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Carmichael and Ernesto Fonseca hang out in the pits between practices. Fonseca finished
sixth in the main.
getting up to speed again.
"Yeah, sure, I'll be on their pace - I don't know
when," Windham said. "I'll definitely be talking
with my trainer and doing all that I can in the off
weeks to get ready, but it's tough when you do 16
races in 18 weeks, it's definitely tough."
Carmichael took the checkered flag after I 7
minutes and 17.850 seconds of racing, followed by
Reed in second and Windham in third. Carmichael
couldn't have been happier with his win. And with
the series taking another trip back east in a few
weeks, he knows that he will have an advantage.
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"The fans were awesome," Carmichael said.
"It's good to be back on the East Coast. I've had a
lot of good races out west [so far]; got some fun
races coming up that I really enjoy going to, and it
will definitely help me."
Much to the delight of the crowd, last year's
winner, LaRocco, finished fourth after riding most
of the race unchallenged. Behind him, Vuillemin
crossed the line fifth, with Fonseca hot on his rear
wheel in sixth.
On the Makita Suzuki RM-Z4S0, Sebastian
Tortelli took the checkered flag in seventh, right in
