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AMA Supercross - Daytona Beach, FL 3/7/98

7 March 1998

OFFICIAL RESULTS
250cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 9 OF 16
DAYTONA BEACH, FLMAR 7, 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 1 JEFF EMIG RIVERSIDE, CA KAW 20 22 Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA 3 3 EZRA LUSK BAINBRIDGE, GA HON 20 20 American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox 4 7 GREG ALBERTYN SOUTH AFRICA, SUZ 20 18 American Suzuki Motor Corp. 5 19 DOUG A HENRY OXFORD, CT YAM 20 16 Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone 6 16 MICKAEL PICHON FRANCE, SUZ 20 15 American Suzuki Motor Corp. 7 9 JOHN DOWD CHICOPEE, MA YAM 20 14 Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone 8 10 RYAN HUGHES TEMECULA, CA KAW 20 13 Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA 9 8 KEVIN W WINDHAM BATON ROUGE, LA YAM 20 12 Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone 10 15 DAMON W HUFFMAN ACTON, CA KAW 20 11 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. 11 13 MICHAEL R CRAIG LAKESIDE, CA HON 20 10 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Alpinestars 12 5 MIKE LAROCCO SOUTH BEND, IN HON 20 9 Factory Connection/Jack in the Box 13 17 STEVE LAMSON RIVERSIDE, CA HON 20 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox 14 4 LARRY WARD FLORENCE, SC SUZ 19 7 American Suzuki Motor Corp. 15 24 PHIL LAWRENCE MENIFEE, CA KAW 19 6 Tecate-Thor Kawasaki Mexico/Bridgestone 16 80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY CANADA, PQ KAW 19 5 Two Wheel Kawasaki/MSR/Pirelli/Bieffe 17 100 MICHAEL L BROWN PINEY FLATS, TN HON 19 4 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Oakley/Dunlop 18 34 ANTHONY P AMARADIO TEMECULA, CA YAM 19 3 Dirt Squirt/Race Tech/Motorex/Pirelli 19 77 LANCE SMAIL FEDERAL WAY, WA KTM 19 2 KTM/WP/Performance Friction/SunStar 20 86 KEITH S JOHNSON PLYMPTON, MA KAW 19 1 Brockton Cycle Center/Team Green 21 63 KEVIN M CRINE MECHANICSVILLE, MD KAW 19 0 Gaulding's Kawasaki/RRP/Spectro/EK 22 65 JASON L FRENETTE CANADA, AB KAW 19 0 Airdrie Motorsports/FMF/Smith Goggles 23 11 JIMMY BUTTON SCOTTSDALE, AZ YAM 18 0 Chaparral/Yamaha Racing 24 61 RYAN W TERLECKI SALEM, OR SUZ 18 0 Tom Morgan Racing/Dunlop/J T Racing 25 46 HEATH D VOSS PRIOR LAKE, MN HON 18 0 Great Lakes Airlines/Bill's Pipes 26 116 TOM WELCH CHARLOTTE HALL, MD SUZ 18 0 JT Motorsports/Factory Connection 27 120 CORY BAUDER KENNEWICK, WA YAM 17 0 Team Lynnwood Yamaha/O'Neal/FMF 28 209 BILLY M BINCKLEY WOODINVILLE, WA YAM 17 0 Lynnwood Yamaha/FMF/O'Neal 29 56 MIKE E KATIN JR EAST SPARTA, OH YAM 17 0 Kames Sports/One Industries/Sinisalo 30 154 CAREY HART HENDERSON, NV KAW 6 0 Fleshgear/Alpinestars/Split/AGV Time: 00:26:46.980 Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.054 1-900 PRORACE Hole Shot Winner: Jeff Emig Attend.: 35, 000 PRELIMINARY EVENTS Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Semi 1 8-laps top 5 to Main 8-laps top 5 to Main 8-laps top 5 to Main 6-laps top 6 to Main Pos. # Name Pos. # Name Pos. # Name Pos. # Name 1 4 LARRY WARD 1 8 KEVIN W WINDHAM 1 19 DOUG A HENRY 1 63 KEVIN M CRINE 2 16 MICKAEL PICHON 2 5 MIKE LAROCCO 2 1 JEFF EMIG 2 86 KEITH S JOHNSON 3 3 EZRA LUSK 3 10 RYAN HUGHES 3 2 JEREMY A MCGRATH 3 61 RYAN W TERLECKI 4 7 GREG ALBERTYN 4 15 DAMON W HUFFMAN 4 11 JIMMY BUTTON 4 209 BILLY M BINCKLEY 5 13 MICHAEL R CRAIG 5 17 STEVE LAMSON 5 24 PHIL LAWRENCE 5 116 TOM WELCH Time: 00:16:15.970 Time: 00:10:16.780 Time: 00:16:15.970 6 77 LANCE SMAIL Semi 2 6-laps top 6 to Main Pos. # Name 1 9 JOHN DOWD 2 100 MICHAEL L BROWN 3 34 ANTHONY P AMARADIO 4 80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY 5 65 JASON L FRENETTE 6 56 MIKE E KATIN JR Time: 00:07:24.850

