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AMA U.S. Supercross at Seattle (01/30/99)

1 February 1999







SX499/1-2
                             OFFICIAL RESULTS
            TOYOTA TRUCK PRESENTS THE 1999 THOR/PARTS UNLIMITED
                        AMA U.S. SUPERCROSS SERIES
                      250cc SUPERCROSS, ROUND 4 OF 16
         SEATTLE KINGDOME, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 30, 1999
                            (20 LAP MAIN EVENT)
POS  NUM                RIDER NAME        HOMETOWN                   MACH LAPS    PTS            SPONSORS
1   7                  LARRY WARD             FLORENCE, SC             SUZ 20  25  American Suzuki Motor Corp
2   3                  MIKE LAROCCO           SOUTH BEND, IN           HON 20  22  Factory Connection/Jack in the Box/
3   6                  JOHN DOWD              CHICOPEE, MA             YAM 20  20  Yamaha Motor Corp., USA/Fox/Bridges
4   1                  JEREMY A MCGRATH       MENIFEE, CA              YAM 20  18  Mazda/Chaparral-Yamaha
5   8                  GREG ALBERTYN          SOUTH AFRICA             SUZ 20  16  AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
6   934                DAVID VUILLEMIN        RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA     YAM 20  15  Yamaha/FMF/Michelin/First/Oakley/Sh
7   11                 JEFF EMIG              RIVERSIDE, CA            KAW 20  14  Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA
8   14                 KEVIN W WINDHAM        BATON ROUGE, LA          HON 20  13  American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
9   20                 TIMMY M FERRY          LARGO, FL                YAM 20  12  Excel Motorsports/Noleen/Cummings/T
10  31                 DAMON W HUFFMAN        ACTON, CA                KAW 20  11  Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
11  4                  EZRA LUSK              BAINBRIDGE, GA           HON 20  10  American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox
12  44                 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI     FRANCE                   HON 20  9   American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
13  24                 STEVE LAMSON           POLLOCK PINES, CA        YAM 20  8   Mazda/Chaparral-Yamaha
14  10                 JIMMY BUTTON           TUSCANY HILLS, CA        YAM 19  7   Yamaha Motor Corp, USA/Fox/Bridgest
15  5                  MICKAEL PICHON         FRANCE                   HON 19  6   American Honda Motor Co., Inc./Fox
16  21                 JEANSEBASTIEN ROY      CANADA, PQ               HON 19  5   Planet Honda
17  28                 HEATH D VOSS           PRIOR LAKE, MN           HON 19  4   Great Lakes Aviation/Big Valley Hon
18  17                 ROBBIE L REYNARD       NORMAN, OK               SUZ 19  3   American Suzuki Motor Corp
19  37                 PHIL LAWRENCE          MENIFEE, CA              SUZ 2   2   Moto XXX/Pro Circuit/Thor
20  53                 PEDRO GONZALEZ         MEXICO                   KAW 0   0   Kawasaki Mexico/PG Racing
Time: 00:20:01.980
Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.026
Attend.: 60,193
                            PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1                  Heat 2                 Semi 1                  Semi 2
6-laps top 4 to Main    6-laps top 4 to Main   6-laps top 5 to Main    6-laps top 5 to Main
Pos # Name              Pos # Name             Pos # Name              Pos  # Name
 1  5 MICKAEL PICHON     1  4 EZRA LUSK         1  6 JOHN DOWD          1   1 JEREMY A MCGRATH
 2  3 MIKE LAROCCO       2 14 KEVIN W WINDHAM   2  7 LARRY WARD         2  11 JEFF EMIG
 3 10 JIMMY BUTTON       3 17 ROBBIE L REYNARD  3  8 GREG ALBERTYN      3 934 DAVID VUILLEMIN
 4 31 DAMON W HUFFMAN    4 24 STEVE LAMSON      4 44 SEBASTIEN TORTELLI 4  37 PHIL LAWRENCE
Time: 00:07:44.710      Time: 00:07:50.910      5 20 TIMMY M FERRY      5  53 PEDRO GONZALEZ
                                               Time: 00:05:49.160      Time: 00:05:46.910
Last Chance
6-laps top 2 to Main
Pos.  #             Name
 1   21             JEANSEBASTIEN ROY
 2   28             HEATH D VOSS
Time: 00:05:57.590

