Spring Creek Pre-Race Notes: Welcome to Cycle News' live Virtual Grandstand coverage of the Scott USA National Motocross from Spring Creek Motocross Park in picturesque Millville, Minnesota. This weekend marks Round #9 of the 12-round AMA Chevrolet Motocross Championship series; our live web coverage is sponsored exclusively by Yamaha. Be sure to subscribe to Cycle News (call 800-831-2220 or sign up right here on our web site), or pick up next week's Issue #33 at your local motorcycle dealer - that one will have complete coverage of the Spring Creek National, including all the behind the scenes details and colorful images from the racing action. Normally, Millville is known for being hot and humid on this annual August weekend. Instead, conditions are relatively mild, with high temperatures through Sunday in the mid-70s. The track isn't any easier, though. In fact, Millville's famous whoop section (the long version) is back again this year, so is the big "horseshoe escalator" step-up jump in the middle of the track's uphill area. And, the Spring Creek crew have enhanced the big jump before the finish line turns, developing that into an over 100-foot long stepaway tabletop jump. Spring Creek promoters John & Greta Martin have been making some serious capital improvements to the Millville facility, including a new 3-story "Comfort Zone" building on the infield vendor area near the first turn. That's open to the public with an optional ticket that gets 'em indoor air-conditioned viewing, catered food, and four suites for private viewing & rentals. Millville marks the debut of Honda phenom Mike Alessi in the Pro ranks. It's hard to remember when there has been so much buzz and hype generated by a rider before their first professional race. Alessi ran competitive lap times during Saturday's practice and qualifying race. Only one week ago, Alessi was announced as the AMA's Horizon Award winner after nabbing his final two amateur championships at the Loretta Lynn's AMA Amateur Motocross Championships, tying James Stewart all-time record of 11 titles at that annual classic event. And, instead of making the customary entry into the 125 class, Mike Alessi raised a lot of eyebrows by going directly into the premier 250 class. Recent statements that he's expecting to finish very high in his first race - podium or better - have only stirred up the level of interest in his weekend here. On Friday, we asked dad Tony how his son is handling the pressure of his first pro race, he said simply, "He's ready...he's a warrior." The Alessi family has been living near the track for the past few months, practicing here often, getting used to the summer weather, and generally preparing for this race in every possible way, leaving nothing to error or chance. Saturday saw Alessi handily dominate his pre-qualifying race. That earns him a right to ride the Sunday morning qualifier with the non-seeded riders. Assuming he makes it through that in good shape, then he'll be ready to line up for the main 250 motos later Sunday. Here are the results from the two 250cc Qualifier races held Saturday...1st Qualifier went 1. Mike Alessi (Hon); 2. Brad Modjewski (Suz); 3. Rodrig Thain (Suz). 2nd Qualifier went 1. Rusty Holland (Hon); 2. Justin Buckelew (Hon); 2. Ross Martin (Suz). No 125cc Qualifiers were held Saturday. So far, Alessi's lap times have been respectable for any first-time Pro, but with the track full of privateers to run with, he's been about 7 seconds off Carmichael and Reed's best Saturday times. It'll be interesting when the final practice times are posted late Sunday morning on the AMA's live lap time charts to see where he'll stand relative to the seasoned veterans here at Millville. Red Bull/KTM rider Ryan Hughes was claimed by the whoop section in Saturday's Pro practice session, suffering a broken arm and now most likely out for the remainder of the