Ricky doesn't hang about at Hangtown
By TMX Archives on 25th May 07
IT was business as usual at Hangtown Raceway, California, on Sunday as the Toyota AMA Motocross Championship got underway with yet another Ricky Carmichael win.
Returning from his semi-retirement stock-car racing escapades to racethe opening five rounds of the outdoor series, Carmichael was as fastand as strong as ever at the Sacramento circuit and after losing out inthe opening moto to arch rival James Stewart for the win, bounced backin moto two to take a resounding victory and the overall from Stewartand Tim Ferry.
While Carmichael was wrapping up yet another national win, Ben Townleyclaimed his first Motocross Lites win after swapping wins and secondplaces with team-mate, reigning series champion Ryan Villopoto, in aneventful weekend for the class which saw some in-credible racing,fighting and fines.
After the dominance that James Stewart had shown in the Supercrossseries, many were expecting him to do likewise at Hangtown in a similarfashion, but Carmichael has proved time and time again that he is thebest racer on the planet and despite a four-month break since his lastrace, he was sensational once again.
TOYOTA AMA MOTOCROSS SERIES
Rd 1 Hangtown, Sacramento, CA
MOTOCROSS: 1 Ricky Carmichael (Suz) 47 points, 2 James Stewart (Kaw)43, 3 Tim Ferry (Kaw) 40, 4 Davi Millsaps (Hon) 38, 5 Grant Langston(Yam) 31, 6 Kevin Windham (Hon) 30, 7 Andrew Short (Hon) 28, 8 MikeAlessi (KTM) 27, 9 Michael Byrne (Suz) 23, 10 David Vuillemin (Hon) 20,11 Jeff Alessi (KTM) 20, 12 Ryan Clark (Hon) 18, 13 Antonio Balbi (Hon)14, 14 Kyle Lewis (Hon) 14, 15 Akira Narita (Yam) 9.
Series Standings: As above.
MOTOCROSS LITES: 1 Ben Townley (Kaw) 47, 2 Ryan Villopoto (Kaw) 47, 3Ryan Dungey (Suz) 40, 4 Josh Grant (Hon) 33, 5 Brett Metcalfe (Kaw) 32,6 Jason Lawrence (Yam) 32, 7 Thomas Hahn (Hon) 28, 8 Broc Tickle (Yam)27, 9 Martin Davalos (Yam) 20, 10 Jake Weimer (Hon) 18, 11 Matt Boni(Kaw) 17, 12 Matt Goerke (Yam) 12, 13 Josh Hill (Yam) 11, 14 DustyKlatt (Yam) 10, 15 Steve Boniface (Kaw) 10.
Series Standings: As above.
Next Round - High Point Raceway, PA.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, May 25, 2007.