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in Anaheim, where
he
recorded the
fastest
lap time in
practice.
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heat-race time
was
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5
seconds
faster than series leader
Ricky
Carmichael
s
winnrnS
performance
in
heat two. Stewan
had first
gate
pick
for
the
20-lap
main event, and he seemed
like a sure bet
to win
his third AMA
Supercross
of the
young season
and
move back
into the
points
lead.
How
quickly things can change.
lnsread of winning, Stewan
finished an
unimaginable
eighrh.
fell back to thrrd
rn
rhe standings and
is now l3
poinrs
behind
Carmichael.
who, in front of another
sell-
out crowd
(45,050), rode off wirh
his
third win of the sefles
and
hrs
second
vic-
rory of
the three Anaheim
rounds.
Stewart
also lost
his
points
lead in the
World Supercross GP standings;
he's
now
second,
four
points
behind RC.
Joining
Team
l4akita Suzuki's
Carmichael
on the
podium was runner-up
Yamaha's Chad Reed
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Carmichael's
teammate lvan
Tedesco.
the latter earning
a
Sr:oercross-class oodium fi
nish
for the first time
in his career.
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Three crashes
in the first two
laps
were Stewart's undoing,
His
first
get-off
happened
in rhe first
turn when he
lost the front end of
his KX450F
and went tumbling to the
ground in front of the
20-rider
pack.
"l
came out thinking
l had the
holeshol
the
whole way,'' he said.
"l
was
going
strong
and as soon
a! I started to turn the
bars, I knew
lwas hot, and the
front
end
washed out."
Carmichael.
who
Iined up right next to
Srewart on the
inside, had a bird's-eye
view of Stewan's
crash.
"l
was
on the
inside of him,"
Carmichael
said.
''l
got
a
really
good
start,
and he closed
the door on me
iust
a little
bit. I seen
him
going
into that
first turn
realll really hot
-
he
almost
crashed
in
that
turn a
few times in
practice
-
you
know his forks seem
so stiff that
-
but.
he
went
into that first turn, and I think
he
iust
wanted to
go
a
liltle wide so these
guys
couldn't
come around
hrm
and
hit him
in
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