Nationals. More Fresh Faces: Alessi's debut here has somewhat overshadowed the appearance of a couple other notable young riders making their transitions from the fast-track amateurs into the Pro ranks. Millville marks the first entry into the 125 class of Las Vegas' Kyle Partridge, riding a factory-backed Suzuki RMZ250, and also of Matt Goerke, who's entering right into the 250 class this weekend, on a Motoworld Suzuki RM250. Leaderboard: The current point standings (after Washougal / prior to Millville)in the 250 Class are: 1. Ricky Carmichael (400/8 wins); 2. Chad Reed (340); 3. Kevin Windham (317); 4. David Vuillemin (256); 5. Michael Byrne (211); 6. Nick Wey (182); 7. Ernesto Fonseca (181); 8. Heath Voss (157); 9. Tim Ferry (142); 10. Sean Hamblin (127). For the 125 Class the incoming point standings are: 1. James Stewart (375/7 wins); 2. Mike Brown (266/1 win); 3. Broc Hepler (252); 4. Nate Ramsey (216); 5. Josh Grant (186); 6.Matt Walker (167); 7. Ivan Tedesco (161); 8. Ryan Hughes (158); 9. Danny Smith (145); 10. Kelly Smith (136). After Sunday morning's pro practice, here are the top riders' unofficial best-posted lap times: 250 Riders: Reed - 2:17.864; Carmichael - 2:18.035; Vuillemin - 2:21.892; Tortelli - 2:22.221; Byrne - 2:22.638; Fonseca - 2:22.803; Wey - 2:23.442; Windham - 2:24.035; Thain - 2:24.118; Rodrigues - 2:24.234; Hamblin - 2:24.367; Alessi - 2:24.439; Voss - 2:24.660; Kevin W. Johnson - 2:25.485; Goerke - 2:26.069. 125 Rider Best Practice Lap Times: Stewart - 2:17.398; Tedesco - 2:23.355; Hepler - 2:24.105; Brown - 2:24.184; Walker - 2:24.339; Gosselaar - 2:24.409; Jesseman - 2:25.352; Danny Smith - 2:25.391; Metcalfe - 2:25.467; Millsaps - 2:25.615. Hands up for all those who spotted right away that James Stewart's best practice lap is nearly half a second faster than the fastest 250 class rider. On a hilly, sandy, long track. On a two-stroke Kawasaki KX125. As photo ace TFS' Steve Bruhn would say..."Sheeesh!" Results of Sunday morning's 1st 125 Qualifier race: 1. Troy Adams (Kaw); 2. Turbo Reif (Hon); 3. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 4. Davi Millsaps (Suz); 5. Josh Summey (Yam); 6. Brian Gray (Suz); 7. Brett Metcalfe (KTM); 8. Gody Gilmore (Kaw); 9. Tim Weigand (Hon); 10. Levi Reid (Suz); 11. Sean Collier (Hon); 12. Teddy Maier (Kaw). Sunday's 2nd 125 Qualifier race results: 1. Greg Schnell (Hon); 2. Ryan Mills (Hon); 3. Andrew Short (Suz); 4. Paul Carpenter (Kaw); 5. Kyle Mace (Hon); 6. Daryl Hurley (Suz); 7. Jesse Casillas (Yam); 8. Kyle Partridge (Suz); 9. Tucker Hibbert (Suz); 10. Ryan Newton (Kaw); 11. Chad Ward (Hon); 12. Matthieu Lalloz (Suz). Sunday's 1st 250 Qualifier race results: 1. Sebastien Tortelli (Suz); 2. Justin Buckelew (Hon); 3. Craig Anderson (Hon); 4. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 5. Matthew Maximoff (Hon); 6. Joe Oehlhof (Hon); 7. Adam Mennenga (Yam); 8. Ryan Abrigo (Hon); 9. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 10. Dan Truman (Kaw); 11. Justin Brayton (Suz); 12. Scott Jendro (Hon). Sunday's 2nd 250 Qualifier race results: 1. Mike Alessi (Hon); 2. Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 3. Clark Stiles (Hon) 4. Jason Thomas (Yam); 5. Brian Mason (Hon); 6. Kevin Johnson (Yam); 7. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 8. James Povolny (Hon); 9. Matt Goerke (Suz); 10. Erik Kowalik (Hon); 11. James Marshall (Yam); 12. Rich Owens (Kaw). Mike Alessi picked up his pace a bit during that last qualifier, dropping his best lap time down to 2:23.265...that would have put between Fonseca and Wey on their practice times. Sunday's 125 LCQ race results: 1. