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AMA/Ch e vy Truc ks U .S . Motocros s C h a mpion ship S erie s R o u n d 2 : P r a ir ie C ity S VRA F"a rk Prairie City SVRA Sacramento, Califomia Results: May 21, 2000 IRound 2 of 121 MOTO I : I. Rkky Cerrnlcheel (Ka w); 2 . David Vuillemin (Yam) ; 3. Sebastien TorteUi (Hon); 4. Kevin Windham (Hon ); 5. Mike laRocco (Hon); 6. Robbie Reynard (Sua): 7. Greg A1bertyn (Suz) : 8. Ezra Lusk ( Hon) ; 9 . John Dowd (KiIlIw) ; 10. Damon Huffman (Suz) : 11. L arr y Ward ( Ka w) : 12. Doug Dubac h (Yam ); 13. Ty ler EVlJnS (Suz); 14. James Povol ny (Hon ); 15. J ason Thomas (Yam) ; 16. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 17. Akira Narita ( Hon) ; 18. Dusti n Nelson (Yam): 19. Ted Cam pbell (Suz ): 20. Naok i Serizawa (Ho n ); 21. Jea n Sebasti en Roy (Ho n ); 22 . Sheyn e Kin g ( Ktm) ; 23 . T eket eru Ats ute ( Hon ) ; 24 . Scott Davis ( Kaw ) ; 25 . Carter Gurnee ( Ho n ) ; 26 . Matt Ka rls on (Ya m) ; 27. Blel r Morgan ( Hon ) ; 2 8. Zeb Armstr ong ( Yam ); 29 . J eremi as Is rael (Hon) ; 30. Jason Fin k (Ya m) ; 3 1. Ti mmy Ferry (Yam ) ; 32. Cliffo rd Cook (Ktm ): 33 . T im Beatt y ( Yam): 34. Charles Du ffy (Suz) : 35 . Dou g Dehaan (Ho n) : 36 . Todd Dow ns (Hen) : 37 . Nathan Wood s ( Ktm ); 38 . Brian Sweany (Suz); 39 . Kyle lewis (Suz); 40. Kr is Papworth (Kaw) . MOTO 2 : 1. Kevin Wind ham ( Hon ); 2 . David Vuillem in (Yam ); 3 . Sebastie n Tortell i (Hon) ; 4 . Ricky Carrnlchael (Kaw); 5 . Greg A lbertyn (Suz); 6 . Mik e Larocc o ( Hon ) ; 7 . Rob bi e Reyn a rd (Suz); 8 . Ezra Lusk (Hon) : 9 . J ohn Dc wd (Kaw ): 10 . Larry Ward (Kaw) ; 11. Kyl e Lewis (Suz) ; 12. Damo n Hu ffm an (Left) Windham (14 ) grabbed the holeshot in the second 250cc National moto. (Below) Sebastien Tortelll (21) and David Vuillemln (9 34) had a monumental duel In the second moto that would ultimately decId e the overall win . for the rest of the moto and ev en stuck hi s no se in on the Windham/ Tortelli battle for a whil e, before dropping back a little. Albertyn didn't have much to show in the rnoto, and his sore knee didn't help his cause any . He still got around Lusk, but so did his teammate Reynard, who ev ent ually got A lber tyn , making the final fi nishi ng order: Carm ichael, Vuill emin, Tortelli, Windham , LaRocco , Rey n ar d , Al bertyn and Lusk. Dowd and Huffman rou nd ed out the top 10 . Wi n dh am" beat ev er yon e through the firs t tum in the seco nd m oto , but it di dn 't take long for Ca rmichael to make his move. On th e second lap , Carm ich ael cut ins ide of Windham to ta ke th e lea d , whi le Tortelli sett led into thi rd, Vuill emin fourth, Lusk fifth , Ward six th and Albert y n sev enth. Th i s t im e, however, Ca rm icha el co uldn 't qu it e pu ll awa y fr om Wind ham. In st e a d , C a rmi cha el sta rt ed mak ing sm a ll m ista kes here and th ere. A nytime Carmichael did pu ll a few b i k e lengths on W indham , h e would bobbl e and lo se whate ver he had gained and