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20O6 Togota AMA Motocross Championship Ppescnt€d bg FMF Budd5 Creek ,YtX Pdrk Budds creek, ,rtD MOTOCROSS Round 4 June 18. 2006 Mv Owtt FLRce: 72 psnsummey 9th Place Despite suffering bad stans in both motos, Josh Summey wa5 able to work his way up in each case, and turned 9-9 moto finish- es into eithth overall. The Unbound Energy/Moto XXX- sponsored rider miglt have fin- ished hiSher had h€ not struSSled in the final moto with the heat. "ln the lirst moto, lworked my way up to ninth after a bad start," Summe),, said. "ln the sec- ond moto. I worked all the way up to sixth and - I don't know if it was heat exhaustion - but I made a few big mistakes and ended up using more energy than I would have liked to and with about three laps to go, fDavid] Vuillemin, ljason] Thomas and ffiml Ferr/ were able to sneak by. But it was still a Sood end consistent day and it feels Sood after a lacklus- ter ride at Southwick, After four rounds, Summey is a solid eiEhth ovemll in lhe standings 3l JasonThomas 5th Place Jason Thomas celebrated his birthda), by turninS good starts into 8-6 moto finishes for flfth overall. The Team Subway Honda rider considers Budds Creek one of his favorite tracks and proved it by putting in his best ride of rhe year "leff [Gibson] got the start in the first moto and I was right behind him, but I kind ofgot bumped around and dropped back a lit- tle," Thomas said. "l tried to char8e back, but it was hot todal and I think everyone was feelint it to some degree. I iust rode as hard as I could and finished eighth. ln the second moto, I got another good stan and just put my head down. People were crashing and fad- ing, and I was just riding my butt ofl and carne out sixth. The track was awesome but was kind o{ hard to pass on, although that's typical for here.'' 686 Jostr Demuth l4th Place After a string of top- l0 finishes, losh Demuth had an off weekend, flnishing l4th overall at Budds Cr€ek. still, the BooKoo Honda rider never tave up. The former Arenacross Cham- pion sits in I lth overall in the series standings. "This weekend was a liftle rouSh for me, I had a pmctice crash earlier in the week and it knocked me out," Demuth said. 'All week- end lont I iust felt kind of off. I went down in the first turn of the flrst moto and came back to l5th from dead last, so that was pretty tood. ln the second moto, I tot another bad slart and toughed it out for a l2th. So all things considered, I think it was a pretty good day for me." 48 pr ciuson Subway Honda's.leff Gibson claimed his best outdoor fin- ish ofthe year with an lSth overall and even led the first lap of the opening moto. "lYy day went good," Gibson said. "l had some tood starts, hr the heat reallytot to me. lt's still cold back home in Ohio and I'm not used to the heat yet, and I iust need to train more in the heat. The out- door season hasn't Sone too I 8th Place Millsaps was a distant third, behind Carmichael and Reed. Moto two started only slightly better for Windham, rounding lap one in lZth position. Upfront, Reed had passed early leaders Honda-mounted Antonio Baldi Jr and Gibson on the second lap and was tryinS to make a clean break before Carmichael arrived at the front, but Carmi€hael was quickly on Reed's tail. He dogged the Australian until lap fou( when Carmichael made an agSressive pass for the lead just before the mechanic's area. "Ricky just came up the inside and the turn was really slick," Reed said. "l think the only way to pass was ro get in there hot and kind of bump me out. I would have done the same thing to him." From there. Carmichael would once again pull away from Reed, but the differ- ence would never be as great as that of the first moto. Meanwhile, I'4illsaps had moved into third, and Windham had passed up into sixth position, where he again found him- self behind Preston and Wey. Windham only took three laps to make a pass this time and then set out after we, For two laps, Wey held his ground against Windham before he, too, gave way. 36 JUNE 28,2006 . CyCLE NEyyS Ni*'fr&y overtook lfiird ploce in the seder p{lnts itondings. I q i 7,; "l knew Windham was coming and I tried to Sive it everythinS I had," Wey said. ''l held him off for a while, but he finally got me," Windham's momentum had been car- rying him closer and closer to Millsaps in third, but l'lillsaps would crash before Windham could catch sight of him, and, at the end, Windham would finish third, just over a minute behind Reed. "l didn't really Sive myself the best of chances, Wndham said. ''l laid it down in the first moto and made things hard for myself. This track is all right for passing, but you never want to be [coming from the rearl no matter what lrack you're on. It was just a tough day. I had to get by these guys and I just had to go where the others weren't and it worked for me and I moved up." Wey claimed his best-ever National finish with foufth overall. "Budds Creek is usually not one of my best tracks, but I wanted to do good here," Wey said. "Today, I Save it every- thing I had, but Windham was riding good, for sure." With four rounds in the books, Carmichael extended his lead in the title chase and is a full 20 points ahead of Reed, 192- 172, while Wey ( 122) moved into good for me so far, but I had a better weekend than I did last week and I am excited about Red Bud coming up. The track was pretty fun, but it was pretty rough in that second moto. I iust made a few mistakes in both motos." Gibson sits in 25th overall after four rounds. /*lE"> . 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