AMA Supercross Results and Standings from Houston (1/17/98)
22 January 1998
SX298/1-2
OFFICIAL RESULTS
250cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 2 OF 16
HOUSTON TX - JAN 17, 1998
(20 LAPS MAIN EVENT)
POS NUM RIDER NAME HOMETOWN MACH LAPS PTS SPONSORS
1 3 EZRA LUSK BAINBRIDGE, GA HON 20 25 American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox
2 2 JEREMY A MCGRATH MENIFEE, CA YAM 20 22 Chaparral/Yamaha Racing
3 1 JEFF EMIG RIVERSIDE, CA KAW 20 20 Kawasaki Motors Corp.,USA
4 5 MIKE LAROCCO SOUTH BEND, IN HON 20 18 Factory Connection/Jack in the Box
5 10 RYAN HUGHES TEMECULA, CA KAW 20 16 Kawasaki Motors Corp.,USA
6 11 JIMMY BUTTON SCOTTSDALE, AZ YAM 20 15 Chaparral/Yamaha Racing
7 8 KEVIN W WINDHAM BATON ROUGE, LA YAM 20 14 Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone
8 103 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI FRANCE, KAW 20 13 Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA
9 7 GREG ALBERTYN SOUTH AFRICA, SUZ 20 12 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
10 24 PHIL LAWRENCE MENIFEE, CA KAW 20 11 Kawasaki of Mexico/Tacate/Thor
11 13 MICHAEL R CRAIG LAKESIDE, CA HON 20 10 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Alpinestars
12 15 DAMON W HUFFMAN ACTON, CA KAW 20 9 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
13 22 TIMMY M FERRY LARGO, FL YAM 20 8 Noleen/Thor/K2 Bike/Klotz/Bridgesto
14 19 DOUG A HENRY OXFORD, CT YAM 20 7 Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone
15 4 LARRY WARD FLORENCE, SC SUZ 20 6 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
16 16 MICKAEL PICHON CORONA, CA SUZ 19 5 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
17 72 JEFF DEMENT HUMBLE, TX YAM 19 4 2 Xtreme Performance International
18 55 KYLE LEWIS LAS VEGAS, NV SUZ 19 3 Suzuki/Bridgestone/Noleen/Smith
19 80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY CANADA, PQ KAW 17 2 MSR/Kawasaki/Bieffe/FMF/Oakley
20 100 MICHAEL L BROWN PINEY FLATS, TN HON 9 1 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Oakley/Dunlop
Time: 00:19:44.500
Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.046
1-900 PRORACE Hole Shot Winner: Ezra Lusk
Attend: 50,832
PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1 Heat 2
8-laps top 4 to Main 8-laps top 4 to Main
Pos # Name Pos # Name
1 2 JEREMY A MCGRATH 1 3 EZRA LUSK
2 11 JIMMY BUTTON 2 8 KEVIN W WINDHAM
3 10 RYAN HUGHES 3 15 DAMON W HUFFMAN
4 7 GREG ALBERTYN 4 5 MIKE LAROCCO
Time: 00:07:56.410 Time: 00:07:53.740
Semi 1 Semi 2
6-laps top 5 to Main 6-laps top 5 to Main
Pos # Name Pos # Name
1 19 DOUG A HENRY 1 22 TIMMY M FERRY
2 1 JEFF EMIG 2 13 MICHAEL R CRAIG
3 4 LARRY WARD 3 103 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI
4 24 PHIL LAWRENCE 4 72 JEFF DEMENT
5 55 KYLE LEWIS 5 100 MICHAEL L BROWN
Time: 00:05:59.460 Time: 00:06:01.160
Last Chance
6-laps top 2 to Main
Pos # Name
1 80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY
2 16 MICKAEL PICHON
Time: 00:06:14.650
POINTS STANDING
AFTER 2 OF 16 EVENTS. NEXT RACE JAN 24, 1998 TEMPE, AZ
POS RIDER NAME HOMETOWN WINS PTS
1 JEFF EMIG RIVERSIDE, CA 0 42
2 JEREMY A MCGRATH MENIFEE, CA 0 42
3 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI FRANCE, 1 38
4 KEVIN W WINDHAM BATON ROUGE, LA 0 30
5 MIKE LAROCCO SOUTH BEND, IN 0 30
6 EZRA LUSK BAINBRIDGE, GA 1 30
7 GREG ALBERTYN SOUTH AFRICA, 0 27
8 MICKAEL PICHON CORONA, CA 0 23
9 MICHAEL R CRAIG LAKESIDE, CA 0 23
10 RYAN HUGHES TEMECULA, CA 0 23
11 LARRY WARD FLORENCE, SC 0 20
12 DOUG A HENRY OXFORD, CT 0 18
13 DAMON W HUFFMAN ACTON, CA 0 18
14 PHIL LAWRENCE MENIFEE, CA 0 17
15 JIMMY BUTTON SCOTTSDALE, AZ 0 17
16 FREDERIC BOLLEY FRANCE, 0 10
17 MICHAEL L BROWN PINEY FLATS, TN 0 9
18 TIMMY M FERRY LARGO, FL 0 8
19 JEFF DEMENT HUMBLE, TX 0 5
20 LANCE SMAIL FEDERAL WAY, WA 0 4
MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS
1. KAWASAKI 45
2. YAMAHA 42
3. HONDA 38
3. SUZUKI 30
OFFICIAL RESULTS
125cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 2 OF 7
HOUSTON TX - JAN 17, 1998
(15 LAPS MAIN EVENT)
POS NUM RIDER NAME HOMETOWN MACH LAPS PTS SPONSORS
1 934 DAVID VUILLEMIN FRANCE, YAM 15 25 Yamaha/FMF Racing/Michelin/First/Oakley
2 29 DAVID PINGREE MENIFEE, CA HON 15 22 American Honda/FMF/Thor/Alpinestar
3 9 JOHN DOWD CHICOPEE, MA YAM 15 20 Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone
4 85 GREG S SCHNELL RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA YAM 15 18 Motoworld Yamaha/Pro Grip/Bell
5 18 STEPHANE RONCADA FRANCE, HON 15 16 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Alpinestars
6 25 MICHAEL A BRANDES QUAIL VALLEY, CA SUZ 15 15 Self
7 111 JEFF MATIASEVICH TEMECULA, CA KAW 15 14 Pro Circuit/Split Fire/Kawasaki/1-8
8 28 RYAN HUFFMAN ROSEBURG, OR SUZ 15 13 Self
9 125 DANNY L SMITH EAGLE, ID HON 15 12 FMF/Honda/Smith/Thor/Alpinestar
10 651 MIKE METZGER QUAIL VALLEY, CA KAW 15 11 Moto XXX/Pro Circuit/Arnette
11 198 ISAIAH JOHNSON ALBUQUERQUE, NM KAW 14 10 Pro Circuit/Answer/Motul/3D Design
12 277 ERICK VALLEJO MEXICO, NL KAW 14 9 Kawasaki Mexico/Tecate/Pro Circuit
13 417 TYLER D EVANS SALINAS, CA SUZ 14 8 American Suzuki Support/FMF/Smith
14 35 NATHAN RAMSEY HIXSON, TN KAW 14 7 Pro Circuit/Split Fire Race Team
15 351 JASON G PARTRIDGE LAS VEGAS, NV SUZ 14 6 Team Suzuki Sports/Fox/FMF/Shoei/PJ 1
16 541 RYAN A DUFF CHAVIES, KY HON 14 5 ONE Industries/Pro Circuit/Sinisalo
17 32 JASON R MCCORMICK VANCOUVER, WA HON 14 4 FMF/Honda Motor Corp/Thor/DeMarini
18 199 JACOB H MARTIN EDMOND, OK SUZ 14 3 Suzuki/Answer/Arai/Innovation/Dunlop
19 39 JEFFREY WILLOH GLENDALE, CA SUZ 14 2 STIFFIE/WESTWOOD/Grand Prix
20 38 BRIAN R DEEGAN CANYON LAKE, CA KAW 13 1 Moto XXX/Pro Circuit/Smith
21 146 JIRI DOSTAL CZECH REPUBLIC, SUZ 12 0 American Suzuki/Shoei/Primal Impulse
22 973 JEROME HEMERY FRANCE, SUZ 5 0 Team Stiffie/Noleen/Wiseco/Smith
Time: 00:15:21.810
Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.091
1-900 PRORACE Hole Shot Winner: David Vuillemin
PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1 Heat 2
6-laps top 9 to Main 6-laps top 10 to Main
Pos # Name Pos # Name
1 18 STEPHANE RONCADA 1 35 NATHAN RAMSEY
2 29 DAVID PINGREE 2 9 JOHN DOWD
3 934 DAVID VUILLEMIN 3 32 JASON R MCCORMICK
4 111 JEFF MATIASEVICH 4 146 JIRI DOSTAL
5 85 GREG S SCHNELL 5 277 ERICK VALLEJO
6 25 MICHAEL A BRANDES 6 39 JEFFREY WILLOH
7 198 ISAIAH JOHNSON 7 651 MIKE METZGER
8 199 JACOB H MARTIN 8 125 DANNY L SMITH
9 541 RYAN A DUFF 9 351 JASON G PARTRIDGE
Time: 00:06:12.900 10 417 TYLER D EVANS
Time: 00:06:11.500
Last Chance
4-laps top 3 to Main
Pos. # Name
1 28 RYAN HUFFMAN
2 38 BRIAN R DEEGAN
3 973 JEROME HEMERY
Time: 00:04:17.840
WEST REGION POINTS STANDING
AFTER 2 OF 7 EVENTS. NEXT RACE JAN 24, 1998 TEMPE, AZ
POS RIDER NAME HOMETOWN WINS PTS
1 JOHN DOWD CHICOPEE, MA 1 45
2 DAVID VUILLEMIN FRANCE, 1 39
3 STEPHANE RONCADA FRANCE, 0 38
4 DAVID PINGREE MENIFEE, CA 0 37
5 MICHAEL A BRANDES QUAIL VALLEY, CA 0 35
6 RYAN HUFFMAN ROSEBURG, OR 0 31
7 GREG S SCHNELL RANCHO CUCAMONGA, 0 27
8 JEFF MATIASEVICH TEMECULA, CA 0 25
9 JASON R MCCORMICK VANCOUVER, WA 0 20
10 NATHAN RAMSEY HIXSON, TN 0 20
11 JEFFREY WILLOH GLENDALE, CA 0 14
12 JASON G PARTRIDGE LAS VEGAS, NV 0 14
13 DANNY L SMITH EAGLE, ID 0 12
14 MIKE METZGER QUAIL VALLEY, CA 0 11
15 JIRI DOSTAL CZECH REPUBLIC, 0 10
16 ISAIAH JOHNSON ALBUQUERQUE, NM 0 10
17 ERICK VALLEJO MEXICO, NL 0 9
18 TYLER D EVANS SALINAS, CA 0 8
19 SHAUN J PEROLIO SAUGUS, CA 0 7
20 RUSTY HOLLAND FRESNO, CA 0 6
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., 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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