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Round 14: Louisiana Superdome
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(Left) On the white-flag lap, Nick Wey went from fourth to third place when Jason
McCormick flew off the track. After six rounds, Wey sits third in the points race.
(Above, left to right) Horton, Fonseca and Wey celebrate their finishes and Fonseca's
championship aboard the podium at the Louisiana Superdome.
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Wey's race turned around after about
nine laps, when he went from sixth to
fourth, taking Smith with him.
Fonseca's effort also took its usual
turn for the best at the halfway point
when Horton gave way but did not give
up. Fonseca rode the rest of the race in
the lead, w,ith Horton following his
every move. Horton never challenged to
take back the lead, but he stayed close
enough to Fonseca's rear fender to capitalize on any possible Fonseca mistake.
McCormick's ride, however, took a
turn for the worse.
"I was right there, fighting for the
lead at the halfway point, and Horton
got out of control and almost took me
out in. the air, which caused Fonseca to
get by me," said McCormick. "1 stayed
in third ,for the whole race, got the white
flag and went down in the whoops. It
waS' just a stupid mistake. I actually
saved it but went down on the cement
(on the side of the track). 1 just tried to
recover as fast as 1 could and ended up
sixth./I
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Wey, Kelly Smith and Neese gladly
advanced around McCormick to finish
in third through fifth. Danny Smith
went from 14th at the start to seventh behind McCormick - after 15 laps of racing. OehIhof, Thomas and Evans rourided out the top 10.
"I was a little tight, but it came out
good in the end, and my bike was working really good," said a calm and
reserved Fonseca. "I was a little nervous
before the main, and I didn't get a good
start, but I worked my way up and
proved that 1 could do it.
"Everything is growing right now,
and I'm happy for that and hope I can
finish a good season," continued Fonseca, regarding his championship and the
upcoming 12Scc National MX Series. "It
feels really good. For the Nationals, I
just need to keep working hard and I
can do good."
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Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
Results: April 17, 1999 (Round 6 of 7)
125 HEAT 1 (6 taps, 1-9 transfer to main): 1. Brock
Sellards (Hon); 2. Jin Dostal (Suz); 3. Jason McConnick
(Hon); 4. Nick Wey (Kaw); 5. Danny Smith (Hon); 6.
Robbie Skaggs (So2); 7. Ch.,Ue Bogard (So2); 8. Doug
Dehaan (Kaw); 9. Barry Carsten (Suz); 10. Ty Wallace
(Yam); 11. Brian Stone (Kaw); 12. Ronnie Renner (Yam);
13. Matt Walker (Yam); 14. Chris Swaney (Yam); 15.
Jason rmk (Kaw); 16. Josh Whitmire (Yom); 17. Tommy
Boyd (KTM); 18. Kevin Cagle (Yam); 19. Timothy
Castrone (Suz); 20. Travis Trieb (Kaw).
Time: 6 min., 07.400 sec.
125 HEAT 2 (6 laps, 1-9 transfer to main): 1.
Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 2. Robbie Horton (Yam); 3.
Tyler Evans (Suz); 4. Jim Neese (Yam); 5. Josh Demuth
(Yam); 6. Jason Thomas (Yam); 7. Thomas Hofmaster
(So2); 8. Kelly Smith (KTMJ; 9. Brian Mason (Kaw); 10.
Joseph Oehlhof (KTM); 11. Andy Harrington (Yam); 12.
Doug Parsons (Suz); 13. Marco Dub£! (So2); 14. Charles
Duffy III (So2); 15. Kevin Crine (Suz); 16. Ronnie
RamiscaJ (Hon); 17. Jimmy Wilson (Yam); 18. Michael
Pontenot (Yam); 19. Doug Stone (Kaw); 20. Kenny
Bartram (KTMJ.
Tim~: 5 min., 59.990 sec.
125 LCQ (4 laps, 1-4 t:J:a,ns{er to main): 1. Joseph
Oehlhof (KTM); 2. Kevin Cline (Suz); 3. Matt Walker
(Yam); 4. Ty Wallace (Yam); 5. Andy Harrington (Yam);
6. Marco Du~ (Suz); 7. Brian Stone O