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SUPERCROSS
Rounds 2
Feb.uqry 25. 2006
Amp'd Mobil€ AMA 5X Litcs Eastcpn R€gional Supencross Scri€s
Jesseman
and Goerke.
"He
was riding a little dirty, but what-
ever
-
Iguess
that's ra€ing to him,"
Millsaps said of
Grant's
tactics.
"l
think
that's kind
of stupid. but
I
Bot
around
him
and my hand fell off when I went around
a corner, and I
just
couldn't hold on to it."
"lt
was real aggressive," Grant said,
"but
actually no one hit each other, so
that was
good."
Davalos was
obviousty
thrilled
to
get
on
the
podium.
"Oh
my
gosh,
lcan't wen explain it; I am
so excited," Darralos said.
"l
was a little
nervous
-
my second mce. But I am
looking
forward to the season, and I am
just
going
to do my best and see what happens."
Jesseman
probably
benefited the most
from
the evening, since
his
fourth-place
linish moved him into second overall in
the standin8s.
After
two rounds, Millsaps leads
Jesseman
by nine
points,
47-38, with
Gosselaar in third with 34. Davalos, who
finished I lth in the opener at St. Louis. sits
in tourth
overall with 30
points,
iust
ahead
of
Team
Green
Kawasakis Teddy
Maier,
with 27. Grant moves up to sixth with 25
points
after his DNF last week. Cll
EowAf,D
JoNrs
DoriE
5r
Lours, ltssounr
REsurrs: fTBRUARY 18, 2OO5
o
6
o
connnued
from
page 25
fun, because they are about
gs-p€rcem
asphalt,
and if I waited to be a road racei
I
would hare went road Bcing. I thought
about coming bark
to the states to do a
fqr
motard races,
because the track
look
so
fun. Right now I am
promoting
a wheel
company, which I own the U.S.
paft
of.
we
will be
p.esenting
a lot o, ne ,'/
p.oducts
in
2007. We hav€ trlb€less wlrcels for Sup€r
Motards and we have tubeless street-bike
wheels. We will also be introducing a Iull
line
of motocroGs
products-"
After running
away
with his heat race in
St-
Louis, SoBe/Samsung MobildHonda's
losh
Grant
(pictured)
looked like one ol the rid-
ers to beat in the Lites division. However, a
crash
on
the first lap and anotherwhile
makint his way back to the front
pot
him
out ofthe 5t. Louis rnain evem. For
precau-
tionary reasons, Grant was taken to a local
hospital and checked out, but it wEs deter-
mined
that he
had
suffered only bruises and
he was released. Grant was sore in Atlanta,
but he came
prepared
to race.
"l
had deep
bruisint
to
my ch€st,"
Grant said about his
crash ir S!, Louis.
"They
iust
wanted to
check out my lungs and make sure every-
thing was all right. l'm okay, and I was able
to
practice
on Tuesday and Wednesday, and
so I am ready to
go."
After crashing on the first lap of his heat
race,
Chad
Reed had
to
qualify
for
the
rnain via the semi. Reed
tated
poorly in the
semiand was in eighth at the end
o{the
first lap. The Tearn Yamaha rider struStled
to
get
to the front, but finally took
the lead
on lap four of the ei8ht]ap race-
T€aJn BooKoo Honda's Steve Boniface
suffered a broken scapula in his main-event
crash that damaSed Red Bull KTM's
bike.
For the first time all year, Chad
Reed
turned
in
the
fastest lap
rime in
practice,
postint a
52.529, which was six-tenths ofa
second
faster
than Team Kawasaki'rlames
Stewans' 53.158. MakitaSuzuki's Ricky
Carmichaelwas third fastest wi{h a 54.268.
GPS Rac'n8's l'lichael
Blo6e won
lhe
Won-
de. WarthoS
Racing,/Decal Wbrkr
$
I
000
cash a5 lhe Most lmproved Priv.teer of
the Week
in
the Lites class.
Blose
improved
lrom l6th in the St. Louis main to sixth in
the
Atlanta main. The most-improved ride.
in th€ SX class has
yet
to b€ named.
SX LITES HEAT I
(6
hF, l-9 to mzin)r l.
Chrit
Gc*lanr
(Kaw):
2. BmdEn
J6Em CIam):
3. MattilEw
Gerke
(la.n):
4.
loshla
Gdnt
{Hon):
s. Kryin
johNon
(Y
):6 Jorhua
Summe/
{Hon)r
7. Kylechirholm
(Kaw):8.
hy
lYarmont
1fi|4)r
9. sen Hambl'n
(su2)i
10.
lusnn
Blckelew
(Hon):
I l. TEer La(ey
{(aw)i
lU.
Tlcker
Hibbeft
(Yah)i 13. shaM clart
(Kaw):
l,+. stephane Roneda
(Ym);
I5. Kelly Smith
(Hon)r
16. Ryan
GEntom
(Hon): 17.
Chnstopher PuSnb
(K!w):
18.
sr* Eonihce
(H6)i
19.
Geddy KaniE; 20. Phillip Ehn
(K,w)-
f,&e tih.: 5:28.45 min.
SX LITES HEAT 2
(6
l.pr, l', to main)! L
J6hua
H.nsen
(Krroi
2. Da, Millsap.
(8on);
l.
f1atun O&.1o.
ffffi)i
a.
Donnie l'lccdny
(raw):
s.
rhomd
Hahn
(Hon)i
6. Ieddy Maier
(Knw):
7.
l6hua
woodr
(su:):
8. Mich*l
8lo*
(Hon)i
9. Ch.d
vrard (Hon)r
10. Brr&
lohnen
(Yam):
I l. Cnris Blore
(Ym):
12. Roben Kinir/
(Hon);
ll.
Rob€n l'leuhall
(Hon)i
1,1.
wllliah
Brownins
(Sur);
15.
Ousty Klaft
(Hon)i
16. Chad Cook
(Hon)i
17. T6my
H nson
(Hon);
18. Robbi. Hol1B
(K:w);
r9. Derek Leist
(Hon);
20. flaft wblkEr
0'e).
Race
timer 5127
97
min
SX LITES LCQ
(lt
l.ps, 14 to main): l.
Ste@
Boniface
(Hon):
2 Foben Ki.iry
(Hn):
3. 8r/an
lohnson
(Yffi):
4. Iurker Hlbb€ft
(YaR)i
5. &lry smith
(Hon):
6.
Hatt
wilk.. (Yarn).
7. Tommy H.mson
(Hon):
8. Tiser
Lacey
(Kaw)i
9
Chris Blo*
(Yam)i
10. Dor./ Klatt
(Hon):
ll. Robbie Ho.ton
(Xaw):
12. shawn clark
(Kew);
ll.
Derek Leist
(Hon):
14. Phillip Eh.at
(raw):
15. Chad Cook
(Hon);
16- Rr- Gtrtom
(Hon):
17. Robert raaEhall
(Hon);
18. Geddy Karnei 19. Willim B@nins
(Su:);
20.
Stephae Ro@da
(Yam)i
21. Chrisropher
PoSrab (Ke)i
22.lusri.
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