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the season if he wants to win his first American title . " I' ll be ready for the final two rounds ," sa id Tortelli. "My ankle is fine and is not a factor. The bike just wasn't working right in the second moto. I won't give up, though ." Mazda/Chaparra l Yamaha's Tim Fe rry was fifth . An outstanding and best-ever second -place finish in the first moto was somewhat negated by two crashes early in the second moto . Ferry finished 11 th in moto two , but his second -place rid e on h is 2 50cc Yamaha opened a few eyes for sure. "1 was happy with that second-place fini sh , b ut the second moto killed m e : Fe rry said just before leavi ng . "I wa s running some good lap times th e firs t m oto , and th en I c ra s hed tw ice ea rly in the second moto . It wa s kind of a bum mer. I wa s loo king forward to a good overall ." S ixth was Chevy Trucks Ka wa s a ki's J oh n Do wd , who had two excelle nt s ta rts on a trac k that h e ha s a lways liked. Dowd we nt 6 -6 in the two m oto s , but he was in the th ick of things throughout most of the da y . T e am S uzu k i' s Robb ie Re y n a rd was s e vent h at 10- 4, wh ile T e am Honda ' s Kev in Windha m had a q uiet da y by going 7- 8 fo r e ighth overa ll. Team S uzu ki' s Da m o n Huffma n a nd Te am Ch e v y Tru cks Kaw a sa ki 's Lar ry Ward rounded out the top 10 . Tea m Suzu k i' s num ber-one p la t e holde r Gre g Alberty n we nt 33 -5 for 13th overall. A flat in moto o ne ru ined any chances of a podium finish . MOTOONE Carmichael nailed a huge holeshot down the long start straight, with teammate Dowd sweepi ng around the outsid e. Moto XXX's Kyle Lew is, Fe rry a nd Ward were a lso in there . LaRocco gated we ll, as d id T o rte lli and Lusk . Vu illemin and Albertyn were farthe r back . " Do wd ca me blowi ng by m e around the outside: Ca rmichael later said. "I thought fo r su re that he got that holeshot aw ard ." "I had perfect tracti on a nd wh eelied abou t three -q u arters of th e wa y down th e s tart straight," Dowd sa id. T h e points lea der d idn 't c u t a ny slack, and h al fwa y thro ug h the first la p , he had a lready est a bli shed a good lead. Ferry passed Ward for the t hird p o s it io n on the second lap, wh il e Vu illemi n wa s a lso mo v in g th rough th e fie ld . A la p la te r, Ferry moved in on Dowd for sec ond . By th e fourth lap , Carmicha e l had a n ei g ht -se co n d le a d o n F e rr y . LaRocco wa s catch ing u p to Dowd , and Vuillemin was up to s ixth beh ind Tortell i. Several la ps la ter , LaRocco passed Dowd going down the big a nd v ery rough downhill fo r th ird . Vuillemin moved by To rte lli thro ug h th e larg e sand whoops about t h e same time , and then also moved by Dowd for fourth lat er that lap. Tortelli wo uld be th e ne xt to pa s s Dowd , who ha s been recovering from a sto m ach illness s ince Unadilla . Tortelli motored by Dowd down the rough se c ond str a ight a nd was into fifth. Ca rm ich a el wa s now 15 -s e c o nd s a head of Fer ry. Vuillemin ha d ca ug ht up to and wa s pr e ssurin g LaR o c c o , a n d Tortell i wa s cl o s in g fa st a ls o . Albe rtyn pu lled off with a flat tire th at la p and was out of action . "It was rough and chopp y , and I didn 't feel re a l safe riding with a flat: (Top) Team Chevy Trucks Kawasaki riders Ricky Cannichael (4) and John Dowd (1 6) lead Damon Huffman (20) and the rest of the pack. It was Carmichael's seventh overall win of the season. (Above) David Vuillemln rode well at Millville, overcoming two mediocre starts to post a 3-2 second overall. Albe rtyn e xpla ined of his s itua tio n. "It wa s g e tt ing sid ewa ys a nd s qui rre ly, a nd I shut it down." In th e c lo si n g laps , Ca rmi cha e l a nd Ferry we re both cruis ing o n th e ir own up fro nt. Tortelli br iefly pa ssed Vuil lemin on a small downhill , but Vu ill emin reta liat ed and p a s s ed Torte lli back im med iately, and then LaRocco seconds late r for th ird . Tortelli would get by LaRocco in the whoops for fourth in the final minutes of the moto , and at th e checkers cue I e it was Ca rm ic ha e l with yet anot her moto w in in only his fi rst year of 250cc outdoor competit ion . Fe rr y cro s s e d fo r s econd , h is best -e ver n e _ S • AuGUST 23. 2000 29