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A M A/ C h e vyTruck s U .S . Motocross Cham p io nship S e r ie s F inal R o und : S t e e l City USA A few laps late r, To rtelli made his m o v e for th e lead , fl yin g p a s t Vuillem in o n a section o f tra ck whe re the top riders wer e jum p ing fro m on e enormous ta bletop to anot he r, effectively combining two jum ps into just one. "We were jumping both tabletops," explained Vuillemin. "I was going fo r it, but at the last moment, I wasn't able to do it because I didn 't ha ve the run. I landed on the takeoff of the next jump and my hand came off the ba rs . He jumped both of them, so he passed me." O nce in the le a d , t h e s peeding Tortell i began to pull a way , wh ile Vuillem in was left t o deal with Carmic hael , who b litzed pas t th e Yama ha rider to take over the runnerup s pot. LaRocco , who rode steadily thr ough o ut the moto , la unc he d a final charge , also passing Vuillem in with just two laps to go . Tortelli took th e moto win , fol lowed by Carm icha e l, who ra c ed in for second. "I rea lly want to win this we e kend ," s a id Tortelli. "I've not had so go od a season. My bike wa s wo rking gr e a t, but I made a lot of mistakes tha t took me out of the title , s o fin ishing with a win would be gr eat." LaRocco was third , follow ed by Vuillemin, who h eld on for fourth . Windham rounded out the top five . With Carm icha e l now le a d in g by ove r 10 seconds, La Roc co also dove unde r Vuillemi n in the ne w finis h-li ne a rea do wnhill swe epe r. "I wa s squaring up before th e corner and go ing do wn th e ins ide ," said LaRocc o . "He was ra iling the outside and I had a great line at th e bottom where 1 had a lot of leverage." Carmichael charged in fo r the moto win - and his 34th career ove rall victory . LaRocco , who a ctuall y began to close the gap on Carm icha e l lat e in the race, finished out his sea son in st yle by taking s econd . Vuillemin was third, followed by Re ynard in fourth. Windham wa s a con sistent fifth , fol lowed by Tortelli in sixth. "Mike was riding really we ll," said Carmichael. "He was on th e gas and was pressuring me . I had a n up s et s t o m ac h all d ay and felt like I was under th e gun a little bit, but the ra ce is o ver a nd, lu c k ily , I ca m e o ut o n to p ." eN Steel City Raceway Delmont, Pennsylvania Results: September 3, 2000 If inal Round) 250 MOTO 1: Sebastien Tortelll (Hon) : 2. Rick y Carmichael (Kaw ); 3 . Mike laRocco (Han ); 4 . Dav id Vuillem in (Yam ); 5. Kev in Windham (Han); 6. Robbie Rey nard (SUl ) ; 7. Jason Thoma s ( Yam) ; 8 . Ky le Lewis (Suz); 9 . Larry Ward (Kaw) ; 10. John Dowd ( K a w ); I I . Mi ch ael By rn e ( Ha n); 12. De m o n Hu ffm an (S Ul) ; 13 . Ja m es Po volny Jr. ( Han) : 14. S EPTEM BER 1 3 , 200 0 ' e y e Al bertyn (Suz): 37. Mik e Kali n (K. w): 38. Phil 250 MOTO 2 : 1. Ric ky Ca rm ic hae l (Ka w); 2. Mike laRocco (Hen} : 3. David Vuill em in (Yern) : 4. Robbie Reynard (Suz) ; 5. Kevin Windham (Hon); 6. Sebastien To rtelli (Hon); 7. Dam on Huffm an (Suz); 8. J ohn Do wd (Kaw); 9. Michae l Byrne (Han) : 10. Kyle Lewi s (SUl ) ; 11. Jason Thom as (Ya m) ; 12 . Heath Voss (Hon) ; 13. Larry Ward (Kaw); 14. Damie n Plotts ( SUl) ; 15. Rya n T erl e c k i (K TM ); 16 . J a son McCormi ck (Han ); 17. Steve A nd ri ch (Han ); 18 . J ames