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o r the seco nd ra ce in a row,
Ric ky Carmichael remi nded
eve ryo ne just w hy he's the
rei gning 2S0 cc Natio na l MX
C ha mpio n aft e r gu idi ng his
CRF4S0R Ho nda in come-fro m- be hind
fashion in both mo tos (vs. Chad Reed in
mo to on e and Kevin Windham in mo to
tw o) to take the ove rall victo ry, via a I- I
moto tally, at High Point Raceway, round
t wo of th e 2 0 0 4 AMA C hev ro le t
Motocross Ch amp ionship Se ries.
In front of a sizeable crowd of 19,523
fans hungry to see some great batt les at
the 28t h running of the legendary Tho r
Nation al at High Point, Carmi chael survived a first-mo to tipover and caught
Yamaha's Reed a lap late r in th e exact
spot where Reed got by him. Carmichael
then cr uised to a seemingly easy victory.
The Red Rider then ove rcame an excit ing elbow -to -elbow start in the sec ond
moto that
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Windh am holeshot to an ea rly four- lap
lead be fore RC put on the charge
and , in the process, eve ntually put
as much as I7 sec o nds between
him and rival Windham for the
ove rall win in the second mo to
as wel l.
"T he re was no ex cu ses
to da y," Ca r michael said.
" I got to race t he two
top guys an d was a ble
to pas s bo t h o f them .
My mechanic [Mike
Go ssel aar]
and
I
agreed it was good fo r
me to do that , and I had
a good time today."
With the win, his
th ird consecutive win at
High Point, Carmichael
tied Kent Howe rto n
( 1979-'8 1) for the most
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