Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

en o ugh to ea rn second o ve ra ll in th e series. While runni ng eigh th in moto two, Sellard s dropped o u t of the race wit h b ik e p ro blems . AXO/S u nsta rspo nsored Paul Currie rounded out the top 15. Three-time 125cc World Cha mpion Alessio Chiod i made an a ppearance a t . Steel City aboard a Husqvarna /UFO / Fast by Ferracci-backed ri de, but his debu t was no t all that it was cracked up to be . Chiodi, riding a co mpletely different-than-regu larly accustomed-to Husqvarna CR125, had several bike problems and several other pro blems throughout the stint, but was still cou rteous and friendly to all. I With the title wrapped up one week earlier, Carmichael did not even need to gain any points, but he gai ned a pe rfect .'jO anyway and finis hed the season with an incredible 549 points. Sellards finis hed the seaso n in second with 396, while his team mate Vo hla nd a lmos t caught back u p (390) after his one-week injury-induced lay-off ea rlier in the season, and too k third . Wey finis hed fourth (328), Ra msey fifth (280) and Ro ncada mo ved u p to six th (270) after a d isma l first ha lf of the se ason. Primal Impu lse Suz uki's Michael Bran d es finished seven th (249) eve n tho ug h he sco re d z,:,ro po ints at the fina l three ro unds, as he is ou t with an injury. Teammat es Fonseca, Joh nson an d Lytl e rounded o ut the top ten w ith 246, 231 and 211 respectively. while r u n ni ng sixt h . Battered and bru ise d, McCormi ck ca lled it a moto. Pingree held d own seco nd with severa l la ps re mai ning , and Fonseca held third . Ro ncada lo o ked to be moving u p the best, as he was in fourth wit h Vohla nd , Se llards a nd C hiodi trai ling . One lap later, Chiodi too k a tumble and 'then he slowly rode back to the pits . . "My fro nt w heel we nt over the line (ed g e of track ) a nd I' had a very bi g crash ," said Ch iodi aft er the race . Carmichael had a ten-second lead over Pingree as the two-lap bo ard came o ut , and Ron ca d a was pressuring his tea mmate Fonseca for third . Carmichael MOT01 good . At th e e nd of th e thi rd lap it was Carmichael with a two-second lead, followed by Johnson, Pin gre e, Fo nseca, Vohland , . Sellards, Ron cada , McCormick, Chiodi and Currie. Ronca(fa got by Sellards a short tim e later for s ixth, a nd o ne lap la ter he moved by Vohland for fifth. A t th e h alfwa y , p o in t o f th e 30m inute-plu s - two-l ap moto, Johns on h igh-s id ed and went down w hil e running second. "I crashed over on top of a hill and it took me a cou ple of la ps to get going again," Jo hnson exp lained of th e in cid ent. " I got re al bad arm pump a fte r tha t. It sucked." Johnson slowly remounted a nd re. entered the race in 10th. The crash gave Carmich ael eve n more br eath ing room a nd he extended his lead to seven seco nds on Pingree, w hile every bo dy else gained a position as well A lap later, McCormick w ent d own in nearly th e sa me location as Johnson day . (Left) Three-time 125cc Wo rld Motocross Champion Alessio Chiodi was no match for Carmichael, or the rest of the field for that matter. Chiodi suffered a crash in the first moto and bike problems in the second, pushing him way back in the overall. (Right) FMFlHonda's Brock setlards turned out to be the team 's saving grace in some aspects. After teammate Tallon Vohland was injured, sellards picked up the slack, posting several pod ium finishes and even an overall. sellards finished second in the series but , could on ly muster a 14th at the final due to a troubtesome second moto. l The rid ers rocketed up the hill for the first time as Pingree led co ming out of the sh a r p left- ha nded tum. Johns o n, Fonseca, Carmichael an d Sella rds followed as the group entered tum two. f Carmichael mo tored by Fo nse ca for thi rd halfway through the first la p while Vo hla n d , C h io di an d Ron ca d a ha d moved in to the top ten at the end of the firs t la p . N unn w as in 11th a nd Wey w as in 15th . Johnson pressu red Ping ree into a mistake going up a n uphill and moved in to the lea d , but t he ins t inc t of (Hun); 15. Paul Currie (Suz); 16 . Na tha n Rarru.ey CKdW); 17. ChriMopht'" C~la.u O-lon); 18. Kell y Smith (JaM ); 19 Ieroes Povol ny (Yam); . 20 . Jason lltom.1S (Yam); 21. Travis.. P'n.-st n (Su7.); 22. o Cory Bauder (Yam); 23. B.uty ur;.ten (Suz); 24. ~btt M.u;i moff (K.aw); 25. David Kratz. (Yam) . M AZDA Tll UCKS ATiO NAL A M AI CH A M PI O N SH I P rzsee MX SERI ES POINT STAN D INCS ( A ft~r 12 o f 12 ro u n d ): 1. Rickv C arm ichael (:A9 /9 wins); 2. Brock Sellanls r:Y'61 I~ i. Ta llon 13'101 I); 4. NKk W.-y <:IlJ!,11 ~ 5. No""'n Ra.....'Y (280); 6 . Stt"h.UM:" Roocada (270); 7. Mich.k"I Brandes (249.; 8. Em.'SIo""",,'CO (2%); 9. e..,." Joh...... (231 ~ 10. Casey lytll' (21 1); 11. Da n ny Smi th (94); 12. Travis P res ton (18 2); 13 . David Pin g ree (171); 14. Iason McCornUck (170); 15. Pau l Currie 0 4"'); 16. Bu ddy A ntu nez (37); 17. Matt Walker" (119); 18. Kelly Smith (1091; 19. Srott Shrok (106); 21). Ilr.mden ~ n (71 ); 21. m El Sa"}' C........ I Mike Craig (63); 23, """" Thom... (50); 24. Christopht-r ~l.-\r (39); 25. Ryan CLuk (37). 31

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