| Budds Creek Pre-Race Notes: |
Racing will begin a little after 1:00 EST. It's not raining now, but the radar shows a thunderstorm could be here within an hour. For an update from practice yesterday Click Here.
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| 125cc Moto One: |
They are pn the parade lap now, then the anthem and then the gate will drop... The engines arefired and we are waiting for the gate to drop...The holeshot goes to Kelly Smith, followed by Stewart and Langston...Stewart grabs the lead quickly and is pulling away from the pack quickly...
Running order is Stewart with a 30 second lead already, then Langston, Boniface, K. Smith, Brandes, Mertens, Sorby, Brown and Gray...Hughes has decided to sit the race out...Stewart's best lap time so far is 3 seconds faster that anyone else on the track...
Brown is on the move, he's made his way up to 8th spot now...Bubba is just running away this first moto...The top 4 are are about 16 seconds ahead of every body else, then in 5th is Brandes...
Running order after 10 laps is Stewart with a 35 second lead then Langston, Boniface, K. Smith, Brandes, Tedesco, Brown, Sorby, Anderson, Short and Mertens...Langston has about a 2 second lead over Boniface and then Boniface is about 2 seconds ahead of Kelly Smith in 4th position...
The laps are winding down and Stewart might have the biggest lead ever in a moto...The lead is about 40 seconds...Kelly Smith's bike just blew up right in front of us and he is dead stopped...So that will move Brandes up to 4th postion...
White flag is out for Stewart with a little more than 40 second lead...Brown is all over Brandes trying to get to 4th spot on the last lap...Stewart is coming around for the checkers...Stewart wins his first race back since Las Vegas SX, he's followed by Langston, Boniface and Brandes holds on for 4th the Brown in 5th...
125cc Moto One: 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Grant Langston (KTM); 3. Steve Boniface(KTM); 4. Mike Brandes (Yam); 5. Mike Brown (Kaw); 6. Ivan Tedesco (Yam); 7. Eric Sorby (Kaw); 8. Craig Anderson (Yam); 9. Andrew Short (Suz); 10. Steve Mertens (Yam); 11. Brian Gray (Suz); 12. Matthiue Lalloz (Suz); 13. Steve Lamson (Suz); 14. Daryl Hurley (Suz); 15. Bobby Kinniry (Suz); 16. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 17. Brett Metcalfe (KTM); 18. Kevin Johnson (Yam); 19. Josh Summey (Yam);
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| 250cc Moto One: |
They are on the parade lap right now...Just a few more moments while the riders get lined back up...The holeshot goes to...Windham, followed by Roncada and Ferry...Carmichael is in 5th spot right behind LaRocco...Carmichael just moved right by LaRocco and took over 4th spot...
They come around and Ferry just passed Roncada to move into 2nd spot...Ferry is now all over Windham trying to take the lead...The top 4 of Windham, Ferry, Roncada and Carmichael have already pulledaway from the rest of the pack...
They come around to complete lap 2 and it's Windham, Ferry, Roncada, Carmichael, LaRocco, Rodrigues, Ward, Reed, Vuillemin and Dowd...Ferry just passed Windham and took the lead...Carmichael jus got passed Roncada on one of the uphills to move into 3rd spot...
They finish lap 3 and Ferry still hold onto the lead with Windham, Carmichael and Roncada right on his rear tire...Carmichael just made a move on Windham and moves into 2nd spot behind Ferry...Reed is all by himself in 5th trying to catch the 4 up in front of him...
Running order is Ferry, Carmichael, Windham, Roncada, Reed, Rodrigues, Vuillemin, Ward, Fonseca and Lusk...Carmichael is all over Ferry, trying to get the lead from him...Reed is slowly catching the top 4 riders...Stewart's fastest lap is still best of the day, even better then the 250cc riders so far...
The top 5 Ferry, RC, Windham, Roncada and Reed are about 20 seconds ahead of the rest of the field...Ferry and Carmichael are having a great battleout in front...The big four-stroke just keeps pulling up the hills and Carmichael comes back in the turns...
Reed is still slowly catching Roncada who is in 4th spot...Running order is Ferry, Carmichael, Windham, Roncada, Reed, Vuillemin. Rodrigues, Ward, Fonseca, Wey, LaRocco...Ferry is still holding off Carmichael as they finish lap 8...
Ferry and Carmichael have pulled away from Windham and Roncada, also Reed has seemed to lose ground on Roncada also...The leaders are getting into lappers now and Ferry has pulled away slightly from Carmichael...
