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AMA: Supercross Results and Standings from Atlanta (2/21/98)

22 February 1998


SX798/1-2
OFFICIAL RESULTS
250cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 7 OF 16
GEORGIA DOME, ATLANTA, GA - FEB 21, 1998
(20 LAPS MAIN EVENT)

POS NUM RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN		 MACH LAPS PTS  SPONSORS
 1    2 JEREMY A MCGRATH, MENIFEE, CA     YAM  20   25  Chaparral/Yamaha Racing            
 2   11 JIMMY BUTTON, SCOTTSDALE, AZ      YAM  20   22  Chaparral/Yamaha Racing            
 3    8 KEVIN W WINDHAM, BATON ROUGE, LA  YAM  20   20 	Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox
 4    4 LARRY WARD, FLORENCE, SC          SUZ  20   18 	American Suzuki Motor Corp.       
 5    5 MIKE LAROCCO, SOUTH BEND, IN      HON  20   16 	Factory Connection/Jack in the Box
 6    3 EZRA LUSK, BAINBRIDGE, GA	  HON  20   15 	American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox 
 7   10 RYAN HUGHES, TEMECULA, CA         KAW  20   14 	Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA          
 8   16 MICKAEL PICHON, FRANCE,           SUZ  20   13 	American Suzuki Motor Corp.        
 9  103 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI, FRANCE,       KAW  20   12 	Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA          
10    9 JOHN DOWD, CHICOPEE, MA		  YAM  20   11 	Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox
11    7 GREG ALBERTYN, SOUTH AFRICA,      SUZ  20   10 	American Suzuki Motor Corp.       
12   19 DOUG A HENRY, OXFORD, CT          YAM  20    9  Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox
13    1 JEFF EMIG, RIVERSIDE, CA	  KAW  20    8  Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA          
14   15 DAMON W HUFFMAN, ACTON, CA        KAW  20    7  Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.      
15  100 MICHAEL L BROWN, PINEY FLATS, TN  HON  19    6  Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Oakley/Dunlop
16   80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY, CANADA, PQ     KAW  19    5  Two Wheel Kawasaki/MSR/Pirelli
17   34 ANTHONY P AMARADIO, TEMECULA, CA  YAM  19    4  Dirt Squirt/Race Tech/Motorex/Pirelli
18   61 RYAN W TERLECKI, SALEM, OR        SUZ  18    3 	Tom Morgan Racing/Red Line Oils/FMF
19   63 KEVIN M CRINE, MECHANICSVILLE, MD KAW  18    2  Goulding/RRP/Fox                   
20   17 STEVE LAMSON, RIVERSIDE, CA       HON   9    1  American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox 

Time: 00:19:39.600
Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.085
1-900 PRORACE Hole Shot Winner: Jeff Emig

PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat	 1		Heat	 2		 
8-laps top 4 to Main	8-laps top 4 to Main	
Pos  # Name            	Pos  # Name            	
 1   8 KEVIN W WINDHAM   1   3 EZRA LUSK        	
 2 100 MICHAEL L BROWN   2   2 JEREMY A MCGRATH 	
 3   4 LARRY WARD        3  19 DOUG A HENRY     	
 4  10 RYAN HUGHES       4  16 MICKAEL PICHON   	
Time: 00:07:49.020      Time: 00:07:46.780      	
                         		        
Semi     1              Semi     2                
6-laps top 5 to Main    6-laps top 5 to Main      
Pos  # Name             Pos  # Name               
 1  11 JIMMY BUTTON      1  15 DAMON W HUFFMAN    
 2   1 JEFF EMIG         2   5 MIKE LAROCCO       
 3   9 JOHN DOWD         3 103 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI 
 4   7 GREG ALBERTYN     4  61 RYAN W TERLECKI    
 5  63 KEVIN M CRINE     5  80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY  
Time: 00:05:52.250      Time: 00:05:51.800        
      	
Last Chance	                    
6-laps top 2 to Main	
Pos  # Name            	
 1  17 STEVE LAMSON       	
 2  34 ANTHONY P AMARADIO 	
Time: 00:06:00.000 
       		
