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or the
second straight week,
James
Stewan kept
his fi450F upright and
walked away with a relatively easy
win
at round 12 of the
Amp'd Mobile AMA
Supercross Series,
held at
Detroat's
I
new-to-Supercross Ford Field. And for the second
st.aighr week, series
points
leader Ricky
Carmichael
was unable to do anything about
it.
This
week,
actuallx Carmichael
had more to
worry about than
iust
Stewart. He had to
fight his
,
way
past
a
reiuvenated and
persistent
Chad Reed
not
once but
lwice
during the
20-lap main event
in
order to finish second.
'iAs
far as second
place
Eoes,
I'm a liftle disap-
pointed
in my starts, and
I'm
going
to
have to work
on those," Carmichael said.
"l
put
myself into a
bunch of
positions
that
I
didn't want to be
in. I have
no one to blame but mysell
and it's frustrating.
''l'fn
not in conservative mode." Carmichael
said.
"l
iust
want to
go
out and race
for
the
lead:
that's all we want to do. lf
you win races,
then
the
championships
come. We're in
good position
for
the
AMA title, bur not so
good
position
for
the
World
title."
Stewan
was obviously happy with the win.
I'
I
a,
7
D
st
his
fifth
of the
year
in the AMA series
(and
his
seventh. counting
World
GPs).
which
solidi-
fied his status
as heir apparent to
Carmichaels
throne,
but
it was
perhaps
more of a moral victory than an),thin8, a5
he still trails Carmichael
in
the standings
by 20
points with
iust
four rounds
remaining in the series. However, he
was not
ruling
our
his
chances.
"l
iust
put
20
perfect
laps
in,
and it
8ot
me the win tonight," Stewart said.
"You
never know whar's
going
hap-
pen.
and all I can do is try and win some
of rhe5e
ra(es.
I
fEure if I win races, I
,
a
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ln lronl
of more
lhqn 4O,OOO
qt
rhe
new Ford Field,
Jomee steworr
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eorned his fihh win ol the seoson,
but
even
if he wins
lhe remoining
four rounds, it might not be enough
to
