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AMA National Motocross Series Results and Standings from Minnesota

5 August 1997


OFFICIAL RESULTS
AMA 250cc NATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERIES: ROUND 10 OF 13
SPRING CREEK MOTOCROSS PARK, MILLVILLE, MN - AUGUST 3, 1997

					Moto
Pos No.	Rider Name		Hometown		Mach	Finishes Pts Sponsors
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1   1	Jeff Emig		Riverside, CA		Kawasaki   1-1	 50  Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
2   14	John Dowd		Chicopee, MA		Yamaha	   3-2	 42  Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
3   5	Mike LaRocco		South Bend, IN		Suzuki	   2-3	 42  American Suzuki Motor Corp.
4   8	Greg Albertyn		South Africa		Suzuki	   5-4	 34  American Suzuki Motor Corp.
5   11	Ezra Lusk		Bainbridge, GA		Yamaha	   4-8	 31  Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
6   100	Mike Kiedrowski		Acton, CA		Honda	   6-6	 30  Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo
7   9	Ryan Hughes		Temecula, CA		Kawasaki   8-5	 29  Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
8   2	Jeremy McGrath		Menifee, CA		Suzuki	   9-7	 26  American Suzuki Motor Corp./Suzuki of Troy
9   6	Larry Ward		Florence, SC		Honda	   7-9	 26  Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo
10  10	Damon Bradshaw		Boise, ID		Honda	  10-11	 21  Manchester Honda Racing/AXO/Shoei/Scott
11  18	Jimmy Button		Scottsdale, AZ		Yamaha	  12-10	 20  AXO/FMF/Acerbis/Renthal/Oakley
12  52	Jason McCormick		Vancouver, WA		Yamaha	  11-12	 19  UFO/US Tsubaki/Enzo Racing/Bell/Dunlop
13  62	Bruce Stratton		Fairport, NY		Suzuki	  16-13	 13  Gold Sport Cycle/UFO/FMF/Smith/Bell
14  44	Anthony Amaradio	Temecula, CA		Yamaha	  15-14	 13  Team Noleen/Pro Flex/K2/Dirt Squirt
15  19	Buddy Antunez		Moreno Valley, CA	Honda	  18-15	  9  Thor/Primal Impulse/Bills Pipes
16  92	Anthony Pocorobba Jr	Zephyrhills, FL		Suzuki	  13-39	  8  Pro Action/Bieffe/FMF/Barnett/Renthal
17  47	Ryan Huffman		Roseburg, OR		Kawasaki  14-27	  7  Washougal MX/Scott/AXO/Renthal/Dunlop
18  224	Bruce Gates		Plymouth, MN		Honda	  27-16	  5  Rick Blei Performance/Line X of Minneapolis
19  391	Pat Foster		Bishop, CA		Suzuki	  21-17	  4  Team Suzuki Sport/Pit Pro/Answer/FMF
20  164	Ryan Terlecki		Salem, OR		Suzuki	  17-22	  4  Throttle Jockey/JT Racing/Bill's Pipes/Bell
21  75	Heath Voss		Prior Lake, MN		Honda	  39-18	  3  Great Lakes Airlines/TMR/Tom Morgan 
22  85	Jim Neese		Greensboro, NC		Suzuki	  19-20	  3  Jim's M-C Sales/Winter's Mkt./Pro Action
23  93	Mark Morris		Granview, MO		Suzuki	  25-19	  2  Golden Valley Suzuki/Xtreme/Elf/Atomic 22
24  629	Kelly Smith		Ludington, MI		Honda	  20-37	  1  Answer/Wiseco/Alpinestars/Sprocket Spec.

1-900-PRORACE Hole Shot Award winners:  Ryan Hughes/ Jeff Emig
PowerStart Privateer Hole Shot Award winners:  Jason McCormick/ Jason
McCormick


1997 NATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
(After 10 of 13 Rounds.  Next event, August 17, Washougal, Washington)

Pos.	Rider Name, Hometown			Pts   Wins
----------------------------------------------------------
1	Jeff Emig, Riverside, CA		447	5	
2	John Dowd, Chicopee, MA			378	2	
3	Jeremy McGrath, Menifee, CA		335		
4	Ezra Lusk, Bainbridge, GA		300	1	
5	Mike LaRocco, South Bend, IN		287		
6	Larry Ward, Florence, SC		276		
7	Ryan Hughes, Temecula, CA		269		
8	Greg Albertyn, South Africa		228	1	
9	Jimmy Button, Scottsdale, AZ		221		
10	Damon Bradshaw, Boise, ID		203	1	
11      Mike Kiedrowski, Acton, CA		153             
12      Phil Lawrence, Menifee, CA		133             
13      Buddy Antunez, Moreno Valley, CA        114     
14      Doug Henry, Oxford, CT			102                     
15      Jason McCormick, Vancouver, WA		100             
16      Anthony Amaradio, Temecula, CA		96              
17      Anthony Pocorobba Jr., Zephyrhills, FL  75      
18      Ryan Huffman, Roseburg, OR		72              
19      Jim Neese, Greensboro, NC		61              
20      Bruce Stratton, Fairport, NY		60              

				

1997 SUPERCROSS/MOTOCROSS 
MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS
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1. Kawasaki		1,132
2. Yamaha		1,032
3. Suzuki		  976
4. Honda		  947
5. KTM			   15


MX1097/2-2
OFFICIAL RESULTS
AMA 125cc NATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERIES: ROUND 10 OF 13
SPRING CREEK MOTOCROSS PARK, MILLVILLE, MN - AUGUST 3, 1997