              1999 AMA U.S. SUPERCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
 AFTER 4 OF 16 EVENTS. NEXT RACE:  FEBRUARY 6, EDISON INTERNATIONAL FIELD,
                            ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
POS RIDER NAME                HOMETOWN                WINS  PTS 
1   MIKE LAROCCO              SOUTH BEND, IN            0    82  
2   JEREMY A MCGRATH          MENIFEE, CA               1    79   
3   MICKAEL PICHON            FRANCE                    0    66 
4   EZRA LUSK                 BAINBRIDGE, GA            2    65  
5   JOHN DOWD                 CHICOPEE, MA              0    57  
6   LARRY WARD                FLORENCE, SC              1    56  
7   KEVIN W WINDHAM           BATON ROUGE, LA           0    52
8   DAVID VUILLEMIN           RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA      0    48 
9   DAMON W HUFFMAN           ACTON, CA                 0    47 
10  JEFF EMIG                 RIVERSIDE, CA             0    45 
11  SEBASTIEN TORTELLI        FRANCE                    0    40
12  TIMMY M FERRY             LARGO, FL                 0    38
13  ROBBIE L REYNARD          NORMAN, OK                0    37
14  STEVE LAMSON              POLLOCK PINES, CA         0    35
15  GREG ALBERTYN             SOUTH AFRICA              0    31
16  JIMMY BUTTON              TUSCANY HILLS, CA         0    30
17  PHIL LAWRENCE             MENIFEE, CA               0    24
18  RICKY CARMICHAEL          HAVANA, FL                0    17
19  BROCK SELLARDS            NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH      0    11
20  PEDRO GONZALEZ            MEXICO                    0     7

           1999 AMA U.S. SUPERCROSS MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS
1. HONDA, 94; 2. YAMAHA, 83; 3. SUZUKI, 63; 4. KAWASAKI, 54.


                             OFFICIAL RESULTS
            TOYOTA TRUCK PRESENTS THE 1999 THOR/PARTS UNLIMITED
                        AMA U.S. SUPERCROSS SERIES
                125cc WEST REGION SUPERCROSS, ROUND 4 OF 8
         SEATTLE KINGDOME, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 30, 1999
                            (15 LAP MAIN EVENT)
POS  NUM                 RIDER NAME        HOMETOWN                MACH
 LAPS    PTS             SPONSORS
1   25                  NATHAN RAMSEY          CORONA, CA              KAW 15  25  Splitfire/ProCircuit/Kawasaki
2   16                  CASEY A JOHNSON        LAKE ELSINORE, CA       YAM 15  22  Yamaha of Troy/Sinisalo/Oakley/Etni
3   49                  MICHAEL A BRANDES      QUAIL VALLEY, CA        SUZ 15  20  Primal Impulse/Suzuki/Bill's Pipes/
4   198                 ISAIAH V JOHNSON       ALBUQUERQUE, NM         YAM 15  18  Boulder Yamaha/FMF/Answer/Arnette/A
5   33                  CASEY LYTLE            SANTA CLARITA, CA       YAM 15  16  Yamaha of Troy/Yamaha Motor Corp/Si
6   94                  RYAN D CLARK           ALBUQUERQUE, NM         KAW 15  15  R&S Kawasaki/Thor/Bridgestone/Alpin
7   73                  CHRIS WHEELER          EL CAJON, CA            YAM 15  14  Siefert Motorsports/Spinali Auto Sa
8   43                  TRAVIS A PRESTON       HESPERIA, CA            SUZ 15  13  Moto XXX/Thor/Pro Circut/Dunlop/Arn
9   144                 CHARLES DALE BOGARD    GRAND PRAIRIE, TX       SUZ 15  12  American Suzuki/Answer/Reynard Mod/
10  98                  ERICK VALLEJO          MEXICO, NL              KAW 15  11
11  669                 GIO A TEDESCO          ALBUQUERQUE, NM         KTM 14  10  Fox/Scott/Tsubaki/One Industries/NC
12  85                  GREG S SCHNELL         RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA    YAM 14  9   Motoworld Yamaha/Thor/Pro Circuit/R
13  909                 STEPHAN DEMARTIS       FRANCE                  HON 14  8   FMF Honda
14  60                  DAVID PINGREE          MENIFEE, CA             SUZ 14  7   American Suzuki/Primal Impulse/Bill
15  99                  RYAN A DUFF            CHAVIES, KY             YAM 14  6   One Industries/Sinisalo/Pro Circuit
16  66                  TYLER D EVANS          SALINAS, CA             SUZ 14  5   Stiffie/American Suzuki/Sunstar/Alp
17  34                  RYAN HUFFMAN           ROSEBURG, OR            HON 14  4   Planet Honda/Pro Grip/FMF/Michelin
18  690                 KENNY L BARTRAM        STILLWATER, OK          KTM 14  3   KTM/K-Style/Arai/Alpinestar/Applied
19  989                 RODRIG THAIN           FRANCE                  HON 14  2   FMF Honda
20  982                 AKIRA NARITA           JAPAN                   HON 14  1   Honda Bridgestone/Castrol/Kayaba/RK
21  79                  BRAD HAGSETH           ONALASKA, WA            HON 13  0   Demarini Sports/Honda/Pro Grip/Alpi
22  168                 KEITH R JOHNSON        ALBUQUERQUE, NM         YAM  1  0   Bobby J's Yamaha/No Fear/Pro Circui

