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Titolo: Supercross L. Angeles risultati

January 10, 1998
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Round 1 AMA Supercross
Welcome to Supercross 1998!
It never rains in Southern California? It rained all day Friday, and into
Saturday morning, and what greeted the riders in the first race of 1998 was
a very muddy track.
First 250 Qualifier was holeshot by Ezra Lusk on his #3 factory Honda. He
was quickly passed by Kevin WIndham. Jeremy McGrath was third in his '98
debut for Team Chaparral/Yamaha. Midway thru the race, Doug Henry and his
four-stroke Yamaha passed Jeremy McGrath for third. The positions were
Windham, Lusk, Henry, & McGrath. On the last lap, Lusk passed Windham for
the lead, and then on the very next corner, Windham stuffed Lusk as he made
the pass back, and then Kevin fell! Lusk bobbled too, but held on for the
win. Henry was second, and Windham picked his bike up to finish third.
McGrath finished in fourth.
The second 250 Qualifier was holeshot by Sebastien Tortelli on his Kawasaki.
He was passed immediately by Phil Lawrence, and then 50 feet later they
crashed into each other! Larry Ward became the first lap leader on his
Suzuki. At the halfway point in was Suzuki's Michael Pichon grabbing the
lead, next came Ward, defending champion Jeff Emig, and then Greg Albertyn.
And that's how they finished.
Some of the riders that had bad luck in their Qualifiers and had to ride in
the Semi's were: Ryan Hughes, Damon Huffman, Jimmy Button, Mike LaRocco,
Mike Brown, Sebastien Tortelli, & Phil Lawrence.
The 15 lap 125 Main event saw a surprise name from the past on the starting
line: former 250 competitor Jeff Matiasevich, just back from Japan, on a KX
125. The start saw Ryan Huffman grab the lead on his factory Suzuki, with
Yamaha's John Dowd following in second. Dowd passed Huffman early on, and
rode to an uncontested win. Stephane Roncada eventually worked up to second,
and Michael Brandes finished third.
After some last minute track preparations to knock down some of the ruts
that had formed, the gate dropped on 20 lap 250 Main, and it was Jeremy
McGrath leading into the first corner. Doug Henry passed Jeremy immediately.
At the end of the first lap it was Henry, McGrath, Jeff Emig, Greg Albertyn
and Kevin Windham. Ezra Lusk fell on the middle of lap two. Over the finish
line jump, McGrath bobbled, and Emig squeezed by for second place. On lap
seven, Albertyn and Damon Huffman collided into each other and both of them
went down. At this point it was a very close top four with Henry, Emig,
McGrath, and Michael Pichon. On lap 10 Pichon passed McGrath. Lusk fell
again on lap 12 in the whoops. Pichon cased it over a jump, and lost a few
positions. On lap 16, it appeared as if Sebastien Tortelli came from out of
nowhere, and went by McGrath, .... and half a lap later he went by Emig!
(Sebastien Tortelli is from France. He'll be racing the first seven events
of the season here in the States, and then he'll return to Europe to contest
the 250 World Motocross Championship.) With 2 laps to go in an exciting
race, Henry led Tortelli by one bike length, and they were one second ahead
of Emig and McGrath. With just over one lap remaining, Tortelli passed Henry
for the lead! And as they came over the finish line jump to start the final
lap, Henry crashed! Poor Doug Henry had led 19 laps, and then crashed!
Sebastien Tortelli held on for the surprise win!!! Emig finished second, and
McGrath third. Henry had a problem restarting his bike, and eventually got
it running to finish tenth.
Congratulations to Sebastien Tortelli!
125's
1. John Dowd - YAM
2. Stephane Roncada - HON
3. Michael Brandes - SUZ
4. Ryan Huffman - SUZ
5. Jason McCormick - HON
6. David Pingree - HON
7. David Vuillemin - YAM
8. Nathan Ramsey - KAW
9. Jeff Willoh - SUZ
10. Jeff Matiasevich - KAW
250's
1. Sebastien Tortelli - KAW
2. Jeff Emig - KAW
3. Jeremy McGrath - YAM
4. Michael Pichon - SUZ
5. Kevin Windham - YAM
6. Greg Albertyn - SUZ
7. Larry Ward - SUZ
8. Mike Craig - HON
9. Mike LaRocco - HON
10. Doug Henry - YAM
61,855 people were in the stands to watch.
Next week: Houston Supercross

1. Sebastien Tortelli - KAW
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