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Results and Standings from the US Open of Supercross, Las Vegas

13 October 1998



USSX98/1-3
                                                     
OFFICIAL RESULTS - U.S. OPEN OF SUPERCROSS
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
OPEN CLASS 15 LAP MAIN EVENT - OCTOBER 10, 1998

POS NUM RIDER NAME         HOMETOWN            MACH LAPS PTS SPONSORS
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1   21  ROBBIE L REYNARD   NORMAN, OK          	SUZ  15  25  Primal Impulse/American Suzuki/Answ
2   15  DAMON W HUFFMAN	   ACTON, CA           	KAW  15  22  Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.      
3   10  RYAN HUGHES        TEMECULA, CA        	KAW  15  20  Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA          
4   5   MIKE LAROCCO       SOUTH BEND, IN      	HON  15  18  Factory Connection/Jack in the Box/
5   9   JOHN DOWD          CHICOPEE, MA        	YAM  15  16  Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox/Bridgest
6   6   RICKY CARMICHAEL   HAVANA, FL          	KAW  15  15  Kawasaki Pro Circuit/Oakley/AXO/Alp
7   2   JEREMY A MCGRATH   MENIFEE, CA         	YAM  15  14  Chaparral/Yamaha Racing            
8   77  LANCE SMAIL        FEDERAL WAY, WA     	KTM  15  13  KTM/WP/Performance Friction/SunStar
9   36  BROCK SELLARDS     NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH	HON  15  12  American Honda/FMF/Thor/DeMarini/Du
10  4   LARRY WARD         FLORENCE, SC        	SUZ  15  11  American Suzuki Motor Corp.        
11  33  CASEY LYTLE        SANTA CLARITA, CA   	HON  15  10  Honda of Troy                      
12  18  STEPHANE RONCADA   FRANCE,             	HON  14  9   Honda of Troy                   
13  80  JEANSEBASTIEN ROY  CANADA, PQ          	KAW  14  8   Two Wheel Kawasaki/MSR/Pirelli/Bief
14  100 MICHAEL L BROWN    PINEY FLATS, TN     	HON  14  7   Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Oakley/Dunlo
15  24  PHIL LAWRENCE      MENIFEE, CA         	KAW  14  6   Tecate-Thor Kawasaki Mexico/Bridges
16  54  TAKESHI KOIKEDA    JAPAN,              	YAM  13  5   Yamaha Japan/Holley Racing/Bridgest

Time: 00:08:21.140, Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.049

PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1			Heat	 2		Semi 1			Semi	 2                 
1-laps top 3 to Main	1-laps top 3 to Main	1-laps top 4 to Main	1-laps top 4 to Main	
Pos # Name            	Pos # Name            	Pos # Name		Pos  # Name            	
 1  2 JEREMY A MCGRATH   1 15 DAMON W HUFFMAN    1 33 CASEY LYTLE    	 1   9 JOHN DOWD          	
 2 21 ROBBIE L REYNARD   2  5 MIKE LAROCCO       2 77 LANCE SMAIL    	 2 100 MICHAEL L BROWN    	
 3  6 RICKY CARMICHAEL   3 10 RYAN HUGHES        3 24 PHIL LAWRENCE  	 3  36 BROCK SELLARDS     	
Time: 00:05:42.560      Time: 00:05:51.500       4 18 STEPHANE RONCADA   4  80 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY  	
                         		        Time: 00:05:49.210    	Time: 00:05:44.410       	
Last Chance	                    
1-laps top 2 to Main	
Pos #  	Name            	
 1 54	TAKESHI KOIKEDA    	
 2  4	LARRY WARD         	
Time: 00:04:39.830 

