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Goodman (Hon); 4. Doug Stone (Kaw); 5. Tom Welch (Suz); 6. Brian Stone (Kaw); 7. Richard Rogers (Kaw); 8. Jarrett Tipping (Suz); 9. Kenny Yoho (Kaw); 10. Charles Duffy (Suz); 11. Justin 51alce (flon); 12. Chad Sanner (Yam); 13. Chuck Shirley (Yam); 14. Derrick Januszyk (KTM); 15. Ross Johnston (Yam); 16. Brandon Cunningham (Kaw); 17. Paul Letendre (Yam); 18. lames Joiner (yam); 19. Kirk Layfield (Yam); 20. Samuel Allen (Yam); 21. Gary Harvin (Suz); 22. Mark Cypher,; (Yam); 23. Brian McBride (Yam); 24. Michael Barto (Suz); 25. Rudy Waller (Yam). Time: 10 min., 1.990 sec. 250 SEM] 2 (6 laps, 1-6 tr~nsfer to main): 1. Tim Ferry (Yam); 2. Phil Lawrence (Suz); 3. Heath Voss (Hon); 4. Jean-Sebastien Roy (Hon); 5. Jeremy Shuttleworth (Yam); 6. Lee Theis (Kaw); 7. Scott Graves (Yam); 8. Erik Anderson (Hon); 9. James Evans (Kaw); 10. Travis Gage (Suz); 11. Forrest Butler (Kaw); 12. Brian Smith (Suz); 13. Christopher Brown (Yam); 14. Ronnie Miller (Yam); 15. Karter Busse (Suz); 16. Eddie Vanballegooyen (Kaw); 17. Michael Wilcox (Han); lB. Nathan Juergens (Suz); 19. Allen Gavlak (Kaw); 20. Bryan McDonald (Yam); 21. Tim Caruso (Suz); 22. Thomas Cole (Kaw); 23. Jason Thome (Hon); 24. Chris Gavlnk (Kaw); 25. Ted Campbell (Suz); 26. Anthony Amaradio (Yam). . Time: 9 min., 34.650 sec. 250 LCQ (4 laps; 1-3 to main): 1. Charles Duffy (Suz); 2. Kenny Yoho (Kaw); 3. Chad Sanner (Yam); 4. Richard Rogers (K."lw); 5. Erik Anderson (FIon); 6. James Evans (Kaw); 7. Scott Graves (Yam); 8. Travis Gage (Suz); 9. Chuck Shirley (Yam); 10. Christopher Brown (Yam); 11. Ross Johnston (Yam); 12. Ronnie MilJer (Yam); 13, Brian Smith (Suz); '14. Karter Busse (Suz); 15. Michael Wilcox (Hon); 16. Derrick Jnn~szyk (KTM); 17. Eddie Vanballegooyen (Kaw); 18. Brandon Cunninghnm '(Kaw); 19. Nathan Juergens (Suz); 20. Jarrett TippiJlg (Suz); 21. Pau.l Letendre (Yam); 22. James Joiner (Yam); 23. Justin Blake (Han); 24. Forrest Butler (Kaw). Time: 6 min.; 56.010 sec. 250 MAIN (20 Laps): 1. Jeremy McGrath (yam); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. Mike laRocco (Hon); 4. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 5. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 6. Jeff Emig (Kaw); 7. Sebastien Tortelli (Han); 8. Steve Lamson (Yam); 9. Damon Huffman (Kaw); 10, Tim Ferry (Yam); 11. Larry Ward (Suz); 12. Mickael Pichon (Hon); 13. Heath Voss (Hon); 14. Doug Henry (Yam); 15. JeanSebastien Roy (Hon); 16. Ryan Terlecki (Suz); 17. Tyler Evans (Suz); 18. Doug Stone (Kaw); 19. Brian Stone ()(aw); 20. Grayson Goodman (Hon); 21. Tom Welch (Suz); 22. Charles Duffy (Suz); 23. Chad Sanner (Yam); 24. Lee TheiS (KaW)i 25. Jeremy Shuttleworth (Yam); 26. Kenny Yoho (Kaw); 27. Jason Frenette (Yam); 28. Phil Lawrence (Suz); 29. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 30. John Dowd (Yam). Time: 30 min., 26.120 sec. Margin of victory: 10.007 sec. 250« TOYOTA TRUCKSrrHORIPARTS UNLIMITED AMA SUP,ERCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINCS (After 9 of 16 rounds): 1. Jeremy McGrath 091/3 wins); 2. Mike laRocco (59); 3. Kevin Windham 044/2); 4. Larry Ward 036/1); 5. Mickael Pichon (35); 6. Ezra Lusk 031/3); 7. John Dowd (117); 8. Damon Huffman (101); 9. Sebastian TorteUi (98); 10. Jeff Emig (96); 11. Greg Albertyn (53); 12. (TIE) Tim Ferry/Steve Lamson (79); 14. Jimmy Button (75); 15. (TIE) Ricky Carmichael/David Vuillemin (62); 17. Robbie Reynard (60); 18. Heath Voss (37); 19. Phil L.1wrence (29); 20. Jean·Sebastien Roy (20); 21. Nathan Ramsey (19); 22. Pedro Gonz.aJez (17); 23. Brock Sellards (II); 24. Grayson Goodman (9); 25. Ryan Terlecki (9); 26. Doug Henry (7); 27. Billy Binckley (5); 28. Tyler Evans (4); 29. Doug Stone (3); 30. Brian Stone (2); 31. Stephane Roncada 0). Upcoming Rounds: Round 10· Houston, TX, March 13 Round 11 . Minneapolis, MN, March 20 AMA 125cc Eastern Regional SX Series Round 3: Daytona International Speedway Fonseca's trifecta By Paul Carruthers Photos by Henny Ray Abrams DA¥fO ABEACH, FL, MAR. 6 he 125cc final at Daytona International Speedway was like two separate race . The first portion was all Stephane Roncada. The second portion, and the only part that really counted, was all Emesto Fonseca. Just when it appeared as though someone other than Fonseca was going to win a 125cc Eastern Regional final, Roncada encountered arm pump and started to fade. That was all his Yamaha of Troy.teammate needed. Fonseca simpIy turned up the heat and blitzed past Roncada on the 11th of 15 laps to storm to his third successive victory. In case you weren't counting, that's