Povolny Jr. (Han) ; 19. Shayne King ( KTM ); 20. Ty Wallace (Yam ); 2 1. Vince nt Kamow (Yam ); 22. Brian Stone (Kaw); 23. Blair Morgan (Han); 24 . Mik e Katin ( K a w) ; 25 . M i k e Ma son ( Ha n) ; 2 6 . Thom as Kelley ( Kaw) ; 27 . Kevi n Cr ine (Han) ; 28 . MarcoDube (Suz): 29. Michael Campbell (Yam) ; 30. Jason Fink (Yam); 3 1. Aaron Deiter (Suz); 32 . David Oertel (Han); 33. Greg Albertyn (Suz): 34. Tim Ferry (Yam) ; 35 . Keith Jo hnson (Can); 36 . Isaiah Joh nson (Yam ) ; 37. Dou g Deh aan ( Ho n) ; 38. Cla rk Stiles (Yam); 39 . Jeff Gib son (C lIO); 40 . Phil Law renc e Heath Voss ( Han); I S. Shayne King (KTM); 16. (V. m). 250 0 / A: I . Ric ky Cannichae l (Kaw) ; 2. Mike laRocco (Han ); 3. Sebasti en Tortelli (Han) ; 4. David BRIEFLY. •• Vuillemin , once again , shot from the gate and was rewarded th is tim e out with th e hole s ho t , followed b y Windham . Carmich a el was th ird , fo llow ed b y LaR o c c o a n d T ort e lli . Ca rmicha e l mov ed qu ickl y this tim e o ut , s lici ng u nd er Windh am o n t h e th ird lap to ta ke second. To rte lli was now fou rth , h a ving passed LaRocco on th e tabletops a few m ome nts earlier, and be gan gain ing on. Vuillemin . Wind ha m a nd Re yn ard b a ttl e d fo r fifth. Ca rm ichael's move for the le a d came on the next lap , when he dove unde r Vuille mi n just a fte r the finish line area . " Da v id went w id e and I snu ck underneath him o n the inside," said Ca rm ichae l. "I saw th at he was taking the ou ts ide line the whole m oto , so 1 de c id ed to see if I co u ld ma k e a mov e there ." With clear track ahead, Carmichael began to pull away. A few laps lat er , disaster str uck Tortell i when t h e Honda pilot we nt down while attempting to make a move on Vuillemin for the runner-up position. "I a ctuall y cra sh ed tw ic e ," e xp lained Tortell i. "T h e first on e , I went a little bit too early into the c or ner tryi ng to pa ss Da vid and the front end s lid out. I sta rte d aga in a nd Mike wa s ju st in fro nt of m e . I c o uld s ee th e gu ys a n d I was tryin g to catc h the m ba ck a nd I ju st slid out of th e rut , lost the rea r end a nd he licopter ed over th e bike ." Wh ile most 01 the major teams have not linal ized their plans l or 200 I . Team Suzuki' s Roger DeCoster was able to confirm that Travis P a s trana will indeed start the Supercross seaso n in the 250cc class . -We'lI see how things go." said DeC oster. " II he is top five. it' s possible that he w ill stay in the 250cc class . Ou tdoors. he w ill go back to the 125cc class. " Speaking 01 Suzuki . Travis Pastrana's 125cc National M otocro ss title is the firs t for the manufactu rer since Gu y C o op e r' s o ne-po int squea ke r ov er Hond a 's del end ing Nati onal Ch ampion M ike Kiedr ow ski back in 199 0 . Plano Hond a' s Team M anager Kenny W atson wa s happy to anno unce the addition 01 Billy Payne to his team lineup l or 2001. - W e just signed Billy Payne on Friday. - said W atson. "W e're going to keep Ivan Tede sco. Ji ri Dostal and Travis Elliot t. as well. Right now . it looks like Payne and D ost al will be ridi ng the 125 cc W est Supercros ses and Tede sco and Elliott will be riding in the East. All four 01 the riders will ride the 125 Nationals. W e're also tryi ng to pretty much keep all 01 our sponso rs ." According to Watson . Pro Circuit w