Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

(Ri ght) R ic ky Cannl c hael shreds a sand benn on h is way to his second overall w in of the s ea so n , which he earned despite two crashes and a fifth-place fin ish in moto one. hooke d up, and his clutch side ca me o n m y arm , wh ich made me grab a handful. I leaned ov er on him and we bo th kind offell." " I thin k he hit the berm and ki nd of c am e back into m y line," Carmichael sai d. "We tangled . I m ean , I didn 't try to go out the re and hit hi m , or noth ing. I was j ust tryi ng to get by him ." As fo r Vuillemin, he was suc cess fully trying to aton e fo r sli pping hi s tire on the start, advancing fr om mid pa ck to sixth befor e hi s clutch began sli p p in g . The Fren chman turned h is lever's qu ick-adjust nut all the way in , but to no avail , and he dropped out fo r good on the eighth go of 18 laps. Up at the fro nt, Reynard led easi ly for seve ral la ps , but Tortell i, who had mo un te d a c h arg e af te r com pleti ng lap o ne bac k in fifth p lac e, was not to b e d en ied. Th e F ren chm an w a s o n Reynard 's rea r tire before the midway po int , and he zapped h im in the to p section t o assume the lead an d p ull aw ay to an easy w in . " I d idn 't g et ti red at all, " T ortell i sai d. "I was just rid ing m y pac e, easi ly, and I was fine." Ezra Lus k and Windham f ollowed across the finish lin e, with Carm ich ael fi n is hi ng a n im p ressi ve fifth d esp it e crashi ng aga in. A ft er rem oun tin g following his fir st -lap tussle with laRocco, Carmicha el had been busy passi ng his way forward when h e crashed in a crater on the 11th lap , forcing him to st art anoth er charge. T hi s one ended wi th him pass ing Greg A lbertyn o n a high-speed d o wnhill stra ight o n th e fi nal lap . "That m ot o gave rne a lot of co nfi den c e," Carm icha el said. " Ever since th a t poo r ride at Sacra m en t o , I' v e been wo rk in g hard , a nd I didn 't g et tired out th ere. Everyone w as ju st sit ting down and laboring, th e las t fi ve laps . T hey ' ve go t th eir work cut out for them in th e second moto if I ca n get a good start." (Left) David Vuillemin was covered in sweat and sa nd after fi nish ing third in the second moto, b ut he was happ i e r than he ha d been after moto one. In that race, a mecha nical DNF d ro pped him o ut of the points l ead. (Be l ow) A new Fren chm an now l eads the points stand ings, as Seb ast i e n Tortelli took over f rom Davi d Vu ille m in . Tortelll was u n t o uchable In m oto one, and he finished second ove rall. LaRocco , Vu ill em in and T ort elli le d h im, and he d ispa tched th e m oto -on e wi nner on th e followi ng go-arou nd. '" had all these ri der s in fro nt , rid ing sl ow er ," sai d T ortel li , w ho had been too careful o ut of the g at e. " It k ept m e out of m y rhythm , and got me more tir ed than anything." T he top three we re too fa r ahea d by then for Reyn ard to do an y more da m ag e, and the top five were set fo r the 18 -lapper. Carm ich ael sailed over th e finish li ne j um p w ith a fist in the a ir, thoug h he d idn 't real ize he wa s t he o verall w inne r. "My mecha n ic d id n 't have it on the p it board , so I fi gu red it w as over," Carm ic hae l sa id . "I was con te nt with a pod ium , bu t now I'v e got t wo w in s and I ha v e to tr y and w in some m or e. " L a Ro c c o was seco nd, wi t h Vuille min n ex t , a n d Re y n a r d a n d Torte ll i co m ple ti ng the top fi ve. CN MOT02 Ca r m i c hael' s wo r ds p r ov ed prophetic soo n after the ga te dropped for m oto tw o . T hi s