three wins out of three starts for the 17-year-old from Costa Rica. Behind the two Yamaha of Troy entries came the FMF Honda of Danny T (Above) Yamaha of Troy's Ernesto Fonseca (100) racked up his third Eastern Regional Series win in the 125cc main. (Right) Fonseca's teammate Stephane Roncada took second in the 125cc main. Smith in his best outing of the young season. Smith's ride was· relatively uneventful. He ended the first lap in sixth place and steadily made his way forward until encountering SpJitFire Kawasaki's Nicholas Wey. Those two battled briefly, but Wey crashed, and by the time he rE!!TIounted, he could do no better than sixth. Fourth place went to Moto Planet Yamaha's Robbie Horton. The Tennessee resident crashed in the second corner and remounted well back in the field, but he didn't give up. Instead, he kept charging and completed the race with FMF Honda's Brock Sellards right on his tail in fifth. Sellards was also a victim of an incident, though it was through no fault of his own. While running fifth on the second lap, Sellards encountered a fallen Jiri Dostal and had nowhere to go. Consequently, Sellards stalled his motor, and by the time he got going again he was outside the top 10. Dostal, meanwhile, fell all the way back to second to last and did well to climb back to an eventual 14th-place finish. Wey, KTM-mounted Kelly Smith, Bromley Suzuki's Barry Carsten, Protelbacked Jim Neese and Planet Honda's Jason McCormick rounded out the top 10 finishers. After three of eight rounds, Fonseca has a perfect score of 75 points to lead Roncada's 64. Sellards is third with 58 points, and Horton and Wey round out the top five in the standings with 51 and 47 points, respectively. HEATS The first of two six-lap heats on the long and grueling Daytona track was an all-Sellards affair. The Ohioan grabbed the holeshot, leading Dostal, Jimmy Wilson and Roncada through the first corner. By the time they arrived at the trio of jumps on the back straight, Sellards had a 1.91-second lead over Wilson, who had disposed of Dostal. By the time Roncada had mov~ into second place, Sellards' lead was almost 10 seconds, and Roncada did little to eat away at that margin. When all was said and done, Sellards had the heat-race win, followed by Roncada, Dostal, FMF Honda's Tallon Vohland and F&S Suzuki's Matt Shue. Heat race number two belonged to the man who thus far has owned the series; Fonseca. He began with a holeshot, but things weren't easy - at least not initially. Horton was hellbent on sticking with the Costa Rican, and he managed to do just that. In fact, Horton ran down Fonseca and actually passed him on the second lap. Horton's lead then held for another two laps; then he went down, handing Fonseca the lead and ultimately the victory. From there, Fonseca was never headed, steadily drawing away from his pursuers to win by over 10 seconds. Behind him, Horton managed to remount without losing another position, but he was involved in a battle for the rest of the way with Danny Smith. At the finish he was barely ahead of the Honda rider, with Kelly Smith finishing fourth, well clear of fifth-place finisher Wey. LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER Jason McCormick didn't get the holeshot, but he didn't need to. He stormed from third place in the first turn to an easy victory in the last-chance . qualifier on his Honda CR125. Second place went to YZ125-mounted Matt Walker, with the Suzukis of Doug Parsons and Kevin Crine taking the final two transfer positions to the main event. 125cc FINAL Fonseca grabbed the holeshot at the start of the 15-lap final, but FMF Honda's Tallon Vohland quickly shot past, only to be repassed again by Fonseca before the completion of the first lap. At t1,e end of that opening lap, Fonseca had a comfortable lead over Vohland and a charging Roncada. Given Fonseca's previous performances, this one appeared to be over. Wrong. Roncada had other ideas. The Frenchman was on a mission .and he was'soon by Vohland and quickly latched on to the back of his teammate. The third lap wasn't even complete when Roncada shot into the lead and instantly started to I?ull away. Behind him, things were starting to unravel. Vohland held down third place but Dostal bailed off, stalling Sellard's charge in the process. That moved Smith up to fourth, ahead of Weyand Kelly Smith. . By the fourth lap, Roncada was 4.5 seconds ahead of Fonseca, and he stretched that to 7.5 seconds by the completion of lap eight. Again, the race seemed to be over, with Roncada seem-

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