  							  Moto
Pos No.	Rider Name	   Hometown		Mach     Finishes  Pts	Sponsors
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 1  70	Ricky Carmichael   Havana, FL		Kawasaki   1-3	   45	Kawasaki Motors Corp./SplitFire/Pro Circuit
 2  1	Steve Lamson	   Riverside, CA	Honda	   4-1	   43	American Honda Motor Co. Inc./Fox 
 3  7	Kevin Windham	   Baton Rouge, LA	Yamaha	   2-5	   38	Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
 4  17	Damon Huffman	   Acton, CA		Kawasaki   7-2	   36	Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
 5  22	Tim Ferry	   Largo, FL		Suzuki	   6-4	   33	American Suzuki Motor Corp.
 6  29	Scott Sheak	   Germantown, NY	Honda	   5-6	   31	American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox
 7  27	Mickael Pichon	   France		Suzuki	   3-11	   30	American Suzuki Motor Corp.
 8  112	Stephane Roncada   France		Honda	   9-8	   25	Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo
 9  24	Robbie Reynard	   Norman, OK		Honda	  11-7	   24	Primal Impulse/Fox/Scott/Bell/CTi/All Sport
10  107	Ron Tichenor	   Tarpon Springs, FL	Suzuki	  10-9	   23	Performance Engineering
11  71	Casey Lytle	   Santa Clarita, CA	Honda	  13-10	   19	Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo
12  57	David Pingree	   Menifee, CA		Kawasaki   8-19	   15	Kawasaki/Pro Circuit/SplitFire/AXO/Bell
13  33	Michael Brandes	   Menifee, CA		Yamaha	  18-13	   11	Chaparral/Yamaha/FMF/AXO/Oakley
14  38	Nathan Ramsey	   Hixson, TN		Suzuki	  17-14	   11	American Suzuki Motor Corp.
15  67	Paul Currie	   Naples, FL		Kawasaki  14-17	   11	Team Green/HSKS of Ocala/Fox/Spy
16  15	Michael Craig	   Lakeside, CA		Honda	  21-12	   9	Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo
17  81	Shaun Perolio	   Saugus, CA		Honda	  12-31	   9	Primal Impulse/Honda/Bill's Pipes
18  45	Jeffrey Willoh	   Glendale, CA		Yamaha	  37-15	   6	Noleen Racing USA/ProFlex/K2/Dirt Squirt
19  88	Josh Demuth	   Marion, OH		Suzuki	  20-16	   6	LBZ/Pro Art Works/Pirelli/Cometic/Alyson Oil
20  82	Charles Bogard	   Grand Prairie, TX	Suzuki	  15-32	   6	Morgan/MSR/Suzuki/FMF/Smith/Pirelli/UFO
21  28	Brian Deegan	   Canyon Lake, CA	Suzuki	  16-34	   5	Moto XXX/SMP/HSKS/Black Flys/Gaerne
22  34	Barry Carsten	   Bayville, NJ		Suzuki	  40-18	   3	Bromley's Suzuki/MSR/Dunlop/Sunstar/Scott
23  37	Tony Lorusso	   East Hartford, CT	Suzuki	  19-36	   2	F&S/Dunlop/Scott/Bel-Ray/Artco/Wiseco/UFO
24  60	James Povolny Jr.  Mendota Heights, MN	Suzuki	  29-20	   1	FMF/Xtreme/Pirelli/Caswell Cycle/Boyesen

1-900-PRORACE Hole Shot Award winners: Damon Huffman/Ricky Carmichael
PowerStart Privateer Hole Shot Award winners: Brian Roth/Brian Roth


1997 AMA 125cc NATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
(After 10 of 13 Rounds.  Next event, August 17, Washougal, Washington)

Pos.	Rider Name, Hometown			Pts.	Wins
------------------------------------------------------------
1	Ricky Carmichael, Havana, FL		426	 6	
2	Kevin Windham, Baton Rouge, LA		332	 2	
3	Scott Sheak, Germantown, NY		285	 1	
4	Mickael Pichon, France			259		
5	Tim Ferry, Largo, FL			243		
6	Robbie Reynard, Norman, OK		241		
7	Stephane Roncada, France		231		
8	Damon Huffman, Acton, CA		217	 1	
9	Casey Johnson, Murrieta, CA		216		
10	Michael Craig, Lakeside, CA		216		
11      Michael Brandes, Menifee, CA		175         
12      Steve Lamson, Riverside, CA		173         
13      Ron Tichenor, Tarpon Springs, FL        141 
14      David Pingree, Menifee, CA		137         
15      Tony Lorusso, East Hartford, CT		119         
16      Craig Decker, Palm Desert, CA		113         
17      Casey Lytle, Santa Clarita, CA		113         
18      Nathan Ramsey, Hixson, TN		85          
19      Brock Sellards, New Philadelphia, OH    78  
20      Jeff Willoh, Glendale, CA		71          



1997 AMA INDUSTRY BONUS AWARD SPONSORS
American Suzuki Motor Corp., Arai Helmets, Arnette, AXO (Mechanix
Wear), AXO (Renthal), Bardahl, Bell Helmets, Boyesen Engineering,
Bridgestone Tire Corp., Dunlop Tire Corp., EBC Brakes, Fox Racing,
Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA, KAYO Corp. (EK Chain), Oakley, Pirelli
Motorcycle Tires, Powerstart, Pro-Action Inc., Scott USA, Shoei Safety
Helmet, Smith Sport Optics, Thor, Twin Air, UFO/Factory Concepts,
Wiseco Piston Inc., Yamaha Motor Corp., USA.


Connie Fleming
American Motorcyclist Association
Public Relations Administrator
http://www.ama-cycle.org
614-891-2425, ext. 258