The World Cup of Motocross

The day the world came to town



Australia, USA, Canada. 1, 2, 3.





Most fans know the 2002 Motocross of Nations was to be held in California on September 29. Unfortunately, the event was canceled, and moved to Spain.



But enthusiasts and industry personnel in the USA wanted to go forward with an international event to be run on Sunday, September 29 at Glen Helen Raceway in California: The World Cup of Motocross.



Short notice to put together an event. But it happened! $100,000+ in prize money. Three motos, 20 minutes plus 2 laps each. No 125/250/500 requirements.



Chad Reed helped lead Australia to the win in the 2002 World Cup of Motocross. If there was an individual winner, Chad would be it. He raced a Yamaha 450 four-stroke. He won the first moto, was runner-up in the second moto, and won the finale. Michael Byrne and Chad’s cousin Craig Anderson rounded out the team.



USA took second with team riders Tim Ferry, Kyle Lewis, and Sean Hamblin. Third went to Canada, with the team of J. S. Roy, Blair Morgan, and Marco Dube.



Notes: Two best scores for each country in each moto were used in the scoring. Today was Sebastien Tortelli’s first ride in the USA on Suzuki. He fell in the first moto, and did not start in the other motos. Greg Albertyn came out of retirement to ride for South Africa.





Results:



1. Australia: 20 Points (Chad Reed, Craig Anderson, Michael Byrne)

2. USA: 24 Points (Kyle Lewis, Sean Hamblin, Tim Ferry)

3. Canada: 60 Points (J. S. Roy, Blair Morgan, Marco Dube)

4. South Africa: 64 Points (Grant Langston, Greg Albertyn, Kevin Mcgovern)

5. Japan: 67 Points (Akira Narita, Yoshitaka Atsuta, Kazuyoshi Idagiri)

6. England: (James Dobb, Neil Prince, Rob Herring)

7. Costa Rica: (Ernesto Fonseca, Adrian Robert, Cristian Leon)



Other teams competing were Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, and New Zealand.





First moto: 1. Reed, 2. Ferry, 3. Dobb, 4. Hamblin, 5. Fonseca, 6. Langston, 7. Albertyn, 8. Anderson, 9. Byrne, 10. Morgan



Second moto: 1. Fonseca, 2. Reed, 3. Lewis, 4. Byrne, 5. Albertyn, 6. Hamblin, 7. Anderson, 8. Dobb, 9. Morgan, 10. Narita



Third moto: 1. Reed, 2. Langston, 3. Ferry, 4. Byrne, 5. Morgan, 6. Hamblin, 7. Narita, 8. King, 9. Atsuta, 10. Dube





There were two other races in support of the World Cup – an 80cc invitational race, and a Fast Masters race. Doug Dubach won the Fast Masters overall, with Jeff Emig second, and Ryan Hughes third. Other riders in the class were Jeff Ward, Marty Smith, Erik Kehoe, Jeff Matiasevich, Micky Dymond, Danny LaPorte, Mike Healey, and Chuck Sun, along with others.





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Ryan Hughes with Vic, Joey & Jason	Craig Anderson – Australia – and Chad Reed’s cousin!	Team Argentina
Team Australia	Part of the crew that put on the race	Team Canada
Team Chile pits	Costa Rica	The SX/MX Media Guru was not able to attend. He was vacationing in Mexico
Denmark	James Dobb	Fast Masters Doug Dubach and Jeff Emig
Dubach and Marty Smith – Fast Masters	Jeff Emig rode in the Fast Masters class	Tim Ferry
Tim Ferry 2		Lee McCollum with Sean Hamblin
Jack McGrath (Jeremy’s Dad)	Team Japan	Mike Alessi won the 80 class
Honda MX Team Manager Erik Kehoe rode in the Fast Masters	Kehoe and Chuck Sun	Kyle Lewis
It’s not real MX if there’s no mud!	Vintage Iron
Chad Reed anchored Team Australia	Chad Reed	Ferry and Reed for the lead in the first moto
The man that brought you the World Cup – Rick Doughty	Eric Sorby – Team France	Grant Langston & Greg Albertyn of South Africa
Sebastien Tortelli’s new Suzuki ride
	Jeff Ward, Jeff Matiasevich – Fast Masters	Reed and Ferry’s Yamaha 450′s