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. ~. · Round 12 MOTOCROSS September 1 2 ,2004 . .. t he podium. Mach I Yamaha's Heath Voss a lso looked good all d ay. T he World Supercross Champion went B-B on t he day fo r seve nth o verall, w h ile Te a m Suzuki's Nick W ey ended up e ighth ove ra ll wit h a 12-6. Te am Soliai re .com /Yamaha 's Ryan Cl a r k, the t o p -fin ishing privatee r, b roke into t he top 10 ove rall w ith a 10- 1 I , w h ile Honda ride r Juss Laa nsoo, from Est onia, fin ished 10th w it h a 13-9. But , of cou rse, t he d ay be longe d to C a rm ich ael an d h is seco nd perfe ct se a son. "I neve r thought t hat I w o u ld be here ag ai n a fter th e first one," C a rm ichael said . "I t houg ht I had a ch a nce a t t he t itle , bu t ne ve r a perfect seaso n. Hopefully, t h is record will stick fo r a long time. I was a lm ost in t ears o n the last lap." eN GUN H EUN MOTOCROSS PARK SAN BERNARDINO, CAUFORNIA RESULTS: SEPTEMBER 12, 2004 (ROUND 12 OF 12) ~ AMA Chevrolet 250cc Motocross Championship Series 250cc: My OWN RACE 23 Kyle Lewis 4th (5-5) Kyle Lewis of th e MotoXXXIYoshimura/ Ho nda t e am had o ne of the best rides of his caree r, an d it came with in less th an two weeks of his 34th birthday. Le wis pulled big ho leshots in both moto s and battle d up front a ll day lo ng. After getting fifth in t he first moto , it w as looking as t hough Lewis might ho ld on to finish third in t he seco nd moto, but Sebastien To rtelli an d Kevin W indham got him toward the end. " I like this track," Lewis said . "It he lps whe n you got a good mo tor. My mechanic, Allen Brow n, has be e n killing it in the dyno room. These last few weekends I've been getting good starts and it's all because of him. I don't know, I just like this track, I've alwa ys ridden pretty well here; t hey do a good jo b here, t here are mu ltip le lines, be rms that are berms . All the tracks are burnt back east and I have a ha rd t ime with that ." As mentioned, Lewis came clo se o f finishing thi rd in t he se co nd rnoto. "I got stomac h cramps at the end," Lewis said . "I bo bble d a littl e bit and To rt e lligo t by me, bo bbled again a nd Wind ha m got close and I'm like, M , go ahead Kevin.' No sense in it, since he didn't finish the first mota. I'm stoked ; it's a nice way to finish o ut the season fo r Moto XXX and all of our sponsors." 11 th Kevin Windham 2 50 MOTO I: I. Ricky Carmichael (Ha n); 2. Chad Reed; 3. Sebastian Tortelli (Suz); 4. Sean Hamblin (Suz); S. Kyle lewis (Han ); 6. David Vuillemin; 7. Emestc Fonseca (Han); B. Heat h Voss; 9. Michael Byrne (Ka w); 10. Ryan Clark; II . Rodrig Thain (SUl.); 12. Nick Wey (Suz); 13. Juss Laansoo (Han); 14. Richie Owens (Kaw); 15. joaquim Rodrigue. (KTM); 16. Dylan Lord (Suz); 17. Rusty Holland (Han); lB. Kevin johnson: 19. Takeshi Xatsuta (Han ); 20. Mike Corder (Han) : 2 1. james Marshall: 22. David Pingree (Han) ; 23. Jeff Willoh (Suz); 24. TyDavis; 25. James Povolny (Han); 26. Blair Morgan; 27. Ted Campbell (Han ); 28. Antonio Jorge Balbi Jr. (Han); 29. Anthony Armaradio (Han); 30. William Browning (Han); 31. Tyler Duncan (Ha n); 32. Tiger Lacey (Han); 33. Michael Sleeter (Han ); 34. Jason Thomas (Han) ; 35. Brian Mason (Han); 36. Rich Taylor (Han); 37. Justin Buckelew (Han ); 38. Clark Stiles (Han ); 39. Kevin Windham (Ha n); 40. Evan Laughridge (Hon) . Race Time : 38 min., 6.2 sec. Margin of Victory: )B.799 sec. 2 50 MOTO 2: I. Carmichael; 2. Reed; 3. Tortelli; "I. Windham ; 5. lewis; 6. Wey; 7. Fonseca; 8. Voss; 9. laansoo; 10. Rodrigues; II . Clark; 12. Hamblin; 13. Owens; 14. Thomas ; IS. jorge Balbi Jr.; 16. Katsuta; 17. Buckelew; 18. Thain; 19. Amaradio; 20. Davis; 2 1. Povolny; 22. Lacey; 23. Marshall; 24. Duncan; 2S. Morgan; 26. Willoh; 27. Browning; 28. Mason; 29. Byrne ; 3D K. Johnson; 3 I. . Vuille min; 32. l o rd; 33. Campbell; H . Corder; 35. Hofl nd; a 36. Pingree ; 37. Sleeter; 38. Taylo r; 39. Stiles; 40. Laughridge. I Ith (DNF-4) Amsoil/Factory C o nne ct io n/Ch apa rral rider Kevin Wi ndh am had a to ugh day. He struggled with his starts in both moto s, but a broken chain in th e first moto really did him in. He went out on the t hird lap. In t he seco nd moto, W ind ham comple ted the first lap in 10th but gra du ally worked h is way up to fou rt h, passing Kyle Lewis on the se cond to last lap. 12 DavidVuillemin 14th (6-DNF) Team Yamaha's David Vuillemindidn't live up to his potential at Glen Helen, though he did hold down third for a long time in the first moto before dropping back to sixth. In the second moto, Vuillemin sta rted off in sixth but went backward s again and pulled off on the sixth lap while running 10th. "The bike didn't break," Jason Haines, Vuillemin's mechanic, said somewhat jokingly. "He had severe arm pump ." 