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T his weekend, the Bercy Super- Langston, and AMA frontrunner American scene Joaqim Rodrigues cross hits Paris, and once again Michael Byrne wanted to race Bercy, (Red Bull KTM in USA) of Portugal the best ~upercToss in Europe will however; thus the field is not a weak will come in as the underdogs, but showcase a mixture of heated racing one. would they have it any other way? and typical Parisian extravagance. A The team format for this year is When you consider that the field World War will break out on Novem- also new. Mighty America will take on boasts the 125cc West Coast Super- ber 8, 9, and 10 in the most beautiful France and a Rest-of-the-World team. cross Champion, the 125cc World city in the world. Three teams, led by Now this is when it gets exciting: Motocross Champion, and some of three legends, will take Bercy Nothing is better than watching your the best young talent in the super- home nation go at it against the cross world, this can really be an o nother stage in jts already long heritage. Americans - unless, like most readers amazing event. Six of the top lOin While this year's Bercy Supercross of this publication, your home nation the 125cc West Coast SX Series are is nothing like years previous, there is included in the lineup, while names nothing like the racing at Palais is America. The 12,OOO-strong crowd at the Bercy Supercross will be treat- Omnisport. While Anaheim is the ed to three nights of Davis Cup-type rate in the USA series due to injuries, home of the best supercross racing in entertainment. Can the French team or (in the case of Sorby) not compet- the world, the tiny stadium in Europe beat team USA? Or can the Rest of ing in the complete series. is one of the most important venues the World score an upset? on the motorcycle-racing calendar. like Byrne, Langston and Sorby didn't Of course, this is not going to be The lineup features some interest- anything like the good old days, with Every November, the biggest ing names. America will field a strong none of the top 250cc riders compet- names in Supercross used to arrive in team, with a blend of youth and ing the event. Still, Bercy is Bercy, the cold of winter to race in Bercy. experience. Of course, the addition of and nothing in Europe can match this Names such as Ricky Johnson, Jere- former Prince of Bercy Brock Sellards stadium for bringing something excit- my McGrath, David Bailey, Greg is a huge plus, then add Nick Wey, ing to the cold, harsh winter of Albertyn, Broc Glover, Johnny Ivan Tedesco, David Pingree, Josh Hansen, Chris Gosselaar, Matt Walk- Europe like Bercy can. Ricky Carmichael, Jeff Ward, Jeff Emig, er, Travis Preston, Steve Lamson and weekend is the fact that the teams O'Mara, Jeff Stanton, Another aspect of the Parisian and the all-time King of Bercy David Billy Laninovich, and it gives the will be managed by three of the best Vuillemin have raced in the sacred Americans a strong look. France can motocross/supercross riders who arena. count on American-based riders ever lived. America will have four- This year, though, is different. With Rodrig Thain, Steve Boniface and time AMA Champion David Bailey on the introduction of the THQ World Eric Sorby, with the backup of Grand their side, with France using the Supercross GP Series (which starts Prix-specialists Maschio and Johnny knowledge of multi-time AMA and off in Geneva, Switzerland, and then Aubert; the French also look capable. FIM Champion Jean-Michel Bayle, heads to Amhem, Holland, in Decem- of taking the world team's crown. and the Rest-of-the- World team rely- ber) the promoters of Bercy have The Rest-of-the- World team can ing on one the best Grand Prix riders been forced to run a different system. contend as well. Aussies Michael of all time, Kurt Nicoll, to introduce Gone are the 250cc bikes, and Byrne and Craig Anderson, South something to the team's plans. All 125cc class as the main focus. Of African Grant Langston, Japanese hero Akira Narita, Estonian Tanel three have ridden inside the Palais course, with the 125cc machines Leok, and the newest rider to hit the spunk to drive their team to victory. instead Bercy will introduce the being dropped from Omnisport, and all three have enough the Motocross of Nations, and with several big-name riders not get- Q en nal world team event, it was " Iii duke it out in Paris. UnfortunateIy, riders such as James Stewart 0 ~ ~ "- Jr. and Chad Reed - the two hottest 125cc riders in the world decided not to take up the invitation. Other top 125cc riders, such as 125cc World Motocross Champion Mickael Maschio, former 125cc World Champion Grant Berc:y has never been short on show. WORCS Finale Vet World MX Championships National Enduro Finale European Indoor Enduro 124 NOVEMBER 13, 2002' cue A couple of European sidehack racers flew their machines across the cover of Issue '45. The sidehacks would reportedly be joining the TransAMA series in Ameri~ ca... At the actual Trans-AMA race in Phoenix, Arizona, Ake Jonsson got yet another overall victory, his sixth of the series. His 2-1 score was enough to top Helkki Mikkola's 1·2. Roger DeCoster was third overall, while the top American was Brad Lackey, in seventh. Gary $emles won the 250cc Support class... We showed a photo of a new works Hondll 125cc motocrosser in The Latest Poop." The caption referred to the machine as "foxy, indeed"... MIke Brown won the Minibike and the 100cc classes at Escape Country MX in Trabuco Canyon, Califomia... Rex Stllten topped Ken Zahrt to win the Expert class at the Corona Raceway Night MX in Corona, California. 20 YEARS A6tJ••• IIIJfIEIIIBER 24, 111II2 Issue '45's rather artsy cover featured an enhanced version of Terry Cunningham (Hus), who won the Twin States National Enduro fmale. He had already clinched the championship at a previous round ... The CRC held an Amateur Supercross on the grounds of San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium the day after the AMA Supercross finale was held, and Kyle Lewis (Kaw) came away the winner in the 60cc Modified Expert class, followed by Mike Pascarella, who won the class' Stock event. Lewis also won the 80cc Modified Expert event. while Shaun Kalos (Yam) won the 80cc Stock and Modified Intermediate classes. and Bobby Moore won the 80cc Stock Expert class. Jeff Matiasevich (Hon) won the 100cc Novice class... We rode the Suzuki 450GAZ street bike, which featured an automatic transmission. Although it was sluggish as it left lights, it was favored for ease of use. 10 YEARS AGtJ••• NtJVEMBER 18, 1992 :i! '" ting an invite to contest the origi- ~ decided that said riders should 30 YEARs ASD_. MIIffEMBER 21, 1972 • _ n __ s Team Suzuki's Randy Hawkins grabbed the cover of Issue '45 after riding to a conservative fifth· place finish at the Turkey Creek National Enduro, which was good enough to land him his fourth AMA National Enduro title. KTM's Kelby Pepper won the event, followed by Kurt Hough, Jeff Russell and Jeff Fredette ... After going undefeated in the GNCC Series, Scott Summers (Hon) did what he could to reel in National Hare Scrambles Series points leader Scott Plessinger at the final round by winning the event, but Plessinger's fourth-place finish allowed him the championship by five points over Summers. Rodney Smith (Suz) "nd Mike Young (Hus) finished second and third, respectively ... Cindy Cole (Suz) clinched the Freestyle Women's West Coast 125cc Pro Motocross Championship at Perris Raceway. Dee Ann Wood (Kaw) won the 250cc Pro Championship, while Gale Webb won the Vet Championship... Dave Shultz beat John Myers in the Pro Stock Final to win the Winston Finals at the NHRA finale. Myers had already clinched the championship, however.