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you
thought that
the Amp'd
Mobile AMA
Supercross
Series couldn't
get
any
more shocking
following last week's
St. Louis Supercross
shake up. the
AMA drops a bomb on the
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Suzuki
Team
on
the eve of the
Atlanta
Supercross,
announcinS that
it was
penal-
izing Rkky Carmichael
25
poinB
for run-
ning
"illegal"
fuel
at
the San Diego Super-
cross
last month
(see
"ln
The
Wind"),
effectively
putting
an end to Carmichael's 2005 Supercross
title
hopes. So
how would Carmichael
respond in Atlanu? By
winning.
ln
what was another excitin8 Sx-class
main event, Carmichael
ran
down
new
I8 MARCH 8,2006 CYCLE
NEWS
series
leader
Chad
Reed to win the main event
in front of the
largest crowd ever
to attend a Supercross
race at the Georgia
Dome
-
70,133.
Despite winning. the Makita Suzuki
rider
sounded
like a beaten
man after all was
said and done.
win," Carmichael
said.
"l
don't have much to
say. lam
drsappornted
in the whole deal
[being
penalized 25
pointsl.
Unless
a miracle
happens, I'm
just
out
here
racinS to race.
I'm disappointed
for my team,
because
we
put
in too much
work, too much
training and
way
too
much money to sit
on the sidelines
and watch two otherguyt
go
at it for the
championship.
But life
goes
rt:
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