AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. MX Championship Series
Round 1 : Glen Helen Raceway
(Above) Ricky Cannlchael had a ml_ke-free race at the opening round of the outdoor series at Glen Helen. The defending
champ won both motos.
(Below) Guy Cooper (540) nailed the _rt of the second 250cc moto ahead of Cannlchael (4). John Dowd (16). Sebastien
Tortelll (13). David Yulllemin (12). Stephane Roncada (21) and the rest of the 4O-rider pack.
By KIT PALMER
PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, MAY 12
t might've been the start to a new
season, and it might've been an
entirely different kind of racing, but
the name at the top of the leaderboard was the same - Ricky
Carmichael. The Team Honda rider
certainly made the transition from
supercross to motocross look easy,
as the recently crowned SX champ
won both motos at the highly anticipated openjng round of the AMA/
Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship Series at Glen Helen Raceway. And you can pretty much say
that he dominated.
The defending champ jumped out
to early leads in both motos and rode
off into the sunset with a 1-1 sweep,
a much better start to the series than
he experienced in this year's supercross series (in which he crashed and
rang his bell) and last year's outdoor
series (in which he had a losing bout
with a hay bale at this same venue).
But things were quite different this
time, as Carmichael had two flawless
rides at Glen Helen, pretty much leading from start to finish in both motos,
though his teammate Sebastien
Tortelli did give him something to
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