaigning a factory· KTM 250SX to 10th overall wilb a line
as
ai
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MAZDA TRUCKIAMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2S0cc MX SERIES POINT STANDINCS (After
2 of 12 roands): 1. Jeremy McGrath (88/1 win); 2.
Greg Albertyn (73); 3. Mike LaRocco (72); 4. Doug
Henry (7]); 5. (TIE) Mic.kael Pichon (l)/Larry Ward
(70); 7. Mike Craig (SI); 8, (TIE) Kevin
Windham/ Ezra l.usk (48); 10. Jeff Emig (44); 11. Doug
Dubach (42); 12, Lance Smail (27); 13, Kyle Lewis (23);
]4. Heath Voss (22); 15. Yoshitaka Atsuta (21); 16.
Tony Ama.radio (19); 17. Takeshi Koikeda (18); ]8.
Jean-Sebastien Roy (15); ]9. (TIE) Tyler EvansIJeff
Matiasevich (10).
Upcoming Rounds:
Round 3 . Mount Morris, Pennsylvania, May 24
Round 4· Southwick, Massachusetts, June 16·
11·9 tally at the opening round last week. Smail went about seven
laps, in the first mota before blOWing his rear shock and recording
a DNF, In the second mota, Smail. came arqund in 30th a!.ter a
.. firsnurn pileup and made a nic·e ch'arge to finish ·16th by the
checkers. The Federal Way, Washiogton; native was credited 'with,
. 19th overall.
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As ·part ohheir efforts to donate ·25 cent~ to tbe ClaYton F~un" .
.dation for eveiy sPectator at each :AMA National MOtocross,
U,S. Tobacco donated $4839.50 to ajd'injured motorcyclists
based or the atteQdance at Hangtown, (19,,358 fans x ~5 ,ents =
$4839,50)
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, Except for newest team'member, Mi.chael Brandes' fifth overall in ,
the 1~5cc' class, ,Team Mota xXX oidn't, have all thal much to·
smile about at Hangtown, ream. riders Paul Currh. and James
Eicke,l both injured themselves in the same qualifier and were
done for the day, Currie received' a' slight concussion and Eickel
reinjured the 'oracked ribs he sustained in.a qualifier for the Glen
Helen, Nati,onal., Both, riders are expected to'be bac.k ·next week in
Mount MorriS, Pennsylvania, Team rider Brian Deegan finished
J 7th overall (17,13;"
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In other Team Moto.xxX news, Mike Metzg"r has officially left
the team, It appears that Metzger will ride freestyle, motocross
exhibitions in the upcoming Warped Music Festival, which will '
. take place in numerous,US. cities this summer, Jolliing Metzger
00 the tour will be fellow'video stars Carey Hart and Larry
Linkogle, arid the three will ,be launching themseHves, from wood·
en ram·ps designed by Micky Dymond for the prod"ction,
In' rather unfortunate news, John Dowd's,mechanic, Brian
BelT)', was not in 'attendance in Hangtown due· to the, passing of
his mother on Saturday, The likable mechanic flew home on Satur'
day when he heard1he news;Vamaha motorguru Bob Oliverfilled
in to tum the wrenches on Dowd's VZ125',·
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It seems that after. Hangtowo, AMA chief steward Ron Crandall
, is hanging up his re,feree jersey after ,25 years. on the AMA
Motocross and Supercross circuits, "This has been the mQst out, standing experie~oe yoLi could ever imagine.·This sport and orga·
nization ,have laken care of me and taken ·me to places that I
would. never have gotten to experience ·on a school teacher's bud·
get. Now I've got,two daughters at home, .and it's time to have
fun' ;"ith them now aod'tell them' where DadiJy's ·bee~,cand .what
he's done,;' So what dOeS the future hold for Crandall?' "I'm goiQg
to help out 'On the A,MA Western National Four"Stroke Series to
watch and help it grow.. The s~hedule is a lot less dem~nding,"
