| Kenworthy's Pre-Race Notes: |
Welcome to todays coverage of the Kenworthy's National in Troy, Ohio. Today's race is brought to you by Yamaha.
Today is the last time the national series will hit the Kenworthy's facility, with next years round being moved to Lakewood, Colorado. The owners of the the new national round are on hand today to check the operations of the Kenworthy's staff.
Speaking of Colorado, Andrew Short makes his return to racing on the Motoworldracing.com / Suzuki after an unwanted vacation after breaking his arm during the Supercross series.
The weather could not be better for racing, it is about 70 degrees, with a nice cloud cover, and a possible chance of rain.
Be sure to check out the full race coverage in next weeks Cycle News.
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| 125cc Moto One: |
After the singing of the national anthem, we will be under way.
They are on the parade lap now....
The gate drops, and the holeshot goes to..... Grant, followed by Mills, Gossellaar. Kelly Smith got stuck in the gate, and Josh Summey is already out of the race with bike problems.....
Stewart is in the second spot already. After the first lap it is Mills, Stewart, Grant, Gossellar, Hepler, Walker, Tedesco, Ramsey, Millsaps......
Stewart is already starting to check out, Walker just got around Hepler, but for the Fifth spot. Hepler is fighting back. Hepler got back around Walker, and is then got around Gossellar. Walker is all over Gossellar, he just got around......
Hepler just went down hard, but he is up and tryiing to start his bike, he's now at the back of the pack. The running order is Stewart, Grant, Mills, Walker, Tedesco, Millsaps, Gossellar, Ramsey, Hughes, Brown, Carpenter, D. Smith, Schnell.....
Stewart's lead is now 18 seconds after the halfway mark. Grant is putting in a good ride in the second spot, he is pulling away from the rest of the pack. Walker just pulled up to the rear wheel of Mills, he doing everything he can to get around. He just got him......
Stewart now has a 21 second lead, he is gone. Tedesco is now starting to put pressure on Mills for the fourth spot. He just got him. Tedesco is now in the fourth spot.....
The running order after 25 minutes is Stewart, Grant, Walker, Tedesco, Mills, Millsaps, Ramsey, Hughes, Brown, Carpenter, D. Smith, Gossellar, Schnell, Metcalfe, Adams. Hepler is now in the 16th spot after a hard crash early in the moto......
Ryan Hughes just went down, and is stuck under the bike, he just got going again, but is way back in the pack. The two lap board just went out. Millsaps just got around Mills, and Ramsey is right behind him.....
Stewart just got the white flag.... Ramsey went down, but got right up, and only let Brown get by. Stewart takes the win followed by Grant, Walker, Tedesco, Millsaps, Mills, Brown, Ramsey, Carpenter, D. Smith, Schnell, Gossellar, Hughes, Hepler and Metcalfe.
125 Moto One Results (Unofficial): 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Josh Grant (Hon); 3. Matt Walker (Kaw); 4. Ivan Tedesco (Kaw); 5. Davi Millsaps (Suz); 6. Ryan Mills (Hon); 7. Mike Brown (Yam); 8. Nathan Ramsey (Hon); 9. Paul Carpenter (Kaw); 10. Danny Smith (Yam); 11. Greg Schnell (Hon); 12. Chris Gossellar (Hon); 13. Ryan Hughes (KTM); 14. Broc Hepler (Suz); 15. Brett Metcalfe (KTM).
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| 250cc Moto One: |
It is starting to rain now, just a light sprinkle.
The 30 second board is is up, the gate drops, and the holeshot goes to..... Reed, followed by Rodrigues, Carmichael and Windham. After the first lap it is Reed, Carmichael, Fonseca, Windham, Rodrigues, Byrne, Vuillemin, Hamblin, and Casey Johnson....
Carmichael is all over Reed for the lead, but Reed slams the door shut. Carmichael just got around and is starting to pull away. Windham got around Fonseca, and is now in third.......
After four laps the running order is Carmichael, Reed, Windham, Fonseca, Vuillemin, Byrne, Tortelli, Rodrigues, Hamblin, Voss, Wey, C. Johnson. Carmichael is pusshing it out front and nearly went down, and Reed closed the gap......
Sebastien Tortelli is moving up, he got around Byrne for the sixth spot. Carmichael can't seem to get rid of Reed. They are about two seconds apart, with Windham about 11 seconds back in the third spot.......
Carmichael just put in the fastest lap of th day, and is starting to put a gap on Reed. Tortelli just got around Vuillemin, and is in the fifth spot. The running order after the half way mark is Carmichael, Reed, Windham, Fonseca, Tortelli, Vuillemin, Byrne, Hamblin, Rodrigues, Voss, Ferry, Wey, Gibson, C. Johnson, Thain.....
Carmichael now has ten seconds on Reed. There is a good battle for the top privateer honors with Gibson, C. Johnson, Thain, and J. Thomas. They are fighting for the 11th spot. Casey Johnson just got around Gibson to lead the privateer battle. Ferry just got around Voss, and Wey is trying as well....
