AMA: 250 cc and 125cc Supercross Results and Standings from Los Angeles
13 January 1998
SX198/1-2
OFFICIAL RESULTS
250cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 1 OF 16
LOS ANGELES COLISEUM
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 10, 1998
(20 LAPS MAIN EVENT)
POS NUM RIDER NAME HOMETOWN MACH LAPS PTS SPONSORS
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1 103 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI FRANCE, KAW 20 25 Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA
2 001 JEFF EMIG RIVERSIDE, CA KAW 20 22 Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA
3 002 JEREMY A MCGRATH MENIFEE, CA YAM 20 20 Chaparral/Yamaha Racing
4 016 MICKAEL PICHON CORONA, CA SUZ 20 18 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
5 008 KEVIN W WINDHAM BATON ROUGE, LA YAM 20 16 Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox
6 007 GREG ALBERTYN SOUTH AFRICA, SUZ 20 15 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
7 004 LARRY WARD FLORENCE, SC SUZ 20 14 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
8 013 MICHAEL R CRAIG LAKESIDE, CA HON 20 13 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Alpinestars
9 005 MIKE LAROCCO SOUTH BEND, IN HON 20 12 Factory Connection/Jack in the Box
10 019 DOUG A HENRY OXFORD, CT YAM 20 11 Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox
11 917 FREDERIC BOLLE FRANCE, HON 20 10 American Honda Motor Co., Inc/Fox
12 015 DAMON W HUFFMAN ACTON, CA KAW 20 9 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
13 100 MICHAEL L BROWN PINEY FLATS, TN HON 20 8 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Oakley
14 010 RYAN HUGHES TEMECULA, CA KAW 19 7 Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA
15 024 PHIL LAWRENCE MENIFEE, CA KAW 19 6 self
16 003 EZRA LUSK BAINBRIDGE, GA HON 19 5 American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox
17 077 LANCE SMAIL FEDERAL WAY, WA KTM 19 4 KTM/Shell Oil/Sunstar/WP
18 054 TAKESHI KOIKEDA JAPAN, YAM 19 3 Yam Japan/Holley Racing
19 011 JIMMY BUTTON SCOTTSDALE, AZ YAM 18 2 Chaparral/Yamaha Racing
20 072 JEFF DEMENT HUMBLE, TX YAM 17 1 2 Xtreme Performance International
Time: 00:25:58.270
Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.048
1-900 PRO RACE Hole Shot Winner: Doug Henry
Attend.: 61,885
PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1 Heat 2
8-laps top 4 to Main 8-laps top 4 to Main
Pos # Name Pos # Name
1 3 EZRA LUSK 1 16 MICKAEL PICHON
2 19 DOUG A HENRY 2 4 LARRY WARD
3 8 KEVIN W WINDHAM 3 1 JEFF EMIG
4 2 JEREMY A MCGRATH 4 7 GREG ALBERTYN
Time: 00:10:57.570 Time: 00:11:05.740
Semi 1 Semi 2
6-laps top 5 to Main 6-laps top 5 to Main
Pos # Name Pos. # Name
1 15 DAMON W HUFFMAN 1 103 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI
2 5 MIKE LAROCCO 2 24 PHIL LAWRENCE
