Speed Stick National Arenacross Series
Round 5: Pal Expo Center
(The event - called a supercross in
Europe - is actually in its 16th year,
though it came into the Clear Channel-promoted series just last year.)
The French and Italian champions
were both on hand (though neither
could match the pace of the Americans), but European favorite Matthieu
Lalloz couldn't compete (fast here
last year, he was sidelined by an
ankle injury two weeks ago).
At any rate, Bradshaw - a veteran
of European stadium races such as
Paris' Bercy event - was not to be
stopped, no matter who the competition. He won three out of four main
events, though he had some tough
competition from Demuth, who
matched Bradshaw's pace but had
several relatively poor starts that left
him charging from mid-pack. (The
start straight was long and flat, but
(Above) Damon Bradshaw (45) and Josh Demuth (4) spent most of the weekend about
this far apart, but it was Bradshaw who scored three wins and a second· in contrast
to Demuth's three seconds and a first.
(Above) Tom Hofmaster (57) ran up front most of the weekend. Here, he leads
Demuth.
(Left) Bradshaw (middle) celebrates with Demuth (left) and Hofmaster (right) after
Saturday's 250cc main event.
(Below) Demuth (4) and Bradshaw (45) assume their spot at the front at the start of
one of the weekend's 125ec mains.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN
GENEVA, SWITZERlAND, DEC. 14·15
e's known as the Beast of the
East, and while winning the King
of Geneva title at the tour's European
round, Damon Bradshaw took that
compass heading a little further than
usual. The Yamaha rider topped a hardfought weekend of Swiss Arenacross
racing with Josh Demuth, and
between them the two won every race.
It was the second year in a row
that the Speed Stick-presented series
made the trip to the land of watches
and neutrality, and the unique event
once again gave North American riders the opportunity to mix it up with
Europe's top supercross riders in a
wild and loud European-style context.
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