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Jet-setter Jeff Ward flew from California, where he won Saturday’s F-USA SuperMoto race, to Columbus, Ohio, where he won Sunday’s 20-lap AMA SuperMoto race with an average speed of 31.351 mph.

Ward beat Jeremy McGrath by 6.4 seconds with Doug Henry third on a Yamaha prepared by former road racer Dr. Rob Tuluie. Ward and McGrath rode Hondas.

Road racer Jeff Wood was seventh on a Honda. Other road racers in the final-event field included Larry Pegram at 13th, Tim Bemisderfer at 15th and Bryan Bemisderfer at 19th.



Road racers who didn’t advance to the final through qualifying heat and semi-final races included Mike Smith, Kurt Marmor, Monty Warsing and Harry Vanderlinden.

Results follow:

AMA SuperMoto
Columbus, Ohio
Sunday, October 5

1. Jeff Ward, Honda

2. Jeremy McGrath, Honda, -6.402 seconds

3. Doug Henry, Yamaha, -17.691

4. Alexandre Thiebault, Honda, -19.250

5. Mark Avard, Suzuki, -20.805

6. Ben Carlson, KTM, -30.691

7. Jeff Wood, Honda, -39.797

8. Chris Fillmore, KTM, -41.556

9. Steven Drew, Honda, -43.511

10. Mark Burkhart, Yamaha, -43.926

11. Brett Landes, Honda, -46.617

12. Steve Beattie, Honda, -60.622

13. Larry Pegram, KTM, -1 lap

14. Nick Daniels, Honda, -1 lap

15. Tim Bemisderfer, Honda, -1 lap

16. Jake Johnson, Honda, -1 lap

17. Aaron Howe, Honda, -1 lap

18. Guy Giroux, KTM, -1 lap

19. Bryan Bemisderfer, -1 lap

20. Casey Yarrow, Honda, -2 laps



In the SuperMoto Unlimited support class, Ben Carlson beat Leo Bagnis and Chris Fillmore, with Pegram fourth. Carlson’s average speed was 31.728 mph.

Doug Chandler won his SuperMoto Unlimited heat race but DNF the final when he collided with Carlson, crashed and broke his leg.

Results follow:

AMA SuperMoto Unlimited
Columbus, Ohio
Sunday, October 5

1. Ben Carlson, KTM 525SX

2. Leo Bagnis, Vertemati SR570

3. Christopher Fillmore, KTM 525SX

4. Larry Pegram, KTM 525SX

5. Steven Drew, Honda XR650R

6. Matt Pursley, KTM 525SX

7. Guy Giroux, KTM 525

8. Dave Arnold, KTM 520

9. Chuck Sun, KTM 660

10. Eric Pinson, KTM 525