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OFFICIAL RESULTS
AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES: ROUND 13 OF 15
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 19, 1997
20-LAP 250cc MAIN EVENT
POS. NO. RIDER NAME HOMETOWN MACH LAPS PTS. SPONSORS
1 7 Kevin Windham Baton Rouge, LA YAM 20 25 Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
2 11 Ezra Lusk Bainbridge, GA YAM 20 22 Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
3 8 Greg Albertyn South Africa SUZ 20 20 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
4 3 Jeff Emig Riverside, CA KAW 20 18 Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
5 9 Ryan Hughes Temecula, CA KAW 20 16 Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
6 6 Larry Ward Florence, SC HON 20 15 Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo
7 1 Jeremy McGrath Menifee, CA SUZ 20 14 Am. Suzuki/Fox/Suzuki of Troy/1-800 COLLECT
8 5 Mike LaRocco South Bend, IN SUZ 20 13 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
9 100 Mike Kiedrowski Acton, CA HON 20 12 Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo/Oakley
10 18 Jimmy Button Phoenix, AZ YAM 19 11 Team Chaparrel Yamaha/AXO/FMF/Acerbis
11 12 Phil Lawrence Menifee, CA YAM 19 10 Team Chaparral/Yamaha/AXO/FMF/Oakley
12 47 Ryan Huffman Roseburg, OR KAW 19 9 Washougal MX/Scott/AXO/Bills Pipes/Dunlop
13 19 Buddy Antunez Moreno Valley, CA HON 19 8 Thor/Honda/Primal Impulse/Tuf Racing
14 10 Damon Bradshaw Boise, ID HON 19 7 Manchester Honda Racing/AXO/Shoei/Scott
15 92 Anthony Pocorobba Jr. Zephyrhills, FL SUZ 18 6 Xtreme/Smith/Bieffe/Renthal
16 39 Doug Dubach Tustin, CA YAM 18 5 Yamaha Testing/O'Neal/Scott/Shoei/Dunlop
17 58 Michael Jones Export, PA KAW 18 4 Team Green/Answer/FMF/Arai/Smith/BT Racing
18 68 Mike Katin Jr. East Sparta, OH YAM 17 3 Kame's Sports/Xtreme/Smith/Pro Action/Wiseco
19 150 Grayson Goodman Plano, TX YAM 13 2 SMP/Pro Circuit/Oakley/Dunlop/Bell/Renthal
20 15 Michael Craig Lakeside, CA HON 3 1 Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo/Oakley
Time:24:15.040, 2.000 seconds
Attendance: 35,078
1-900-PRO-RACE Hole Shot Award: Kevin Windham
PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1 Heat 2 Semi 1 Semi 2
Pos. Name Pos. Name Pos. Name Pos. Name
1 Jeremy McGrath 1 Kevin Windham 1 Ryan Hughes 1 Jeff Emig
2 Ezra Lusk 2 Damon Bradshaw 2 Mike Kiedrowski 2 Ryan Huffman
3 Mike LaRocco 3 Larry Ward 3 Buddy Antunez 3 Phil Lawrence
4 Michael Craig 4 Greg Albertyn 4 Anthony Pocorobba 4 Jimmy Button
Time: 9:29.670 Time: 9:25.270 5 Michael Jones 5 Grayson Goodman
Time: 7:07.880 Time: 7:03.790
Last Chance Qualifier
Pos. Name
1 Mike Katin Jr.
2 Doug Dubach
Time: 7:40.080
1997 AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
(After 13 of 15 Rounds. Next event, April 26, Dallas, Texas)
Pos.Name, hometown Pts. Wins Pos. Name, hometown Pts. Wins
1 Jeff Emig, Riverside, CA 252 4 11 Michael Craig, Lakeside, CA 92
2 Jeremy McGrath, Menifee, CA 246 2 12 Mike Kiedrowski, Acton, CA 91
3 Ezra Lusk, Bainbridge, GA 221 2 12 Phil Lawrence, Menifee, CA 91
4 Larry Ward, Florence, SC 208 14 Steve Lamson, Riverside, CA 81
5 Greg Albertyn, South Africa 184 1 15 Damon Huffman, Acton, CA 78 1
6 Mike LaRocco, South Bend, IN 177 16 Kevin Windham, Baton Rouge, LA 64 1
7 Doug Henry, Oxford, CT 150 2 16 Ryan Huffman, Roseburg, OR 64
8 Jimmy Button, Phoenix, AZ 136 18 Brian Swink, Linden, MI 58
9 Damon Bradshaw, Boise, ID 133 19 John Dowd, Chicopee, MA 49
10 Ryan Hughes, Temecula, CA 112 20 Cliff Palmer, Arcadia, OK 41
1997 MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS
1. Kawasaki, 364; 2. Suzuki, 361; 3. Yamaha, 350; 4. Honda, 304; 5. KTM, 15.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
AMA 125cc EAST REGION SUPERCROSS SERIES: ROUND 7 OF 7
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 19, 1997
15-LAP 125cc MAIN EVENT
POS. NO. RIDER NAME HOMETOWN MACH LAPS PTS. SPONSORS
1 70 Ricky Carmichael Havana, FL KAW 15 25 SplitFire/Kawasaki/Pro Circuit
2 112 Stephane Roncada France HON 15 22 Honda of Troy/American Honda/Sinisalo
3 22 Tim Ferry Largo, FL SUZ 15 20 American Suzuki Motor Corporation
4 80 Brock Sellards New Philadelphia, OH KAW 15 18 Team Green/SplitFre Pro Circuit/AXO/Shoei
5 110 Greg Schnell Rancho Cucamonga, CA YAM 15 16 Chaparral/Yamaha/AXO/Oakley
6 34 Barry Carsten Bayville, NJ SUZ 15 15 Bromley Suzuki/MSR/Dunlop/SunStar/Scott
7 204 Doug DeHaan Thorndale, ON, CAN SUZ 15 14 Morgan Racing/Arai/Oakley/Bel-Ray
8 85 Jim Neese Greensboro, NC SUZ 15 13 Jim's MC Sales/FMF/Pro Action Suspension
9 140 Ryan Clark Albuquerque, NM SUZ 15 12 R&S Racing/American Suzuki/Oakley/AXO
10 90 Jeromy Buehl London, OH YAM 15 11 Yamaha/SCR/Pro Circuit/Xtreme/Smith
11 67 Paul Currie Naples, FL KAW 15 10 Team Green/HSKS of Ocala/Fox/Spy
12 79 David Kratz Souderton, PA SUZ 15 9 Montgomeryville Cycle/Pro Circuit/AXO/Renthal
13 50 Jeff Dement Humble, TX KAW 15 8 Team Green/Kawasaki of Carrollton/Xtreme
14 371 Jason Thomas Melrose, FL KAW 15 7 Streitz Motorsports/RPI Racing/Perf. Eng.