ill, once again. be a major sponsor of the team. In order to narrow the field to forty-riders per Nat ional class. a series 01 qualifiers were run on Sunday morning. KTM 's Sha y n e King too k the first 250cc qualifier win. w hich cloc ked in as the la ste st 01 the day at 10 :23:67 minute s. M oto-XX)("s Kyl e Lew is topped the seco nd 250 cc qualifier and DG Y/ Pro Circuit-backed Honda rider David Oettel won the 250cc Consolation race. KTM 's Kelly Smith was the w inner 01 the first 125cc qualifier . lollo wed by Yamaha 01 Troy' s Justin Buckelew. who won the second 125cc qualilier. Husqvarna/ Fast by Ferracci 's Paul Carpenter took the victory in the 125cc con solat ion race. Celeb rating a birth day at Steel City was Yamaha 01 Troy' s Ernes to Fon s eca. The 1ggg AMA 125cc Eastern Region Supercross Champion turned 19 . This w eek s recipient s 01 the THQ H oleshot Awards we re Team Suzuki' s Travi s P a st ra na and Plano Honda's Iv a n Tedesco in the 125cc class and li nem an Cycles/ Pro Action 's J a s o n Thomas and Team Yamaha 's David V u illemi n in th e 250cc c lass . Eac h rider rece ives $500 lo r their respective holeshots. u .S. Tobacco continued its Top P r ivate er Award s at Steel City. M oto XXX's K y le L ewis was the top 250cc privateer. finishing 8-10. lo r eig hth overa ll . fo llow ed by lineman Cy c le s /Pro A ct ion' s Ja s o n Thoma s . w ho we nt 7-11. lor ninth ove rall. In the 125cc class . ther e were two fi rst -t im e wi nners . Te am Green 's A ndrew S hort was the top 125cc privateer . li nishing 13·24. l or 17th overall, lo llowe d by Yamaha/ No I e n e'IIVs Robbie Reynard 11 71, who usually does well at Steel C ity, took fifth and was Suzuki 's top-fini shing rid e r i n t h e series. Here he battles w ith Kevin Win d h a m. Lawre nce (Yam ) ; 39 . Doug Deha an (Hon) ; 40 . Tim Ferry (Vam). J ason McCo nnick (Hon) ; 17. Kevin Crine (Han); 18. Ryan Terlecki (KT M); 19. David D ett el ( Han) ; 20 . M OTO TW O 16 Brian Stone (Kaw) ; 21. Ty we ttece (Yam); 22 . Blair Mo rga n ( Ho n ) ; 23. Vi n c en t Ka rnow ( Ya m) : 24 . Dernlen Plotts (Suz); 25 . Steve An drich (Hon) ; 26. Keith J ohn son (Can) ; 27. Aaron Diete r (Suz) ; 28. Ja son Fink (Yam ): 29 . Th om as Kell ey ( Kaw) ; 30. Mike Mason (Hon) ; 3 1. Mlch ll el Camp bell (Yam) ; 32 . Clark Sti les (Yam); 33 . Isaiah J ohnson (Yam ); 34 . J eff Gibson (Can) ; 35. Marco Dube (Suz); 36. Greg Vuillem in (Yam ): 5. Robb ie Reynard (SUl) ; 6. Kevin Windham (Han); 7. J ohn Dowd ( Kaw ); 8 . Kyl e Lewis (So2); 9. J ason Thomas (Yam) ; 10. Damo n Huffm an ( SUl ); 11. M ic h" el Byrne ( Ho n) ; 12 . La rry War d ( Kew): 13. Heath Voss ( Hon ) ; 14 . Ja mes Povo lny ( Ha n ) ; 15 . Jaso n M c Co rmi c k ( Han); 16. Ry an Terleck i (KTM ): 17. Shayne King (KTM ); 18. Dami en Plotts (Suz ) : 19 . Steve Andric h ( Ha n): 20 . Kevin Crin e (Han) ; 21. David De tte l (Hon) ; 22. Ty Wallace ( Yam ); 23 . Brian Stone (Kaw). AMA/ CHEVV TRUCKS 2S0cc U.S. MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINTS STANDtNGS (A ft er 12 of 12 round s) : I. Ricky Carmichael (53519 wins ) ; 2. Sebastien Tort elli (453/1 w in ); 3 . Kevin Windha m (426); 4. David Vuillemin (4 14/ 2 wins ); 5. Mike laRocco (381): 6 . Robbie Rey nerd (3 45); 7. Greg Albertyn (315): 8. John Dowd (299 ): 9. Larry Ward (2 7 6 ); 10 . T im F erry (2 69 ); 11. Dam on Huffman (2 17 ); 12. Kyle Lewis (1 84) ; 13. Heath Voss (13): 14 . Shayne King ( 155 ): 15. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 16. Akira Nari ta (102) ; 17. .James Pol von y Jr . (9 2 ); 18. Ja son Thoma s (82): 19. Dam ien Plotts (71); 20 . Ry an Terlecki (44) . Fear-bac ked C hase Reed . who finishe d 37-18 . lor 21st overall. The top priva tee r in each class receives $1000. w hile the runner -up receives $5 00 . U.S. Tobacco also announced the winners 01 its coveted year-e nd Top P r i v at ee r A wards. M oto-XXX's Kyl e Lewis was the top 250cc privateer, lin ishing 12t h in this yea rs outdoor series . l ollowed by Great Lakes Av iatic n/ Sinisolo' s H eath V o ss. who finished 13th. Motoworld 01 EI Cajo n's G reg S chn e ll was the top 125cc pilot l or the year. l inishing 13th and Bromley Suzuki/M SR' s B a r ry C a rste n was the runner-up, l inishing out the year in 27th place , Lew is and Schnell will each receive $5000. while Voss and Carst en will each receive $2500, A charity auction was held alter the awards presentation at St eel City . Benelitting Team USA at the M otocro ss des Nations. the auction allowe d fans to bid on gear and memorabilia donated by the stars 01 the sport . The top-selling item ? Travis Pastrana's X-Games Je rsey. which le tched a cool $375 . The 125 cc W est ern Regional Supercross Ch ampion Shae Bentley was in attenda nce at Steel City. but he was not in his l amiliar SplitFire/Pro Circuit /Th or outfit. Rather. he was just cruising the pits and the property checking out all 01 the action . Bent ley has been out 01 co mpetition since the final Supercross in Las Vegas where he was ill. The illness carried on lo r several week s and when he came back to riding he injured his ankle . Wh ile his ankle healed . he dec ided to have the plates removed from his arm so he will be completely ready l or the 011·season and the Superc ross series. where he will delend his number-one plate. Qualifying l or his first ever National that he att ended was Team Green's 17-year-old Andrew Sho rt. The Kawasaki-rider lrom Colorado Springs. Colorado. qualified well on Sunday and rode to a strong 13th-place finish in moto one. Short said. - I can't believe that I lined up right next to Travis Pastrana and he is in the title chase. that was coo l." Al so riding wa s Yamaha-mo unted Cha s e Reed. The rider from O klahoma qualified l or his first National a week earlier at Binghamton and said. "Q ualifying was easier that I expected. but those motos are tough. " Ch evy Trucks / Kawasaki Team M anager Bruce Stjern st rom con li rmed tha t Ste p h a n e R onc a d a will join Rick y Ca rmichael on the team in 200 1. Bot h riders w ill co ntes t t he 250cc class in S uperc ros s and motocross. An Industry race was held on the Friday during the amateur program. The overall winner was KTM 's Shane W att s. Second place we nt to Planet Honda's Jim Chamberlain and Racer X·s Davey Coo mbs l inished third. In the B class. DC Shoes bos s Ken Block took the win. lo llowed by Wind· shields. Incorporated's Mi ke Loren. Third wen t to Ame rican Honda's M ike Gosselaar. In Saturday' s mechanic's race the winner was M azda/C haparral Yamaha's Larry Brooks. Seco nd was Yamaha 01 Troy' s Dean Baker and third went to Bilr s Pipes/Suzuki"s Shawn Ulikows ki.

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