26 Michael Byrne 108 Joaquim Rodrigues 12th (15-10) Joaq uim Rod rigues rode well at Glen Hele n, although he didn't get the results to show it. "I 've been sick all we e k with a stomach ache and all that," Rod rigues said. "The first moto, off the start, I really messed up - I spu n on the concrete and was dead last. I was going w ide open on the s first lap and was going wide open down the hill . Then Fonseca kind of cut inside and I hit him and had a big crash. I got up and crashed again, so the first rnoto was a mess . The second moto, I had a pretty good start, and I was right there with those guys. I had a good battle w ith Windham; we passed back and forth three or four times . Then Igot my stomach again - man, Ithought I was going to crap in my pants! I had some other pro blems , but my stomach ache was the worst. fo r sure." 25 Ty Davis we ll in the first mota . 'AJiliemin finished out the seaso n in fourth . SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS 40t h Anniver s ary 8th (12-6) Team Suzuki's Nick Wey was hoping to pe rhaps catch and pass Michael Byrne and/or Emesto Fonseca in the points standings, but a bad start in the first moto pretty much prevented that from happening. ':All man, you know, these first motos of this year have really bee n holding me back in the ove ralls," Wey said. "Today I reallywanted to get some thing going, but in the first moto I was really trying hard and trying to make some quick passes, which is what you need to do ifyou do n't get a good start. Unfortu nately Itried squaring up Rodrigues and clipped his back wheel , and went down." Wey crashed again later that same mo to . In the second moto, "Ididn't get the start I needed," Wey said. Race Time: 36 min, 23.8 1 sec. Margin of Victory: 2 1.313 sec. 250 OIA:. I. Ricky Carmichael (Ha n); 2. Chad Reed; 3. Sebastian Tortelli (So2); 4. Kyle l ewis (Han ); S. Ernestc Fonseca (Han ): 6. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 7. Heath Voss; 8 . Nick Wey (Suz); 9. Ryan Clark; 10. Juss laansoo (Ha n); II . Kevin Windham (Han); 12. Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 13. Rich ie Owens (Kaw); 14. David Vuillemin; 15. Rodrig Thain (So2); 16. Michael Byrne (Kaw); 17. Jasan Thomas (Han) ; 18. Takeshi Katsuta (Han ); 19. Antonio Jorge Balbi Jr. (Hon ); 20. Dy1an Lord (Suz); 2 1. Justin Buckelew (Ha n); 22. Rusty Holland (Ha n); 23. KevinJohnson; 24. Anthony Amaradio (Han); 25. Ty Davis; 26. Mike Corder (Han ); 27. James Povolny (Ha n); 28. Tiger Lacey (Ha n); 29. James Marshall; 30. Tyler Duncan 14 25th (24-20) Multi-t ime off-road National Champion and form er 12Scc Supercross Champion Ty Davis co mpeted at Glen He le n. It was his first Na tional MX in 14 years and squeaked into the 40 rider fie ld th rough Sunday morning's LCQ . "It was good," Davis said. 'Tm a little w hooped, but I had a lot of fun. I was really intimated in th e qualifiers; I had been riding the 4S0 until th is week - I've been rid ing the 2S0 for the WORCS stuff - I was tight and nervous, t hen I got 20th in my qualifier. I'm like, 'This ain't fo r me.' And th e n the Last Chance I holeshotted and led for a cou ple of laps, and that built my confide nce up. In th e mains, it was a totally diff eren t race. The pace is different, guys are just crashing the mse lves out , I was totally shocked. I'm like passing guys that blew by me in the qualifie rs, but in the motos they just ... you know, I pass 'e m. It's kind of funny because I'm the last guy to get in [to the main] an d the n Iget 24th and 20th . I mean , how does that happen?" 27 NickWey Vuillemin reported ly st ruggled with arm pump as 16th (9-DNF) Going into the final ro und of the year, Kawasaki's Michael Byrne held fifth place in the series points stand ings, 10 points ahead ofTeam Honda's Emesto Fonseca. In the first moto, Byrne saw his lead shrink to just six points after finishing ninth, while Fonseca finished seventh. In the second moto, Byrne got off to a 17th-place start, while Fonseca started off in fourth . Byrne was trying to work his way up when he burned out his back brake, most likely by pushing extra hard on the track 's long downhills. Byrne pulled off on the ninth lap and lost his fifth place position in the standings to Fonseca, who ended up fifth overall on the day with a pair of seventh-place finishes. (Ha n); 3 1. Blair Morgan; 32. Jeff Willoh (SU 33. William l.); Browning (Hon); l4 .1lrian Mason(Hon); 35. Ted Campbell (Hon): 36. [)av;d P"".. (Hon); 37. Michael Sleeter(Hon ); 3B.Rich Taylor (Hon ); 39. CIari< 5tiles (Hon ); 40 . Evan L.ughridge (Kaw). AMA CHEVROLET 250 MOTOCROSS CHAMPI . ONSH IP SERIES FINAL POINTS STANDINGS (Aft e r 12 of 12 rounds): l. RJdn (127); 16. Ryan CLm< ( 102); 17. eLm< Stiles (98); lB. Jeff Gibson (75); 19. Rodrig Thain (73); 20. Johnny Aubert (SB).

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