Throwback Thursday: Jean-Michel Bayle Leads Troy AMA 125 Motocross National Start (1990)

Larry Lawrence | April 20, 2023

Frenchman took the overall victory at Kenworthy’s Motocross Park in Ohio

Kit Palmer photo

In this week’s Throwback we zoom back 33 years and land at Troy, Ohio’s Kenworthy’s Motocross Park. That was the site of round seven of the 1990 AMA Motocross National and this photo shows the start of the first 125cc class moto. That’s French sensation Jean-Michel Bayle (No. 22) with the inside line going into the first turn. Dropping in behind Bayle are Buddy Antunez (No. 60), Jeff Matiasevich, Tallon Vohland (No. 80), unidentified rider (No. 673), defending series champ Mike Kiedrowski (No. 1), and David Gaylord (No. 486). Bayle went on to win the moto and the overall that day with a (1-3) over Matiasevich and Kiedrowski.

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