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AMA: SuperCross Results and Standings from St Louis, 3/28/98 (part 1)

30 March 1998

OFFICIAL RESULTS
250cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 12 OF 16
TRANS WORLD DOME, ST. LOUIS, MO-MAR 28, 1998
(20 LAPS MAIN EVENT)

POS NUM RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN		 MACH LAPS PTS SPONSORS
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 1    8 KEVIN W WINDHAM, BATON ROUGE, LA  YAM  20  25  Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone
 2    3 EZRA LUSK, BAINBRIDGE, GA	  HON  20  22  American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox 
 3    5 MIKE LAROCCO, SOUTH BEND, IN      HON  20  20  Factory Connection/Jack in the Box
 4    2 JEREMY A MCGRATH, MENIFEE, CA     YAM  20  18  Chaparral/Yamaha Racing            
 5   19 DOUG A HENRY, OXFORD, CT          YAM  20  16  Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone
 6   13 MICHAEL R CRAIG, LAKESIDE, CA     HON  20  15  Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Alpinestars
 7    9 JOHN DOWD, CHICOPEE, MA		  YAM  20  14  Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgestone
 8   15 DAMON W HUFFMAN, ACTON, CA        KAW  20  13  Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.      
 9    4 LARRY WARD, FLORENCE, SC          SUZ  20  12  American Suzuki Motor Corp.        
10   16 MICKAEL PICHON, FRANCE,           SUZ  19  11  American Suzuki Motor Corp.        
11   44 CLIFF PALMER, ARCADIA, OK         KAW  19  10  Kawasaki of Carrollton/Thor/Pro Circuit
12   18 STEPHANE RONCADA, FRANCE,         HON  19   9  Honda of Troy                      
13   17 STEVE LAMSON, RIVERSIDE, CA       HON  19   8  American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox 
14   80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY, CANADA, PQ     KAW  19   7  Two Wheel Kawasaki/MSR/Pirelli/Bieffe
15  100 MICHAEL L BROWN, PINEY FLATS, TN  HON  19   6  Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Oakley/Dunlop
16   63 KEVIN M CRINE, MECHANICSVILLE, MD KAW  19   5  Gauldings Kawasaki/RRP/Spectro/Boyesen
17  108 JEROMY BUEHL, LONDON, OH          HON  18   4  Thor/Pro Circuit/Honda/UFO/Alpinestar
18   61 RYAN W TERLECKI, SALEM, OR        SUZ  18   3  Tom Morgan Racing/Dunlop/J T Racing
19   11 JIMMY BUTTON, SCOTTSDALE, AZ      YAM  1    2  Chaparral/Yamaha Racing            
20   10 RYAN HUGHES, TEMECULA, CA         KAW  0    0  Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA          

Time: 00:18:01.210
Margin Of Victory: 5.2 seconds
Attendance:  49511
1-900 PRORACE Holeshot Winner: Mickael Pichon

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   2 JEREMY A MCGRATH     	
 2   3 EZRA LUSK         2  15 DAMON W HUFFMAN     	
 3  11 JIMMY BUTTON      3   5 MIKE LAROCCO         	
 4  10 RYAN HUGHES       4   4 LARRY WARD           	
Time: 00:07:03.270	Time: 00:07:15.280 	   	
                         		     		
Semi 1			Semi     2                              
6-laps top 5 to Main    6-laps top 5 to Main            
Pos  #          Name    Pos  # Name            
 1  16 MICKAEL PICHON    1  17 STEVE LAMSON    
 2 100 MICHAEL L BROWN   2  44 CLIFF PALMER    
 3  18 STEPHANE RONCADA  3  13 MICHAEL R CRAIG 
 4  80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY 4  63 KEVIN M CRINE   
 5 108 JEROMY BUEHL      5  61 RYAN W TERLECKI 
Time: 00:05:28.060      Time: 00:05:32.820              

Last Chance	                    
6-laps top 2 to Main	
Pos  # Name            	
 1  19 DOUG A HENRY       	
 2   9 JOHN DOWD          	
Time: 00:05:34.420    
    		
POINTS STANDING
AFTER 12 OF 16 EVENTS NEXT RACE APR 4, 1998 PONTIAC, MI
POS RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN        	WINS PTS	
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1   JEREMY A MCGRATH, MENIFEE, CA        6   267  	 
2   KEVIN W WINDHAM, BATON ROUGE, LA   	 2   215  	 
3   EZRA LUSK, BAINBRIDGE, GA    	 2   199  	 
4   MIKE LAROCCO, SOUTH BEND, IN    	 0   175  	 
5   LARRY WARD, FLORENCE, SC      	 1   172  	 
6   MICKAEL PICHON, FRANCE,           	 0   152  	 
7   DAMON W HUFFMAN, ACTON, CA         	 0   150  	 
8   JEFF EMIG, RIVERSIDE, CA     	 0   146  	 
9   DOUG A HENRY, OXFORD, CT        	 0   143  	 
10  JIMMY BUTTON, SCOTTSDALE, AZ    	 0   126  	 
11  RYAN HUGHES, TEMECULA, CA            0   121 
12  MICHAEL R CRAIG, LAKESIDE, CA        0   113 
13  GREG ALBERTYN, SOUTH AFRICA,         0   111 
14  MICHAEL L BROWN, PINEY FLATS, TN     0    96  
15  SEBASTIEN TORTELLI, FRANCE,          1    71  
16  JOHN DOWD, CHICOPEE, MA              0    70  
17  STEVE LAMSON, RIVERSIDE, CA          0    64  
18  JEANSEBASTIEN ROY, CANADA, PQ        0    50  
19  PHIL LAWRENCE, MENIFEE, CA           0    41  
20  TIMMY M FERRY, LARGO, FL             0    34  

1998 SUPERCROSS/MOTOCROSS 
MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS
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1. YAMAHA		284
2. HONDA		237
3. KAWASAKI		209
4. SUZUKI		203 
5. KTM			 20