POINT STANDINGS AFTER 9 OF 16 EVENTS. NEXT RACE: MAR 14, 1998, NEW ORLEANS, LA POS RIDER NAME HOMETOWN WINS PTS POS RIDER NAME HOMETOWN WINS PTS 1 JEREMY A MCGRATH MENIFEE, CA 5 202 11 RYAN HUGHES TEMECULA, CA 0 102 2 EZRA LUSK BAINBRIDGE, GA 2 146 12 DOUG A HENRY OXFORD, CT 0 95 3 KEVIN W WINDHAM BATON ROUGE, LA 0 143 13 MICHAEL L BROWN PINEY FLATS, TN 0 74 4 JEFF EMIG RIVERSIDE, CA 0 136 14 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI FRANCE, 1 71 5 LARRY WARD FLORENCE, SC 1 134 15 MICHAEL R CRAIG LAKESIDE, CA 0 71 6 MIKE LAROCCO SOUTH BEND, IN 0 126 16 JOHN DOWD CHICOPEE, MA 0 41 7 GREG ALBERTYN SOUTH AFRICA, 0 111 17 STEVE LAMSON RIVERSIDE, CA 0 38 8 JIMMY BUTTON SCOTTSDALE, AZ 0 110 18 PHIL LAWRENCE MENIFEE, CA 0 34 9 MICKAEL PICHON FRANCE, 0 110 19 TIMMY M FERRY LARGO, FL 0 34 10 DAMON W HUFFMAN ACTON, CA 0 107 20 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY CANADA, PQ 0 30

125cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 9 OF 8 DAYTONA BEACH, FLMAR 7, 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 21 ROBBIE L REYNARD NORMAN, OK SUZ 15 22 Primal Impulse/American Suzuki/Answer 3 36 BROCK SELLARDS NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH HON 15 20 Honda/FMF/Smith/Thor/Arai/Dunlop 4 42 JIM L NEESE GREENSBORO, NC KTM 15 18 Kingsport KTM/Pro Action/Litz Racing 5 41 *SHAUN J PEROLIO SAUGUS, CA SUZ 15 0 Team Stiffie/Westwood/Podium One/Dunlop 6 83 JAMES M POVOLNY JR MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN KTM 15 15 Dr Medsker/The Cycle Shed/KTM/FMF 7 33 CASEY LYTLE SANTA CLARITA, CA HON 15 14 Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Alpinestars 8 583 DERRICK SHAE BENTLEY ELLENWOOD, GA KAW 14 13 Team Green Kawasaki/Pro-Circuit/Fox 9 31 TONY LORUSSO EAST HARTFORD, CT SUZ 14 12 F&S/JT/Factory Connection/V-Forces 10 50 PAUL CURRIE NAPLES, FL KAW 14 11 Moto XXX/Pro Circuit/Smith/Pornstar 11 58 TY WALLACE PHOENIXVILLE, PA YAM 14 10 RRP/Montgomeryville Cycle Center 12 417 *TYLER D EVANS SALINAS, CA SUZ 14 0 Suzuki Support/FMF/Smith/UFO 13 173 *JEFFEREY PESTANA SALINAS, CA YAM 14 0 Clawson Motosports/Pro Circuit/AXO 14 40 ANTHONY POCOROBBA JR ZEPHYRHILLS, FL SUZ 14 7 Fleshgear/CTi/Renthal/Bieffe/Smith 15 301 BRIAN CARROLL VINELAND, NJ SUZ 14 6 East Coast Kawasaki-Suzuki 16 84 MATT R SHUE EAST ELLIJAY, GA SUZ 13 5 FMF/AXO/Pirelli/One Industries 17 70 JAMES EICKEL GROVE CITY, OH KAW 13 4 Pro-Circuit/XXX Team 18 53 CHARLES DALE BOGARD GRAND PRAIRIE, TX SUZ 10 3 Primal Impulse/Suzuki/Answer/Smith 19 72 JEFF DEMENT HUMBLE, TX YAM 6 2 2Xtreme Performance International 20 125 DANNY L SMITH EAGLE, ID HON 4 1 FMF/Honda/Thor/DeMarini/Dunlop/Silkolene 21 140 RYAN D CLARK ALBUQUERQUE, NM KAW 2 0 Tecate-Thor Kawasaki of Mexico/Bridgestone 22 81 JASON W THOMAS MELROSE, FL KAW 2 0 Streits Motorsports/RPI Racing/Thor Time: 00:19:50.680 Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.371 1-900 PRORACE Hole Shot Winner: Ricky Carmichael *West Coast Riders Not Eligible for Points PRELIMINARY EVENTS Heat 1 Heat 2 Last Chance 6-laps top 9 to Main 6-laps top 9 to Main 4-laps top 4 to Main Pos. # Name Pos. # Name Pos. # Name 1 21 ROBBIE L REYNARD 1 6 RICKY CARMICHAEL 1 83 JAMES M POVOLNY JR 2 33 CASEY LYTLE 2 41 SHAUN J PEROLIO 2 301 BRIAN CARROLL 3 40 ANTHONY POCOROBBA J 3 36 BROCK SELLARDS 3 72 JEFF DEMENT 4 140 RYAN D CLARK 4 50 PAUL CURRIE 4 58 TY WALLACE 5 31 TONY LORUSSO 5 583 DERRICK SHAE BENTLE Time: 00:04:50.430 6 84 MATT R SHUE 6 42 JIM L NEESE 7 81 JASON W THOMAS 7 417 TYLER D EVANS 8 125 DANNY L SMITH 8 53 CHARLES DALE BOGARD 9 173 JEFFEREY PESTANA 9 70 JAMES EICKEL Time: 00:07:27.920 Time: 00:07:23.020 EAST REGION POINT STANDINGS AFTER 4 OF 8 EVENTS. NEXT RACE: MARCH 14, 1998, NEW ORLEANS, LA POS RIDER NAME HOMETOWN WINS PTS POS RIDER NAME HOMETOWN WINS PTS 1 RICKY CARMICHAEL HAVANA, FL 4 100 11 CORY KEENEY OAKDALE, MN 0 23 2 ROBBIE L REYNARD NORMAN, OK 0 79 12 PAUL CURRIE NAPLES, FL 0 22 3 CASEY LYTLE SANTA CLARITA, CA 0 65 13 ROBBIE HORTON MARTINEZ, GA 0 20 4 BROCK SELLARDS NEW PHILADELPHIA, 0 61 14 ROBBIE SKAGGS LAWRENCE, KS 0 20 5 TONY LORUSSO EAST HARTFORD, CT 0 39 15 JEFF DEMENT HUMBLE, TX 0 19 6 JIM L NEESE GREENSBORO, NC 0 38 16 MATT R SHUE EAST ELLIJAY, GA 0 14 7 DERRICK SHAE BENTLEY ELLENWOOD, GA 0 35 17 TY WALLACE PHOENIXVILLE, PA 0 14 8 JAMES M POVOLNY JR MENDOTA HEIGHTS, M 0 34 18 MARCO DUBE CANADA, QU 0 12 9 BARRY CARSTEN BAYVILLE, NJ 0 29 19 NICHOLAS A WEY DEWITT, MI 0 12 10 RYAN D CLARK ALBUQUERQUE, NM 0 28 20 JASON W THOMAS MELROSE, FL 0 11

1998 SUPERCROSS/MOTOCROSS MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS 1. YAMAHA, 209; 2. HONDA, 177; 3. KAWASAKI, 163; 4. SUZUKI, 159; 5. KTM, 17.

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