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1998 Mazda Truck Motocross Nationals Champions
Henry and Carmichael Wrap Up AMA/Mazda Truck Motocross
Championships
WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Yamaha's Doug Henry and Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider Ricky Carmichael clinched the championships in the 250cc and 125cc divisions of the AMA Mazda Truck Motocross Nationals in the Aug. 30 race at Broome-Tioga Sports Center in Binghamton N.Y. The 250cc title is a first for Henry, while Carmichael is celebrating back-to-back 125cc national titles.
Henry wrapped up the 250cc title with a 63-point lead and one race still left on the season schedule (the Sept. 6 season finale at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, Pa.). Henry became the first rider in history to win the title on a four-stroke motorcycle, taking overall wins at Washougal, Wash., Budds Creek, Md., and his hometown track of Southwick, Mass. He has also had four additional podium finishes, and has been in the top five at every 1998 race to date.
Over the course of his 10-year professional career, Henry has also collected the 1993 and 1994 125cc National Motocross championships and the 1993 125cc Eastern Region Supercross title.
Carmichael, meanwhile, ran rough-shod over the 125cc Mazda Truck Motocross Nationals field, winning eight of the 11 races so far to clinch the series title win one round to go. Carmichael also claimed the 1998 125cc Eastern Region Supercross title.
Past Champions
250cc NATIONAL MOTOCROSS
YEAR CHAMPION HOMETOWN MACHINE
1997 Jeff Emig Riverside, CA KAW
1996 Jeff Emig Riverside, CA KAW
1995 Jeremy McGrath Murrieta, CA HON
1994 Mike LaRocco South Bend, IN KAW
1993 Mike Kiedrowski Acton, CA KAW
1992 Jeff Stanton Sherwood, MI HON
1991 Jean-Michel Bayle France HON
1990 Jeff Stanton Sherwood, MI HON
1989 Jeff Stanton Sherwood, MI HON
1988 Jeff Ward Mission Viejo, CA KAW
1987 Rick Johnson El Cajon, CA HON
1986 Rick Johnson El Cajon, CA HON
1985 Jeff Ward Mission Viejo, CA KAW
1984 Rick Johnson El Cajon, CA YAM
1983 David Bailey Axton, VA HON
1982 Donnie Hansen Canyon Country, CA HON
1981 Kent Howerton San Antonio, TX SUZ
1980 Kent Howerton San Antonio, TX SUZ
1979 Bob Hannah Carson City, NV YAM
1978 Bob Hannah Whittier, CA YAM
1977 Tony DiStefano Morrisville, PA SUZ
1976 Tony DiStefano Morrisville, PA SUZ
1975 Tony DiStefano Morrisville, PA SUZ
1974 Gary Jones Hacienda Heights, CA HON
1973 Gary Jones Hacienda Heights, CA HON
1972 Gary Jones Hacienda Heights, CA YAM
AMA 125cc NATIONAL MOTOCROSS
YEAR CHAMPION HOMETOWN MACHINE 1997 Ricky Carmichael Havana, FL KAW 1996 Steve Lamson Pollock Pines, CA HON 1995 Steve Lamson Pollock Pines, CA HON 1994 Doug Henry Oxford, CT HON 1993 Doug Henry Oxford, CT HON 1992 Jeff Emig Highland, CA YAM 1991 Mike Kiedrowski Canyon Country, CA KAW 1990 Guy Cooper Stillwater, OK SUZ 1989 Mike Kiedrowski Canyon Country, CA SUZ 1988 George Holland Kerman, CA HON 1987 Micky Dymond Yorba Linda, CA HON 1986 Micky Dymond Yorba Linda, CA HON 1985 Ron Lechien El Cajon, CA HON 1984 Jeff Ward Mission Viejo, CA KAW 1983 Johnny O'Mara Simi Valley, CA HON 1982 Mark Barnett Bridgeview, IL SUZ 1981 Mark Barnett Bridgeview, IL SUZ 1980 Mark Barnett Bridgeview, IL SUZ 1979 Broc Glover El Cajon, CA YAM 1978 Broc Glover El Cajon, CA YAM 1977 Broc Glover El Cajon, CA YAM 1976 Bob Hannah Whittier, CA YAM 1975 Marty Smith San Diego, CA HON 1974 Marty Smith San Diego, CA HON 1974 Marty Smith San Diego, CA HON