had the fans pushing me on."
How much do you want to bet
Ward celebrated the win with all
his Washington fans at Sneak-
ers that night? Oh, wait, he was
just 19 at the time. Never mind.
Does anyone remember who
won the 125cc main that night?
It was off-road legend Ty Davis,
who held off a guy named
Jeremy McGrath.
Stefan Everts even raced the
125cc class at the Kingdome
once, and David Vuillemin
chalked up his first 125cc Super-
cross victory there in 1997.
The Kingdome also held more
than a decade's worth of Super
-
cross doubleheaders. For 11
consecutive years, from 1978
to 1989, the Kingdome hosted
back-to-back Supercross races.
Larry Ward's win came the first
year it was a single race. In all, the
Kingdome held 33 Supercross
races before it was sadly implod
-
ed in 2000 and replaced by a new
ballpark, Safeco Field (now called
T-Mobile Park), located a few
blocks from where the Kingdome
stood and where the Seattle
Mariners now play. Lumen Field,
where the Seattle Seahawks NFL
football team plays and where
Supercross is currently held, is
located on the site where the
Kingdome used to be.
Washington native Ryan Vil
-
lopoto also got his first Super-
cross win (2009) at Lumen Field,
which has hosted 15 Supercross
races since it opened in 2002.
Honda still dominates in total
wins in Seattle with 20, but the
red machine hasn't won in the
Pacific Northwest since 2013
(before 2023). Rick Johnson
carries the torch for the most
Seattle wins with seven, which
includes two sweeps at the
Kingdome (1987 and 1989).
McGrath and James Stewart are
next with four wins apiece.
See you at Sluggers.
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The Kingdome hosted 33
Supercross rounds before it was
demolished in 2000. Lumen Field
now hosts the Seattle Supercross
where the Kingdome once stood.