Both Thain and Thomas just got around Gibson, and put him in the 16th spot. Fonseca is putting in a solid ride in fifth and is the top two stroke rider. Thomas just used the power of the four stroke on the start straight away to get around C. Johnson for 11th.....
Sean Hamblin is dropping off the pace, Ferry ans Rodrigues just got by. Carmichael just took the two lap board. Tortelli just moved up to the rear wheel of Fonseca, and he just got around for the fourth place spot. Carmichael takes the white flag, with Reed 14 seconds back....
Carmichael takes the win, followed by Reed, Windham, Tortelli, Fonseca, Vuillemin, Byrne, Ferry, Wey, Rodrigues, Voss, Hamblin, Thomas, C. Johnson, Thain.
250 Moto One Results (Unofficial): 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Chad Reed (Yam); 3. Kevin Windham (Hon); 4. Sebastian Tortelli (Suz); 5. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 6. David Vuillemin (Yam); 7. Michael Byrne (Kaw); 8. Timmy Ferry (Yam); 9. Nick Wey (Suz); 10. Juaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 11. Heath Voss (Yam); 12. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 13. Jason Thomas (Hon); 14. Casey Johnson (Kaw); Rodrig Thain (Suz).
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| 125cc Moto Two: |
They are on the parade lap now....
The gate drops, and the holeshot goes to..... Ramsey, followed by Grant, Stewart, Tedesco, Millsaps, and Brown. Stewart is already in the lead. After one lap the running order is Stewart, Ramsey, Grant, Tedesco, Millsaps, Brown, Walker, Hughes, D. Smith, Mills, Gossellar....
Stewart is already starting to check out. Grant is doing everything he can to get around Ramsey for second. Millsaps just got around Tedesco for fourth, and is gaining on Grant and Ramsey. Millsaps just stuffed Grant for the third place spot, and is gaining ground on Ramsey....
Stewart now has a 12 second lead on Ramsey and Millsaps, Tedesco just got around Grant for fourth. the running order is Stewart, Ramsey, Tedesco, Grant, Brown, Walker, Hepler, Hughes, Mills, D. Smith, Gosssellar, Schnell, K. Smith.....
Timmy Weigand just pulled out of the race. Stewart is gone, he is pulling 2 second faster lap times than the rest of the pack. There is a good battle forming between Ramsey, Millsaps, Tedesco and Grant for the second spot. Millsaps is on the rear tire of Ramsey, but Ramsey is holding him off...
Brown had a problem in the back section of the track and let Walker get around. Walker is startiong to gain some time on the second place pack. Hepler got around Brown, and is now running in the seventh spot.....
Millsaps just got around Ramsey for second, Ramsey is fighting back. After 10 laps the running order is Stewart, Millsaps, Ramsey, Tedesco, Grant, Walker, Hepler, Brown, D. Smith, Hughes, Schnell, Gossellar, Mills, Jesseman, Adams....
Tedesco jsut got around Ramsey for third, and is closing on Millsaps. Stewart now has a 30 second lead on the second place Millsaps. Tedesco is out of the race with a Mechanical DNF. That moves Ramsey into third and Grant into fourth. Walker and Grant are now in a battle for third in the moto and second overall.
Millsaps is out of the race, he is riding back to the pits. Stewart just got the white flag, and Walker just got around Grant for third....
Stewart takes the win, followed by Ramsey, Walker, Grant, Hepler, Hughes, Brown, Schnell, Gosselaar, Jesseman, K. Smith, Metcalfe, Carpenter, Adams, Mills
The word on Millsaps is a mechanical problem.
125 Moto Two Results (unofficial): 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Nathan Ramsey (Hon); 3. Matt Walker (Kaw); 4. Josh Grant (Hon); 5. Broc Hepler (Suz); 6. Ryan Hughes (KTM); 7. Mike Brown (Yam); 8. Danny Smith (Yam); 9. Greg Schnell (Hon); 10. Chris Gossellar (Hon); 11. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 12. Troy Adams (Kaw). 13. Kelly Smith (Yam); 14. Brett Metcalfe (KTM); 15. Paul Carpenter (Kaw); 16. Ryan Mills (Hon)
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| 250cc Moto Two: |
They are on the parade lap now...
The gate drops and the holeshot goes to...... Carmichael, follwed by Vuillemin, Reed, Fonseca, Voss....Reed is now in second and pushing Carmichael. After two laps the running order is Carmichael, Reed, Vuillemin, Windham, Fonseca, Rodrigues, Tortelli, Voss, Byrne, Wey, Hamblin, Anderson, Oehlof.
Carmichael is starting to put a gap on Reed, and Windham just put a move on Fonseca for fourth. Kevin Windham just got around Vuillemin for the third spot. Carmichael now has a 8 second lead on Reed, with Windham 12 seconds back from Reed.
The lead pack is spread out now, the running order is Carmichael, Reed, Windham, Vuillemin, Fonseca, Tortell, Rodrigues, Byrne, Voss, Wey, Hamblin, Ferry, Thomas, Gibson, Oehlof....
