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AM AIC h e vy Tru cks 2 5 0 c c U . S . M o t o c r o s s Cham p ion s h ip S e r ie s R ou n d 1 0 : B r oome-T io g a Sports C e n t e r 35 . Jason Thomas (Hon) ; 36. lshe Wood (Yam ). 250 MOT O 2 : 1. Ric ky Carm ichael (Ho n ); 2 . Browning (Suz) : 26 . Dennis Sta pleton ( Ho n); 27 . MlItt Karlsen ( Suz) ; 28 . Chris Hun te r ( Hon ) ; 29 . A ustin Squires (Yam ) ; 30 . Jeffrey Bow man (Yem ) ; 31. T y wanece (Ho n ); 32. Andrew Pingotti (Yam); 33 . Keith S . Johnson ( KT M) ; 34 . Ba rry Ca rs ten ( S uz) ; 35 . Cha rles Ellis (Suz) : 36 . ls ha Wood (Yam) ; 37 . Jimmy Wi lson (Yam) ; 38. Bruce Stra tton (Ho n) ; 39 . J erem y Cook (Yem} . AMA /CHE VV T RUC KS U . S . M O TO CROSS CHAM PIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS ( Alt er 10 of 12 rounds ) : I. Ricky Ca rmichael (4 79 /8 wins ) ; 2. Ke vin Windham (41 6/ 2 wins) ; 3 . Chad Reed (366 ); 4. Tim Ferry (336); 5. Mike te ecccc (296) ; 6. David Vuil lem in (253) : 7 . Ezra Lusk (239) ; 8. Ernesto Fonseca (2 13) ; 9. Joh n Do wd (19 0); 10. Lorry Ward (1 83) ; II. Nic k Wey ( 167) : 12. Kyle Lewis ( 140.); 13. Stephane Ron cade (1 12): 14 . Clar k Sti les (11 1): 15. No te Ramsey ( 9 9 ) ; 16 . H ea t h Voss ( 6 8 ) ; 17 . ( Tl E) Sean Hamb lin / J a son Th oma s (6 6 ) ; 19 . Joaqu im Rod rigu es (60 ) ; 20 . Keith R. Johnso n (5 7): 2 1. Kei th S. J ohn son (43) ; 22 . Peul Carpente r (3 6) ; 23 . Dam ien Plotts (35); 24 . Ste ve Lam son (34) ; 25 . Sebast ien To rtelli (33 ); 26 . Jea n Sebestlen Roy (32 ); 27 . Bobby Bonds (30 ); 28. Robbie Reynard (29); 29 . Greg A lbertyn (25) ; 30 . Ryon Clark (23 ); 3 1. Aklra Nente (2 1); 32. J osh Demuth ( 19); 33. J oe Oehlhof ( 16) ; 34 . (TIE) Doug Henry / James Pcvclny (15 ); 36 . (T IE) Marc o Dub e/Cral g Decker ( 13); 38 . (T IE) J er em ia s Israel/ E va n Laugh ridg e ( 10) ; 40 . Bl air Morgan ( 7) . Race Time : 36 min .• 23.19 1 sec. So wh at was the k e y to his su c- Mar gin of Victory: 7.338 sec. cess t his afte rno o n ? Th e sta rts. "I t 's e asy to g e t good starts here w h e n you come i n wit h the p o in t s lead : Cannichael's w in at Binghamton was h is fourth at Broome-Tioga and h is e ighth of the year. Kevin Windha m (Hon ); 3. T im Ferry Yam ) ; 4 . Chad Reed ( Yam ) ; 5 . Da vid vuillemin ( Yam ); 6. M i k e LaRocco ( Hon); 7. Ezra Lusk ( Kaw) ; 8. Larry Ward ( Hon ) ; 9 . Ernesto Fo n sec a ( Ho n) ; 10 . N ick Wey ( Yern): 11. K y le lewis (Hon ): 12 . Pa ul Carpenter ( Hon) ; 13. Steve Lamson (Suz) ; 14. Ja son Thomas (Hon) ; 15. Clark Stiles (Hon); 16. Nathan Ramsey (Hon): 17. Heath Voss (Yam) ; 18. Ryan Clark (Yam) : 19. Keit h R. Johnson ( Yam) ; 20 . Du st in Nelson (Yam) ; 2 1. Dennis Stapleton (Hon ): 22 . Casey Clark ( Ya m) : 23 . Will ia m Bro wn in g ( S u z) ; 2 4 . Barry C ar sten ( Suz) : 25. Chris Hunter ( Ho n ); 2 6 . Ma tt Karls en (Sua): 27 . Andrew Pingotti (Yam ); 28 . Jeffrey Bo wman (Yam); 29 . A usti n Squ ires (Yam ); 30 . Isha Wo ods ( Ya m ); 31 . Stephane Rcn cada (S uz); 3 2 . Charles Ell is (Suz); 33 . J oseph Oeh lh of ( Ho n ) ; 34 . James Povolny (Hon); 35. J immy Wil son (Yam) ; 36 . Bru ce St ratton ( Ho n) ; 37 . Ty Watle ce ( Ho n) ; 38 . Ke ith S. John son ( KTM) ; 39 . Je rem y Cook (Yam) ; 40. John Dowd (KTM ). Race Time: 36 m in .• 56.636 sec . Mar gin of Victory : 10.08 7 sec . 