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two riders who we re ha uling and engaged
in t heir own great battle (Fonseca and
Byrne), and pu lled away from another
good battle going on not far behind him
(Voss and KTM 's Jo aq uim Rodriguez).
W indham then gunned it for Ferry, but
Ferry would sense the charge and kick
into another gear. holding Wi nd ham off
for fourth place in the second moto.
So with Windham in fifth , Byrne won
the battl e wi th Fo nseca, Team Moto Sport
Outlet/Honda's C ra ig Anderson w as able
to race int o the top 10 (eighth). with Voss
(ni nth) w in nin g t he battle agai nst
Ro d rigue z (l Oth) and Po vo lny round ing
out the top I I.
As th e special " IOOth Win" T-shirts
w e re being ha nded out, t hen doused with
champagn e. a special pla q ue fro m D u nlo p
was handed over to C armichael co m memorating the day. T he fans we re certainly very appreciative o f Carmichael's
e fforts, as they also showed their appreciation for the other podium members (Reed
and Vuillemin). NPG member/Budds Creek
promoter Jo n Beasley then summed up the
closing festM ties by saying: ';A,nd the fans got
to see so me great racing as well."
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plaining a bit about the gas prices." So how
does !.=y solve the problem? He buys her a
new VolkswagenTurbo Diesel. Kayleen added
that tarry's doing well, but he reallymisses
racing. And she didn't know whom she'd
cheer for at Budds Creek because her second-favorite racer, Mike URocco, wasn't
thereeithe<-. So she cheered for Kyle lewis.
FYI: Jamie Utde is the firn female to announce
a National motocross. Uttle willdo eight of
the 12 Nationals for Olet Burks Productions,
the producers of the ESPN Nationals pr0gram. She also saysshe'lI debut in the Mini
Nationals at RedBud.
One hundred sku lls and crossbones:
That's what Fox's Scott Taylor had printed up
on RC's IDOth jersey. which RC donned aft...
the race on the podium. RC also ran "99 " on
his Fox race pants for Budds.
BUDDS CREEK MX PARK
BUDDS CREEK , MARYLAND
RESULTS: JUNE 20, 2004
(ROUND 4 O F 12)
fere nce of 15 feet where Ricky gets o n
th e gas as opposed to where C had [Reed)
an d the o t he r guys are getting o n the gas .
That's where Ricky 's winning thi s race - in
th e comers."
Also providi ng some highlights in t he
firs t moto w ere French r id er Joh n ny
Aube rt of ECC Suzuki (e ighth), p riva teer
Jam e s Povolny (ni nt h) and Suzuki's Nic k
Wey ( 10 th) .
Wey' s te amm at e , Se an Hamblin, suffe re d a gn arly crash at th e start of moto
o ne w he re he got " pinballe d " among several rid e rs before goi ng down and d islo cating his elbow.
Finally. as if he isn't good enough,
Carmichael actually sta lled his bi ke in the
first moto - which is w hy it took him a bit
to ca tch t he leaders.
" I sta lled my bike just be yond the finish
line," C arm ichael sai d . " It took me 10
kicks t o get it go ing , which is no t at a ll like
in practic e when I stall it and it starts on
t he first kick ."
So , w ith Carmich ael' s sight set on 100 ,
t he gate droppe d on t he second m o to.
And Born , Carmichael's gone - into the
history books .
"I'm only 24 , an d that 100 w ins, 100
races even, makes me feel old," sai d
Carmichae l laug hing.
But fol ks should have known. This was
Carmichael's fifth straight win at Budds
Creek. seventh straight if you count his
I 25cc w ins . We're also o ne -t h ird of the
way thro ugh the '04 N ationals season.
and Carmichae l has yet to lose a m o to.
So wi th t he inevitable about to ha p pen.
Vuille m in, Byrn e a nd Re ed hooked up in a
battl e for who gets to stand next to
C arm ichae l on the podi um. Reed w o uld
so on get pas t Byrne , an d the n he keyed
on his te ammate Vuillem in. By t he fifth
lap , t he second m o to w as a carbon copy
o f t he first. w it h C armichae l w e ll out
front'an d Reed and Vuillemin ra cing into a
comfortable 2- 3 position fo r Yamaha.
Charging up from a 12 t h-place start
was ano t her Yamaha rider. T im Ferry.
Fe rry put t he caboose on a blue RC -chasing t ra in. ridin g in an d eve ntually finishing
in fo u rth in t he seco nd moto. This w o uld
be another interesting point in RC's w in,
because it was Fe rry who las t ye ar ended
RC's m o to win streak. And Fe rry d id it at
Budds C reek.
W allowing back in t he pac k, ba re ly in
t he top 10 was W indham . But ra the r than
ca lling it a d ay, something lit insid e of
W ind ham , t he o nly ri d e r to beat
Carmichae l for an o ve rall win since 200 I ,
an d he mo u nte d a charge. He blazed by
Arenacross star Tommy Hoffmaster
retu med to the Nationals. Hoffmast er; who
finished second in the AX series last year. said
he's going to run Suzukis with the MotoworldRadng.com'Suzukiteam next year for the
AX season. Hoffmaster signed a two-year
contract with Motoworid Radng.comlSuzuki
and willrun the AX season then finishup the
supercross season with the team.
MOTO " I. Ricky Ca.-hael (Hon) ; 2. Chad Reed
(Yam); ] . David Voollemi (Yam); 4 . Kevin Woodham (Hon) ;
n
S. Heath Voss (Y
am); 6. Emesto Fonseca(Hon); 7. MIChael
Byrne (Kaw); B. Johnny Auben (Suz); 9. Jame< Povolny
(Hon) ; 10. Nick Wey (Suz ); I I. Jeff Gibson (Y ; 12. Rus