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 2. Bryan Johnson (Yam); 3. Josh Woods (KTM); 4. Erick Vallejo (Yam); 5. Clayton Miller (Yam). Sunday's 250 LCQ race results: 1. Rusty Holland (Hon); 2. John Dehn (Yam); 3. Gerritt Ordelman (Hon); 4. Brad Modjewski (Suz); 5. Ryan Clark (Yam). Stay tuned for our live Sunday coverage to kick in at approximately 1pm CST Sunday, prior to the start of the first 125 Pro moto. 125cc Moto One: The holeshot goes to Mike Brown followed by Walker...Stewart comes up quick, already running 3rd...as they come out of the whoop area, Stewart moves to the lead...as they come by, the running order is Stewart, Brown, Walker, Hepler, Ryan Johnson, Adams, Ramsey...Stewart's flying through the whoop section as the crowd watches in awe...after Ramsey it's Mace, Mills, Kelly Smith, Reif, Siebler, Short, Vallejo, Casillas, Weigand, Lalloz, Grant, Reid, Jesseman, Woods, Summey, Hibbert, Maier, and Millsaps... Lap 2 - Stewart leads Walker by 7 seconds, then Brown now in 3rd...Hepler 4th followed by Adams, Ramsey...Hepler puts a pass on Brown to move for 3rd, but Brown takes the spot right back...Millsaps out of the moto, smoke pouring out of his motor... Lap 3 - Stewart running lap times in the 2:26 range, while Walker's best time so far is in the 2:29s...Stewart extending his gap to over 9 seconds...Hepler tries to move past Brown through the whoop section, but Brown shuts the door again...Hepler finds a line & passes Brown at the bottom of the big downhill section...Danny Smith heads back to the pits... Lap 4 - Stewart leads Walker by 13 seconds, order now is Stewart, Walker, Hepler, Brown, Adams, Ramsey, Mills, Kelly Smith, Short, Grant, Reif, Weigand, Woods, Mace, Jesseman, Lalloz, Summey, Hibbert, Tedesco, Casillas, Maier, Carpenter, Reid, Collier, Vallejo... Lap 5 - Stewart extends his lead to , running in the consistent 2:25s now, Walker 14 seconds back & running in the 2:27s...4 seconds back to Hepler, about the same to Brown...Adams and Ramsey are both rolling up on Brown and that's going to be a big 3-way battle right away...Hepler's beginning to reel in Walker to turn that into a chase for 2nd... Lap 6 - Brown, Adams, and Ramsey are fighting it out for 4th, all running close and trading lines as they work their way around Spring Creek...Hepler tries a move on Walker in the corner at the end of the 2nd whoop straight, but gets brake-checked...a few more corners, and Hepler makes the pass...Brown has his hands full and his elbows out, still managing to hold off Adams and Ramsey...Ramsey establishes himself past Adams and allows himself a clean run ad Brown... Lap 7 - Stewart's gap is over 23 seconds now, while Hepler's running 2nd and still just only about 1.3 seconds ahead of Walker...then about 9 seconds back to Brown with Ramsey watching his lines and getting ready to make a run at 4th... Lap 8 - Ramsey still shadowing Brown, and Troy Adams is just a few bikelengths back and ready to take advantage should Ramsey and Brown tangle...Brown bobbles, and Ramsey closes even closer, Brown manages to keep the position for now...Stewart up to 25+ seconds ahead at this point...Brown, Ramsey, and ADams still freight-training their way around the track... Lap 9 - Stewart leads Hepler by 29 seconds, after that the running order is currently Walker, Brown, Ramsey, Adams, Mills, Grant, Short, Kelly Smith, Woods, Reif, Jesseman, Tedesco, Weigand, Summey, Lalloz, Carpenter, Collier, Mace, Maier, Hibbert, Reid...Ramsey passes Brown to move to 4th, Adams tries to do the same, Brown shuts the door on Adams...they trade lines and head through the whoops, Adams blows by Brown and moves into 4th...Brown's going backwards as Mills moves up the Yamaha rider as well and draws into passing position... Lap 10 - Stewart's lead still about 29 seconds, Hepler riding by himself in a solid 2nd, Walker too in 3rd...Ramsey's gotten himself clear of Adams, and now that Mills got by Brown, he's in hot pursuit of Troy Adams...after Adams, it's Mills 6th, then Grant, Short, Smith, Woods, Jesseman, Reif, Tedesco, Weigand, Summey, Carpenter, Lalloz, Collier, Mace, Maier, Vallejo, Reid, Schnell, and