POINT STANDINGS
AFTER 7 OF 16 EVENTS.  NEXT RACE: FEB 28, 1998, TAMPA, FL
POS RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN               WINS PTS	
 1  JEREMY A MCGRATH, MENIFEE, CA      	 4  164   
 2  KEVIN W WINDHAM, BATON ROUGE, LA   	 0  111  
 3  JIMMY BUTTON, SCOTTSDALE, AZ    	 0  107   
 4  EZRA LUSK, BAINBRIDGE, GA    	 2  104   
 5  JEFF EMIG, RIVERSIDE, CA     	 0  102   
 6  MIKE LAROCCO, SOUTH BEND, IN    	 0  102   
 7  LARRY WARD, FLORENCE, SC      	 0  102   
 8  MICKAEL PICHON, FRANCE,           	 0   81   
 9  DAMON W HUFFMAN, ACTON, CA         	 0   80   
10  RYAN HUGHES, TEMECULA, CA      	 0   80  
11  DOUG A HENRY, OXFORD, CT             0   73  
12  GREG ALBERTYN, SOUTH AFRICA          0   73          
13  SEBASTIEN TORTELLI, FRANCE,          1   71  
14  MICHAEL L BROWN, PINEY FLATS, TN     0   59  
15  MICHAEL R CRAIG, LAKESIDE, CA        0   56  
16  TIMMY M FERRY, LARGO, FL             0   34  
17  PHIL LAWRENCE, MENIFEE, CA           0   27  
18  STEVE LAMSON, RIVERSIDE, CA          0   22  
19  JEANSEBASTIEN ROY, CANADA, PQ        0   18  
20  JOHN DOWD, CHICOPEE, MA              0   17          

1998 SUPERCROSS/MOTOCROSS 
MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS
1. Yamaha			  164
2. Honda			  135
3. Kawasaki			  125
4. Suzuki			  116
5. KTM				   15

sx798/2-2
OFFICIAL RESULTS
125cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 2 OF 8
GEORGIA DOME, ATLANTA, GA - FEB 21, 1998
(15 LAPS MAIN EVENT)

POS NUM RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN		       MACH LAPS PTS SPONSORS
 1    6 RICKY CARMICHAEL, HAVANA, FL          	KAW  15  25  Pro Circuit/SplitFire/Kawasaki Race
 2  125 DANNY L SMITH, EAGLE, ID           	HON  15  22  American Honda/FMF/Demarini/Thor
 3   45 ROBBIE SKAGGS, LAWRENCE, KS        	YAM  15  20  TMR/Lemonds Yamaha/Dunlop/MSR
 4   43 BARRY CARSTEN, BAYVILLE, NJ        	SUZ  15  18  Bromley Suzuki/Dunlop/MSR/Cometic
 5   33 CASEY LYTLE, SANTA CLARITA, CA   	HON  15  16  Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Alpinestars
 6   42 JIM L NEESE, GREENSBORO, NC      	KTM  15  15  Kingsport KTM/Winters Marketing
 7   31 TONY LORUSSO, EAST HARTFORD, CT   	SUZ  15  14  F&S/Factory Connection/Bel-Ray
 8   21 ROBBIE L REYNARD, NORMAN, OK          	SUZ  15  13  Primal Impulse/American Suzuki
 9  140 RYAN D CLARK, ALBUQUERQUE, NM     	KAW  15  12  Tecate-Thor Kawasaki of Mexico
10   83 JAMES M POVOLNY JR, MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN	KTM  15  11  Dr. Medsker/Cycle Shed/KTM/FMF
11  541 RYAN A DUFF, CHAVIES, KY         	HON  15  10  ONE Industries/Pro Circuit/Sinisalo
12   72 JEFF DEMENT, HUMBLE, TX          	YAM  15   9  2Xtreme Performance International  
13  583 DERRICK SHAE BENTLEY, ELLENWOOD, GA    	KAW  15   8  Team Green Kawasaki/Pro-Circuit/Fox
14  695 MARK BURKHART, PICKERINGTON, OH    	HON  15   7  Honda of Troy/Pro Circuit/Sinisalo
15   41 SHAUN J PEROLIO, SAUGUS, CA          	SUZ  15   6  Team Stiffie/Podium One/Westwood
16   36 BROCK SELLARDS, NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH	HON  15   5  Honda/FMF/Smith/Thor/Arai/Dunlop   
17   81 JASON W THOMAS, MELROSE, FL         	KAW  15   4  Streits Motorsports/RPI Racing/Thor
18   53 CHARLES DALE BOGARD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 	SUZ  15   3  Primal Impulse/Suzuki/Answer/Smith 
19  112 TOM CLOWERS JR, SANTEE, CA          	HON  15   2  Team RPM/SMP/Papa Jo's/Ceet
20   96 CORY KEENEY, OAKDALE, MN         	YAM  14   1  FMF/Extreme/Pro Action/Motul/Applied
21   84 MATT R SHUE, EAST ELLIJAY, GA    	SUZ   8   0  FMF/Axo/Goat/Pro-Action/Pirelli
22   50 PAUL CURRIE, NAPLES, FL          	KAW   5   0  Moto XXX/Pro Circuit/Smith/Pornstar

