Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Yealn M(lt(l Yriple XXX Riders 250 Yealn Valnat,a (If Yt(lY 50 112 Manager: Erik Kehoe Riders 125 West 29 26 Casey Johnson Stephane Roncada Justin Buckelew Ernesto Fonseca Menifee, CA Palmdale, CA YZ250 RM250 lowdoWI1: Tuscany Hills, CA Chambery, France Albuquerque, NM San Jose, Costa Rica Pretty much the red-headed stepchild of the supercross circuit, XXX attends the races in an old-school box van, has no manager, and mounts its two riders on different brands. Veteran Phil lawrence rides a Yamaha, while Kyle lewis, last year's Japanese National Champion, campaigns a Suzuki. The team got its start several years ago as a way to support the riders in its videos; some of its main sponsors are Dunlop, Pro Circuit, Wiseco and Sunstar. Interesting note: Moto XXX also has a freestyle team, consisting of Carey Hart, Mike Cinqmars and Tom Clowers, all of whom ride Hondas. YZ125 VZ125 VZ125 VZ125 125 East 158 IE Phil lawrence Kyle lewis l(twdoWI1: Another of the major satellite teams, Phil Alderton's Yamaha of Troy squad is switching from Sinisalo riding gear to Fox for 2000. Defending Eastern Regional 125cc champ Ernesto Fonseca tweaked his shoulder in the horrendous Day in the Dirt off-season crash, but manager Erik Kehoe says everything is fine now. With Pro Circuit's Western champ Nathan Ramsey switching to the east, the Eastern Region should feature some great racing between the two champs and Suzuki's Travis Pastrana. Interestingly, Kehoe says that newly signed Justin Buckelew is surprising many by tlH'ning in test-track lap times equal to or better than those of other team members. Plall(l H(llIda MSR Raf;illg Coordinator: Kenny Watson Riders 250 65 ...•Grayson Goodman .... Plano, TX ................•..CR250 125 West 717 716 Jiri Dostal Travis Elliott Quail Valley, CA .......•.....CR125 Alvin. TX ...........•.......CR125 125 East 38 715 Paul Currie lvanTedesco Naples, FL Albuquerque, NM CR125 CR125 l(twdoWI1: Managed out of a Honda dealership north of Dallas by Steve Wagner, this up-and-coming squad will be headed by Kenny Watson while on the road. The team actually backed Grayson Goodman last year, but this year has stepped it up a notch by backing five riders and buying a semi. Adding credibility is Wyatt Seals (former mechanic for Jeff Stanton, Ryan Hughes and Jeremy McGrath), who will serve as crew chief and will wrench for Ivan Tedesco. The team will wear MSR apparel. Interesting note: Team rider Travis Elliott shares the hometown of baseball legend Nolan Ryan. en J-t Ie G.) ,to -, = = E Jeremy McGrath 24 Nathan Ramsey 47 Barry Carsten 70 Ernesto Fonseca (125) (no number 2) 3 Jeff Emig 4 Ricky Carmichael David Kratz 93 25 Michael Pichon 48 Anthony Amaradio 26 Stephane Roncada 49 Pedro Gonzalez 27 Michael Brandes 50 (no number 28) 51 Damien Plotts 71 Lance Smail 94 Billy Binckley 72 Matt Maximoff 95 Andy Harrington Phil Lawrence 73 Paul Carpenter 96 Ted Campbell Jason Thomas 74 Rusty Holland 97 Tony Lorusso 5 Mike LaRocco 29 Casey Johnsol1, 52 Mike Katin Jr. 75 Ryan Huffman 98 Cory Bauder 6 Steve Lamson 30 Casey Lytle 53 Ryan Terlecki 76 Brad Hagseth 99 Jeff Northrop 7 Greg Albertyn 31 Jean-Sebastien Roy 54 Scott Carter 77 Ty Wallace 104 Shae Bentley (no numbers 8 or 9) 32 Danny Smith 55 Christopher Gosselaar 78 Yoshitaka Atsuta 109 Alessio Chiodi 10 Larry Ward 33 Heath Voss 56 Ryan Clark 79 Erick Vallejo 110 Shayne King 11 Ezra Lusk 34 Travis Preston 57 Keith Johnson 80 Doug Stone 112 Kyle Lewis 12 Jimmy Button 35 David Pingree 58 Kevin Crine 81 Keith Johnson 115 Robbie Skaggs (no number 13) 36 Jason McCormick 59 Bruce Stratton 82 Wally Silva 120 Rodrig Thain J-t 14 Kevin Windham 37 Buddy Antunez 60 Ryan Hughes 83 Thomas Holmaster 158 Justin Buckelew G.) 15 Timmy Ferry 38 Paul Currie 61 Robbie Horton 84 Joseph Oehlhol 195 Billy Payne 16 John Dowd 39 Takeshi Koikeda 62 James Povolny Jr. 85 Scott Davis 333 Brian McGavern 17 Robbie Reynard 40 Matt Walker 63 Greg Schnell 86 Jim Neese 711 Tallon Vohland -= 1== ><

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