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had a home track advantage," said Bogird. "Today, if I get out front, I know that I can pull away from him." Bogard never the chance to back up his words, however, as Carmichael grabbed the holeshot and simply smoked the competition with a runaway victory, while Bogard crashed hard in the early stages of the race and retired. Carmichael went unchallenged throughout the race, ~nd clinched the overall win with his 1-2-1 finishes. "The kid has about as much promise or even more than Jeff Ward at his age," said Team Green's Jose Gonzalez. "It means a lot to him to go out and beat the older, more experienced kids." Partridge crossed the line a distant seco.nd and blamed his runner-up performance on a fried clutch. Sellards continued to ride consistently and finished third, but again, a lack of raw horsepower kept him from the leaders. Dustin Nelson, Andy Harrington and Andy Bowyer completed the top six finishers. The 80cc 12-13 Stock class proved to be a walk in the" park for Carmichael, as he all but dominated both motos. Only two motos were run in this class, as there were not enough entries to warrant two divisions and a runoff. "I think Jacob Martin will be tough in this race," said Carmichael before the start of the first moto. Carmichael holeshot the opening race and smoked everyone with ease. Martin, meanwhile, seemed to be riding tight and labored throughout the race to finish second. Travis Riley, Danny Smith and Mike Young rounded out the top five. In the final moto, Martin chased Carmichael for a good part of the race aboard his Suzuki, but was never able to steal the lead. "He surprised me," said Carmichael. "Martin was hanging real close all moto long." While Martin chased after Carmichael, American Suzuki's Pat Alexander watched on the sidelines with a smile on his face. "We really like Jacob," said Alexander. "We are giving him some help now, we see a potential top rider in him." But in the end, there was no denying that Carmichael was simply the fastest, hands down. Martin held on for second, followed at a diStance by.Jerry Aleman, who had holeshot and led the opening moments of the race. Jiri Dostal made up for a horrifying crash in the first moto and charged back for an impressive fourth in front of Keith Johnson, Scott Conley and Terrance Malan. Carmichael's perfect weekend was stigmatized by one problematic moto in the 80cc 12-13 (year-old) Modified class. After easily winning the first moto, Carmichael was again well out front in the second go-round when tragedy struck. '1 thought I hit neutral when I landed from this big jump, then I realized that the chain had derailed," said Carmichael. "It took me a couple of minutes to get it back on and by that time I was dead last." Carmichael charged back through the pack and finished 14th, while Martin went on to win the moto. In the runoff, Carmichael did what he needed to do by leaving his competition behind aboard his Kawasaki Team Green/CTi/Fox/Shoei/Oakley IPJ11 Barrs Competition-backed Kawasaki. But the overall" win went to runner-up Martin, who listed Dago Racing, American Suzuki, Pro Circuit, O'Neal, Smith and CTi as his sponsors. Second overall went to Danny Smith, third to Aleman and fourth to a disappointed Carmichael. Eventual winner Robert Harold (56) led Dylan Lord (30) and Jason Oarletta (5) off the line in Pee Wee Modified action. Casey Johnson (125) stopped a Kevin Windham (511) sweep by ~g one Intermediate motorcycle class. Windham won three. Johnny Marley (90), Billy Payne (95) and Justin Buckelew (S8).battled all weekend. In the 80cc 12-16 (year-old) Modified class, Sellards pulled out the stops and scored the championship. Moto one saw Noleen Yamaha's Shaun Perotio grab the holeshot, only to throw it away by falling down in the second turn. Partridge was quick to assume the point position with Scot Pinson in two. Pinson began to feel the pressure from Sellards on lap two, and responded by crashing and knocking himself unconscious. Pinson was uninjured. Sellards began to close on Partridge, but took an unscheduled track departure that cost him valuable time. Sellards got back on track and caught within a couple bike lengths of Partridge at the finish, while Perollo charged back up to third after his tum two brain fade. Andy Harrington grabbed the holeshot in the second moto, but Perotio and Partridge slingshot past him on the opening lap. Sellards suffered a sour start and was well out of the top five on the first lap. Sellards was on fire, though, and carved through the pack and into third. 27