AMA/Chevy Trucks 250cc National Championship Motocross Series
Round 5: Budds Creek MX Park
set the record in the 250cc class in
1978, winning the first eight rounds).
Carmichael also becomes the firstever three-time 250cc motocross
winner at Budds Creek.
In what is quickly becoming his
trademark style, Carmichael shot into
the early lead of each of the 30minute-plus-two-Iap motos and never
looked back. Team Yamaha's Tim
Ferry kept Carmichael honest in the
first moto, but by the time the second
moto rolled around, Carmichael had
the rough and rutted course dialed and
finished out the moto with a morethan-30-second lead over the runnerup rider - in this case, Amsoil/Dr.
Martens/Journeys/Honda's Mike
LaRocco.
"Things are working good,"
Carmichael said. "My bike's awesome, and I got great starts today.
This first turn is pretty scary, so I
really concentrated on my starts.
Timmy was riding excellent in the
first moto. It was a tough race, and he
was making me work for it. In the
second moto, I had a bigger lead. I
don't know what happened to Timmy
- I think he fell down in the first turn.
It was a good day of racing for me.
These gU% are stepping it up, and
they're getting stronger as the season
goes on. It's awesome to see us Florida boys up here on the podium. I'm
pumped."
(Left) Ricky Cannichael leads the pack
at the start of the 250cc National at
Budds Creek Raceway. Cannlchael
cruised to victo.., In both motos,
keeping his win streak Intact.
(Below) Chad Watts, RC's tuner, keeps
Cannichael posted en route to their
1ยท1 sweep.
By JERRY ATHEY
PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN
BUDDS CREEK, MD, JUN 16
icky Carmichael is on a serious
roll. While the scenery may have
changed along the way, the results
have stayed the same - Glen Helen,
1-1; Sacramento, 1-1; Mt. Morris, 1-1;
and Southwick, 1-1. Unfortunately for
his competitors, there seems to be no
end in sight, either, as the Team
Honda rider posted yet another perfect 1-1 score aboard his Chad
Watts-tuned factory CR250R - this
time, in front of the 17,305 sundrenched spectators on-hand at the
beautiful and scenic Budds Creek MX
Park. With his latest two-moto sweep,
Carmichael becomes only the second
rider in the series' history to open up
with five-straight wins (Bob Hannah
R
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