time there wa s no accom p any ing p recipita tion or thun der, and Ca rm icha el' s C had W attstuned KX 2 5 0 - aft er st arti ng sec ond to Ki ng' s four -stroke - quickly m ov ed into the lead and set sa il. K ing lasted a li tt le lo nge r this tim e, but a surpris in gl y stro ng -s ta rting LaRo cco w a s seco nd aft er t wo laps, and Vuillemin 11 th after on e la p thank s t o a l ate gat e pick an d som e first -lap bob bles was th ird aft er fiv e. "I was alone after I g ot into third ," said Vu ill em in. " I w a s ki nd o f l ost wi tho ut a targ et. " D espi t e h i s strong rid e i n m oto one, Rey na rd was written off by many whe n he cras he d in turn on e a nd rem oun t ed d ead last, but the O k la ho m a resi de nt wa s m o re o ptim is t ic. He set about passin g as many as 10 rider s a lap , going fro m 34th to 24 th to 16th to 13th in th e fi rst fo ur lap s, and t hen p a ssin g an average of a rid er a lap un til he sat in fi fth. A t that point ( l a p 13 ) , only Carmicha e l , Mot ocross 338 Southwic k, Massachusetts Results: June 11, 2000 MOTO 1: 1. Sebasti en Ton elli (Hon) ; 2. Robb ie Re y na r d (Suz ) ; 3 . E zra Lu sk ( Ho n) ; 4 . Ke vin Wind ham (Ho n) ; 5 . Ricky Carmic hael ( K"w) ; 6 . Greg Albertyn (Sua): 7. Joh n Dowd (Kaw) ; 8. Larry Ward ( Kaw) ; 9 . D am on Huff ma n (Suz) ; 10 . T im m y Ferry (Y am ) ; I I. Shayne K ;n g ( KT M) ; 12. Ky le Lew i s ( Suz); 13. J am es Povolny J r. ( Ha n); 14. Ty ler Evans ( Su z) : 15 . Mi cha el T readw ell ( Hon) : 16 . Jason Thom as (Yam ) ; 17. Jean -Sebasti en Roy (Hon) ; 18. Heath Voss (Hon); 19. Mik e laRoc co (Han ); 20 . Dax Kastrin (Yam ). MOTO 2 : 1. Ric ky Carmi chael ( Kaw) ; 2. Mike laRoc co (Han ); 3. David Vuill em in ( Yam ); 4. Robb ie Reynard (Suz); 5. Sebast ien Tort ell i (Han) ; 6. Greg A lb ertyn (S uz) ; 7 . Kevin Windh am (Han ); 8. J oh n Dow d (Ka w); 9 . T i m F err y (Y am ) ; 10 . Mi ch ael Treadwell (Hon) ; 11. Jea n Sebasti en Roy (Hon) : 12. Kyl e Lewis (Suz); 13. Ezra Lusk (Hen ): 14. Dam on Huffma n (Suz) ; 15. J ason Thomas (Yam ); 16. Heath Voss (Han) ; 17. Ak ira Nente (Han) ; 18 . Larry Ward ( Ka w) ; 19 . Shayne Ki ng (KTM); 20 . T yler Ev ans (Sua). O /A: I. Ric ky Carm ichael (Kaw) ; 2. Sebast ien Tortell i ( Han) : 3. Robbie Reyn ar d (Suz); 4 . Ke vin Wind ham (Han ); 5. Greg Albe rtyn (Suz); 6 . Ezra Lusk (Han); 7. John Dowd (Kaw) ; 8. Mik e laRocco (Hon); 9. Ti m m y Ferry (Yam ); 10. David Vuillem in (Yam ); 11. Dam on Huffm an (Suz); 12. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 13. Michael Treadwell (Han) : 14. Larry Ward (Kaw); 15. .Jeen-Sebasnen Roy (Han) ; 16. Shayne King (KTM ); 17. Ja son Thom as (Yam) ; 18. Heath Voss (Hon); 19. T yl er Evans (S uz): 20 . J ames Povoln y ( Han): 2 1. Aki ra Narita (Han); 22. Dax Ka strin (Yam ). AMA/ CHEVY TRUC KS U. S. 25 0<:c MOTOCROSS C' SHIP SERI ES POI NTS STA NDI NGS (A ft er 4 01 12 ro unds) : 1. Seba st ien Tortell i ( 158 ); 2. Kevin Windham ( 154 ); 3. Ricky Carmic hael ( 152/2 win s); 4 . David Vuil lem in ( 145/2 wins); 5. Robbi e Reynard ( 117); 6. Ezra Lusk ( 114); 7. J ohn Dowd 8. Greg Albertyn ( 106 ); g, M;ke laRocco (97); 10. Larry Ward (8 1); II. Tim Ferry (7 9) ; 12 . Dam on Huffman (70 ); 13. Kyle Lewls (5 5): 14 , Shay ne K;ng (52); 15, James Povcl ny (34); 16. Ty ler Evans (33) ; 17. Akira Narit a (33); 18 . J ason Thom as (3 0 ); 19. Jeremy McGrath (3 0) ; 20. Doug Duba ch (29). nos» Upcoming Rounds: Round 5 - Budds Creek, Maryland, June 18 Round 6 - Buchanan, Michigan, July 2 cue I e n e vv s • J U N E 21 , 2 000 27

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