Casillas...Brown appears to have disappeared and is out of the running... Lap 12 - Stewart has settled into running consistent 2:27s, his lead over Hepler now just under 34 seconds...Walker another 11 seconds back and the same distance back to Ramsey in 4th...Ramsey is being closely chased by Troy Adams, who's bringing along Mills and Grant with him...the race for 4th is heating up as Ramsey's pursuers have begun to close up the advantage that Ramsey held just a couple laps earlier... Lap 14 - Stewart's dominating 'em, as he's shown the white flag with a commanding lead of over 40 seconds...Hepler and Walker still solid in 2nd and 3rd...Adams makes a run on Ramsey through the whoop section as they sprint around for the final lap...Mills doesn't look to be close enough to dice with them as it winds down...at the finish, Stewart takes the first 125 moto win, he's followed in by Hepler and Walker...behind them, Ramsey holds off Adams for those to to run 4th and 5th, they're follwed by Mills, Grant, Short, Tedesco, Kelly Smith, Woods, Jesseman, Reif, Weigand, Carpenter, Summey, Lalloz, Collier, Mace, Maier, Vallejo, Schnell, Reid, Casillas, and Gray. Stewart's suffering a stomach virus and was expressed back to the pits - unable to do his podium interview - still managed to win the moto by 47.129 seconds at the finish... 125 Moto 1 Results (Unofficial): 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Broc Hepler (Suz); 3. Matt Walker (Kaw); 4. Nate Ramsey (Hon); 5. Troy Adams (Kaw); 6. Ryan Mills (Hon); 7. Josh Grant (Hon); 8. Andrew Short (Suz); 9. Ivan Tedesco (Kaw); 10. Kelly Smith (Yam); 11. Josh Woods (KTM); 12. Brandon Jesseman (Suz); 13. Turbo Reif (Hon); 14. Tim Weigand (Hon); 15. Paul Carpenter (Kaw); 16. Josh Summey (Yam); 17. Matthieu Lalloz (Hon); 18. Sean Collier (Hon); 19. Kyle Mace (Hon); 20. Teddy Maier (Kaw); 21. Erick Vallejo (Yam); 22. Greg Schnell (Hon); 23. Levi Reid (Suz); 24. Jesse Casillas (Yam); 25. Brian Gray (Suz). 250cc Moto One: As they line up, Alessi has Buckelew to his left, Jason Thomas on his right...Carmichael is over on the other side of the starter "house"... The gate drops, and the 1st 250 National moto holeshot goes to Chad Reed, followed by Anderson, Lewis...as they come around the track, it's Reed, Rodrigues, Vuillemin, Carmichael...RC passes Vuillmemin to move to 3rd...Reed, Rodrigues, Carmichael, Vuillemin, Tortelli, Anderson...Reed leads the first lap by 5 seconds, Carmichael quickly dispatches Rodrigues to move into 2nd and sets sail for Reed...Alessi was involved in a first-lap crash, back up & rolling along in last...Reed looked to be trying to check out, but Carmichael's on a tear and reeling him in... Lap 2 - Reed knows Carmichael is right there and knocking on the back door, the Millville crowd's stoked & anticipating a battle out of these two...they head into the whoop section and Carmichael pulls alongside Reed, Reed squirts out ahead, Carmichael is pushing Reed along as they battle up and down the hillsides, Carmichael jumps into the lead, Reed retaliates and takes back the lead...Reed leads Carmicahel over the huge tabletop jump, Carmichael ducks Reed's roost as they launch their way past the mechanic's area... Lap 3 - Carmichael jumps past Reed to take the lead back over, and Carmichael leads the way out and back through the whoops...order is now RC, Reed, Vuillemin, Wey, Voss, Tortelli, Fonseca, Byrne, Windham, Buckelew, Anderson, Rodrigues, Thain, Stiles, Oehlhof, Clark, Povolny, Brayton, Thomas, Gibson, Abrigo, Modjewski, Mason, Mennenga, Jendro...Alessi's out of the moto... Lap 4 - Reed's hanging with Carmichael, not letting him get away yet...only about 1.5 seconds apart...those two with already a large lead over Vuillemin...Goerke's out of the moto...Carmichael's starting to gain a little more ground over Reed... Lap 5 - Reed pulled back a little closer again to RC from where he