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craziest week of my life," he said. "When we got
back from France [from the MX des Nations], I
was supposed to go str.light to California and test
for a week, and t had my surgery scheduled the
week before the U.S. Open, which would Ila\'e
definitely made me a no-show. Testing, however,
got pushed back a week [and so did the surgery]. I
rode Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and ThlKSday,
testing. As of Thursday morning, I wasn't sure I
was going to make it because... I committed to
Clear Channel and everything, but I couldn't find a
flight home, and I have to have my surgery Monday morning, so it was getting to be a really iffy
deal. I went to the test track Thursday morning,
and Alley [Semar, Windham's mechanic] came
back that day and found the tickets on Orbitz, and
here we are."
Kiniry had the better finish in the second
moto, he was awarded third overall. Hansen
had 37 points for second overall.
Weimer, however, had the ride of his life,
finishing a strong third in the race.
Unfortunately for him, a seventh on Friday
night relegated him to fifth overall.
But the man of the hour was the Aussie,
Metcalfe.
"It's crazy - I haven't won a race here in
America in three years, which has been my
goal," Metcalfe said. "I've had a lot of ups and
downs, a few injuries here and there, and
I've bounced back as hard as I could and I
never gave up. It feels unbelievable for me to
win a race. I'm on an emotional high right
now. It's awesome!
"I started in third," Metcalfe continued,
regarding
Saturday
night's
race.
"L.aninovich was leading, I think, and he
made a little mistake, and Andrew and him
kind of came together, and that kind of
played into my hands, and I got into second. I knew all I had to do was beat Billy
and Hansen, and I didn't even know where
they were. I was just focused on second,
and I kind of wanted to hang with Andrew
for a little bit, but he was going quick, and
I thought, :A.h, just back it down and finish
second and get the overall.' I was nervous.
It felt like a 40-hour race."
eN
10. TedCan¢el(Hen).
SUPERCROSS HEAT 1, I. Ricky Cam1khael (Suz); 2.
Mkhael 8yrne (Kaw); J. Mike L&cco (Hen); 4. Nick Wey
(Hen); S. jason Thomas (Hen); 6. roger ~ (Hen); 7. Jirl
DooaJ (Hen); 8. Doug DeHaan (Hen); 9. DarOeI 8bir (Hen);
10.jeffWolloh (Hen).
SUPERCROSS lC~ I. roger lacey (Hen); 2. Jirl Doml
(Hen); J. Tommy HoImaster (Yam); 4. Dane! _
(Hen); S.
IlDdrig TNin (Hen); 6. pmos Plny (Suz); 7. Doug DeHaan
(Hen); 8. Cole _
(Hen~
SUPERCROSS MAIN, I. Ricky Cam1khael (Suz); 2.
Mkhael 8yrne (Kaw); J. &nesto Foo-> (Hen); 4. Mike
L&cco (Hen); S. I(eW, Wondwn (Hen~ 6. No Wey (Hen);
7. jason Thomas (Hen); 8. Kyle Lew;, (Hen); 9. jeff Gibke W.."., (Hen); J. Dytan l.onl (Han); 4. Kyle
Mace (Han); S.Ricky KLn>sky (Hen); 6. 0>arl>5 c..doo (Hen);
7. o.m. Ewre (Hen).
SUPERCROSS UTES HEAT 2. I. Ardrew Shon (Hen);
2. Mike Brown (Suz); J. Brad RiWe (Suz); 4. Brett _
(Yam); S. Jo-h Hansen (KTM); 6. Logan Darien (Hen~ 7. Kyle
Phenix (Han); 8. Cbyton MiDer (Hen); 9. Roben Kny (Hen).
SUPERCROSS UTES ll». I. Roben Kmy (Hen); 2.
Jo-h Hansen (KTM); J. Cbyton Miler (Hen); 4. 0>arl>5 c..doo
(Hen); S. Kyle Phenix (Hen); 6. o.m. Ewre (Hen).
SUPERCROSS LITES MAIN, I. AndrewShon (Hen); 2.
B<-ett Me Fomeca (Hen); 2.
KeVon wnclham (Hen); J. jeff Gibson (Hen); 4. Kyle Lew;,
(Han); s. IlDdrig TNin (Hen); 6. Tom HoImamo- (Yam); 7.
Justin IluckeIew (Hen); 8. pmos Plny (Suz); 9. Cole _
(Hen).
SUPERCROSS HEAT 2, I. Ricky Cam-Oson (Hen);
IO. Tommy HoImamo- (Yam).
SUPERCROSS UTES OIA; I. _ _e (47); 2.Jo-h
MGM GRANo GARDEN ARfNA
Hansen (37); J. Roben Kny (J6~ 4. Billy ~ (36); S.
Ardrew Shon (J4); 6. pke W.."., (J4); 7. Mlsky (20); 12. Br.od R;pple (20); IJ. Cbyton Maler
(16); 14. O>arl>5c..doo (12); IS. Kyle Phenix (12); 16. o.m.
Ew;ng(12); 17. TyMorrow(8).