Time: 00:15:43.440
Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.059
1-900 PRORACE Hole Shot Winner: Tony Lorusso
PRELIMINARY EVENTS

Heat	 1			Heat	 2		 
6-laps top 9 to Main		6-laps top 9 to Main	 
Pos  # Name			Pos   # Name             	
 1  21 ROBBIE L REYNARD   	 1    6	RICKY CARMICHAEL 
 2  45 ROBBIE SKAGGS      	 2   41	SHAUN J PEROLIO  
 3  53 CHARLES DALE BOGARD	 3   36	BROCK SELLARDS   
 4 583 DERRICK SHAE BENTLE	 4   31	TONY LORUSSO     
 5  33 CASEY LYTLE        	 5   84	MATT R SHUE      
 6 112 TOM CLOWERS JR     	 6  695	MARK BURKHART  
 7  72 JEFF DEMENT        	 7  140	RYAN D CLARK
 8  96 CORY KEENEY        	 8  541	RYAN A DUFF
 9  43 BARRY CARSTEN      	 9   83	JAMES M POVOLNY JR 
Time: 00:06:02.430       	Time: 00:06:15.960
    		
Last Chance                       
4-laps top 4 to Main              
Pos  # Name               
 1  42 JIM L NEESE        
 2 125 DANNY L SMITH      
 3  81 JASON W THOMAS     
 4  50 PAUL CURRIE        
Time: 00:04:08.530                

EAST REGION POINT STANDINGS
AFTER 2 OF 8 EVENTS.  NEXT RACE: FEB 28, 1998,  TAMPA, FL

POS RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN		  WINS	PTS
 1  RICKY CARMICHAEL, HAVANA, FL            2  	50 
 2  CASEY LYTLE, SANTA CLARITA, CA	    0  	36 
 3  ROBBIE L REYNARD, NORMAN, OK            0  	35 
 4  BARRY CARSTEN, BAYVILLE, NJ		    0  	29 
 5  RYAN D CLARK, ALBUQUERQUE, NM	    0  	25 
 6  BROCK SELLARDS, NEW PHILADELPHIA,	    0  	23 
 7  JIM L NEESE, GREENSBORO, NC		    0  	20 
 8  ROBBIE SKAGGS, LAWRENCE, KS		    0  	20 
 9  TONY LORUSSO, EAST HARTFORD, CT	    0  	14 
10  JAMES M POVOLNY JR, MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN 0  	13 
11  NICHOLAS A WEY, DEWITT, MI		    0   12 
12  PAUL CURRIE, NAPLES, FL		    0   10 
13  TOM CLOWERS JR, SANTEE, CA		    0   10 
14  MARK BURKHART, PICKERINGTON, OH	    0	10 
15  MATT R SHUE, EAST ELLIJAY, GA	    0    9 
16  JEFF DEMENT, HUMBLE, TX		    0    9 
17  DERRICK SHAE BENTLEY, ELLENWOOD, GA	    0    8 
18  CORY KEENEY, OAKDALE, MN		    0    7 
19  CHARLES R DUNAWAY, LUCASVILLE, OH	    0    7 
20  JASON W THOMAS, MELROSE, FL		    0    4 


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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