OPEN CLASS 15 LAP MAIN EVENT - OCTOBER 11, 1998
POS NUM RIDER NAME        HOMETOWN             MACH LAPS PTS SPONSORS
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1   2	JEREMY A MCGRATH  MENIFEE, CA         	YAM  15	 25  Chaparral/Yamaha Racing
2   15	DAMON W HUFFMAN	  ACTON, CA		KAW  15	 22  Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
3   10	RYAN HUGHES       TEMECULA, CA		KAW  15	 29  Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA
4   18	STEPHANE RONCADA  FRANCE,             	HON  15	 18  Honda of Troy
5   9	JOHN DOWD         CHICOPEE, MA        	YAM  15	 16  Yamaha Motor Corp. USA/Fox
6   4	LARRY WARD        FLORENCE, SC        	SUZ  15	 15  American Suzuki Motor Corp.
7   32	JASON MCCORMICK	  VANCOUVER, WA		HON  15	 14  FMF/Honda Motor Corp./Thor/DeMarini
8   100	MICHAEL L BROWN   PINEY FLATS, TN     	HON  15	 13  Honda of Troy/Sinisalo/Oakley/Dunlop
9   26	BUDDY ANTUNEZ	  MORENO VALLEY, CA	SUZ  15	 12  Primal Impulse/Suzuki/ANswer/Oakley
10  22	TIM FERRY	  LARGO, FL		YAM  15	 11  Noleen/Thor/K2 Bike/Klotz/Bridgestone	
11  36	BROCK SELLARDS    NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH	HON  15	 10  American Honda/FMF/Thor/DeMarini
12  5	MIKE LAROCCO      SOUTH BEND, IN      	HON  15	 9   Factory Connection/Jack in the Box
13  57	DOUG DUBACH	  TUSTON, CA		YAM  14	 8   Yamaha	
14  6	RICKY CARMICHAEL  HAVANA, FL          	KAW  13	 7   Kawasaki Pro Circuit/Oakley/AXO	
15  21	ROBBIE L REYNARD  NORMAN, OK          	SUZ  12	 6   Primal Impulse/American Suzuki/Answer
16  52	MICHAEL J JONES	  EXPORT, PA		KAW  12	 5   SMP/Barri Comp/Klotz/Pro Action/FMF

Time: 00:08:16.550, Margin Of Victory: 00:00:02.002

PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1			Heat	 2		Semi 1			Semi	 2                 
1-laps top 3 to Main	1-laps top 3 to Main	1-laps top 4 to Main	1-laps top 4
to Main	
Pos # Name            	Pos # Name            	Pos # Name		Pos # Name
1  21 ROBBIE REYNARD	1  15 DAMON HUFFMAN	1   4 LARRY LWARD	1   9 JOHN DOWD
2  2  JEREMY MCGRATH	2   5 MIKE LAROCCO	2  32 JASON MCCORMICK	2  57 DOUG DUBACH
3  6  RICKY CARMICHAEL	3  10 RYAN HUGHES	3  18 STEPHANE RONCADA	3 100 MICHAEL BROWN
Time: 5:30.790	        Time: 5:36.490		4  26 BUDDY ANTUNEZ	4  36 BROCK SELLARDS
						Time: 4:34.300		Time: 4:33.010
Lance Chance
1-laps top 2 to Main	
Pos # Name
1  52 MICHAEL JONES
2  22 TIMMY M FERRY
Time: 3:29.290	

USSX98/2-3

OFFICIAL RESULTS
U.S. OPEN OF SUPERCROSS
FINAL U.S. OPEN OF SUPERCROSS OVERALL RESULTS AND PURSE EARNINGS

POS	RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN        		PURSE
1	DAMON HUFFMAN, ACTON, CA		$100,000
2	RYAN HUGHES, TEMECULA, CA		$35,000
3	JEREMY MCGRATH, MENIFEE, CA		$17,500
4	JOHN DOWD, CHICOPEE, MA			$10,000
5	ROBBIE REYNARD, NORMAN, OK		$8,000
6	STEPHANE RONCADA, FRANCE		$7,000
7	MIKE LAROCCO, SOUTH BEND, IN		$6,500
8	LARRY WARD, FLORENCE, SC		$6,000
9	BROCK SELLARDS, NEW PHIL., OH		$5,500
10	RICKY CARMICHAEL, HAVANA, FL		$5,000
11	MICHAEL BROWN, PINEY FLATS, TN		$4,750
12	JASON MCCORMICK, VANCOUVER, WA		$4,500
13	LANCE SMAIL, FEDERAL WAY, WA		$4,250
14	BUDDY ANTUNEZ, MORENO VALLEY, CA	$4,000
15	TIM FERRY, LARGO, FL			$3,750
16	CASEY LYTLE, SANTA CLARITA, CA		$3,500
17	JEAN SEBASTIEN ROY, PQ, CAN		$2,000
18	DOUG DUBACH, TUSTIN, CA			$1,800
19	PHIL LAWRENCE, MENIFEE, CA		$1,600
20	TAKESHI KOIKEDA, JAPAN			$1,400
21	MICHAEL JONES, EXPORT, PA		$1,200
22	CLIFF PALMER, ARCADIA, OK		$1,000
23	CHAD PEDERSON, MENIFEE, CA		$900
24	NATHAN RAMSEY, HIXSON, TN		$800
25	JIMMY BUTTON, SCOTTSDALE, AZ		$750
26	JEFF MATIASEVICH, TEMECULA, CA		$700
27	JEFF DEMENT, HUMBLE, TX			$650
28	DAVID VUILLEMIN, FRANCE			$600
29	BRIAN SPUD WALTERS, SUN CITY, CA	$550
30	PEDRO GONZALEZ, MONTERREY, MEXICO	$500


