f you've seen the film, then you know
the scene.
In the classic 1979 motion picture
Rocky II, Sylvester Stallone's character,
Rocky Balboa, is behind in points to
World Heavyweight Champion Apollo
Creed in the last round of their muchanticipated World Heavyweight Championship bout when Balboa unleashes a
heavy blow that sends both exhausted
pugilists to the ground, Not to be denied,
the heroic Balboa struggles to his feet to
beat the referee's count by one second and
take the tide in a stunner.
Change the boxing gloves to motocross
gloves, the body blows to bar banging, and
that's pretty much what you had dUring
round four of the THQ AMA 12Scc Eastern
Region Supercross Series under the lights at
Daytona International Speedway.
In a move that left the Daytona crowd
gasping, Team Red Bull KTM's Josh Hansen
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came from behind on the last lap and
slammed into leader Josh Grant and
his Amsoil/Chapparal/Factory
Connection Honda, sending both men to
the ground hard, Hansen was able to get up
and get moving to win his first Daytona
Supercross by Honda 12Scc main event and the second of his AMA Supercross
career - by just 2.134 seconds.
"It went good," said Hansen, the son of
1982 AMA Supercross Champion Donnie
Hansen. "Daytona, I think everybody
alvvays counts me out here like at an outdoor track. It was good to definitely be able
to do it here. My dad, being a past champion, didn't get to win here. To win when he
hasn't gonen to, and on his birthday, was
just awesome."
The collision marked the perfect end to
a I 2Scc Eastern Region main event that was
an equally wild, unpredictable crashfest,
with several pre-race favorites, including
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Team Makita
Suzuki's Davi Millsaps
and Team Monster/Pro
Circuit Kawasaki teammates Matt
Walker and Grant Langston all crashing
at least twice. Neither Walker nor
Millsaps finished the main event.
Amsoil/Chapparal Factory
Connection's Josh Grant got the
holeshot, leading privateer Honda
rider Donnie McGourty, who would
ultimately drop back to eighth.
Millsaps, meanwhile, high-sided off
Hansen's teammate, Ryan Mills, in
the comer just before the first
triple and dropped back deep in
the field. A linle farther down the