was mid-lap, lost another second to the lead though and is 2.5 seconds of Carmichael's back wheel...18 seconds back to Vuillemin, then 12 seconds back to Wey...3 seconds back, and there's a good race between Tortelli, Fonseca, Voss, Windham, and Byrne all battling for 5th... Lap 6 - Tortelli pulls up behind Wey to challenge for 3rd now...Tortelli makes the pass on Wey through the whoops, puts Wey back to 4th...word is that Alessi cartwheeled back in the whoop section, resulting in his bad debut moto, unable to get his bike restarted... Lap 7 - Carmichael's leading a game Chad Reed by 5+ seconds, Reed managing to still keep RC somewhat in sight...big gaps still back to Vuillemin and Tortelli...after that, Wey's running 5th, and a good back and forth battle between Fonseca and Windham is carrying those two up closer to Wey as they work their way around, that's about to become a 3-way race for 5th...behind them are Voss, Byrne, Rodrigues, Thain, Stiles, Oehlhof, Clark...Windham passes Fonseca and gets a good look at Nick Wey... Lap 9 - Carmichael running 2:23s, Reed 2:25s as the lead RC commands over CR has increased just a little more to about 8 seconds...Vuillemin still 3rd, Tortelli holding down 4th, Wey still just ahead of Windham and Fonseca...then Voss, Byrne, Rodrigues, Stiles...turns out Alessi's not out of the moto,just took awhile to shake off the sand fleas out there in the whoop section and get his bike restarted...running way back in 32nd, but still riding to finish the moto... Lap 10 - Carmichael's best lap time so far this moto was a 2:21.542 on the 6th lap, while Reed's was a 2:23.029 on the 7th lap...Tortelli riding strong with his fastest lap a 2:26.512 on lap 8...Carmichael leads Reed by about 10 seconds... Lap 12 - Carmichael's lead extended to 12 seconds over Reed, then a huge 39 seconds back to David Vuillemin...Tortelli 4th, and Windham has moved past Wey into 5th...then Fonseca, Voss, Byrne, Rodrigues, Thomas, Clark, Anderson, Gibson, Oehlhof, Brayton, Thain, Lewis, Buckelew, Mason, Owens, Holland...Alessi running 29th... Lap 13 - RC is shown the 2-lap sign as the race winds down...closest race among the top riders is Windham in 5th, only about 2 seconds ahead of Nick Wey, just followed by Fonseca... Lap 14 - White flag...Carmichael salutes the crowd over the huge newly-named "Holy Schmit!" jump as he takes the 250 first moto win followed by Reed, Vuillemin, Tortelli, Windham, Wey, Fonseca, Voss, Byrne, Rodrigues, Stiles, Thomas, Anderson, Clark... 250 Moto 2 Results (Unofficial): 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Chad Reed (Yam); 3. David Vuillemin (Yam); 4. Sebastien Tortelli (Suz); 5. Kevin Windham (Hon); 6. Nick Wey (Suz); 7. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 8. Heath Voss (Yam); 9. Michael Byrne (Kaw); 10. Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 11. Clark Stiles (Hon); 12. Jason Thomas (Hon); 13. Craig Anderson (Hon); 14. Ryan Clark (Yam); 15. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 16. Joe Oehlhof (Hon); 17. Justin Brayton (Suz); 18. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 19. Justin Buckelew (Hon); 20. Brian Mason (Hon); 21. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 22. Richie Owens (Kaw); 23. Rusty Holland (Hon); 24. Eric Kowalik (Hon); 25. Scott Jendro (Hon); 26. James Marshall (Yam); 27. Mike Alessi (Hon); 28. Brent Miller (Hon); 29. Ryan Abrigo (Hon); 30. John Dehn (Yam). 