have to start all ov er aga in. This w as wearing Carm ich ael out, and wh en he nearly took a fr ightenin g fall on a fast downhill secti on of the track , Wind ham to ok over. "That could 've been bad: Carmic hael said of his near get-off. " I just ca m e ou t th ere, hit a hay bale and it kic ked m e si d ew ays. It was sc ary. I had to tone it down aft er that." When Carmichael clip ped the hay bale, it also twist ed his ankle, so t o ma k e m att ers wo rse, he now had to deal with pa in . W in dh am saw h i s wi n dow of opport un ity and took off. He was ridi ng fl awle ssly as he quickly be g an p u lling away from Carm ichael, who now had Tortelli and Vuillemin to deal with. The three riders ga ve th e Hang town cro wd something to get excited about as they diced sometimes three abreast. Fina lly, Ca rm ichael had h a d enough , and both To rte ll i a nd Vuillemin rode around him in succession . Carmichael, worn out and beat up , let Tortelli and Vuillemin go . With Windham in control up front, all attention focused on th e Tortell i/Vuillem in duel th at would ultimately decide th e overall outcome. It was a classic co nfro nt at ion that saw the t w o F ren ch ri de rs bou n c ing off each other a number of t imes. With · on ly a few laps left , Vu ill emin fina lly got around T ort ell i through a roc ker section of th e tra ck and would go on t o f in i sh seco n d, w rapp ing up t h e overall. " W he n K ev in go t b y Ri c k y , h e pulled away from us," Vuillem in sai d. " T h en Ric k y ki n d of he ld us [Vu ill em in and To rte ll i) bec ause he w as sl owi n g d ow n and d i dn ' t want Seb asti en t o p as s h im , so he was brak ing him in every corn er . We go t by Rick y , and th en Seb ast ien and I wer e feeli ng each other all over the track . It was fu n." The scr apes on To r t ell i 's arm showed j ust how cl ose his batt le with Vuill emin w as. " We come t ogether," Torte ll i said with a b i g sm il e on h i s fa ce . " B u t th at' s ok ay ; th at's th e sport and tha t 's racing. I got a little tired at the end." Fin ishing wa y back in fou rth was Carmicha el , wh o wa s luck y to have b u il t u p enough insuran ce t o kee p Al be rty n a t b a y . Si x t h wen t t o La Rocco, wh o had his eyes on A lb er tyn t he wh o le w ay but cou ldn' t ge t close en ou g h to m o u n t a ser i ou s cha llenge. Reyna rd en ded up seventh after a bad start, whil e Lusk dropped b a c k to eighth. D o w d again took 14 n MOTOTWO M AV31 ,2000 ' cue I e eVIl s ninth , w h i le Ward ro un d ed out the top 10. M ea nwhile , Wi nd ha m wa s happy with his seco nd -moto wi n. " It seemed to m e like h e [Carmichael ] tried t o run away fro m us [after th e start], but I wa s able to stay with him ," Windham sai d of the sec ond moto. " He mad e a b ig m is t ake up on top of the hill and almost went do wn; that was eno ugh for me to get aro und him and open up a little b it of a lead . I th ink somebody said his bike was bogging, but it was