3 100 MICHAEL L BROWN 3 917 FREDERIC BOLLE
4 13 MICHAEL R CRAIG 4 72 JEFF DEMENT
5 77 LANCE SMAIL 5 54 TAKESHI KOIKEDA
Time: 00:08:19.070 Time: 00:08:04.110
Last Chance
6-laps top 2 to Main
Pos # Name
1 11 JIMMY BUTTON
2 10 RYAN HUGHES
Time: 00:08:14.200
POINTS STANDINGS
AFTER 1 OF 16 EVENTS NEXT RACE JAN 17, HOUSTON, TEXAS
POS RIDER NAME HOMETOWN WINS PTS
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1 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI FRANCE, 1 25
2 JEFF EMIG RIVERSIDE, CA 0 22
3 JEREMY A MCGRATH MENIFEE, CA 0 20
4 MICKAEL PICHON CORONA, CA 0 18
5 KEVIN W WINDHAM BATON ROUGE, LA 0 16
6 GREG ALBERTYN SOUTH AFRICA, 0 15
7 LARRY WARD FLORENCE, SC 0 14
8 MICHAEL R CRAIG LAKESIDE, CA 0 13
9 MIKE LAROCCO SOUTH BEND, IN 0 12
10 DOUG A HENRY OXFORD, CT 0 11
11 FREDERIC BOLLE FRANCE, 0 10
12 DAMON W HUFFMAN ACTON, CA 0 9
13 MICHAEL L BROWN PINEY FLATS, TN 0 8
14 RYAN HUGHES TEMECULA, CA 0 7
15 PHIL LAWRENCE MENIFEE, CA 0 6
16 EZRA LUSK BAINBRIDGE, GA 0 5
17 LANCE SMAIL FEDERAL WAY, WA 0 4
18 TAKESHI KOIKEDA JAPAN 0 3
19 JIMMY BUTTON SCOTTSDALE, AZ 0 2
20 JEFF DEMENT HUMBLE, TX 0 1
MANUFACTURER
POINT STANDINGS
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1. KAWASAKI 25
2. YAMAHA 20
3. SUZUKI 18
4. HONDA 13
SX198/2-2
OFFICIAL RESULTS
125cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 1 OF 7
LOS ANGELES COLISEUM
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 10, 1998
(15 LAPS MAIN EVENT)
POS NUM RIDER NAME HOMETOWN MACH LAPS PTS SPONSORS
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1 009 JOHN DOWD CHICOPEE, MA YAM 15 25 Yamaha Motor Corp
2 018 STEPHANE RONCADA FRANCE, HON 15 22 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Alpinestars
3 025 MICHAEL A BRANDES QUAIL VALLEY, CA 15 20 Self
4 028 RYAN HUFFMAN ROSEBURG, OR SUZ 15 18 Self
5 032 JASON R MCCORMICK VANCOUVER, WA HON 15 16 FMF/Honda Motor Corp/Thor
6 029 DAVID PINGREE MENIFEE, CA HON 15 15 American Honda/FMF/Thor
7 934 DAVID VUILLEMIN FRANCE, YAM 15 14 Yamaha/FMF Racing/Michelin/First
8 035 NATHAN RAMSEY HIXSON, TN KAW 15 13 Pro Circuit/Split Fire Race Team
9 039 JEFFREY WILLOH GLENDALE, CA SUZ 15 12 Stiffie/Westwood/Grand Prix
10 111 JEFF MATIASEVICH LA HABRA, CA KAW 15 11 Kawasaki/Pro Circuit
11 146 JIRI DOSTAL CZECH REPUBLIC, SUZ 15 10 American Suzuki/Shoei
12 085 GREG S SCHNELL RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA YAM 15 9 Motoworld Yamaha/Pro Grip/Bell
13 351 JASON G PARTRIDGE LAS VEGAS, NV SUZ 14 8 Team Suzuki Sports/Fox/FMF/Shoei
14 041 SHAUN J PEROLIO WEST HILLS, CA SUZ 14 7 Stiffie/Westwood/Grand Prix
15 076 RUSTY HOLLAND FRESNO, CA SUZ 14 6 Clawson Motor Sports/AXO
16 094 TRAVIS A PRESTON HESPERIA, CA SUZ 14 5 F&S Suzuki/Midwest Motorsports/Bill
17 173 JEFFEREY PESTANA SALINAS, CA 14 4 Self
