Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

AMA/Ch e vyTruck s U .S . Motocross C h ampionship S e r ies Rou n d 11 : B r oom e -Tioga Sports C ent e r Greg Albertyn w ill hand over the number -one p late t o Carmichae l n ext week at Steel City. Albertyn rode w ell at Binghamton, going 4 -2 f o r run n eru p honors. the top 10, by virtue of his 9 -13 moto finishes. Carmichael 's current po ints tota l stands at 488 . Despite h is un fo rtunate luc k, Torte lli still ho lds sec ond in the ser ies with 413 points . Windha m ma in t a in s h is third - p lace p os it io n wi t h 394 p o in t s , fo ll o wed b y Vu illem in , w ho curre nt ly has 376 po ints . La Rocco is fif t h w it h 339 p o in t s , fo llo wed b y Alb e rt y n , wh o m o ve s in to sixth wi t h 31 5 points. Alb e rtyn ' s Su zuk i team mate, Robb ie Reynard drops to seventh with 3 12 po ints . Dowd takes ov e r eighth , with 275 points , follow ed by Ferry , who has 269 points. Wa rd fills out the cu rrent to p 10 with 256 po ints . The Tom Hurd -m a naged BroomeTio g a Sports Cente r cou rse was in pe rfe ct shape for Su nday 's National. Ha zy , ove rcast sk ies ke pt the track surface moist a nd tacky , wh ile mild te m p e ra tu re s ma de the racing com for ta ble for b ot h ra c e rs an d fans alike, lead ove r the Yamaha rider. Lap after lap, Ca rm ich a e l ignite d the c rowd by repe a ted ly jumping a huge downhill triple jump tha t no ot her rider in the 40-man field was attempting . By the halfwa y m a rk of th e 16- lap mo to , the to p-five positio ns - Carmichael , Vuille min , LaRocco, Ferry and Albertyn - seemed to be firml y esta blished . Tortell i co ntinued his forward m ar c h , briefly swa pp ing positions with Honda teammate Windham be for e takin g ov er sixth . On lap n in e , di s a st e r struck th e cha rging Fr en c h rid er . Whil e attempting to make up th e small gap between himself and Alber tyn , Tortelli ma de a costly mistake on the tra ck 's ultra -h igh speed "u p pe r" jump s ection, sending the Honda pilot to th e ground in a heap . "I was in a rut and the side was s t ic k in g out." e xp lained Tortell i. "I didn 't s ee it and it made me go s ideways. It was a b ig crash , but I fee l okay. I broke the bike - that was my fault. Nothing is wrong with m e , so I'll be 100 percent for the ne xt moto ." Ca rmichael took the checkers for the win, adding a full 25 points to his alrea dy com manding points lead of 40 over Tortelli. Vu illemin fin ish ed a strong second , followed by a solid ride from La Roc co for th ird . Albertyn was fo ur th , followed by Fe rry . Windham was sixth a nd Reynard finished sev e nth. Voss wa s eig hth , followed by the Factory Kawasakis of Ward and Dowd. MOTOONE Vuillem in shot from the gate to take the first moto holeshot, followed closely by laRocco, Team Yamaha 's Dou g Henry , Dowd and Carmichael. To rtelli su ffe red a poor sta rt and was m ired in the pack. De term ined not to let Vuillemi n gai n an early a dvantage, Carm icha el cha rged into th e runn e rup spot before the comp letion of the lap , fo llowed no w by La Rocco, Fer ry a nd He nr y. KTM's S ha yne King was s ixth , trailed by th e defending series c h a m pion , Alb e rtyn , wh o occ u p ie d s eventh. Now with the leader square ly in his sig hts , Ca rmichael wasted no t im e , g o ing to wor k im mediately on Vu ille m in and taking over the lead just before Broome-Tioga 's massive, whoop -infested downhil l. With cle ar track ah ead , Ca rmichael atta cked the rough and rutted cours e , qu ic k ly p u llin g out to a s e veral-b ikelength 8 S EPT EM B ER 6, 2000 ' cue MOTOTWO Needing just e leve n points or bett er to sec u re th e title , Carm ich a el aga in c ho se to s ta rt from th e inn e rmost gate po s it ion. When t he gate fell , it wa s Th eEdgeSports .c om 's Phil La wre nce bl a s ting to t h e ho le s ho t , I e n e vv s sh ado wed by Vuillemin , Carm icha e l, and laRocco . Fer ry we nt down in the second turn, tak ing Ward , Windham and Henry with him. King c a pita lized and moved into fifth, with Vo ss a nd Plotts right behind him . By the completion of the first lap , Vuille m in a nd Ca rm ic ha e l h a d mov ed to the front, followed by Alb e rt yn , La Rocco a nd King . Again , Carm ic h a e l wasted no time taking ove r t he lead, divi ng under the Yam a ha of Vuille m in on the left-handed a pproach to th e t ra c k ' s jump -la den s upercross section. "I just