AMA S uper mot o Championship
enth spot for much of
the race and included
Marzocchi
Trachy
Honda's Gary Trachy
and Joker Machine!
QTM Honda's Josh
Chisum. Trachy finished eighth, while
Chisum crashed his
way back to
16th. Drew finished
ninth ,
with Fast 50s
Yamaha rider Muller
Daniel rounding out
t he top 10.
Henry's victory vaulted
him past Kunzel in the
Supe rmoto class points
standings. Ward still leads
the points, with I36 to
Henry's I 16. Kunzel is third,
with 108. With double points
on tap for the Las Vegas finale,
and with ant icipation that the
Vegas round will attract top talent
from around the world, anything can
happen, and it proba blywill.
''I'm just going to go for it," Henry
said. "I have to win. and whatever happens behind me, happens."
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After a hiatus to pursue other interests,
Mike Menger returned
to the AMA Supermoto
wars and rode well to
finish sixth.
S U PER MOTO UN LIMITED
After suffering yet another cruel defeat in
Supermoto when he was clearly the fastest
man on the track, Kunzel took his frustrations
out on the 22-rider field in the Unlimited final .
The German ace came from the middle of
row one to trail HMC KTM's Benny Carlson
off the start. Kunzel trailed Carlson through
most of lap one, but he then got a great drive
off the final comer before the long front
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straightaway and blasted past Carlson, completing the move for the lead on the brakes
into tum one. Kunzel then left Car lson and the
rest in his wake, running away to an easy win.
It was Kunzel's fourth win of the year in the
big. bike class, but it did not assuage his
Supermoto result.
"I have so much fun. and the track is so
nice, but the 450 race and the 450 bike didn't
like me ," Kunzel said. "The Unlimited is, yeah.
