A M A EA S p orts Supercr o s s S e r ie s
R o u n d 14 : Texas S t a d iu m
B Y C HRIS J ON N UM
PH OT O S BY S T EV E BRUH N
IRVING, TX, APR. 21
he th ing about youngsters these
days i s that they ' re always in
such a darned hurry . Take Ricky
Carmichae l, the carrot -topped , 21yea r-o ld Fl oridi an who seems to have
all the pat ience of a Europea n dr iver
in rush hour . In his first three years in
the big leagues. the kid grabs three
125cc MX National t itles and tie s
Mark B arn et t ' s all-time tiddler win
record in a fra ct ion of the time that it
took the Bomber (also pic k ing up a
125cc Eastern Reg ional SX Championship along the way ) . Th e fo llowing
year - still not old enough to wal k into
a bar - he nabs the 250cc MX crown,
an MX d es N at io n s v ictory and th e
U .S . Open Ch am p ionship . B ut is he
sat isfied ? Not even c lose . T h is season , th e Chevy Truck s Kawasaki rider
comes out and complet es his compi la tion of titles by ad din g th e most
prestig ious item of all , the AMA EA
Sport s Sup erc ro ss Cham pionshi p ,
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(Left) The impatient champ: Ricky
Cannichael wrapped up the
Supercross t itle two rounds early,
becoming the youngest holder of the
premie r ti tl e since Bob Hannah.
(Below) Ezra Lusk (11) kept
Cannic hael honest In the early goi ng
before falling (twice) and settling for
second. Here, he pulls the holeshot
alongside Jeremy McGrath (1) and
M ike laRocco (5).
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