15 97 Robbie Horton Martinez, GA KAW 15 6 Kawasaki/FMF/Fox/Bell/Oakley/Renthal
16 75 Heath Voss Prior Lake, MN HON 14 5 Great Lakes Airlines/TMR/Tom Morgan/RedLine
17 37 Tony Lorusso East Hartford, CT SUZ 14 4 F&S Suzuki/UFO/Dunlop/Pro Circuit/Arai
18 616 Andre Pene Montgomery, AL SUZ 14 3 Perf. Eng./Adams Motorsports/Arai/No Limit/Scott
19 98 James Evans Elizabeth, PA KAW 8 2 Pro Action/BT Racing/AXO/Scott/Pirelli/FMF
20 66 Robbie Skaggs Macon, GA HON 6 1 Manchester Honda/AXO/GT/Factory Connection
21 28 Brian Deegan Sun City, CA SUZ 5 0* Moto XXX/Black Flys/HSKS/O'Neal
22 82 Charles Bogard Grand Prairie, TX SUZ 1 0 Suzuki Sport/Morgan Racing/FMF/MSR Racing
Time:19:15.740, Margin of Victory: 12.004 seconds
Hole Shot Winner: Jim Neese
*West Coast riders not eligible for East Coast Points.
PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Heat 1 Heat 2 Last Chance Qualifier
Pos. Name Pos. Name Pos. Name
1 Stephane Roncada 1 Brock Sellards 1 David Kratz
2 Ricky Carmichael 2 Charles Bogard 2 Paul Currie
3 Greg Schnell 3 Robbie Horton 3 Andre Pene
4 Jeff Dement 4 Jeromy Buehl 4 Heath Voss
5 Doug DeHaan 5 Tim Ferry Time: 4:52.970
6 Ryan Clark 6 Tony Lorusso
7 Brian Deegan 7 Robbie Skaggs
8 Jim Neese 8 James Evans
9 Barry Carsten 9 Jason Thomas
Time: 7:16.550 Time: 7:27.620
FINAL 1997 AMA EAST REGION SUPERCROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
Pos. Name, hometown Pts. Wins Pos. Name, hometown Pts. Wins
1 Tim Ferry, Largo, FL 146 11 Barry Carsten, Bayville, NJ 55
2 Stephane Roncada, France 135 2 12 Paul Currie, Naples, FL 53
3 Ricky Carmichael, Havana, FL 123 3 13 Doug DeHaan, Thorndale, ON, CAN 49
4 Greg Schnell, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 97 14 Robbie Horton, Martinez, GA 39
5 John Dowd, Chicopee, MA 86 2 15 Chad Pederson, Menifee, CA 38
6 Scott Sheak, Germantown, NY 84 16 David Pingree, Menifee, CA 37
7 Jeff Dement, Humble, TX 78 17 Charles Bogard, Grand Prairie, TX 29
8 Brock Sellards, New Philadelphia, OH 77 18 Ryan Clark, Albuquerque, NM 27
9 Jim Neese, Greensboro, NC 59 18 Heath Voss, Prior Lake, MN 27
10 Robbie Skaggs, Macon, GA 57 20 Keith Johnson, Plympton, MA 26
1997 AMA INDUSTRY BONUS AWARD SPONSORS
American Suzuki Motor Corp., Arai Helmets, Arnette, AXO (Mechanix Wear), AXO (Renthal),
Bell Helmets, Boyesen Engineering, Bridgestone Tire Corp., Dunlop Tire Corp., EBC Brakes,
FMF Racing, Fox Racing, Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA, KAYO Corp. (EK Chain),
Matrix Sports Group (Bieffe Helmets), Oakley, Pirelli Motorcycle Tires, Scott USA,
Shoei Safety Helmet, Slamin Motorsports, Smith Sport Optics, Thor, Twin Air, UFO/Factory Concepts,
Wiseco Piston Inc., Yamaha Motor Corp., USA.