18 059 CHRIS WHEELER EL CAJON, CA SUZ 14 3 Team Suzuki/Pit Pro/FMF/Answer
19 535 DUSTIN A NELSON EL CAJON, CA YAM 13 2 Team Motoworld of El Cajon
20 999 BADER MANNEH SAN MARINO, YAM 13 1 No Fear/Pro Circuit/Renthal/Piazza
21 038 BRIAN R DEEGAN CANYON LAKE, CA KAW 7 0 Moto XXX/Pro Circuit/Smith/Pornstar
22 224 SHAUN L PALMER MENIFEE, CA YAM 4 0 Fox/Spy/Pro Circuit/Alpinestars/Van
Time: 00:20:02.420
Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.061
1-900 PRO RACE Hole Shot Winner: Ryan Huffman
PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1 Heat 2
4-laps top 9 to Main 4-laps top 9 to Main
Pos # Name Pos # Name
1 25 MICHAEL A BRANDES 1 9 JOHN DOWD
2 28 RYAN HUFFMAN 2 18 STEPHANE RONCADA
3 29 DAVID PINGREE 3 32 JASON R MCCORMICK
4 111 JEFF MATIASEVICH 4 41 SHAUN J PEROLIO
5 38 BRIAN R DEEGAN 5 934 DAVID VUILLEMIN
6 76 RUSTY HOLLAND 6 146 JIRI DOSTAL
7 35 NATHAN RAMSEY 7 59 CHRIS WHEELER
8 535 DUSTIN A NELSON 8 39 JEFFREY WILLOH
9 351 JASON G PARTRIDGE 9 224 SHAUN L PALMER
Time: 00:09:18.240 Time: 00:08:57.090
Last Chance
4-laps top 4 to Main
Pos. # Name
1 85 GREG S SCHNELL
2 94 TRAVIS A PRESTON
3 999 BADER MANNEH
4 173 JEFFEREY PESTANA
Time: 00:06:09.840
WEST REGION POINTS STANDINGS
AFTER 1 OF 7 EVENTS NEXT RACE JAN 17, 1998 HOUSTON, TEXAS
POS RIDER NAME HOMETOWN WINS PTS
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1 JOHN DOWD CHICOPEE, MA 1 25
2 STEPHANE RONCADA FRANCE, 0 22
3 MICHAEL A BRANDES QUAIL VALLEY, CA 0 20
4 RYAN HUFFMAN ROSEBURG, OR 0 18
5 JASON R MCCORMICK VANCOUVER, WA 0 16
6 DAVID PINGREE MENIFEE, CA 0 15
7 DAVID VUILLEMIN FRANCE, 0 14
8 NATHAN RAMSEY HIXSON, TN 0 13
9 JEFFREY WILLOH GLENDALE, CA 0 12
10 JEFF MATIASEVICH LA HABRA, CA 0 11
11 JIRI DOSTAL CZECH REPUBLIC 0 10
12 GREG S SCHNELL RANCHO CUCAMONGA 0 9
13 JASON G PARTRIDGE LAS VEGAS, NV 0 8
14 SHAUN J PEROLIO WEST HILLS, CA 0 7
15 RUSTY HOLLAND FRESNO, CA 0 6
16 TRAVIS A PRESTON HESPERIA, CA 0 5
17 JEFFEREY PESTANA SALINAS, CA 0 4
18 CHRIS WHEELER EL CAJON, CA 0 3
19 DUSTIN A NELSON EL CAJON, CA 0 2
20 BADER MANNEH SAN MARINO, CA 0 1
1998 AMA SUPERCROSS BONUS AWARD SPONSORS
American Suzuki Motor Corp., Arnette, AXO Sport-America, Inc., Bell
Helmets, Bieffe Helmets, Bridgestone Tire Corp., Dunlop Tire Corp.,
Elf Competition, Fox Racing Inc., Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA, Kayo
Corporation (EK Chain), N-Style, Oakley Inc., Pirelli Motorcycle Tire,
Plastiche Cassano (Pro Grip), Scott USA, Shoei Safety Helmet Corp.,
Smith Sport Optics, SMP Clothing Inc., VP Racing Fuels, Wiseco Piston
Inc., Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
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Connie Fleming
American Motorcyclist Association
Public Relations Administrator
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