AMAIChevy Truc k s 250c c U. S . Motocro s s C h a m p io n s h ip S e r ie s
R o und 5 :
B y J ERRY A T HEY
P HOTOS BY S T EVE B RUHN
B(]DDS CREEK, JI\D, J(]NE18
e've all heard the saying that the
ra ce isn 't over until the checkered flag flie s , b ut ho w m an y o f us
re all y live by it? Ap p a ren t ly , Tea m
Ch e v y Trucks Kawasak i's Ric k y
Carmichael does. The defending 250cc
National Motocross Cha m p io n proved
tha t by piloting h is Chad Watts-prepa red factory KX250 to a hard-fought
1-4 overa ll win in front of a record-setting c rowd of more than 17,000 sun d renched fans on a hot and hum id
Fath er's da y at the scenic Budds Creek
MX Par k in Maryland.
Ca rm ichae l started the first mot a on
th e h e el s of T e am Su zu k i' s Ke v in
Windh a m a nd , after a lengthy battle
with the fast -s tarting , smooth -as-ice
rider , moved into the le ad just before
the ha lfwa y point in th e m ota and
never looked back , taking the decisive
mota vic to ry , despite a s t ro ng late mota charge by the du eling pai r con sistin g of Amso il/Dr. Ma rtens/ Jou rne ys/C ompetition Ac c e ss o ries' Mike
LaRoc co and Team Honda 's Sebastien
Tortell i.
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[Above) Kevin
Windham (14) has
been putting his
Suzuki at the front
of the pack a lot
these days. Here he
l e ad s Robbie
Reynard (17), John
Dowel (1 6 ), Rya n
Hug h es(12 0), David
Vu illemin (9 34),
Se ba stien Tortelli
(13) and the rest of
the 250cc Pros at
the start of the first
m oto.
(Right) A somewhat
inc onsistent 1-4
tall)' still gave
Carmichael the
overall win .
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