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Going against the
four-stroke grain
in Vancouver was
Team
BooKoo/Holigan
Honda Racing's
David Vuillemin.
After skipping the
first round in
Toronto to fulfill a
commitment he had to compete in the Geneva Supercross.
Vuillemin showed up at Vancouver on a Honda CR250R and
did pretty well on it. He got a top-three start in the main event
and ended up finishing sixth. Vuillemin said that he simply
enjoys riding the two-stroke better. Unfortunately for
Vuillemin, missing the Toronto round makes him ineligible for
World GP points, and negates any chance he had of Winning
the Top Privateer award at the end of the series.
good tonight. Last week, I felt bad and won. This
weekend I felt good and lost, so what are you going
to do?"
For Ramsey, getting the Vancouver win was a
relief after last week's disaster, when he crashed out
of the main.
"Last week went good all the way up to the point I
clipped this guy's [Millsaps] rear wheel," Ramsey said of
the Toronto race. "I felt good in the heat race, but it gets
crazy out there. The first three laps are pretty messy, and
I just happened to pay not enough attention and not
notice what he was doing and clipped his wheel, and that
was it. I ran back to my bike but the bars were too bent
to keep going. We went back home, had a really good
week, and kept working on what I was working on. I
loved the [Vancouver] track, I like it being demanding. All
weekend I just felt better and better. I got a good start,
and that helps a lot."
Laninovich held on to finish third for the second week
in a row.
"There're are a lot of faster guys this weekend, so
I'm glad I got on the podium tonight," he said. "I'm considered a smooth rider, so I'm trying to hang it out a little more because these guys are such good riders. I still
have to work on my fitness and riding, but I think I'm
stronger than I was last year at this time. I feel like I'm
riding better."
Sipes finished about three seconds behind Laninovich
for fourth, while Honda's Andrew Short, who got off to a
seventh-place start, rounded out the top five overall. eN
B.C. PLACE
VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA
RESULTS: DECEMBER 10, 2005
(ROUND 2 OF 18)
SUPERCROSS HEAT I: Ricky Carmichael (Suz); 2. Ivan Tedesco (Suz): 3.
Michael Byme (Kaw): -4. Justin Buckelew (Hon); 5. Tyler Evans (Suz); 6. Jiri Dostal
(Hon); 7. Doug DeHaan (Hon); 8. Ted Campbell (Hon): 9. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 10.
Josh Bagge (Hon); II. Shawn McDougall (Yam); 12. Zeb Armstrong (Hon); 13.
Greg Crater (Hon); 14. Brent Pilon (Yam).
SUPERCROSS HEAT 2, I. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Chad Reed (y.m); J.
David VuiUemin (Hon): 4. Nick Wey (Hon); 5. Jeff Gibson (Hon); 6. Jason
Thomas (Hon); 7. Ryan Clark (Hon); 8. Heath Voss (Yam): 9. Keith Johnson
(Hon): 10. Michael Young (Hon); II. Jacob Marsack (Hon): 12. Clark Stiles (Suz);
13. Karsten Butler (Hon): 14. Brandon Butler (Hon); 15. Bryan White (Hon).
SUPERCROSS SEMI I: I. Kyie Lewis (Han); 2. JiM Dostal (Hon): 3. Ted
Campbell (Han);