250 O / A : 1. Rick y Car m ichael (Ho n) ; 2 . Kevi n Windh am (Ho n): 3 . T im Ferry (Yam): 4 . Cha d Reed (Ya m) ; 5 . Dav id Vuille m in (Yam ); 6 . Mike Lee cc ec ( Ho n) ; 7 . Ezra Lu sk ( K aw) ; 8 . E m es to Fo nseca ( Hon) : 9 . Nick Wey (Yam ) ; 10 . Ky le Lew is ( Hon): 11. Pau l Carpe nter (Hon); 12. Na te Ram sey ( Ha n ); 13 . La r ry Ward ( Ha n) ; 14 . Steve Lam so n (S uz) ; 15 . Step hene Rcn ca da (Suz) : 16. Clark Stil es (Hon ); 17. Heath Voss (Yam) ; 18. Ke ith R. Johnson (Yam): 19 . J aso n Th om as (Ha n ); 20. Ryan Clark (Ya m): 2 1. Joe Oeh lhof ( Hon ); 22 . James Pov oln y ( Hon ); 23 . Du stin Nelson (Yam ); 24 . Ca sey Clark (Yam ); 25 . Willia m 95th c o mbi n ed MX/SX w in . C a r m i c h a e l said . "[It's] almost im p o s s i b le not to com e out in the top three when you ' re o n that first gate." eN Broome"Tiogl Sports Center Binghlmmn, New York Results: August 24, 2003 (Round 10 of 121 250 MO TO I : 1. Kevin Windham ( Hon ); 2 . Rick y Carmich ael ( Hon ); 3 . David Vuille mi n (Ya m) ; 4 . Chad Reed ( Ya m ) ; 5 . T im Ferry (Ya m ) ; 6 . Ez ra L us k (Ka w ); 7. Mik e laRoc co (Ho n) ; 8 . Stephene Roncada (Suz) ; 9. Ernesto Fon seca (Ho n) : 10. Nate Ramsey ( Ho n); 11 . Pau l Carpent er ( Hon ); 12 . Kyl e Lew is ( Hon ) ; 13 . Ni ck Wey (Ya m): 14 . Keith R. John son (Yam) ; 15 . He eth Vo ss (Ya m } : 16 . Steve Lam son (Suz) ; 17. Clark St iles ( Hon); 18. Jo e Oeh lhof ( Hon) ; 19. Ja mes Povoln y ( Ho n) ; 20 . Larry Wa rd ( Hon): 21. Dust in Nelson (v ern): 22 . Ryan Cla rk (Yam ) : 23 . Ty Wall ac e ( Ho n ); 24 . Keit h S . J oh nson ( K TM ): 25 . Willi am Bro wning (S uz) ; 26. Ca sey Clark (Yam ); 27. Matt Karlsen (Suz); 28 . De nnis St apleton ( Hon) ; 29 . Ch ris Hun ter ( Hon ); 3 0 . A ust in Squires (Yam) ; 31. J immy Wilson (Ya m) ; 32 . Je ff re y Bowman (Yam) ; 33 . Cha rle s Elli s (Suz) ; 34 . Andrew Pingotti (Yam): rayed yet. but it hurt s." said th e Portugue se pro spe ct. - I can barely hang on. " BRIEFLY••• With two riders gunning for the 125cc National title, tension appears to be mounting in the Red Bull KTM pit s. " W e don' t talk to each other as much as we did at the beginning of the seaso n. said Hughes of his relation ship with Grant Langston . " That' s not from me not liking him or him not liking me. It's just that when it gets close like this at the end of the season. that' s how it is. We have some proble ms right now with some te am tactics. but that's the way it goes . I guess. " Racerh ou se .c om/Yo shimu ra rider Kelly Smith has sig ned a deal to race with Team Boo st MobllelYamaha of Troy next season. and the Yamaha fact ory outfit is already provid ing some help. "They helped me gel to the race . " said Smith. wh o donned YoT grap hics on his bike . " The tru ck that was hauling my bike .around stopped going to the last few races . I was truly privat eering it. I'm really excited to go out W est this fall with the new team . I'll actually be able to test this yea r. It' s defin ite ly go ing to be a big step up.Kelly Smit h picked up U.S. Smokeles s Tobacco' s $ 1500 Top Privatee r Award for his stro ng seco nd-p lace fin ish. Suzuki Sport s rider Broc Hepler was in line to co llect the $75 0 seco nd place privateer award (Hepler is pitt ing in a box van separate from the SoBe Suzuk i factory outfit). but at 17 year s of age he is one year too yo ung to w in the money. Star Hacinq's M ichael Brandes ended up with the money. Boo st M obilelYamaha o f Troy ' s Ivan T e des c o failed to finish either mot o, as he wa s slammed by the flu. And Team ECC Suzuki's o ft-injured rider Sha e B ent l e y wa s injured again wh en he took a handlebar to the ribs In pract ice on Satu rday. Bo th riders plan on racing next wee kend at Steel City . James Stewart co ntinues to draw headlines in the mainstream medi a. - The o ther day I taped a TV show w ith Tom Broka w . " Stewart said. " To be hone st. I didn't even know wh o he was. Then he told me 11 million people watch his show . So I had to put on my nice collared shirt and fix my hair. It was fun though. " Steve Bon iface ha s bee n the c ente r o f attention lately . The Red Bull KTM team released him midw eek , foll owi ng a con troversia l episode involv ing team tac t ic s . He p ick ed up at Bingha m t on w it h his new t e am . M ot ow orldrac ing.com Suzuki, we aring his familiar number 55 on an RM 125 that was originally prepared for injured rider Ryan Morias. "Today is the first day I rode the bike. " said Boniface after Saturday's practice . " W e can get a head start on next year this way .