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Floridian, but the '04 5upercross
Champion just did n't have enough to
mount a serious attack fo r the pos itio n.
But even though Reed couldn' t catch
Carmichael, he did stay ahead of
Windham, which was im pressive considering Windham was the pre-race favorite.
"It's a difficult track for me, with the
traction and the up-and -down hills," Reed
said. "I'm just happy to be here and go 2-2.
Kevin has been great here be fore, and to
be able to hold him at bay was good."
And hold him at bay he did . In both
motos, Reed was able to build substantial
leads ove r W indham.
"T he first moto, I was in an aw esome
position, w ith these two guys [Reed and
Carmichael] right in front of me,"
Windham said . 'And they we re able to
open just a litt le bit up on me. It was kind
of the same thing in the second moto, so
I just kind of found myself in no man 's
land, riding around in th ird . I hate when it
[th e w in] gets away fro m me, but unfortunately tha t is what happened. "
T he second moto was almost a carbo n
copy of the first, except Carmichael got
the holeshot and promptly checked out.
Behind him was Reed in second, followed
Ezra Lusk showed up at Washougal ready
to race. Lusk has been out of action since
the Supercross season and is just starting to
get back up to speed. Luskbroke his leg and
had to have some hardware installed."Y
eah,
I've got a rod and four screws," Lusksaid.
't\n d I'm lookingto get the screws out at
the end of the season and go from there. "
The rubber-snake-e n-fishing-line gag was
back at Washougal. Last week at Troy the
,
Yamaha of Troyguyswere having fun with it.
This weekend , the TeamGreen/WBRguys
were having the ir fun scaring unsuspecting
people as they walked around the pits.
by Windham in third .
Th roughout the entire
moto, Carmichael continued
to build his lead up ove r
Reed, and by the end of the
race the margin was around
40 seconds. Carmichael easily crossed the finish line to
take the win and the overall
ahead of
Reed 's and
Windham. Even though they
wouldn't say it, disappointment could be seen on
Reed's and Windham's faces.
"It was a little less than
stellar for me, " Windham
said. "The last two times
I've been he re, I've been
able to win . It' s bee n nice,
coming to a track you
remember - that kind of
stuff. 50 anything less t han
first is kind of a letdow n.
Today I was just struggling a
littl e bit. "
't\1I around the track the
fans were cheering us on ,
whether we're first o r second," Reed said . "It ' s a
good feeling to know that
pe ople ap preciate what
you're doin g."
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WASHOUGAL MOTOCROSS P ARK
WASHOUGAL, W ASHINGTON
Ihsuus: AUGUST I , 2 004
(ROUND 8 Of 12)
250 MOTO I : I . Ricky Carmichael
(Hon) : 2. Chad Reed (y,m): 3. Kev;n
(Suz); 10. joaqulm Rodrigues (KTM); I I. Michael Byrne
(Kaw): 12. [ascn Thomas (Hon ): 13. Case y Johnson (Kaw):
14. Sean Hamblin (Suz ); 15. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 16. Joseph
Oehler (Hon); 17. Rusty Holland (Hon); 18. Ryan Abrigo
(Suz); 19 . Brian Mason (Hon); 20 . James Povolny (Hon ): 2 1.
Doug Henry (Hon): 22. Mike Corder (Hon); 23. Jeff Gibson
(Yam): H . Ted Campbell (Ho n): 25. M'tt Karlsen (Hon ); 26.
Just in Buckelew (Hon ); 27. Brad Modjewski (SUI); 28.
Gregory Crater (Hon); 29. Leighton Lillie (Hon): 30.
Anthony Amaradio (Hon); 3 1. Rory Sullivan (Han): 32.
Jimmy Lama.stus (KTM); n . Dan Moo re (Suz); H . Robb
Bo t h (Suz); 35 . Hakota Ogata (Hen); 36 . Joshua. Cavanaugh
(Hon); 37. Heath Voss (Y
am); 38. Ryan Clark (Yam); 39.
Dennis Stapleton (Han ); 40 . Jo hnny Aubert (Suz).
Margin of Victory: 29.958 sec .
Race Ti me: 36 :37.73 min.
250 MOTO 2: I. Carm ichael; 2. Reed; 3. Windham ; 4.
Tonell; ; 5. Wey: 6. Fonseca; 7. Vuillemin; B. tusk; 9. Byme ;
10 . Johnson; II. Ham blin; 12. Thain ; 13. Clark; 14. Gibson;
IS. Thomas; 16. Ab rigo; 17. Karlsen; 18 . Rodrigues : 19.
Buckelew ; 20. Corder; 2 1. Mod jew ski; 22 . Cra te r; 23.
Flath; 24. Sullivan; 2 5 . Ultie; 26 . Ogata; 27. Cavanaugh; 28 .
Stapl eton; 29. Holla nd ; 30. Moo re ; 3 1. Oehlhof; 32 .
Amara dio; 33. Campbell; 34 . Mason ; 35. Pov o lny; 36 .
Henry; 37. Aubert; 38 . Lamastus; 39. Vos s; 40. Lewis.
Margin of Victory: 40 .759 sec .
Race Time: 36 :49 . 1 min.
2S 0 O/A; I. R;d