Carmichael's a bit on the 'wicked side
By TMX Archives on 14th Jun 07
IT'S nintey-nine down, one to go for Ricky Carmichael as the unmatchable Makita Suzuki rider again swept to a double moto victory at round three of the AMA Motocross Championship at sandy Southwick on Sunday to notch-up his 99th career motocross win and set-up a historic and seemingly inevitable 100th victory at Budds Creek this coming Sunday.
Overcoming a bit of sickness and weekend longtroubles with an overheating machine, Carmichael again proved he isfitter, faster, and more determined than anyone still, and twice beatKawasaki's James Stewart and impressive Yamaha team leader GrantLangston to take the win, while privateer hero Gavin Gracyk put amyriad of big names to shame as he stormed to a sensational sixthoverall.
The battle of wits between Pro-Circuit Kawasakiteammates Ryan Villopoto and Ben Townley continued in the Lites classat Southwick also with the pair splitting wins and second placefinishes as they dominated proceedings, Townley again getting the nodfor the overall though with another impressive, strong second race winas Suzuki's Ryan Dungey got back on the podium in third overall infront of Jason Lawrence and High Point victor Josh Grant.
TOYOTA AMA MOTOCROSS SERIES Rd 3 - Motocross 338, Southwick, MA
MOTCROSS: 1 Ricky Carmichael (Suz) 50, 2 JamesStewart (Kaw) 44, 3 Grant Langston (Yam) 40, 4 Andrew Short (Hon) 34, 5Mike Alessi (KTM) 28, 6 Gavin Gracyk (Hon) 26, 7 John Dowd (Suz) 23, 8Troy Adams (Suz) 23, 9 David Vuillemin (Hon) 23, 10 Kevin Windham (Hon)20, 11 Tim Ferry (Kaw) 18, 12 Jeff Alessi (KTM) 15, 13 Davi Millsaps(Hon) 14, 14 Ryan Mills (Kaw) 13, 15 Kyle Lewis (Hon) 12.
Series Standings (After 3 of 12 rounds): 1Carmichael 147, 2 Stewart 131, 3 Langston 101, 4 Ferry 96, 5 Short 93,6 Millsaps 90, 7 Windham 79, 8 M Alessi 78, 9 Vuillemin 66, 10 Byrne 59.
MOTOCROSS LITES: 1 Ben Townley (Kaw) 47, 2 RyanVillopoto 47, 3 Ryan Dungey (Suz) 40, 4 Jason Lawrence (Yam) 34, 5 JoshGrant (Hon) 34, 6 Kyle Chisholm (Kaw) 27, 7 Josh Hill (Yam) 27, 8 BillyLaninovich (Hon) 24, 9 Billy Ainsworth (Kaw) 19, 10 Bobby Kiniry (Kaw)19, 11 Dusty Klatt (Yam) 17, 12 Tommy Hahn (Hon) 15, 13 AndrewMcFarlane (Suz) 14, 14 Matt Goerke (Yam) 13, 15 Daniel Sani (Yam) 10.
Series Standings (After 3 of 12 rounds): 1Villopoto 138, 2 Townley 130, 3 Dungey 116, 4 Grant 112, 5 Lawrence101, 6 Hahn 74, 7 Hill 63, 8 Brock Tickle (Yam) 58, 9 Jake Wiemer (Hon)55, 10 Goerke 46.
Next Round - Budds Creek, June 17.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, June 15, 2007.