AMAIChevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship Series
Round 11: Broome-Tioga Sports Center
(Above) James Stewart Jr., along with
James Stewart Sr. and his tuner
Jeremy Albrecht, celebrate Jr.'s first
major National title at Broome-Tioga.
(Left) "Bubba" wheelies through the
Binghamton ruts en route to winning
both moto and becoming the AMA's
youngest National MX Champion.
the second moto. It was his ninth
overall victory of the year, which tied
Steve Lamson's record of nine overall
125cc wins in 1995.
"I really had fun today," said Stewart, who also became the first· ever
African-American AMA Champion.
"On Saturday, it looked like the conditions were going to be pretty bad,
but the skies cleared up today and
the promoters did a nice job getting
the track ready. My KX125 was awesome; I felt really good today and I'm
stoked to win the title. Now the pressure's off of me and I'm looking forward to going out and trying to win
the next two motos at Steel City."
Joining Stewart on the overall
podium were Suzuki's Branden
Jesseman, who put together two solid
motos (2-4) for second place, and
Fonseca, who went 3-5 for third. The
podium finish for Jesseman was his
seventh of the year, and he pulls to
within four points of Reed for second
place in the overall 125cc points
chase. Fonseca, who recorded his
second podium finish of the year
(Southwick being the first), is in
fourth place overall - 20 points
behind Jesseman.
One of the better battles of the day
in the 125cc class was between Fon·
seca and Pro Circuit/Kawasaki/Chevy
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Trucks' Eric Sorby. The two went at
each other hard on lap eight of the
first moto, dicing for third place - a
battle that Fonseca would eventually
win, with Sorby finishing fourth. And
holding off the two combatants in a
colorful display of battling brands was
Jesseman.
Said Jesseman of his plan for the
second moto: "Yeah, man, I'm just
going to go out and try to get a good
start, keep it on two wheels, pick up
the pace a little bit and hopefully
come out on top."
With the title out of the way, the
19,304 fans in attendance were
amped for a real burner. And the riders didn't disappoint, as Reed again
took advantage of a powerful start on
the YZ250F four-stroke and got out to
an early lead. But the lead would be
short-lived, as Stewart caught and
passed Reed atop Thor Mountain
early in the second lap. And though
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