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duties for Chad Reed.
Sorenson
was injured
in a
motocross-riding accadent shortly
before Anaheim,
but will be back spinning wrenches for Reed at
Hangtown.
This year
also marked the tenth
/ear
of the
KTM.lr. Supercross Challenge.
"ln
1997, l'4ike Alessi won the first-ever KII1
Jr.
race
and
last
night he stood on the
podium
for
us
again," said
KTM's
Sel Narafana about the nightly
event.
"We
are very excited about that, and he is
about to
sign another three-year contract with us."
Toyota l.'lotors
gave
away several trucks at the
banquet. The recipients were: l"'1ike Gosselaar for
the
winning
Rider's
Mechanic Award; Andrew
Short for winning the Dave
Coombs 5r, Memorial
East-West Shootout; and Nick Wey for the Top-Pri-
vateer Bonus.
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Supercross-class top
priva-
teer
walked
away with the most toys and money at
the banquet, as he was awarded over
$
120,000. ln
addition ro the truck, Wey came away with
a
Week-
end
Warrior
trailer and
$25,000
in cash from U.S.
Smokeless Tobacco
as
part
of their Pro Privateer
Challenge.
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Jason
Thomas
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The annual Supercross banquet took
place
just
one
day after the linal round inside the MGI'4 Grand
Garden Arena
in
Las
Vegas,
Nevada, This marked
its tenth anniversary. The who's who of the Super-
cross
industry was
on
hand, including
riderr,
mechanics, Live Nation employees, AMA workers,
wives,
girlfriends. press
and more. Supercross
announceE Terry Boyd,
Erv
Braun
and Speed
TV
host Ralph
Sheheen
hosted the
event,
giving
out
numerous awards throughout the night.
Team SoBdSamsr.:ng MobildHonda's
JC
Water-
house was awarded the Team Manager ofthe Year
Award while the AMA Recognition Award went to
the AMAS Steve Whitelock who simply said,
"You
either
love
me or hate me."
The Team ofthe Year Award went to Team
Kawasaki, and team manager Mike Fisher accepted
the award.
'All
the hard work these
guys put
in
just
makes
me look
good,
and Bubba makes us all look
good,"
he said.
The Mechanic of the Year Award went to team
Yamaha's Alan Olson, who filled in for Derrick
Sorenson
since Anaheim l, doing the wrenching
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