AMAIChevy Trucks 250cc National Championship Motocross 5eries
Round 3: High Point Raceway
By JERRY ATHEY
PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN
MOUNT MORRIS, PA, MAY 26
ou might say that Team Honda's
Ricky Carmichael is on a tear.
The 22-year-old, from Havana, Florida, has dominated the first two
rounds of the AMA/Chevy Trucks
250cc National Championship MX
Series and things didn't change at all
at round three, held in the rolling hills
of southwestern Pennsylvania at High
Point Raceway. Carmichael, in front
of more than 18,174 cheering fans,
once again piloted his Chad Wattstuned CR250R to a commanding 1-1
overall victory.
In each of the 30-minute-plus-twolap motos, Carmichael quickly moved
past the booming Cernic's.com/PC
Worldwide/Boston Celtics-backed
KTM of fast-starter John Dowd and
immediately pulled out a sizeable lead
over his would-be competitors - they
were leads that he would never relinquish. Carmichael's two-moto sweep
at High Point makes it 6-0 on moto
wins for the defending champion so far
this year. Additionally, Carmichael,
who had never won a 250cc overall at
High Point, now has at least one 125
and 250cc National overall win at
every track on the series schedule.
"I got out really far real quick,«
Carmichael said. "I think me and
Sebastien [Tortelli] were racing each
other with lap times and checking
Sebastien Tortelli (13) seems to be the
only rider to challenge Carmichael so
far, but bad starts kept Tortelli from
seriously challenging his teammate.
Tortelli went 2-2 on the day.
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each other on the track, so it was
pretty challenging. The last couple of
weeks, I've been pulling away a little
more than I did this week. I'm just
glad to get another victory. One-one
is good. I've got to keep building
those points."
Finishing in the runner-up position
to Carmichael for the second time
Ricky Carmichael added yet another
win to his resume with a 1-1 showing
at High Point Raceway.
this season was Carmichael's Universal Studios/Honda teammate,
Sebastien Tortelli, who put in a hardfought 2-2 ride. Tortelli, who holds
two World MX Championships, proved