The U.S. Open of Supercross is sponsored by the following organizations:
Fox Racing; Microsoft; Revlon Professional; Creative Nail; American Crew;
African Pride; Maxxis Tires; Pro Circuit; Wiseco; Cometics; Chaparral; No
Fear; 100%; IMS Products; Motocross Action; Dirt Bike; Motocross Journal
and Mazda North American Operations.

USSX98/3-3
OFFICIAL RESULTS
U.S. OPEN OF SUPERCROSS
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 10, 1998
80cc 10 LAP MAIN EVENT
POS NUM  RIDER NAME        HOMETOWN            MACH  LAPS PTS SPONSORS
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1   321  BILLY LANINOVICH  RAMONA, CA          	YAM   10   25 Yamaha Factory Racing/FMF/Troy Lee 
2   100  JONATHAN SHIMP    CANYON COUNTRY, CA  	YAM   10   22 Yamaha Motor Corp/Answer/1000 Oaks 
3   116  RYAN MORAIS       TURLOCK, CA         	YAM   10   20 Yamaha/Chaparral/Merced Power Sport
4   134  SHANE BESS        OXNARD, CA          	SUZ   10   18 Suzuki/Sinisalo/Scott/N-Style
5   179  ADAM MENNENGA	   MOODY, TX           	KAW   10   16 Team Green/LCS/FMF/Answer/Silkolene
6   182  MICHAEL BLOSE     PHOENIX, AZ         	YAM   10   15 Tom Morgan Racing/Yamaha of Arizona
7   125  DATON BEAVERS     HEMET, CA           	KAW   10   14 Team Green/Pro Circuit/AXO Racewear
8   163  SEAN COLLIER      SAUGUS, CA          	KAW   10   13 Team Green/AXO/Pro Circuit/1000 Oaks
9   121  NICK ALVAREZ      HUNTINGTON BCH, CA	HON   10   12 Chaparral Racing/AFAM/ZLT
10  168  SHANE LUSK        BAINBRIDGE, GA      	HON   9    11 Honda/Fox/Shoei/Troy Lee Designs
11  112  DARYL ECKLUND     LANCASTER, CA       	YAM   9    10 Team Chaparral/Noleen/Troy Lee Design
12  110  EDGARDO ROJAS     MIAMI, FL           	KAW   7    9  Team Green/D&S Kawasaki/Fox
13  154  BRANDON LAYTON	   PALM SPRINGS, CA    	YAM   6    8  Team Yamaha/Lynwood Yamaha/DeVol
14  259  JAMES STEWART     WINTER HAVEN, FL    	KAW   3    7  Team Green/Fox/Oakley/FMF

Time: 00:06:27.370

Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.112

PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat	 1		Heat  2			Last Chance                    
1-laps top 6 to Main	1-laps top 6 to Main	1-laps top 2 to Main	
Pos  # 	Name            Pos  # 	Name            	Pos  #  Name            	
 1 116	RYAN MORAIS      1 110	EDGARDO ROJAS      	 1 259	JAMES STEWART
 2 154	BRANDON LAYTON	 2 179	ADAM MENNENGA      	 2 100	JONATHAN SHIMP     	
 3 321	BILLY LANINOVICH 3 134	SHANE BESS         	Time: 00:05:27.290
 4 125	DATON BEAVERS    4 182	MICHAEL BLOSE      	
 5 112	DARYL ECKLUND    5 121	NICK ALVAREZ
 6 168	SHANE LUSK       6 163	SEAN COLLIER
Time: 00:08:19.210      Time: 00:08:17.790
                 		
