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AMA/EA Sports Supercross Series
Round 1 4: Louisiana Superdome
Two-man show: Winner David Vuillemin (left) and Jeremy McGrath gave the 31,008
Supercross fans at the Superdome something to get really elicited about, as they
battled for the lead for all 20 laps.
onds separated the two riders; usually
it was less than a second. Except for
one brief moment, Vuillemin, on the
factory-backed Yamaha, led every
lap, never letting the intense pressure
by the six-time Supercross Champion
crack him. When the very memorable
battle was over, Vuillemin emerged
victorious for the fourth time this
year. And it was without a doubt a
well-thought-out and hard-earned win
of which he could be proud.
"I had to keep the pace up,
because he [McGrath] was behind
me," Vuillemin said. "The track
tonight was good for me. I am very
happy, not only for me but for my
team, as well. They have worked very
hard and deserve a lot of the credit.'
"Hey, my hat's off to him and
Yamaha,' McGrath said. "It was a
tough race."
The night was capped off nicely for
the 31,008 fans in attendance, as
local hero Kevin Windham, from
Ethel, Louisiana, finished on the podium in third place but crossed the finish line well behind Vuillemin and
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KIT PALMER
PHOTOS BY KARL OCKERT
NEW ORLEANS, LA, APR. 15
n a race that saw very little in the
way of passing and a mostly strungout field, where nearly one full minute
separated th~ first-place finsher from
the seventh-place finsher, this year's
running of the AMAlEA Sports
Supercross Series at the Superdome
in New Orleans was actually quite
exciting and worth watching. But how
could that be, you ask? Because
David Vuillemin and Jeremy McGrath
were there, and they alone put on the
show of the night. Everyone else on
the track seemed to be just riding
around, their fate in the series standings pretty much already sealed with
just two rounds left to go.
The two Yamaha riders were in a
class all their own, as Vuillemin and
McGrath quickly left the 20-rider field
behind, engaging in a classic one-onone confrontation for all 20 laps. It
wasn't until the final couple of circuits
that any more than about three sec-
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McGrath (1) nailed the holeshot in the 250cc main but was plowed into by Jason
McCormick (36). Vuillemin (934) used the incident to grab the lead.