just a g r eat we ek en d fo r me . I ma de i t th ro ugh G l en He l en st r o n g , and I t hink with ev er y race , I'm go in g t o kee p getting strong er and stronger." B u t for t he de fend i ng c h a m p Al bertyn , it w asn't the best of days. " I'm not rea lly conte nt with whe re I' m at," Alber tyn sai d . "But I hav e m ore p oints t han I had last ye ar at this t im e, but I d efin itely sho u ld'v e go t a fourth in th e second m oto last week , and today I sho u ld 've bee n in the top three in both m oto s, so I'm a little disa ppointed." CN (Suz); 13 . Jas on Th ome s (Yam ); 14 . Ty ler Evans (Suz): 15. Akira NarM (Hon) : 16. Tim Ferry (Yam ): 17. Ryan Terleck i (KTM) : 18. Teketeru Atsuta (Hon ): 19 . J am es Povoln y (Hon); 20 . Jer emia s Israel (Hon) ; 21. Matt Karlsen (Yam) ; 22 . Scott Davi s (Kew) ; 23. Zeb Armstrong (Yam); 24. Brian Sweany (Suz); 25. Bla ir Mo rgan (Hon ): 26. Doug Dehaan (Hon) : 27. Nathan Woods (KTM) : 28 . Todd Down s (Hon) : 29. Ted Campbell (Suz): 30. Dou g Duba ch (Yam) : 3 1. Sha yne Kin g (KTM ); 32. Dustin Nelson (Yam) ; 33 . J ason Fink (Yam) ; 34 . Naok l Ser lzewe (Hon ); 35. Carter Gurnee (Hon) : 36. Cliffor d Cook (KTM): 37. Jean Sebastien Roy (Hon) ; 38. Kri s Papworth (Kll W); 39. TIm Beatt y (Yam) : 40 . Chorl es Duffy (Suz) . O / A : 1. Dav i d Vu i ll emin ( Yll m) ; 2 . Kev in Wmdhem (Hon) ; 3. Ric k y Carm icheel ( Ke w) ; 4. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon) ; 5 . Mik e Larocc o (Hon ); 6 . Greg A lbertyn (Suz); 7. Robb ie Reyn ard (Suz); 8 . Ezra Lu sk (Hen): 9 . Jo hn Dowd (K aw) : 10. Larry War d (Kaw ); 11. Damon Huffman (Suz); 12. Tyl er E vans (Suz) ; 13 . J ason Th omas (Yam) ; 14 . Kyle lewi s ( Su z) ; 15 . A ki ra Nerit e (Ho n) ; 16 . Ryan Terl ecki (KTM ); 17. James Povolny (Hon); 18. Doug Dubach (Yam ); 19. Tun Ferry (Yam) ; 20 . Tekateru Atsuta (Hon) ; 21. Dustin Nelson (Yam); 22 . Ted Campbell (Suz): 23 . Jerem ias Israel (Hon): 24 . Naokl Se rteewe (Hon). AMA/CHEVY TR UCKS 250cc U.S . MO TOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS POINTS STA NDINGS ( Aft er 2 of 12 rounds): 1. Ric k y Carmichael (93/1 win ); 2 . Seb ast ien Tort elli (8 4 ) ; 3 . David Vuillemln (80/1 win ): 4 . Kev in Windham (78): 5. Greg A lberty (66 ): 6. Mike Lar oc co (58 ): 7. (TIE ) Ezra Lusk / Robbi e Reynard (5 2): 9. John Dowd (4 1) : 10. Larry Ward (39 ): 11. Damon Huffm an (3 1); 12. Jere m y McGrath (3 0): 13. (TIE) Doug Duba ch / Ky le Lewis (26) : 15. Ti m Ferry (24) : 16. Jaso n Thom a, ( 19) : 17. A kira Na rtte ( 16) : 18. (TIE ) Tyler Evan' / Shayne King ( 15) : 20 . Ja mes Povolny (1 2): 2 1. Ry an Terleck i (9 ): 22 . Hea t h Vo ss ( 5) : 23 . (T IE) Dusti n Ne lson / Teketeru Atsuta (3): 25 . (TIE) Ted Campbeil / J ean Seb astien Ro y (2) : 27 . (T I E) Na ok i Sert aewe / .Jeremie s lsreel Z Naoki Serlzawa ( 1). Upcoming Rounds: Round 3: Mount Morris, PA, May 28 Round 4: Southwick, MA, June 11

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