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Heath Voss (Yam); 6. Nic.k Wey (Suz): 7. Nathan Ramsey
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(HOfl); 8. Sean Ham blin (Suz): 9. MICha Byrne (Kaw) : 10.
Damon Huffman (Hon): II . Timmy Ferry (Yam): 12. Erick
Vallejo (Yam): 13. Tyler Evans (Suz); 14. Jason Thomas (Hon) ;
IS. Mike Brown (Yam); 16. Robbie Reynard (HOfl): 17. James
Povolny (HOfl); 18. Andrew Short (Suz): 19 . Ryan Clark (Yam);
20 . Grant LangstOfl (KTM).
Race Ti me: 17 m in.. 36.680 sec .
Ma rgi n of V.etory: 12.502 sec .
THQ AHA S U PERC RO SS SERIE S POINTS
Joe Oe hlhof won the $7S0 Racer X Gas
Card for finishing third in the 250cc LCQ.
After getting fifth in his 125cc LCQ, Jeff
Gibson looked for some love from the
ladies. ''Actually, I've bee n on the road so
much, I haven't been able to get a Valentine, so if any of you hot chicks out ther e
wan t to be my Valentine , give me a call," he
said while holding his $250 Asterisk Medic
Card check. He revealed after the race ,
though , tha t there we re unfortunately no
bites .
STAND~
INGS (After 7 of 16 rounds): I. Chad Reed ( 16915 wins); 2.
Kevin Wtndham ( 10 12 wins): 3. (TIE) David Vuillemi..vMike
laRocco (1l 2); 5. MIChael Byrne (96); 6. Nick Wey (9" ); 7.
Damon Huffman (9 3); B. Heath Voss (71): 9. Gront langston
(61): 10. s..n H="'" (59): II . Kerth R. John"", (50): 12.
Tyler Evans ("'B): 13. Ezra lusk (" 7): ' '''. (TIE) Timmy
FerryfErick Vallejo (46): 16. Ryan Clark (" 5); 17. Robbie
Reynard (34); lB. Mike Brown (29 ); 19. Emeno Fonseca. (28 );
20. Joe Oehlhof (2 1).
THQ WORLD SUPERCROSS GP POINTS STAND~
INGS (After 9 of 17 rounds): I. Damon Huffman (181 ); 2.
The re we re a few new faces in the 2SOcc
class. Andrew Short , Nathan Ramsey and
Timmy Fe rry we re in action at Houston . "I
just want to have fun, and that' s the only
reason I'm riding a 2S0," Short said. "I kind
of wanted to take a week off just to make
sure I'm ready, but I wanted to race, and I
like this trac k, so I just went for it. Here I
am. I don 't know what to expect ."
Gran t langstOfl ( 174); 3. Heath Voss ( 159) : "'. 1)'\et" Evans
(146 ); 5. Keith R. Johnson ( 112): 6. Ryan Clark ( 106); 7. Mike
Brown (95); B. End. Vallejo (90); 9 . Erresro Fonseca (B I); 10.
(TIE) JoeOehlhof/Ovyl H,rley (58) .
UPCOMING ROUNDS:
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Sean Hamb lin won his se mi for the second week in a row, also
lea ding from start to finish. He would've rather tra nsferred out of
his heat, thoug h. Heath Voss, Timmy Ferry, Robbie Reynard and
Ryan Clark all we nt on to the main.
James Povo lny complet ed the sweep of riders w inning from the
holeshot in the ir qualifiers, leading all six laps of the LCQ. Jaso n
Thomas passed his teammate Joe O ehlhof halfway through for the
seco nd and final trans fer spo t.
H EAT 1 (8 la p s, 1-4 transfer): I. Kevi.n Windham (H0fl): 2. DaW! \\lillemin (Yam); 3.
Nick Wey (Suz); 4. Andrew Short (Suz): 5. Nathan Ramsey (Hon ); 6. Erick Vallejo (Yam); 1.
0"""" H"'fman (Hon ): 8. J..cn
n.om.. (Hon): 9 . Ty\e< Ev>n< (Sus):
10. Kerth R. 10"""'"
(Y
am); I I . Jinvny Wilson (Hon); 12. 8a.rryCanten(Sut.); 13. DiIf1ieI BIaiT(Yam); 14 . Scott Me tt
(Hon) ; IS. Jon Boruff (Hon ); 16. Justin Myen (Hon ); 17. Hans Nee! (Hon); lB. Mike Brown
It looks like Andre w Short will be switching to an RM·Z250 when the 12Scc West
picks back up in Dallas. "I just heard they
sold my RM125 practice bike, so I guess its
official," Short said. "I'll be riding the RMZ2S0 when the series rolls back around to
Dallas for the next round ."
Ryan Clark beca me the first rider to make
two mains in one night. ''Awee k and a half
ago, we we nt riding at Beaumont [California], on my ot her rider Ge ne Stull's YZ2S0F
practice bike, and 1just had a blast on it,"
Clark said. "I thought it'd be fun to give it a
shot, so we got the engine back from
Voshimura, and Ross [Maeda of Enzo Racing] did the suspe nsion, and her e we are.
The bike' s super fun, and I think I can be
competitive on it. We 'll see how it goe s
here ton ight, and if I'm not where I want to
be , I may not ride it for the whole swing."
(Y=): 19. Br.odley R;pple (Sus): 20. 1lryanWhoe (y=) .
Race Ti me: 6 min.• 59 .33 sec.
Margin of Vict ory: 5.406 sec .
HEAT 2 (B laps, 1-4 tra nsfe r): I. Cha d Reed (Yam): 2. Gran t langston (KTM); 3.
Kevin Windham showed he had the speed to win by posting the
fastest heat-race time of the night, des pite being a little off in practice. "It too k me a while to get going," W indham said. "The cold air,
sometimes it takes me a while to get motivated and get ou t and get
the blood pumping, but I feel goo d now, and David [Vuillemin] rode
good, and he 'll be up here in the main."
David Vuillem in chased him th roughout the main, to no avail,
while Nick Wey and Andrew Short followed them directly to the
main event .
Chad Reed wo n heat tw o in a start-to -finis h ro mp that actually
e nded up mirroring his main-event performance. He sta lled in one
corne r but didn't eve n lose the lead. His hea t was fou r seconds
slower than Windham's.
"I like to give you guys some thing to ta lk abo ut [the stall]," Reed
said. "I made a few mistake s out there , and I'm just looking forwa rd
to the main eve nt. Kevin's riding great to night."
Grant Langsto n came thro ugh for second over Michael Byme and
Mike laRocco.
Erick Vallejo led the first sem i from start to finish, looking like
Reed with the lead he deve loped. "It's kind of my home to wn, and
there' re a lot of people from Mexico that are here ," he said. " I just
wa nt to put on a great show for them . I know it' s hard to travel all
the way up here to the State s:'
Tyler Evans came from behind for second ahead of Nath an Ramsey, Damon Huffman and Mike Brown.
Motosport Outlet Honda 's Craig Ander·
son injured his wrist in pract ice Friday and
didn't race.
Michael Byrne (Kaw ); 4 . Mike laRocco (Hon) ; 5. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 6 . Heath You (Yam); 7.
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