National Arenacross Series. Presented by Speed Stick
Rounds 1 7-1 B: Hampt
Coliseum
the series, when he suffered a series-
PHOTOS BY KARL OCKERT
ending i.njury during Saturday night's
racing action. With Bradshaw now out
HAMPTON, VA, JAN. 25-26
ust when things were getting interesting, disaster struck. Damon
Bradshaw was inching closer and
closer to National Arenacross Series
points leader Josh Demuth heading
into the Hampton, Virginia, round of
J
of the picture, it appears that Demuth
has an excellent shot at taking this
year's Arenacross crown, as long as
he can keep it on two wheels.
After winning Friday night's 250cc
main event, Bradshaw, on the No
Fear/Spy-backed Yamaha, went
down during a heat race Saturday
night, apparently catching his leg on
one of the Tuff Blox, which pulled
him off the bike in mid-air. Bradshaw
came to earth feet-first, but the hard
impact broke one of his legs. The
injury, as it turned out, was a compound fracture of the leg, which will
The start of Sunday's 125ee main: You
ean tell, because Damon Bradshaw
Isn't in It. Bradshaw suttered a broken
leg during heat-raee action on
Saturda)' night.
keep Bradshaw out of action for the
rest of the National Arenacross
Series. This sudden turn of events
benefits Demuth greatly. Bradshaw's
demise means that the Yamaha
YZ250F rider now has a seemingly
insurmountable points lead over the
new second-place rider Darcy Lange,
614-538. (Technically, Bradshaw is
still in second place, but that will
obviously change as the remaining
rounds are played ouL)
Of course, Bradshaw's injury was
the main topic of conversation following the Hampton race, but there were
other stories worth mentioning,
including Friday's 125cc main-event
win by Chad Johnson, of the
Tuf/Thor/Honda Racing Team. The
win was Johnson's first of the season.
Johnson worked his way up through
the pack to score the win over
Demuth, on the Shogun Motor Sports
Yamaha thumper. Third place went to
Suzuki/Axo/RG3/Bill 's Pipes rider
Brad Hagseth, followed by Pro
Source's Tommy Hofmaster and Johnson's teammate Jeff Willoh. Lange
took sixth, while Bradshaw struggled in
the race, finishing seventh.
Jeff W1l1oh (2) and Rusty Holland (8) go
a1 It In Sunday's 250Ce main. Holland
would ultimateI)' get by for slxttl, while
W1l1oh finished seventh.
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