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Round 8: Kenworthy's M~tocross Park AMAlMAZDA TRUCKS NA TIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 125cc MOTOCROSS SERIES 80cc Amateur days, rode to two strong and consisten t 3-2 mota finis hes . With his good ride and with the absence of his team mate Vohland , Sellards slipped his Dean Gibson-tuned CR125 in to second in th e point stand ings wi th four races rem ain ing. "Hopefully I can keep seco nd in the se ries," s aid ' Sellards . "W hen Ta llo n comes back, I do ub t if he 'll be in good as sha pe as me. He's been laid u p in bed and eve n one week off is pretty hard to come back from , bu t he's strong so we' ll see." Fo u rt h ove ra ll went to a not he r Yama ha of Troy pil ot , this tim e Casey Ly tle . The a lways-smil ing Lytl e was . happy wi th a fourth in moto one and a fifth in m oto two. "Yea h, I rode pretty good tod a y, " Lytle rem arked . "Stephane w as ridi ng rea lly fast tod ay thou gh. Thi s is a ho me race for Yamaha of Troy so we had to pu t on a show and make it look good here." , Pr im a l Im pul s e Suzu k i /B ill's Pipes/Shift-s upported David Pin gr ee filled out the top five on the day. A consistent Ping ree rode to a fifth-place ride in the first rno to and an eig hth the second time ou t. "I like this track," Pingree said after the race. "The good, sticky dirt sui ts my style an d I was shooting for a top five today so it we nt pretty good." The Pro Circuit /SplitFire/ Kawasakis of Nick Wey and Na tha n Ram sey fin ished sixth and seventh, while Yamaha of Troy 's Ernesto Fo n seca fi n ish ed eighth with a 14-4. Fonseca noted, "I always do good in one mot o and then so met hing happens in the other. I just want to ge t two good motos together." N int h overall and top 125cc privateer went to Florid a's Paul Currie. The F&S , .. ...... '.Suzuki/ Sunstar-backed rider rode to 9'11 finishes, w hile Primal Impulse Suz uki' s Micha el Brandes ro u nded ou t the . top ten wi th a 17-6. ....._ ..11): Ca rmichael now has a 99-point lead ove r his near est com petitor, Brock SellBy Dave Deringe r " Photos by Kar l Ocker! TR , OH, JULY 25 OY ith six wins under his belt ou t of the last sev en races of 1999, , SplitFire /Pro Circuit /Kawasaki' s Rick y Carmichael came in to the Tro y, Oh io facili ty with a lot of confi. dence. A big win here one yea r ago and with his biggest rival of the yea r, Tallon Vohland, ou t with an injury, Ca rmichae l looked to be the od ds-on favorite. Carmichael took his eig hth win of the AMA /M azda Trucks 125cc N a tiona l MX series via 2-1 moto scores in front of 17,366 sun-dren ched fans. Carm ichael fin ish ed secon d in th e firs t mo ta to a surp rise w inner after sta rting in about tenth a n d fa lli ng ea rly in th e r a ce . Ca rmic hael reco've re d qu ick ly a nd mot ored through the pack up to second, bu t by then the race lea der was go ne. Ca rm ic hael back ed up hi s fir st m o to with a win in the second moto, making for his seven th overall win of the year, hi s third-in-a-row and his 23rd 125cc w in of his career. "T h a t fir s t mota was w e ird ," Carmicha el explained . "I got off the ga te great bu t they just rode by me. I fell later on a n d w ork ed u p p r e tt y goo d b ut en St epha ne wa s rid ing goo d too . I told en en m yself that I wa s ju st go ing to go ou t and win that second one for sure." The biggest surp rise of the da y wa s that of Yama ha Troy/ Sinisalo/ Alpinestars-sp onsored Stephan e Ron cad a. The California-based French man rod e to sec- mIll - 10 ond overall after a surprising, yet do minating win in the first mo to after being cred ited wit h th e hol esh ot as we ll. At one p oin t, Ron cada nearl y had a 20-sec. ond lead over second place bu t it slowly shra n k as Ca rm ichael char ged during the las t few laps. A stro ng third in the second mot o proved to many that the Roncada of old is back and is no t to be counted out yet. "I've been training a lot in the hea t in Cali fornia with my train er Alan, and the hea t d oesn' t really both er me . I had a good resu lt at Red Bud and it was hot th ere -too , I' m reall y h app y w it h m y resul ts tod ay, it is m y best so far." Third ove rall wen t to New Philadelp h ia, O hio 's Br ock Se llards . Th e FMF/ Honda-pilot, who grew up on the Kenworthy track d uring h is 60cc and (Above) Team SplitFire/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Ricky Carmichael (1) came away with his seventh win of the series, but it wasn 't easy . Stephane Roncada (22) ran away wit h the fi rst mota after Carmichael suffered a bad start and then fell. In the second mota (shown), Carm ichae l gated second and found himself in the lead early on . From there, the defending series champion ran away with the mot a wi n and the overall . (Right) Yamaha of Troy's Stephane Roncada pos ted his best-ever outdoor National fin is h at Kenworthy's, racing 1-3 fo r second overa ll. The Frenchman flat smoked in the first mota but tired a little in the second.