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AMA: 1997 Season Final Supercross Standings - Damon Huffman Champion

11 December 1997

DAMON HUFFMAN WINS WORLD SUPERCROSS TITLE

WESTERVILLE, Ohio --  Damon Huffman won the 1997 Federation Internationale
Motocycliste (FIM) World Supercross Championship at the Dec. 6 final round
in Geneva, Switzerland, finishing a conservative 10th and 13th in the
individual motos.

Huffman, of Acton, Calif., earned 165 points in the seven-event series,
finishing 11 points ahead of second-ranked Mickael Pichon of LeMans,
France. Huffman rode his Kawasaki to a pair of moto wins at round two in
Bercy, France, and podium finishes in individual motos in round three, also
in France, and at round five in Osaka, Japan.

The World Supercross Championship is Huffman's third pro title.  He won the
AMA 125cc Western Region Supercross Series championship in 1994 and 1995.
His 1997 season included a win at the Atlanta round of the 250cc Supercross
Series and an overall win at the Troy, Ohio, round of the 125cc National
Motocross Series.

Huffman will accept his World Championship award at the FIM Prize-Giving
Ceremony in Helsinki, Finland on Dec. 13.
World Supercross Final Results

Pos.	Rider		Country	Points
1.	Damon Huffman	USA	165
2.	Mickael Pichon	France	154
3.	Jeff Emig	USA	151
4.	Jeremy McGrath	USA	132
5.	Jimmy Button	USA	114
6.	Mickael Maschio	France	88
7.	Larry Ward	USA	88
8.	Ezra Lusk	USA	80 
9.	Frederic Bolley	France	78
10.	Cyril Porte	France	72

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