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AMA/C hevy T r ucks U .S . M o to c r o s s C h amp io n s h ips f70u n d 10: Sprin g Creek MotoCross P a r k into th e fina l two rounds of the s e ries . "It' s always good to ha ve a m ot o o r more le a d on the next gu y , " Carmichael expla ined . "Any th ing can happen , and th at cushion is real nic e to have . I'd like to go 1-1 at Bing ha m pton in two weeks. Tha t's where I wrapped it up la st ye ar, a nd it wou ld be good to do it again befo re the fina l ro un d. It's be en a nail -bite r fo r m e since Mou nt Morris, but th is weekend rea lly put me at e ase ." Second overal l went to Team Ya maha's David Vuillem in. The Frenchman , who ha s had an up- anddown season, kept it quit e consistent throughout the day with his 3 -2 moto finishes . Vuillemin ha d never ridden at Millv ille before , but he d id qu ite well and made many passes , as h is sta rts we re les s tha n desirable. "I got good ju mps out of the gate, but I do n't know what ha ppens down By D A VE DERi NGER P HOT OS BY S T EV E B RUH N MIU VILLE, MN, AGG. 13 t was ju st another day in th e office for Chevy Trucks Kawasaki 's Ricky Ca rm ic ha e l. On a hot and humid day , in front of 18 ,200 stick y fan s, C a rm ic h a e l raced to two decisive m oto v ictories aboard his Chad Watts -tuned KX250 . Carmichael gra bbed the first-moto ho le s hot and came out of the gate in second the second time ou t, making his job relative ly easy , as he was clearly the fastest rider on the rough , whooped -out track , which to ok a ton of energy to tame . With the two moto wins , Carm ichael s tretched his points lead to 40 ove r T eam' Ho n d a ' s S eba stien Tortelli, who rode to fourth o ve ra ll. C a rm icha el is n o w s itting c omfortably in the d rive r's seat goi ng I 28 AUGUST 23 , 2 0 00ยท cue I e n e vv s the stra ights, " Vuillemin sa id at the e nd of th e day . "I had a go od day and pass ed e ve ry b o dy b ut Ricky . The bike worked good today , and so did th e s us p e n s io n. Suspension is very im p o rta nt here - it is very rough. I have ne ver been here or Steel City before, s o it's kind of ha rd for me to le a rn the track s bec ause we don't have much practi ce on Saturday . I liked it here, though ." Amsoi l/ Factory Co nnection/Com p et it ion Acce ssor ies /Jack in th e Box 's Mike LaRocco fin ished third with a 5-3 score. The Ind iana native cont inues to impre ss the fans , a nd he still holds fifth in the points going into the fina l rounds . "I got go od starts today , but apparently not good enough," LaRoc co co mmen ted. "Ri c k y g o t both starts, a nd nobody was rea lly a ble to see where he was goi ng , to m a ke up Ricky Cannic hael (41 can relax a bit no w , as his d ual moto wins p ut him 40 points i n f ro nt of Sebastien Tortelli in the championsh ip standings, with just two rounds remaining. Timmy Fe rry (15 1 had a strong f irst m oto, finishing s e c o nd. an y ti me . T h e bike s worked good , and I'll just ke e p trying." Team Honda 's Sebastien Tortelli fini shed a disappo intin g fo urth . A stro ng firs t- moto fo u rth -p la c e finish af ter a r a c e -l o n g ba ttl e w it h Vuillem in , LaRoc co and John Do wd had T o r t ell i look ing for another s o lid pe rfo rma nce , but motor problems ham pered t h e qu iet F renc h man the second time out , and he finished a distant sev enth . Tortell i lost major p o in t s in the cham pi o nship s e rie s to Carmic hael , and he h a s h is work cut out fo r h imse lf t h roug hou t t he final fo u r motos of