THQ World Supercross Champ ionshi p
R o u n d 1 : La Cartuja Stad iu m
Hurley splashes to the win in
S TO RY AND P HOT OS BY G EO FF M EYE R
r espe ct for t h e Wo rld Supe rc ro s s
Champ i on sh ip h a d fi n a l ly b e en
ach ie v ed . W ith th e t w o best su pe rc ro ss rid e r s in t h e w orld sl at ed t o
' c o m p et e , p lu s a li st that in cl ud ed
125 c c N ati on al C ha m pio n Gr ant
Lan g st on , form er Wo rld Supercross
Champion Mike LaRocco , and two-
SEVILLE. SPAIN, DEC. 6
n m ayb e the wo rst co nd it ions eve r
see n a t a s u pe rc ro ss ra c e. N ew
Zeala nd 's D ar yl Hurl ey p u lle d off a
surprise vic to ry at the opening ro und
of the T HQ World Supercross Championship - yet it was not the
fact the Kiwi had moved into
th e record books as the first
New Zealander to win a
ma jor supercross event, no r
the fact tha t he was the first
Suzuki rider to win a American -style supercross since
Greg Albertyn back in 1998.
but rather the conditions of
the Dirt Wurx course and the
amazing misfortune that has
circled the Spanish 'event in
the pas t month that was the
topic of conversation as the
riders packed up their riding
gear and headed to A rnhern ,
Holland. for rou nd two.
When word hit the streets
back in early November that
both defending THQ World
Supercross Champion Chad
Re ed and defending AMA
Supercross Champion Ricky
Carmichae l wou ld go head to
head in the Euro p ean leg of Tyler Evans was chasing down the le ader on th e
the ' 0 4 series. it seemed last lap when he fell . He still finished third.
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