AMA/EA Sports Supercross Series
Round 13: Texas Stadium
By
MATT FREEMAN
PHOTOS BY K,NNEY JONES
IRVING, TEXAS, APR. B
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t's been over a year since Kevin
Windham celebrated a Supercross
win. His last came on February 27
inside Irving's Texas Stadium at
round eight of the '99 series. A broken collarbone and a separated
shoulder that occurred about a month
later kept the Cajun from completing
that series, but the 2000 circuit has
been frustrating in a different way. As
the young and healthy Honda rider
traveled to Irving this year for round
13 of the AMAlEA Sports Supercross
Series, he was well aware of the fact
that he was long overdue for a win.
So, in front of an audience of 46,402,
Windham restored the faith of his fans
and himself by running away, much
like he did last year in tbe same
venue, with the win.
"I've been trying everything, and
it's not like I did anything different
today," said the Honda rider after the
race. "It just finally all fell into place,
and it feels feally good after stressing
myself out. The bike was working
great, tires were working great.
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Everything was going good. The heat
was great. All night I got out good
and got a little lead."
All this after last weekend in Pontiac, Michigan, where Windham
had showed much promise by
beating the often infallible
Jeremy McGrath in his heat,
only to slip to third in the
main after leading briefly and
then fading.
The action in Texas Stadium started much the same,
with
Windham
beating
McGrath in the second heat.
The Honda rider's heat time
was approximately four seconds faster than David
Vuillemin's heat-one victory.
In the main Windham managed to avoid a first-turn
crash,
brought
on
by
McGrath, who had grabbed
the holeshot and then
grabbed a soil sample, but
that's a whoie ot~er story in
itself. Windham then proceeded with the iead and the win.
All season long, Windham's conditioning had been
questioned by many, but his
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(Above) Honda's Kevin Windham won his first main event of the series and he
did so with a Texas-size lead.
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(Below) Like Windham, David Vulilemin won his heat race going away, but in the
main he got caught up in some traffic before he could challenge Windham. Stili,
the Yamaha rider finished runner-up.