SUPERCROSS O/A; I. Ricky Cam1khael (SO); 2. M"ochael
Byrne (42); J. I(eW, wond!wn (38); 4. Mike L&cco (36); S.
jason Thomas (30); 6. No Wey (30); 7. &nesto Fomeca (30);
B. Kyle Lew;, (26); 9. jeff Giblny(12); 17. Doug DeHaan (8); I8. jeff WoIoI1 (6); 19. Cole
lAs
VEGAS, NEVADA
R£5UIJS: OCToBER 7-8, 2005
FRIDAY NIGHT
SUPERCROSS UTES HEAT" I. pke w.."., (Hen);
2. B;1y LannMch (Hen); J. Dylan l.onl (Hen); 4. Kyle Mace
(Hen); Ricky KLn>sky (Hen); 6. Owie> c..doo (Hen); 7. TY
Morrow (Hen); 8. o.m. Ewre (Hen).
SUPERCROSS LITES HEAT 1, I. Ardrew Shon (Hen);
2. Mike Brown (Suz); J. Jo-h Hansen (KTM~ 4. B<-ett _
(Yam); S. Roben Kmy (Hen); 6. Br.od Ripple; 7. Logan Darien
(Hen); 8. Cbyton Miler (Hen); 9. Kyle Phenix (Hen).
SUPERCROSS UTES ll». I. Br.od RiWe (Hen); 2.
Logan Darien (Hen); J. Cbyton Miler. 4. o.m. Ew;r,g; S. Kyle
Pherix (Hen); 6. Owios c..doo (Hen); 7. Ty Morrow (Hen).
SUPERCROSS LITES MAIN, I. Brett MetaIIe (Yam); 2.
Jo-h Hansen (KTM); J. Billy Uniro Wondwn (Hen); 2.
&nesto Foo-> (Hen~ J.Justin 1luckeIew(Hen); 4.jeffGiblny (Suz);
s.
w_
20
DaneI_
-(3).
as MINI O/A; I. _eWharton (B4); 2. ElTomac(77}; J.
Shawn Rife jo-. (76); 4. o...n Wison (71); S. Tyler SjoberewY.....,;d, (47).
KTM J~ I. Donny Brown (4); 2. Dr.orian Sanaye; (5); J.
lhke o.riop (6); 4. TronCalhc3rt(IO); S. Punky,...... (I 1);6.
GaoTett ~ (II); 7. _
l.eid1 (IS); B. DiIon CIa)'ed
(17); 9.joohua lamben (IB); 10. BaaeyStellt race
back. "I always come out here [to the U.S. Open]
to learn. When you take the summer off and you
don't ride with anybody, it's a lot different when
you come here. I fek okay, just a little clumsy. I
would've loved to have been racing with Ricky, but
I still have some work to do." l.aRocco also finished fourth on Saturday night, but he had a little
luck when Fonseca crashed out and he was able to
move up a spot..
Ricky Cannichael talked a little about the future
of his career and how much longer he might race.
"I don't know how long I'm going to race." he said.
"I don't know if I'm going to race in '07 full time; I
haven't made my mind up. You know, we race a
lot now, but I want to do stuff for the sport and
put my two cents in and help make it grow. I
think I'm going to race iii. long time, but at this
level and full seasons? I can't guarantee that. I
know for sure I won't race full time after 200].
but I want to stay in the sport. I love being in the
stadiums. working with Clear Channel and being
out here, but if something happens and I can
never race again, I'm happy with whatI've
accomplished, and if you're happy and have piece
of mind, then just race 'til you feel like racing. so
right now I'll do a lot of thinking in the next three
weeks and see what happens. I've got some good
opportunities in other places. but I want to be
around. I've done this since I was 5 years old and.
like a lot of us, we've been around this for a long
time, and it's the only thing we know."
Supercross Utes-class winner Brett Metcalfe
said that he was quite happy with the new 2006
aluminum-frame Yamaha VZ250F. "We got
the '06 three weeks ago and have pretty much
been riding it every day," he said. "We tested and
came up with a good setup. The bike came
straight out of the crate pretty damn good, so we
were pumped. We came here with a good bike
and setup,"
Some of the loudest cheers of the weekend came
in the KTM Junior Supercross Challenge
races, where all of the winners of the 2005 AMA
Supercross rounds were inv;ted to compete at
the U.S. Open, and a lot of the cheering had to
do with a few of the riders clearing some of the
track's big double jumps. One of those riders was
Donny Brown (center), who ended up taking
home the number-one trophy. Brown's 3-1
results over the weekend netted him the Victory
over Drarian Sanayei, who went 1-4. Finishing on
the podium in third was Drake Dunlap.
There was a lot of good racing and excitement in
the 85cc Mini class. Of the four motos, no one
won more than one, and the overall winner,
Blake Wharton (3), didn't even win a moto, but
Wharton's consistency was the key to his success.
Wharton went 2-2-2-4
over the weekend to
take the overall win.
Second went to opening-moto winner Eli
Tomac, while third
went to Shawn Rife Jr.,
the winner of Friday
night's second moto.
'JYler Sjoberg and Justin
Barcia won Saturday
night's main events but
finished fifth and sixth,
respectively, in the
overall results.