· Boni's old team was probably worried about retaliation during the mot es, but Boniface yielded to both G rant Langston and Ryan Hughes during the motos without incident . Following a so lid fourth overall last weekend in M innesota. Red Bull KTM 's Joaquim Rodrigues injured his w rist in Sat urday' s pract ice and co uldn't finish either 125cc moto. - I didn't get it X- 14 SEPTEMBER 3, 2003' cu e I e n e Word aro und the pit s Is that Kevin W indham has reupped to ride the Honda C RF450R in both supercross and the outdo or motocross Nationals for the next two years. with his Fact ory Con nect ion/ Lee Dun gar ees squad . " Wh en I was making my comeback . I had a picture o f RiCky hanging on the wall in my gym ." Win dham said. " No w I'll have to have two pictures. one of Ricky and one of Ch ad [Reed !. beca use I know they will be to ugh in supercross . " Popular Cern ic ' s KTM rider John Dowd elected to sit out Binghamt on with a groin Injury . - I slipped In a tu rn and hurt It last week ." said The J unkyard Dog . "Then I slid out on a greasy tum in practice and pulled il again. I hal e 10 not race . but this is one of thos e injuries where you can be out for a long, long time if yo u don 't let It heal right. W ith M ike Brown and Eric Sorb y on the sidelines wi th injuries at the Pro -C irc uit/Kawasak i hauler . tea m ma nager A lley Semar dipp ed into the Kawasa ki te st -r ide r poo l and brou ght Craig Decker up to factory race sta tus. Decker. who just finished third in the Canadian National Series. injured his knee in the qualifiers at Broo me-Tioga and wa s not able to make the main. Ironically. the C aliforn ia native raced for Yamaha CBlair Morga n Yamaha) in Canada. "Y eah. I tri ed to get on C anada's factory Kawasaki team. but they didn 't have any openings. But Kawasaki was cool w ith me riding Yamahas up there." A fter succumbi ng to heat stro ke the pr eviou s wee k at M illv ille, Team Yama ha' s David V u ille m i n rebounded nicely at Bing hamton . " I was hot . really hot. but I kept going. " Vuillemin said of the Mi llvllie race. - I started to see stars but kept go ing. I finally passed out in the mechanic 's area. and afte r that I don 't remern ber much. I got an IV at the A sterix medical area and felt a lot better after that. " Tom H urd . NPG mem ber and promoter of Broc me-Ticq a. cut a new section into the hill through the tall pines. The new sec tion was commen ted on favorably by the teams and riders. " It actua lly made the lap t imes fast er, even though it made the track loo k longer. " said Honda ' s race cons ultant J eff Stanton . J ames Povolny and Bria n M a son are ge tting togeth er to start a new team for next year. The new Team FCA (" Fellowship of Christian Ath let es " ) te am will be backed by the Panic Rev MX sho p. co- ow ned by Povolny and his fr ie nd Trav is "Tuned by Travis " Flateau. One interesting aspect of this team is that Povolny hopes to incl ude a trave ling amateu r prog ram to go WIth the tw o-man pro race team. A high·five goes out to C lear Channel' s T odd J e n d ro and his wife Amy. w ho are expec ting a baby girl. Light w eek o f trainin g? The answer was " yes " from most riders who co mpete d at M illville. " Last week took it out of all of us pretty bad. - said Jason Thomas of Team Subway. " I think we all took It easy this week. From the " You-Haven·t-Seen·Everyt hlng -D epart ment .