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Cycle News 2000 09 13

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eries. Same old results. Carmichael clinches his first 250CC MX championship at Binghamton, NY. This season , Ricky Carmichael jumped from riding 125cc bikes to the even more challenging 250CC class. And he landed right where he took off. As a champion. Two moto victories at Broome-Tioga MX track captured the 250CC AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship with one round left to go. It's a performance equaled only by Kawasaki rider Jeff Ward 's back-to-hack 125CC and 250CC moto championships in 1984/85. And that's not all. Ricky goes into next week's race tied for the most victories in a single season. One more win will put him over the top. And. it'll move him even closer to the all-time career record of 37 MX Victories, that's just four wins away right now. At just 20 years old, RC is on a roll. So if you're following his KX250, don't plan on passing anytime soon. Ricky isn 't about to slow down. '" just wo rked my butt off and the team did too. It feels excellent to wrap up the title early."

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