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 11, 1998
80cc 10 LAP MAIN EVENT
POS NUM RIDER NAME          HOMETOWN           MACH  LAPS PTS   SPONSORS
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1   100	JONATHAN SHIMP      CANYON COUNTRY, CA  YAM   10   25	Yamaha Motor Corp/Answer/1000 Oaks 
3   179	ADAM MENNENGA	    MOODY, TX           KAW   10   22	Team Green/LCS/FMF/Answer/Silkolene
2   321	BILLY LANINOVICH    RAMONA, CA          YAM   10   20	Yamaha Factory Racing/FMF/Troy Lee 
7   110	EDGARDO ROJAS       MIAMI, FL           KAW   10   18	Team Green/D&S Kawasaki/Fox
4   134	SHANE BESS          OXNARD, CA          SUZ   10   16	Suzuki/Sinisalo/Scott/N-Style
9   154	BRANDON LAYTON	    PALM SPRINGS, CA    YAM   10   15	Team Yamaha/Lynwood Yamaha/DeVol
6   182	MICHAEL BLOSE       PHOENIX, AZ         YAM   10   14	Tom Morgan Racing/Yamaha of Arizona
5   116	RYAN MORAIS         TURLOCK, CA         YAM   10   13	Yamaha/Chaparral/Merced Power Sport
8   121	NICK ALVAREZ        HUNTINGTON BCH, CA	HON   10   12	Chaparral Racing/AFAM/ZLT
13  104	JOSH HANSEN	    ELBERT, CO		YAM   10   11	Donnie Hansen Motocross Academy
10  168	SHANE LUSK          BAINBRIDGE, GA      HON   10   10    Honda/Fox/Shoei/Troy Lee Designs
15  144	KYLE PARTRIDGE	    LAS VEGAS, NV	SUZ   10   9	Team Suzuki Sports/Fox/FMF/PJ1/UFO
16  189	MATT GOERKE	    PORT ORANGE, FL	YAM   10   8	Fox/Performance Engineering/Zing/ARS
18  800	MIKE ALESSI	    SIMI VALLEY, CA	KAW   9	   7	Team Green/R&D Racing/Curnett Shocks

PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat	 1		Heat	 2		Last Chance                    
1-laps top 6 to Main	1-laps top 6 to Main	1-laps top 2 to Main	
Pos  # Name		Pos   # Name		Pos  # Name
1  116 RYAN MORAIS	 1  179	ADAM MENNENGA	1  189 MATT GOERKE
2  321 BILLY LANINOVICH  2  134	SHANE BESS	2  168 SHANE LUSK
3  154 BRANDON LAYTON	 3  110	EDGARDO ROJAS	Time: 4:10.220
4  100 JONATHAN SHIMP	 4  182	MICHAEL BLOSE
5  104 JOSH HANSEN	 5  121	NICK ALVAREZ
6  800 MIKE ALESSI	 6  144	KYLE PARTRIDGE
Time: 5:08.220		Time: 5:14.490

U.S. OPEN OF SUPERCROSS 80cc OVERALL POINT STANDINGS
POS RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN		   WINS	PTS	
1   JONATHAN SHIMP. CANYON COUNTRY, CA	    1	47	
2   BILLY LANINOVICH, RAMONA, CA	    1	45	
3   ADAM MENNENGA, MOODY, TX		    0	38	
4   SHANE BESS, OXNARD, CA		    0	34	
5   RYAN MORAIS, TURLOCK, CA		    0	33	
6   MICHAEL BLOSE, PHOENIX, AZ		    0	29	
7   EDGARDO ROJAS, MIAMI, FL		    0	27	
8   NICK ALVAREZ, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA	    0	24	
9   BRANDON LAYTON, PALM SPRINGS, CA	    0	23	
10  SHANE LUSK, BAINBRIDGE, GA		    0   21 
11  DATON BEAVERS, HEMET, CA		    0   14 
12  SEAN COLLIER, SAUGUS, CA		    0   13 
13  JOSH HANSEN, ELBERT, CO		    0   11         
14  DARYL ECKLUND, LANCASTER, CA	    0   10 
15  KYLE PARTRIDGE, LAS VEGAS, NV	    0    9  
16  MATT GOERKE, PORT ORANGE, FL	    0    8  
17  JAMES STEWART, WINTER HAVEN, FL	    0    7  
18  MIKE ALESSI, SIMI VALLEY, CA	    0    7  

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