125cc Moto Two: The 30 second board is up, it goes sideways, the AMA official sprints out of the way, the backwards-falling gate slams to the dirt, and riders launch down the Spring Creek start chute, and the 2nd 125 moto holeshot goes to Mike Brown followed by Ramsey, Kelly Smith, Gosselaar, Hepler, Adams, and Stewart...Bubba moved from 7th to 2nd in the whoop section, Tedesco cartwheeled off the track...Stewart slices inside of Brown and moves to the lead...Hepler moves to 3rd...Jesseman crashed in the whoop section...order is Stewart, Brown, Hepler, Ramsey, Kelly Smith, Adams, Walker, Gosselaar, Millsaps, Schnell, Siebler, Grant, Danny Smith, Reif, Hurley, Partridge, Gray, Woods, Mills, Maier, Short...Hepler passes Brown briefly, but then falls...Hepler gets back up after being passed by Ramsey, Smith, and Adams... Lap 2 - Matt Walker's running a strong pace, moving up on Kelly Smith, makes the pass to get into 4th...Hepler tries to pass K. Smith, and in the process gets worked by Millsaps...Hepler makes the pass on Smith, putting Kelly Smith between himself and Millsaps... Lap 3 - Stewart's already in the process of checking out, carrying 8 seconds' cushion over Mike Brown...Ramsey's running 3rd with Matt Walker coming on strong...Smith, Hepler, Millsaps and Gosselaar are all running right behind...huge knot of riders all competing for the 3rd place spot right now...Walker gets past Ramsey... Lap 4 - 10 second lead for Stewart, Brown holding things down in 2nd, and still a tremendous race for 3rd with Ramsey still getting all kinds of pressure from Walker, also Hepler, Kelly Smith, and Gosselaar all right there... Lap 5 - Walker's reeling in Brown and bringing the pack with him...from Walker through Millsaps - now 4th - and Hepler, Ramsey, Smith, and Gosselaar, there's only 6 seconds between all of them...Hepler passes Millsaps to move into 4th and start getting ready to move up on Walker... Lap 6 - Stewart leads Brown by 20 seconds already, Brown with an uncomfortable 3.4 seconds over Walker who's being reeled in by Broc Hepler...Hepler drawing up in sight, he'll have a chance to plan his move... Lap 7 - Hepler's on a mission as he works his way around Millville, getting ready to use his speed through the whoops to make a move...Hepler draws up behind Walker, doesn't quite make the pass yet...as close as Hepler is to Walker, they're both only that far behind Mike Brown now... Lap 8 - Brown, Walker, and Hepler could all fit under one EZ-Up tarp, they're running nose to tail in an awesome battle for 2nd...Stewart's leading them by 28 seconds...this time through the whoops they come through side by side by side, Hepler passes both Brown and Walker through there...Walker is lit up and looking for a way to retaliate... Lap 9 - Running order is Stewart, Hepler, Walker, Brown, then Millsaps, Ramsey, Gosselaar, Danny Smith, Schnell, Mills...Brown's been watching Walker ahead of him, and is coming back to take back 4th, now Brown sets his sights back on Broc Hepler to take another run at him...Kelly Smith is out of the moto...Hepler's running Bubba-type lap times, both he and Stewart posting 2:29 laps this last time around... Lap 10 - Stewart leads Hepler by over 33 seconds, behind them are Brown, Walker, Millsaps, Ramsey, Gosselaar, Danny Smith, Schnell, Mills, Gray, Hurley, Carpenter, Adams, Reif, Tedesco, Weigand, Metcalfe, Summey, Siebler, Maier, Collier, Jesseman, Lalloz, Reid... Lap 11 - The 2nd through 6th positions are getting a little more spread out at the moment, closest racing is back around 7th, where Danny Smith is just ahead of Gosselaar as the laps run out... Lap 12 - Stewart now 36 seconds ahead of Hepler... Lap 13 - Stewart is shown the 2-lap card to let him know how long before he wraps this one up...the top riders are all pretty stretched out... Lap 14 - White flag is shown to Stewart...a ways back, Tedesco is trying to salvage points, currently running 15th, but running a couple seconds faster this last lap than Hurley and Carpenter just ahead of him...he collects Hurley and gets past Carpenter to get into 13th now...up front, James "Bubba" Stewart throws a heel clicker to the crowd up the big uphill step-up jump and begins celebrating early...at the finish, it's James Stewart taking today's 2nd moto win and the 125 overall victory...he's followed in by Broc Hepler, Mike Brown, Millsaps, Ramsey, Walker back in 6th, Danny Smith, Gosselaar, Schnell, Mills, Hurley, Tedesco... 