squared the turn , soaked up th e jump and stayed low ," sai d Carmichael. "I had the ins ide line into the ne xt turn and was able to get by him ." On ce o ut front , th e determin ed Carm ich a el began to pull away at the pa ce of a few seconds per lap, desp ite a strong e ffo rt by Albertyn, who sliced past Vuillemin for the run ner-up spot on the fourth lap. "I was c ha rg ing the whole time ," sa id Albertyn. "I did get messed up a little bit by some lappers , which cost m e s o m e time , but wh o ' s to s ay I would have been a ble to pass Ricky eve n if I d id c atc h him? " Carmichael cr ossed th e finish line to s ecure his e ighth overa ll win of the s e ries - and h is fi r s t- e v e r 250cc Nationa l Motocross Championship. Albertyn cha rged in for second , follo we d by a strong a nd consistent ride by La Rocco for third. Re yn ard too k the measure of Vuillemi n la te in the ra ce fo r fourth . Tortelli finished s ixth, fo llowe d by Do wd in sevent h. Voss was eighth a nd Wind ham ninth. King rounded o ut the top 10 . "It' s a lways a cha lleng e out there; th e re ' s so many g u y s g oing fast ," sa id Carm icha el from th e winn er 's circle. "Greg was on m y tail e a rly in the moto , so I ha d to push." "Ricky rod e an incredi ble race and th a t' s prett y m uch been h is standard M ike laRocco went 3 -3 at Binghamton, finishing third overall behind Carmichael and Greg Albertyn. for the entire year ," Albertyn sa id . "He's defin itel y a worthy c ha m pio n." Broome-TIogaSports Center Bing arntDn, New York Re sults : August 26, 2000 (Round 11 of 121 MOTO 1: 1. Ricky Carm ich ael (KlIw ); 2. David Vuillemi n (Yam) : 3 . Mike Lesccee (Han ); 4 . Greg Alb ertyn (Su z) ; 5 . T i m F erry ( Yam); 6 . Ke vin Windham (Hon ); 7. Robbie Rey nard (Han); 8. Heath Voss (Han ); 9 . Larry Ward ( Ka w) : 10. Jo hn Dcwd (Kaw); 11. Dam ien Plotts (Suz): 12. Damon Huffm an (Suz): 13. Do ug Henry ( Yem): 14 . Keith J ohns on (C an) ; 15. J am es Povolny (Han ); 16. Shay ne Kin g (KTM); 17. Jason Thoma s ( Yam); 18. Phil Lawren ce (Yam ); 19. Scott Cart er (Han) : 20 . Michael Byrne (Ha n) ; 2 1. Brad Hag set h (Y am ) ; 22 . Kyle Lewis (Suz) ; 23 . Jason McCormic k (Hon); 24. Jeff Gibson (Can) ; 25. Bl air Mor gan ( Han) ; 26 . Doug Dehaan (Hon ); 27. Mike Katin (Kaw); 28. Ty Weltece (Yam ); 29 . Ja son Fink (Yam ); 30 . Vincent Kamow (Yam ): 31. Lance Smail (SOl); 32 . Adam Humphrey (SUI) : 33 . Sebastien Tortelli (Han ): 34 . Todd Downs (Hon) ; 35 . lseia h Jo hnso n (Hon ); 36. Ton y Loru sso (SUl) ; 37. J eff Bake r Jr . (Yam ): 38. Travis Hodges (Kaw) ; 39 . Bruce Stratton (SUl); 40. Mark Burk ha rt (SU1). MOTQ 2: l. Ricky Carmi c hael (Kaw) ; 2. Greg A lbertyn (SU1) ; 3 . Mik e laRocco (Hon) ; 4 . Robb ie Re y n ar d (S UI ) ; 5. Da v i d Vu illem i n (Ya m ) ; 6 . Sebastien Tort elli (Han ) ; 7. J oh n Dowd ( Kaw ); 8 . Heat h Voss (Ho n ) ; 9 . Kevin Wind ham ( Han ) ; 10. Sha yne Ki ng ( KTM) ; 11. Damien Plotts (S Ul ) ; 12. Damo n Huffman (SUl); 13. Larry Ward (Kaw) ; 14. Ky le Lewis (Suz); 15 . Michae l Byrn e (Han); 16 . Phil lawrence (SUI ); 17. Doug Henry (Yam) ; 18. Scott Cart er ( Hon) ; 19. Ja son Th om as ( Yam) ; 20 . Je ff Gibson (C an) ; 2 1. T y Wallace (Y am ); 22 . Blair Mo rgtln ( Hon); 23 . Doug Dehaan (Han ); 24 . To ny Lorusso (SUI ); 25 . Isaiah Johnson (Hon ); 26 . Mike Katin Jr . (Ka w) ; 27 . Todd Downs (Han) ; 28 . Jason Fink ( Yam ) ; 29 . Vincent Kam ow (Yam ) ; 30. Bruce Stratton ( SUI ); 31. J ason McCormick (Han ) ; 32 . Mark Burkhart (SOl); 33 . Travis Hodges (Kaw ); 34 . Keith J ohnso n (Can) ; 35. James Povolny J r. (Hon) ; 36 . Lance Smail (Suz): 37 . Brad H.gseth (V. m ): 38 . Adam Humphrey (SUI); 39 . Tim Ferry (Yam); 40 . Jeff Baker J r. (Yern }. O /A : 1. Rick y Ca rmicha el ( K a w ) ; 2 . Greg A lbertyn (SUI ); 3. Mike laRocco (Han ) ; 4 . David Vuillemin (Yam) ; 5. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 6. Kevin Windham (Han) ; 7. Heath Vo ss (Hon ); 8. J ohn Dowd (Yam ); 9. Dam i en Plotts (SUI ): 10 . La rry Ward (Kaw) ; 11. Damo n Huffman (SUI); 12. Shayne King (KTM ); 13. Tim Ferry (Yam); 14. Sebesnen Tortelli ( Han ); 15 . Doug Henry (Yam ) ; 16 . Phi l Lawrence ( Yam) ; 17 . Ky le Lewis (SUl) ; 18 . Mich ael By rne (Hon); 19. Keith Jo hnson (Can); 20 . J ason Thomas (Yam ); 21. J ames Povolny ( Han) ; 22 . Scott Carte r (Hon) ; 23 . J eff Gibso n (Ce n). AMA/CHEVV TRUC KS 250

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