Time: 00:15:27.660
Margin Of Victory: 00:00:00.179

                            PRELIMINARY EVENTS

Heat 1                       Heat 2                    Last Chance
6-laps top 9 to Main         6-laps top 9 to Main      4-laps top 4 to Main
Pos  #  Name                 Pos  #   Name             Pos.  #  Name
 1  144 CHARLES DALE BOGARD   1   25  NATHAN RAMSEY     1   60 DAVID PINGREE
 2   33 CASEY LYTLE           2  198  ISAIAH V JOHNSON  2   85 GREG S SCHNELL
 3   49 MICHAEL A BRANDES     3   98  ERICK VALLEJO     3  982 AKIRA NARITA
 4   73 CHRIS WHEELER         4   94  RYAN D CLARK      4  690 KENNY L BARTRAM
 5   34 RYAN HUFFMAN          5   16  CASEY A JOHNSON  Time: 00:04:09.150
 6  168 KEITH R JOHNSON       6   66  TYLER D EVANS
 7  989 RODRIG THAIN          7   79  BRAD HAGSETH
 8  669 GIO A TEDESCO         8   99  RYAN A DUFF
 9   43 TRAVIS A PRESTON      9  909  STEPHAN DEMARTIS
Time: 00:06:00.070           Time: 00:06:01.050

        1999 WEST REGION AMA U.S. SUPERCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
  AFTER 4 OF 8 EVENTS. NEXT RACE: FEBRUARY 6, EDISON INTERNATIONAL FIELD,
                            ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

PTS POS            RIDER NAME             HOMETOWN     WINS PTS
1   CASEY A JOHNSON               LAKE ELSINORE, CA       2 94 
2   CASEY LYTLE                   SANTA CLARITA, CA       0 78 
3   MICHAEL A BRANDES             QUAIL VALLEY, CA        0 76 
4   NATHAN RAMSEY                 CORONA, CA              2 73 
5   ISAIAH V JOHNSON              ALBUQUERQUE, NM         0 61 
6   TRAVIS A PRESTON              HESPERIA, CA            0 49 
7   RYAN D CLARK                  ALBUQUERQUE, NM         0 49 
8   CHARLES DALE BOGARD           GRAND PRAIRIE, TX       0 48 
9   TYLER D EVANS                 SALINAS, CA             0 40 
10  ALESSIO CHIODI                MONACO                  0 34
11  ERICK VALLEJO                 MEXICO                  0 32
12 DAVID PINGREE                  MENIFEE, CA             0 30
13 GREG S SCHNELL                 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA    0 29
14 BILLY R PAYNE                  SIMI VALLEY, CA         0 27
15 KEITH R JOHNSON                ALBUQUERQUE, NM         0 25
16 GIO A TEDESCO                  ALBUQUERQUE, NM         0 24
17 STEPHAN DEMARTIS               FRANCE                  0 17
18 CHRIS WHEELER                  EL CAJON, CA            0 14
19 SCOTT SHEAK                    CORONA, CA              0 12
20 BRAD HAGSETH                   ONALASKA, WA            0 11



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