125 Moto 2 Results (Unofficial): 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Broc Hepler (Suz); 3. Mike Brown (Kaw); 4. Davi Millsaps (Suz); 5. Nate Ramsey (Hon); 6. Matt Walker (Kaw); 7. Danny Smith (Yam); 8. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 9. Greg Schnell (Hon); 10. Ryan Mills (Hon); 11. Brian Gray (Suz); 12. Ivan Tedesco (Kaw); 13. Troy Adams (Kaw); 14. Daryl Hurley (Suz); 15. Tim Weigand (Hon); 16. Brett Metcalfe (KTM); 17. Turbo Reif (Hon); 18. Paul Carpenter (Kaw); 19. Josh Summey (Yam); 20. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 21. Sean Collier (Hon); 22. Teddy Maier (Kaw); 23. Cole Siebler (Suz); 24. Matthieu Lalloz (Suz); 25. Levi Reid (Suz). 250cc Moto Two: Mike Alessi's lining up waaay over on the right this time, just a couple spots in from the righthand-most spot on the gate...we'll see how this one works out... The 2nd 250 moto holeshot goes to Chad Reed followed by Anderson, Windham, Carmichael, Alessi...Carmichael moves to 2nd... Carmichael passes Reed early on, 3rd is now Windham, Tortelli, Alessi...If Reed can keep Carmichael from checking out, it might be possible to see Windham hand with them for awhile & make things interesting up front...it's Carmichael, Reed, Windham, Tortelli, Alessi, Fonseca, Rodrigues, Vuillemin, Anderson, Byrne, Hamblin, Voss, Lewis, Thomas, Marshall, Thain, Owens, Buckelew, Mason, Barron... Lap 2 - No change yet among the top 6 positions, Reed about 4 seconds behind Carmichael...Fonseca is rolling up behind Alessi, and Vuillemin and Rodrigues are right there with him...Carmichael comes out of the whoops much farther ahead of Reed, Reed fell down and was clipped by another rider knocking him back to the ground...Reed's still down... Lap 3 - Running order is now Carmichael, Windham, Tortelli, Alessi, Vuillemin, Fonseca, Rodrigues, Byrne, Voss, Lewis...Vuillemin working to find a way around Alessi...Reed's back up off the ground, working to get back underway... Lap 4 - Carmichael leads Windham by 8 seconds, followed now by Vuillemin, Alessi, Fonseca, Rodrigues, Reed comes around a lap down, Byrne...Windham actually managed to run his last lap 2 seconds faster than Carmichael...Tortelli's on a slightly faster pace at the moment as well...Carmichael has a comfortable enough gap at the moment...Tortellli crashes and gets back underway in 6th... Lap 5 - Carmichael leads Windham by just under 10 seconds, picking the pace back up this last time...behind him is Vuillemin, Fonseca now past Alessi & into 4th, Tortelli 6th...Tortelli is hunting down Alessi and looking for an opportunity to make a move...Tortelli tries a pass, Alessi slams the door shut... Lap 6 - Alessi and Tortelli battle their way into the whoop section, goea around the rookie #800 rider and moves into 5th...Alessi doesn't give up and keeps right in Tortelli's draft...both riders a good distance back behind Vuillemin...now Tortelli passes Fonseca to move into 4th... Lap 7 - Carmichael leads Windham by 13 seconds, followed by Windham, Vuillemin, Tortelli, Fonseca, Alessi, Rodrigues, Byrne, Voss, Jason Thomas...Reed calls it a day & heads back to the pits... Lap 8 - Rodrigues begins to get close enough to Alessi to apply pressure, Rodrigues pursues him into the sand whoop section...the Whoop Monster yells 'em on...Rodrigues makes his move and gets by, he's now into 6th, Alessi 7th... Lap 9 - Carmichael leads Windham by over 15 seconds, consistently now running about 2 seconds per lap faster during the last couple laps...then it's another 25 seconds back to David Vuillemin, 10 seconds back to Tortelli, 6 seconds back to Fonseca, then another 3 seconds back to Mike Alessi...Byrne about 9 seconds behind Alessi... Lap 11 - Carmichael leads Windham by 16 seconds, no drama there...the real race