Roncada has madea mistake and Windham moves way ahead now in the 3rd spot...Ferry is still looking very strong out in front, but Carmichael isn't letting him get too far away...Carmichael is now putting a little pressure on Ferry...Carmichael goes down and now has Windham right behind him...
Ferry now has about a 10 second lead over Carmichael and Windham...About 3 laps left for Ferry...Carmichael has pulled away from Windham again and is trying to run Ferry down...2- lap board just came out for Ferry, but Carmichael is on the gas and is catching Ferry...
Carmichael is going so fast, he is almost back on Ferry's rear tire after being 10 seconds down...White flag out for Ferry and Carmichael...There are now some lappers getting in the way of Carmichael's last race charge...Less than half a lap left...Few more turns...Ferry wins!!!!!!!!
250cc Moto One: 1. Tim Ferry (Yam); 2. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 3. Kevin Windham (Hon); 4. Stephane Roncada (Suz); 5. Chad Reed (Yam); 6. David Vuillemin (Yam); 7. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 8. Larry Ward (Hon); 9. Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 10. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 11. Nick Wey (Yam); 12. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 13. Johns Dowd (KTM); 14. Nathan Ramsey (Hon); 15. Keith Johnson (KTM); 16. Clark Stiles (Hon); 17. Damien Plotts (Hon); 18. Bobby Bonds (Kaw); 19. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 20. Jason Thomas (Hon).
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| 125cc Moto Two: |
They are on the parade lap right now...The holeshot goes to...Hurley followed by Tedesco...Stewart went down in the first turn and is second to last...They come around and Stewart has worked up to almost mid-pack...
Tedesco is out in front with Hurley and Sellards right behind him...Stewart is all the way up to 15th spot already after 1 lap...After 2 lap it's Tedesco, Hurley, Sellards, Pingree, Langston, Boniface, Gosselaar, Sorby, Metcalfe...
Stewart is still working his way up, he's up to 11th spot now...Pingree's bike just locked while running in 5th and has dropped way back...Stewart is up to 5th place after 4 laps, Dead last to 5th!!!...
Running order after 5 laps is Tedesco, Sellards, Hurley, Langston, Stewart, Sorby, Boniface, Brown...Tedesco is still looking good out front, then Sellards is behind him a few seconds with not much going on around him...Stewart is all over Langston trying to get to 4th spot...Never mind he just passed Hurley and Langston in about 2 turns...
Stewart is now catching up to Sellards who is running in 2nd place right now...Running order after 7 laps is Tedesco, Sellards, Stewart, Langston, Hurley, Sorby, Brown, Metcalfe...Stewart stuffs Sellards and takes over 2nd and is catching Tedesco fast...
Stewart is right on Tedesco now trying to get the lead...Tedesco has stepped up hi pace, but Bubba is right on him...Langston has caught Sellards now and is trying to get 3rd spot from him...
Stewart got around Tedesco for the lead down behind a hill and is pulling away now...Running order after 11 laps is Stewart, Tedesco, Sellards, Langston, Brown, Sorby, Hurley, Metcalfe, Gray and Lamson...Stewart is already pulling away with about 3 laps to go..
Langston is still trying to get around Sellards, but Sellards is still holding him off for about the 4th lap in a row...2-lap board is out for Stewart as he tries to complete the dead last to first victory...
Last lap for Stewart and the rest of the field...Langston finally got around Sellards,which might give him 2nd overall for the day...It's starting to rain now and there is a thunderstorm coming...
Stewart wins from dead last!!! Second goes to Tedesco, then Langston and Sellards.
125cc Moto Two: 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Ivan Tedesco (Yam); 3. Grant Langston (KTM); 4. Brock Sellards (Yam); 5. Mike Brown (Kaw); 6. Eric Sorby (Kaw); 7. Daryl Hurley (Suz); 8. Brett Metcalfe (KTM); 9. Brian Gray (Suz); 10. Michael Byrne (Hon); 11. Steve Lamson (Suz); 12. Steve Boniface (KTM); 13. Andrew Short (Suz); 14. Matthieu Lalloz (Suz); 15. Kevin Johnson (Yam); 16. Bobby Kinniry (Suz); 17. David Pingree (Suz); 18. Tyson Hadsell (Yam); 19. Tom Welch (Hon); 20. Josh Summey (Yam).
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| 250cc Moto Two: |
They are just finishing the parade lap now...The holeshot goes to..Ramsey, followed by Carmichael...Ferry got in a pile-up in the first turn with a bunch of others...Carmichael already has the lead...LaRocco just cartwheeled down the start/finish hill and his bike took out about 10 spectators...
