AnEel srodium
Anoheim. CA
ga\r'e
him a liftle tap,
but
that's racing. lf he
wanB
to
complain about that, then he
shouldnt be out there racing."
And while laresco flnds
himself 20
points
down to
Reed
and
19
behind Stewart,
he is
still at the front of a multi-way battle for
fourth in the serieriders are within six
points
of each other.
"l'm
still in it," Tedesco said.
"There
are
still l2 more races left. He
[Reed]
can alk all
he wan6. but this is racing. and if he's
going
to
get
mad about somebody
passing
him,
dlen he shouldn't be out there.''
fu for the
points
race up front,
Ca.michael took over the Arnp'd l''lobile
AMA Supercross Series
points
lead.
Carmichael now leads Reed, 70-66. with
Stewaft dropping to third
from
his flrst-place
tje with Carmichael, with 55
points-
Stewart
still leads Carmichael in the Amp'd l'4obile
World
Supercross GP standings by
one
poin,
Il5-I14.
I8 FEBRUARY I, 2006 CYCLE NEWS
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FLqce:
2leremy McGrath
5th Place
While ldt week's fourft-place
finish at Pho€nk may have b€€i e6sier ftan dlis week's fifth-
place
finGh at
Anaheim Il, the
34-year-old
Mccrad| may ha\€ eamed this one a little more,
"L6t
week I was by m),self a
lo!," Mccrath said.
"This
week I had Emie on rny butt 6|e whole
tjme.
Fle wE definitely keepirE m€ honest, so. ln that sense h war a litde lErder. 8ut overall it
w6 fun. The 450 wes
tood.
I didnt get tired. and I learned a whole lot about the bike dvqrgh-
out
the race. I think it I
to
out and rlde a little mo(e $is week and imprcrye, Ill be
good,"
M(Grdr
+peared
to b€ e)(tremet comfortable on hh new fa.tory Honda CRH50& and
le
was giving away norhing to rhe rest o{ $e
pack
wirh r€gard lo any of the track obgtacles.
"That
was realb/ good.
and that
wEs what v/e kind ofthought would happen beouse orery week the
45(x have b€€n
jumpir€
some stuff tlrat $e 250 can'f
-
Mccrath said.
'This
week, s/eryone
ws pretty even. k was a great time. I
iurt
Sotta
keep a little more rromertum, I wasnt
reaity
pushirrg
the envelope. I was
iust
trying ro leam."
lO Ernesto Fonseca 6th Place
Arnerien Honda's Emesb Fonreca admitted that he couldn't complain with his result
in
dle
main e\,ent, seeing as how he
got
completet disoriented during the
race.
"l
v/as
busy
worrying
and racinS th€
8uy
ahead ol me," Fonseca said.
"l
never saw
my pit
board
or the halfrray flags. h
was taxrgh. but no excuses. I
iust
got
beat, and l've
got
to
get
to wp.k and try to
improve on
aertain things so that I aan
get
bettei" The
gq/
that Fonse