AMA Supercross Resultsfrom Las Vegas
19 May 1997
OFFICIAL RESULTS AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES: ROUND 15 OF 15 SAM BOYD STADIUM, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 17, 1997 20-LAP 250cc MAIN EVENT POS. NO. RIDER NAME HOMETOWN MACH PTS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 20 Doug Henry Oxford, CT YAM 25 2 9 Ryan Hughes Temecula, CA KAW 22 3 10 Damon Bradshaw Boise, ID HON 20 4 11 Ezra Lusk Bainbridge, GA YAM 18 5 3 Jeff Emig Riverside, CA KAW 16 6 17 Damon Huffman Acton, CA KAW 15 7 1 Jeremy McGrath Menifee, CA SUZ 14 8 6 Larry Ward Florence, SC HON 13 9 5 Mike LaRocco South Bend, IN SUZ 12 10 18 Jimmy Button Phoenix, AZ YAM 11 11 15 Michael Craig Lakeside, CA HON 10 12 19 Buddy Antunez Moreno Valley, CA HON 9 13 74 Jeff Hedden Valley Center, KS SUZ 8 14 58 Michael Jones Export, PA KAW 7 15 52 Jason McCormick Vancouver, WA YAM 6 16 47 Ryan Huffman Roseburg, OR KAW 5 17 13 Brian Swink Linden, MI KAW 4 18 900 James Eickel Grove City, OH KAW 3 19 410 Travis Hodges Albuquerque, NM KAW 2 20 12 Phil Lawrence Menifee, CA YAM 1 Attendance: 34,025 1-900-PRO-RACE Hole Shot Award: Doug Henry PRELIMINARY EVENTS Heat 1 Heat 2 Semi 1 Semi 2 Pos. Name Pos. Name Pos. Name Pos. Name 1Ryan Hughes 1Doug Henry 1Damon Huffman 1Damon Bradshaw 2Jeremy McGrath 2Jeff Emig 2Michael Craig 2Buddy Antunez 3Ezra Lusk 3Larry Ward 3Brian Swink 3Ryan Huffman 4Jimmy Button 4Phil Lawrence 4Mike LaRocco 4Jason McCormick Time: 8:03.290 Time: 7:57.990 5Jeff Hedden 5Michael Jones Time: 6:02.850 Time: 6:09.310 Last Chance Pos. Name 1James Eickel 2Travis Hodges Time: 6:38.750 FINAL 1997 AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS Pos. Name, hometown Pts. Wins ---------------------------------------------------- 1 Jeff Emig, Riverside, CA 293 5 2 Jeremy McGrath, Menifee, CA 278 2 3 Ezra Lusk, Bainbridge, GA 251 2 4 Larry Ward, Florence, SC 230 5 Greg Albertyn, South Africa 206 1 6 Mike LaRocco, South Bend, IN 203 7 Doug Henry, Oxford, CT 175 3 8 Damon Bradshaw, Boise, ID 166 9 Jimmy Button, Phoenix, AZ 163 10 Ryan Hughes, Temecula, CA 145 1997 MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS 1. Kawasaki 608 2. Suzuki 546 3. Yamaha 535 4. Honda 483 5. KTM 15 15-LAP 125cc MAIN EVENT POS. NO. RIDER NAME HOMETOWN MACH REGION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1W Kevin Windham Baton Rouge, LA YAM West 2 14 John Dowd Chicopee, MA YAM East 3 57 David Pingree Menifee, CA KAW East 4 141 Craig Decker Palm Desert, CA KAW West 5 29 Scott Sheak Germantown, NY HON East 6 1E Tim Ferry Largo, FL SUZ East 7 32 Casey Johnson Murrieta, CA KAW West 8 50 Jeff Dement Spring, TX KAW East 9 66 Robbie Skaggs Macon, GA HON East 10 90 Jeromy Buehl London, OH YAM East 11 75 Heath Voss Prior Lake, MN HON East 12 277 Erick Vallejo Corona, CA KAW West 13 140 Ryan Clark Albuquerque, NM SUZ East 14 53 Cory Keeney Oakdale, MN YAM West 15 71 Casey Lytle Santa Clarita, CA HON West 16 586 Christopher Wheeler El Cajon, CA SUZ West 17 173 Jefferey Pestana Salinas, CA KAW West 18 70 Ricky Carmichael Havana, FL KAW East 19 45 Jeffrey Willoh Glendale, CA YAM West 20 112 Stephane Roncada Corona, CA HON East 21 24 Robbie Reynard Norman, OK HON West 22 51 Tom Clowers Jr. Santee, CA YAM West PRELIMINARY EVENTS Heat 1 Heat 2 Pos. Name Pos. Name 1 Tim Ferry 1 Kevin Windham 2 Stephane Roncada 2 Jeffrey Willoh 3 Ricky Carmichael 3 Craig Decker 4 Scott Sheak 4 Casey Lytle 5 John Dowd 5 Robbie Reynard 6 David Pingree 6 Christopher Wheeler 7 Heath Voss 7 Cory Keeney 8 Jeff Dement 8 Erick Vallejo 9 Robbie Skaggs 9 Jefferey Pestana 10 Brock Sellards 10 Travis Hodges 11 Jeromy Buehl 11 Tom Clowers Jr. 12 Barry Carsten 12 Casey Johnson 13 Ryan Clark 13 Robert Taft 14 David Kratz 14 Ryan Terlecki 15 Ryan Duff 15 James Chamberlain 16 Greg Schnell 16 Shaun Perolio 17 Paul Currie 17 Travis Preston 18 Brian Deegan 1997 AMA INDUSTRY BONUS AWARD SPONSORS American Suzuki Motor Corp., Arai Helmets, Arnette, AXO (Mechanix Wear), AXO (Renthal), Bell Helmets, Boyesen Engineering, Bridgestone Tire Corp., Dunlop Tire Corp., EBC Brakes, FMF Racing, Fox Racing, Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA, KAYO Corp. (EK Chain), Matrix Sports Group (Bieffe Helmets), Oakley, Pirelli Motorcycle Tires, Scott USA, Shoei Safety Helmet, Slamin Motorsports, Smith Sport Optics, Thor, Twin Air, UFO/Factory Concepts, Wiseco Piston Inc., Yamaha Motor Corp., USA.