Bonds is down with LaRocco and seems to be a little shaken up...Running order after 2 laps is Carmichael, Roncada, Ramsey, Wey, Fonseca, Stiles, Reed, Dowd and Mason...Wey Just got around Ramsey and takes over 3rd spot...
Roncada is hanging with Carmichael, he's just a few bike lengths behind...Running order after 4 laps is Carmichael, Roncada, Wey, Ramsey, Fonseca, Reed, Dowd, Stiles and Vuillemin...Ferry is back in 25th andworking his way up...
Carmichael is still maintaining a little bit of a lead over Roncada, then Wey is behind them, followed by Ramsey, Fonseca and Reed...Running order after 7 laps is Carmichael, Roncada, Wey, Ramsey, Fonseca, Reed, Dowd, Vuillemin, Windham, Stiles, Lusk and Mason...
Carmichael is slowly pulling away from Roncada as they are starting to hit some lappers now after 8 laps...Carmichael is ahead of Roncada by about 5.5 seconds now and 25 seconds behind Roncada is Nick Wey, who is looking to make the podium this moto...
Running order after 10 laps is Carmichael, Roncada, Wey, Ramsey, Reed, Windham, Fonseca and Dowd...Reed has now gotten around Ramsey and Wey to move into 3rd spot...Windham has now gotten around Ramsey and Wey and is chasing down Reed, which would give him 3rd overall...
Wey is stopped off the sideof thetrack and talking to his mechanic Kibby...2-lap board is out for Carmichael nowwho is looking good for another overall...
Carmichael wins! Followed by Roncada and Reed...
250cc Moto Two: 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Stephane Roncada (Suz); 3. Chad Reed (Yam); 4. Kevin Windham (Hon); 5. David Vuillemin (Yam); 6. Nathan Ramsey (Hon); 7. John Dowd (KTM); 8. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 9. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 10. Clark Stiles (Hon); 11. Jermias Israel (Hon); 12. Josh Demuth (Yam); 13. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 14. Brian Mason (Hon); 15. Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 16. Jason Thomas (Hon); 17. Keith Johnson (Yam); 18. Ryan Clark (Yam); 19. Keith Johnson (KTM); 20. Ty Wallace (Hon).
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| 125cc Overall: |
1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Grant Langston (KTM); 3. Ivan Tedesco (Yam); 4. Mike Brown (Kaw); 5. Eric Sorby (Kaw); 6. Steve Boniface (KTM); 7. Brian Gray (Suz); 8. Daryl Hurley (Suz); 9. Andrew Short (Suz); 10. Steve Lamson (Suz); 11. Mike Brandes (Yam); 12. Brock Sellards (Yam); 13. Matthieu Lalloz (Suz); 14. Brett Metcalfe (KTM); 15. Craig Anderson (Yam); 16. Michael Byrne (Hon); 17. Bobby Kinniry (Suz); 18. SteveMertens (Yam); 19. Kevin Johnson (Yam); 20. Chris Gosselaar (Hon).
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| 125cc Point Standings: |
1. Mike Brown (188); 2. Grant Langston (173); 3. Ryan Hughes (151); 4. Eric Sorby (145); 5. Brock Sellards (117); 6. Ivan Tedesco (109); 7. Michael Brandes (108); 8. Michael Byrne (104); 9. Steve Boniface (101); 10. Craig Anderson (100).
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| 250cc Overall: |
1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Stephane Roncada (Suz); 3. Kevin Windham (Hon); 4. Chad Reed (Yam); 5. David Vuillemin (Yam); 6. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 7. Tim Ferry (Yam); 8. Nathan Ramsey (Hon); 9. John Dowd (KTM); 10. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 11. Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 12. Clark Stiles (Hon); 13. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 14. Larry Ward (Hon); 15. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 16. Jeremias Israel (Hon); 17. Nick Wey (Yam); 18. Josh Demuth (Yam); 19. Keith Johnson (Yam); 20. Jason Thomas (Hon).
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| 250cc Point Standings: |
1. Ricky Carmichael (244); 2. Kevin Windham (191); 3. Chad Reed (186); 4. Tim Ferry (174); 5. Mike LaRocco (138); 6. Ezra Lusk (118); 7. (Tie) David Vuillemin/John Dowd (111); 9. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 10. Larry Ward (100).
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| Broadcast By: Kory Klinger - Spotter: Nick McCabe |
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