1998 Los Angeles Thor/Parts Unlimited AMA Supercross Championship (Round 1 of 16)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- This is round 1 of the 1998 Thor/Parts Unlimited 125cc West and 250cc AMA Supercross Championships from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. This race was sent to me by Scootercross66.
Returning contenders like Ezra Lusk, 4-time champ Jeremy McGrath, Jimmy Button, Kevin Windham, Doug Henry, Damon Huffman, Ryan Hughes, Larry Ward, Greg Albertyn, Mike LaRocco, Mike Brown, Mickael Pichon, and defending champ Jeff Emig battle it out for the 1998 Thor/Parts Unlimited 250cc AMA Supercross Championship. This race marks the only Supercross win for French transplant Sebastien Tortelli.
Returning 125cc contenders like John Dowd, French imports Stephane Roncada and David Vuillemin, Nathan Ramsey, former 2-time champ Jeff Matiasevich, Ryan Huffman and others battle it out for the 1998 Thor/Parts Unlimited 125cc West AMA Supercross Championship. This series features a season-long battle between Yamaha cohorts John Dowd and David Vuillemin. Massachusetts hero John Dowd is changed over to the 125cc West at the 11th hour due to Team Yamaha saying they won't have a practice track on the East coast.
Enjoy.
I did have it but it sadly disapeared from my computer. And Tony Blazier actually had it but it randomly got deleted aswell. Hopefully he will re upload it.
Have you read the “Motocross Action Magazine”, (hard copy issue April 2018), article about ST, (article ’Faded Glory”), of this race? I grew up reading MXA from 1976, and it used to be a magazine that had virtue of being precise. I learned how to be precise in large part because MXA was about as precise as laymen’s engineering could be from the 70‘s through the 90‘s. MXA is now thinking out of reality, and when they do that---I fear the rest of mankind will endure the same fait. Welcome to the toddler stage of the age of mediocrity. When the supreme sport of MX is there, the rest of society has to be worse in reality. Bummer. Go pick up that issue, and you will see what I mean. Not thinking in reality, and the PIC in the MXA article is not one of ST in that race, but of a short guy on a 1997 bike, (MXA precision--non-existent today). Hey, it is only one example I have noticed.
No, never knew about that actually. There are 1-hit wonders in the premiere class -- Tortelli, Huffman, Andrew Short, Justin Brayton (most recently), Greg Albertyn, etc.
Weird hearing Tomac mentioned... lol
In a way, yeah, but David Bailey was talking about John Tomac and not Eli. Pretty sure Eli was a little baby at this time (1998). I was kinda scratching my head at who John Tomac really was myself, but I do remember that I never got to see this race in actuality because of a power outage in my house.
@@MathewVsSportsMediaandGames that's what I meant. Still weird hearing the name is all. Knowing I watched this as a kid. No clue I'd be hearing tomac so much in the future lol
@@zealobiron I know what you mean. Who'd have thought we'd be hearing Eli Tomac today. I wonder how much longer he's going to stick around since 2020 will mark year #10 for him in Motocross. Unfortunately, I lost a lot of respect for ET3 at the '18 Foxboro Supercross when Musquin put him down and he called it "a joke."
Wow, also what a disapointment for Henry. After winning the last race the previous year & leading most of this final - all after returning from those injuries. Just have to feel for hi. But, whoever you like, these were great days for SuperX! Thanks!!
Yeah -- hard to believe that was arguably the closest Henry ever got to winning again before the Nationals came (which he ended up winning the championship in the 250cc class)
I actually found the full race. If you want I can post it.
You might’ve posted it right now but you definitely didn’t take it today because that parking lots already filling up
What are you talking about?
When Jeremy won his first title in '93, some of the big names were Jeff Stanton, Damon Bradshaw, and Mike Kiedrowski. When Jeremy won his fifth title in '98, Stanton, Bradshaw, and Kiedrowski all had retired.
That's right. Stanton retired after 1994 while Bradshaw and Kiedrowski retired after '97 -- Kiedrowski after his lone comeback year in '97, and Bradshaw following his "career burnout" retirement at age 21.
McGrath rode against some of the best riders of all time during his career. He gets respect from me.
Mistertbones I didn't get into the sport until '97, but McGrath earned my respect when he came back to win 3 more consecutive titles from 1998-2000. Hard to believe that guys like Lusk, Button, Windham, and Vuillemin (2000) were his only real competitors until Carmichael came along with his win streak in 2001.
I'm a little younger than you, but I watch a lot of the old stuff. Some of the stuff I watch goes back to the early 80's.
Mistertbones Yes well, I stayed around the McGrath era (c. '91-2002)
Such nostalgia... I remeber how weird it was seeing Jeremy riding blue. I kinda wish he had gone out on top at the end of '96. Instead you could see him slipping and losing that invincibility he had for almost a year up to this, and it just kept getting worse.. almost like a boxer who stays in there too long... But, thanks for uploading, great memories man
You're very welcome; I thought it was cool seeing Jeremy on a Yamaha. For once, he didn't have to make a super late change like he did at the end of '96 (lol) and that's when Jeremy found himself again up until 2001 when Carmichael stole his thunder.
Well said dude, glad to see there are true fans from the old days still around!
Yes indeed. To this day, I wish I were a fan at least 2 years earlier to 1995 because I never got to see Jeremy win a Motocross championship (save for when he won in 1995, but I wasn't a fan then)
This is awesome thanks for putting this up! Such good memories!
You're welcome. I remember a power outage in my old house prevented me from seeing this broadcast. Scootercross66 sent me this and now I could watch it as is :)
Sorry man he did. I downloaded it. I still have a tiny clip of it on my other computer when I tried to convert it to wmv. Also go on my channel and watch my 1997 LA Kevin Windham's crash. It was from his video.
Thanks dude. Hope these stay up for a while.
The only thing the commentators didn’t say is “fuck Jeff emig”. They hated him because he took the title from jeremy
I wouldn't really say that or go that route. McGrath could easily have won that title if he didn't crash at Pontiac because the whole world saw another side of him: consistency.
McGrath had the ability to win that title, and he even said himself that if he could go back to that time, he would've made some changes on his personal side.
What? Okay almost a good excuse for McGrath. We could just say the same thing for when emig lost I guess. When you lose you lose. The better man won
@@hyfrsilaz7144 Another thing to consider was that switch to Suzuki for McGrath was an 11th hour matter. He didn't like the new aluminum-framed Hondas, plus other contract stipulations prevented him from trying out other watercraft, too, which led Jeremy to leave for Suzuki.
What else happened? Early rains in California prevented McGrath from getting any seat time on that Suzuki.
Sounds like he was experiencing terrible decision making. Whose fault? His. Emig also beat jeremy in outdoors when Jeremy was on a Honda and took that title.
@@hyfrsilaz7144 Well, one could say that Honda figured out why Jeremy was winning so easily and that he was still on his '93 steel-framed Honda.
Well, 1996, McGrath would have won the 250cc MX title if he didn't go for that crazy rhythm at Millville, and pulled out of the second moto at Washougal. Jeremy himself said that pulling out of the second moto at Washougal is one of his biggest regrets.