Both Fonseca and Tortelli just got around Vuillemin, Byrne just moved to the back of Rodrigues, and Ferry is making some ground on Hamblin. Windham has gained some ground on Reed for second, he is only 6 seconds back now. Ferry just got around Hamblin for the tenth spot.
Byrne put a move on Rodrigues for the seventh spot as the two lap board comes out. Nick Wey just put a move on Voss for the ninth spot. Tortelli and Fonseca are battling for the fourth spot and the top two-stroke, it is going to come down to the laast turn. Carmichael just took the white flag.
Fonseca is doing everyting he can to hold off Tortelli. Carmichael takes the win followed by Reed, Windham, Fonseca, Tortelli, Vuillemin, Byrne, Rodrigues, Wey, Ferry, Voss, Hamblin, Thomas, Gibson, Clark.
250 Moto Two Results (Unofficial): 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Chad Reed (Yam); 3. Kevin Windham (Hon); 4. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 5. Sebastien Tortelli (Suz); 6. David Vuilemin (Yam); 7. Michael Byrne (Kaw); 8. Juaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 9. Nick Wey (Hon); 10. Timmy Ferry (Yam); 11. Heath Voss (Yam); 12. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 13. Jason Thomas (Hon); 14. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 15. Ryan Clark (Yam).
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| 125cc Overall: |
1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Matt Walker (Kaw); 3. Josh Grant (Hon); 4. Nathan Ramsey (Hon); 5. Mike Brown (Yam); 6. Danny Smith (Yam); 7. Broc Hepler (Suz); 8. Ryan Hughes (KTM); 9. Greg Schnell (Hon); 10. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 11. Ryan Mills (Hon); 12. Paul Carpenter (Kaw); 13. Ivan Tedesco (Kaw); 14. Davi Millsaps (Suz); 15. Troy Adams (Kaw); 16. Brett Metcalfe (KTM); 17. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 18. Kelly Smith (Yam); 19. Brian Gray (Suz); 20. Daryl Hurley (Suz); 21. Bobby Kiniry (Suz); 22. Sean Collier (Hon); 23. Josh Hansen (Yam); 24. Matthiu Lalloz (Hon); 25. Jesse Cassillas (Yam); 26. Kevin Johnson (Yam); 27. Turbo Reif (Hon); 28. Bryan Johnson (Yam); 29. Justin Buckelew (Hon); 30. Andrew Short (Suz).
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| 125cc Point Standings: |
1. James Stewart (325/6 wins); 2. Mike Brown (252/1 win); 3. Broc Hepler (212); 4. Nate Ramsey (186); 5. Josh Grant (171); 6. Matt Walker (149); 7. Ryan Hughes (139); 8. Kelly Smith (136); 9. Ivan Tedesco (131); 10. Danny Smith (120); 11. Ryan Mills (113); 12. Davi Millsaps (109); 13. Stephane Roncada (104); 14. Chris Gosselaar (86); 15. Greg Schnell (77); 16. Brett Metcalfe (77); 17. Troy Adams (75); 18. Daryl Hurley (65); 19. Brock Sellards (62); 20. Paul Carpenter (62);
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| 250cc Overall: |
1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Chad Reed (Yam); 3. Kevin Windham (Hon); 4. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 5. Sebastien Tortelli (Suz); 6. David Vuillemin (Yam); 7. Michael Byrne (Kaw); 8. Juaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 9. Nick Wey (Suz); 10. Tim Ferry (Yam); 11. Heath Voss (Yam); 12. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 13. Jason Thomas (Hon); 14. Craig Anderson (Hon); 15. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 16. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 17. Ryan Clark (Yam); 18. Casey Johnson (Kaw); 19. Brian Mason (Hon); 20. Johnny Aubert (Suz); 21. Jow Oehlof (Hon); 22. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 23. Adam Mennenga (Yam); 24. Willy Browning (Hon); 25. James Polvolny (Hon); 26. Brad Modjewski (Suz); 27. James Marshall (Yam); 28. Dave Ginolfi (Hon); 29. Roy Horton (Hon); 30. Jon Boruff (Hon).
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| 250cc Point Standings: |
1. Ricky Carmichael (350/7 wins); 2. Chad Reed (296); 3. Kevin Windham (277); 4. David Vuillemin (224); 5. Michael Byrne (189); 6. Heath Voss (157); 7. Nick Wey (153); 8. Ernesto Fonseca (151); 9. Tim Ferry (142); 10. Sean Hamblin (110); 11. Sebastien Tortelli (96); 12. Craig Anderson (88); 13. Jason Thomas (88); 14. Kyle Lewis (79); 15. Juaquim Rodrigues (79); 16. Clark Styles (68); 17. Ryan Clark (60); 18. Johnny Aubert (58); 19. James Polvolny (46); 20. Jeff Gibson (38)
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| Broadcast By: Aaron Austin |
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