AMA Motocross Results from Biminghamton
26 August 1997
MX1297/1-2 OFFICIAL RESULTS AMA 250cc NATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERIES: ROUND 12 OF 13 BROOME-TIOGA SPORTS CENTER, BINGHAMTON, NY - AUGUST 24, 1997 Moto Pos No. Rider Name Hometown Mach Finishes Pts Sponsors 1 14 John Dowd Chicopee, MA Yamaha 1-1 50 Yamaha Motor Corp., USA 2 1 Jeff Emig Riverside, CA Kawasaki 2-2 44 Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA 3 6 Larry Ward Florence, SC Honda 3-3 40 Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo 4 10 Damon Bradshaw Boise, ID Honda 4-5 34 Manchester Honda Racing/AXO/Shoei/Scott 5 2 Jeremy McGrath Menifee, CA Suzuki 5-7 30 American Suzuki Motor Corp./Suzuki of Troy 6 9 Ryan Hughes Temecula, CA Kawasaki 8-6 28 Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA 7 8 Greg Albertyn South Africa Suzuki 12-4 27 American Suzuki Motor Corp. 8 11 Ezra Lusk Bainbridge, GA Yamaha 7-9 26 Yamaha Motor Corp., USA 9 18 Jimmy Button Scottsdale, AZ Yamaha 9-8 25 AXO/FMF/Acerbis/Renthal/Oakley 10 103 Brian Swink Linden, MI Kawasaki 11-12 19 Moto-XXX/HSKS of Ocala/Gaerne/SMP/Bell 11 19 Buddy Antunez Moreno Valley, CA Honda 14-11 17 Thor/Primal Impulse/Bills Pipes 12 85 Jim Neese Greensboro, NC Suzuki 13-13 16 Jim's M-C Sales/Winter's Mkt./Pirelli 13 5 Mike LaRocco South Bend, IN Suzuki 6-36 15 American Suzuki Motor Corp. 14 15 Michael Craig Lakeside, CA Honda 28-10 11 Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo 15 20 Doug Henry Oxford, CT Yamaha 10-38 11 Yamaha Motor Corp., USA 16 47 Ryan Huffman Roseburg, OR Kawasaki 16-17 9 Washougal MX/Scott/AXO/Renthal/Dunlop 17 52 Jason McCormick Vancouver, WA Yamaha 15-19 8 UFO/US Tsubaki/Enzo Racing/Bell/Dunlop 18 36 Kevin Crine Mechanicsville, MD Suzuki 39-14 7 F&S Suzuki/JT/Sidi/RRP/DAP Designs 19 39 Doug Dubach Tustin, CA Yamaha 17-18 7 Yamaha Testing/O'Neal/Shoei/Scott/Dunlop 20 44 Anthony Amaradio Temecula, CA Yamaha 29-15 6 Team Noleen/Pro Flex/K2/Dirt Squirt 21 75 Heath Voss Prior Lake, MN Honda 22-16 5 Great Lakes Airlines/TMR/Tom Morgan 22 93 Mark Morris Grandview, MO Suzuki 18-35 3 Golden Valley Suzuki/Xtreme/Elf/Atomic 22 23 371 Jason Thomas Melrose, FL Kawasaki 19-25 2 Streits Motorsports/RPI Racing/Perf. Eng. 24 990 Matt Shue East Ellijay, GA Suzuki 35-20 1 FMF/Pro Action/AXO/Oakley/Layton Suzuki 25 83 Joel Dengler Chatsworth, NJ Suzuki 20-33 1 Fun Center/Trapani's/RPS/Bel-Ray/Bell 1-900-PRORACE Hole Shot Award winners: Doug Henry/Jeff Emig PowerStart Privateer Hole Shot Award winners: Jason McCormick/Buddy Antunez Attendance: 15,000 1997 NATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS (After 12 of 13 Rounds. Next event, August 31, Delmont, Pennsylvania) Pos Rider Name, Hometown Pts Wins 1 Jeff Emig, Riverside, CA 541 6 2 John Dowd, Chicopee, MA 448 3 3 Jeremy McGrath, Menifee, CA 399 4 Larry Ward, Florence, SC 347 5 Mike LaRocco, South Bend, IN 334 6 Ezra Lusk, Bainbridge, GA 332 1 7 Ryan Hughes, Temecula, CA 327 8 Greg Albertyn, South Africa 299 1 9 Damon Bradshaw, Boise, ID 264 1 10 Jimmy Button, Scottsdale, AZ 260 11 Mike Kiedrowski, Acton, CA 153 12 Phil Lawrence, Menifee, CA 152 13 Buddy Antunez, Moreno Valley, CA 131 14 Jason McCormick, Vancouver, WA 131 15 Doug Henry, Oxford, CT 113 16 Anthony Amaradio, Temecula, CA 113 17 Ryan Huffman, Roseburg, OR 100 18 Brian Swink, Linden, MI 89 19 Jim Neese, Greensboro, NC 81 20 Anthony Pocorobba Jr., Zephyrhills, FL 75 1997 SUPERCROSS/MOTOCROSS MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS 1. Kawasaki 1325 2. Yamaha 1204 3. Suzuki 1119 4. Honda 1082 5. KTM 15 MX1297/2-2 OFFICIAL RESULTS AMA 125cc NATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERIES: ROUND 12 OF 13 BROOME-TIOGA SPORTS CENTER, BINGHAMTON, NY - AUGUST 24, 1997 Moto Pos No. Rider Name Hometown Mach. Finishes Pts Sponsors 1 70 Ricky Carmichael Havana, FL Kawasaki 2-1 47 Kawasaki Motors Corp./SplitFire/Pro Circuit 2 7 Kevin Windham Baton Rouge, LA Yamaha 1-2 47 Yamaha Motor Corp., USA 3 1 Steve Lamson Riverside, CA Honda 4-3 38 American Honda Motor Co. Inc./Fo x 4 112 Stephane Roncada France Honda 3-6 35 Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo 5 32 Casey Johnson Murrieta, CA Kawasaki 5-5 32 SplitFire/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki 6 29 Scott Sheak Germantown, NY Honda 14-4 25 American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox 7 27 Mickael Pichon France Suzuki 9-9 24 American Suzuki Motor Corp. 8 38 Nathan Ramsey Hixson, TN Suzuki 17-7 18 American Suzuki Motor Corp. 9 37 Tony Lorusso East Hartford, CT Suzuki 12-12 18 F&S/Dunlop/Scott/Bel-Ray/UFO/Arai/Wiseco 10 107 Ron Tichenor Tarpon Springs, FL Suzuki 18-8 16 Performance Engineering/One Cyro 11 22 Tim Ferry Largo, FL Suzuki 11-15 16 American Suzuki Motor Corp. 12 80 Brock Sellards Nw Philadelphia, OH Kawasaki 6-39 15 Team Green/SplitFire/Pro Circuit/AXO/Scott 13 25 Chad Pederson Menifee, CA Yamaha 15-13 14 Chaparral/Yamaha/FMF/AXO/Acerbis 14 17 Damon Huffman Acton, CA Kawasaki 7-22 14 Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA 15 81 Shaun Perolio Saugus, CA Honda 8-35 13 Primal Impulse/Honda/Bill's Pipes/Fact. Conn. 16 34 Barry Carsten Bayville, NJ Suzuki 13-17 12 Bromley's Suzuki/Dunlop 17 109 Nicholas Wey Dewitt, MI Kawasaki 10-20 12 SplitFire/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki 18 57 David Pingree Menifee, CA Kawasaki 39-10 11 Kawasaki/Pro Circuit/SplitFire/AXO/Bell 19 28 Brian Deegan Canyon Lake, CA Suzuki 38-11 10 Moto XXX/SMP/HSKS/Black Flys/Gaerne 20 82 Charles Dale Bogard Grand Prairie, TX Suzuki 21-14 7 Morgan/MSR/Suzuki/FMF/Smith/Pirelli/UFO 21 88 Josh Demuth Marion, OH Suzuki 24-16 5 LBZ/Pro Art Works/Pirelli/Cometic 22 43 Jean Sebastien Roy Acton Vale, PQ, CAN Suzuki 16-32 5 Suzuki/MSR/Morgan Racing 23 67 Paul Currie Naples, FL Kawasaki 19-19 4 Team Green/HSKS of Ocala/Fox/Spy 24 765 Danny Smith Eagle, ID Yamaha 26-18 3 Yamaha/Smith/Answer/Bell/Enzo/Bill's Pipes 25 847 Jimmy Lamastus Post Falls, ID Suzuki 20-27 1 Dicks Suzuki/DeVol Racing/Pro Action/FMF 1-900-PRORACE Hole Shot Award winners: Brock Sellards/Steve Lamson PowerStart Privateer Hole Shot Award winners: Brock Sellards/Ron Tichenor 1997 AMA 125cc NATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS (After 12 of 13 Rounds. Next event, August 31, Delmont, Pennsylvania) Pos. Rider Name, Hometown Pts. Wins 1 Ricky Carmichael, Havana, FL 523 8 2 Kevin Windham, Baton Rouge, LA 421 2 3 Scott Sheak, Germantown, NY 348 1 4 Mickael Pichon, France 317 5 Stephane Roncada, France 293 6 Casey Johnson,Murrieta, CA 264 7 Damon Huffman, Acton, CA 263 1 8 Tim Ferry, Largo, FL 261 9 Robbie Reynard, Norman, OK 256 10 Steve Lamson, Riverside, CA 219 11 Michael Craig, Lakeside, CA 216 12 Michael Brandes, Quail Valley, CA 202 13 Ron Tichenor, Tarpon Springs, FL 180 14 David Pingree, Menifee, CA 174 15 Tony Lorusso, East Hartford, CT 151 16 Casey Lytle, Santa Clarita, CA 125 17 Nathan Ramsey, Hixson, TN 117 18 Craig Decker, Palm Desert, CA 113 19 Brock Sellards, New Philadelphia, OH 96 20 Brian Deegan, Canyon Lake, CA 94 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, 1-900-PRORACE. -30- Connie Fleming American Motorcyclist Association Public Relations Administrator http://www.ama-cycle.org 614-891-2425