· Act ive 8 Racing Services ' Brian Berry has a remo te cont rol van in their rig. Proudly showi ng it off . Berry can eve n click betwee n spee ds on the fan with his remo te co ntro l unit. He eve n went beh ind-the head on one move. · 1wished my TV remote at home wo rked this well. - said Berry . vv s Look s like John Dowd's son. Ryan Dowd . has gotten out of the ga te a lot fa st er tha n his dad d id . Ry an. 6 . ra ce d hi s first motoc ro ss at Cou nty Fair near Dowd's house in M assachusett s. " I'm a mini dad now. - Do wd Sr. said . Ryan finished about fifth out of 10 kids. wh ile Jo hn didn' t enter his first mot ocro ss until he was 21. Have you ever wondered who the best bowler on the outdoor N ational tour is? In case you have. the answer wou ld probably be Bruce Stratton. The Clifton Springs. NY . nativ e once held a 210 average and had - on seve ral occa sion s • been one open frame away from a perfect game . It surely didn't hurt that Stratton' s parents ow ned a small bowl ing alley (called " Hi-Skor Lanes) when he was growi ng up. Stratton also mentioned that mechanic Ma rshall Plumb 's gOI lane-game. as w ell. " I think we 're the only tw o guys on the tour that talk about bowli ng. " Stratt on joked. So what did M oto XXX's Larry Ward do last week on his time off? " Bow season opened for us. and I sat in a blind and sco ped out some deer . - W ard said . - I saw 37 different deer but didn' t take any. " W ard . an avid outdoor sman . has been wo rking wi th C abellas Sport s O utfi tters as of late . Team EC C Suzuki' s Steve Lamson had his buddy Chris Gos" selaar cracking up in the pits. It seems Lamson' s seven-mo nthold ye llow lab puppy. Tank, wasn't too keen on Lammy riding his 70cc minicyc le anymore. While Lammy was out on his track practicing. Tank took to chewmq on the elect rical wire s of his 70 . "I couldn't believe it." Lamson said. "B ut the funniest part wa s I've never soldered anyt hing before. So I grab this solderi ng iron and just went to town. And I'll be dammed If the bike didn 't start right up! - Lammy said he quick ly taped up his work. and the bike' s running fine now . The lighting at Broo me-Tioga was difficult at best. The skies were bright. but. like Wa sho ugal. riders had to deal wi th the heavily s haded areas on the track. The sol ution for some riders was Scott Goggles' Amplif ier iens. " Mo st rider s were going wi th the ro se lens. wh ile a few guys went back to the yellow lens. - said Scott rider rep John Kuzo. "W e also have this pretty cool light sensi tive lens that goes from clear to blue that a few guys were using. " Word in t he pit s has it tha t t he MotoworldRac ing .com/ Suzuki team has signed a two-year deal to run Fly C lothing. Seems the East Is not th e on ly area w ith a power outage. Besides foreigners Chad Reed . D avid Vu lliemin . Emesto Fonseca and Stephane Roncad a and transplant Tenne ss ee' s Nathan Hamsey. California only has one native rider in the top 20 wi th Steve Lamson. wh o was 14th at Broo me-Tioga. And . ove rall this summer . Calif omia only has one native son in the top 20 - Suzuk i's Sean Hamblin. ESPN announcer Cameron Steele. fre sh off the '03 X Games. on calling the l a rge st gathering for a f reestyle motocross event in the history of the sport : . " The vi be wa s ins ane. The cou rse wa s huge [at the L.A. Coll seurnl . the mo st dirt ever used for a freestyle event. They drew 4 1.700 . I think [Brian] Deegan 's 360 scared eve rybody. And when they gasped , it sucked the air right out of the bulldlng."I'd do it into a foam pit. but never on dirt , " said Honda' s Rick y Carm ichae l to buddy " M ad" M ike Jon es. when the tw o we re talking abou t the rece nt X Games. and somebody in the mix asked R.C . If he'd eve r try a back flip.

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