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Briefly... Former 125cc Supercross Champion Shae Bentley was back in action in Indianapolis after a lengthy hiatus. He was riding for the Motoworidracing.com/Suzuki team. He didn't, however, race, after a crash in practice left him with a concussion. By Saturday, the track had a few changes to it. During Friday's practice, the finishline jump was a huge triple. After a few scary incidents, Dirt Wurx changed the jump to a more traditional double jump. Clear Channel Entertainment announced that more than $3 I ,DOD was raised for the victims affected by the tsunami in Southeast Asia. Jerseys donated by riders and auctioned off on eBay raised funds for comfortable 5.812 seconds ahead of Langston, while Hansen completed the podium in third, another 1.584 seconds behind Langston. The rest of the field was about seven seconds behind. Team Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy's Brock Sellards finished fourth, followed by Langston's hard-charging teammate Matt Walker in fifth. After coming back from a crash in practice that left him sore, AmsoiVChaparraVHonda's Joaquim Rodrigues finished sixth. Motoworldracing.com/Suzuki rider Branden Jesseman was seventh. Team ECC/Honda's Tucker Hibbert finished a career-best eighth. In ninth was the U.S. Friday's practice took its toll on quite a few riders, including Team MDK Motorsports' Nick Wey. The popular rider from Michigan injured his knee, but it is not yet known just how serious the injury is. After Anaheim III, Wey was sitting comfortable in sixth in the series standings. Also injured was Team Motoworldracing.com/Suzuki rider Matt Goerke: The young rider launched himself off a berm and into the stands. Goerke was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where it was discovered that he had injured his knee and suffered a concussion. Team Coca-Cola/Honda's Jeff Gibson cracked a vertebra in his neck and will be out of action indefinitely. the cause. Langston said. '" was more just trying to tell myself to breathe and I was actually working my fingers over the triples, trying to loosen up my arms a little bit." It wasn't until the end of the race that Langston became worried. "Until like two laps two go," Langston said, "when I got stuck behind three lappers that were just weaving, because they were in their own battle, and three times I had to hit the brakes, and I missed all the rhythm sections and everything. All of a sudden I had a three-second cushion on him [Hansen], and it pretty much dissolved." At the end, Millsaps crossed the line a special-made, but, oh well, what are you going to do?" Suzuki's Davi American Honda's Jeremy McGrath was absent from the Indianapolis Supercross. Millsaps was The former seven-time supercross champi- running a new on decided to take the week off and recover from his crash at Anaheim III. McGrath reportedly chipped and cracked two teeth and is still suffering some pain in his ribs. McGrath will, however, be back for round eight in San Diego, California. Team Makita Boost Mobil sticker on his helmet. The only problem was that it covered up his cool "Maverick" name on the side. "Not my choice..." Millsaps said jokingly. "No, well, they give me phones, and that's where they want me to put it, and I was kind of bummed that it covered my 'Maverick,' because I had that As you have probably noticed, Team Makita Suzuki's Ricky Carmichael has been changing riding gear from race to race this season. "I'm trying to keep it fun and change it up," Carmichael said. "I think the fans like it; I know my sponsors like it. You Continued on poge 20 CYCLE NEWS • FEBRUARY 23, 2005 19