is for 3rd as Tortelli comes up on Windham and turns the race for 3rd into a good one...Tortelli makes the pass into 3rd, and that puts him good stead for the podium if he stay right where he is... Lap 12 - Order is now Carmichael, Windham, Tortelli, Vuillemin, Fonseca, Rodrigues, Alessi, Byrne, Voss, Wey, Thomas, Thain... Lap 13 - Carmichael is shown the card indicating 2 laps remaining...Rodrigues is trying to make up distance to catch Fonseca before the moto runs out...the Whoop Monster has pulled out all his props to encourage the riders to finish out the final moto strong...Alessi has called it an end to this moto... Lap 14 - White flag for Carmichael, as he airs it out over all the big Millville obstacles on his last circuit of the course...Carmichael crosses the line with the 2nd moto win and today's overall to keep his perfect '04 MX National season intact...9 down, 3 more to go...across the line after RC is Windham, Tortelli, Vuillemin, Fonseca, Rodrigues, Byrne, Wey, Voss. 250 Moto 2 Results (Unofficial): 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. Sebastien Tortelli (Suz); 4. David Vuillemin (Yam); 5. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 6. Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 7. Michael Byrne (Kaw); 8. Nick Wey (Suz); 9. Heath Voss (Yam); 10. Jason Thomas (Hon); 11. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 12. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 13. Ryan Abrigo (Hon); 14. Craig Anderson (Hon); 15. Ryan Clark (Yam); 16. Richie Owens (Kaw); 17. Justin Buckelew (Hon); 18. Kevin Johnson (Yam); 19. James Povolny (Hon); 20. Rusty Holland (Hon); 21. James Marshall (Yam); 22. Adam Mennenga (Yam); 23. Scott Jendro (Hon); 24. Brent Miller (Hon). Thanks for tuning in to Virtual Grandstand, and thanks for reading Cycle News...be sure to come back next Sunday, August 22nd for Round #10 of the AMA Chevrolet Motocross Championship series from the beautiful and spectator-friendly Broome-Tioga MX facility at Binghamton, New York. 125cc Overall: (Official) 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Broc Hepler (Suz); 3. Matt Walker (Kaw); 4. Nate Ramsey (Hon); 5. Ryan Mills (Hon); 6. Troy Adams (Kaw); 7. Ivan Tedesco (Kaw); 8. Mike Brown (Yam); 9. Davi Millsaps (Suz); 10. Danny Smith (Yam); 11. Josh Grant (Hon); 12. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 13. Tim Weigand (Hon); 14. Andrew Short (Suz); 15. Greg Schnell (Hon); 16. Turbo Reif (Hon); 17. Kelly Smith (Yam); 18. Brian Gray (Suz); 19. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 20. Josh Woods (KTM); 21. Paul Carpenter (Kaw); 22. Daryl Hurley (Suz); 23. Josh Summey (Yam); 24. Brett Metcalfe (KTM); 25. Matthieu Lalloz (Hon); 26. Sean Collier (Hon); 27. Kyle Mace (Hon); 28. Teddy Maier (Kaw); 29. Cole Siebler (Suz); 30 Levi Reid (Suz); 31. Chad Ward (Hon); 32. Jacob Marsack (Hon); 33. Cody Gilmore (Kaw); 34. Ryan Newton (Kaw); 35. Tucker Hibbert (Suz); 36. Jesse Casillas (Yam); 37. Erick Vallejo (Yam); 38. Kyle Partridge (Suz); 39. Zack Lundy (Hon); 40. Bryan Johnson (Yam). 125cc Point Standings: 1. James Stewart (425/8 wins); 2. Broc Hepler (296); 3. Mike Brown (286/1 win); 4. Nate Ramsey (250); 5. Matt Walker (202); 6. Josh Grant (200); 7. Ivan Tedesco (182); 8. Danny Smith (159); 9. Ryan Hughes (158); 10. Davi Millsaps (153); 11. Ryan Mills (152); 12. Kelly Smith (147); 13. (TIE)Chris Gosselaar/Troy Adams (121); 15. Greg Schnell (119); 16. Stephane Roncada (104); 17. Paul Carpenter (102); 18. Brett Metcalfe (92); 19. Daryl Hurley (84); 20. Brian Gray (68); 21. Brock Sellards (62); 22. Eric Sorby (46); 23. Steve Lamson (36); 24. Branden Jesseman (35); 25. Sean Collier (32); 26. (TIE)Josh Hansen/Josh Summey (31); 28. Michael Blose (28); 29. Tim Weigand (27); 30. Matt Goerke (24); 31. Andrew Short (22); 32. Ryan Sipes (21); 33. Bryan Johnson (18); 34. Ryan Morais (17); 35. (TIE)Gaveth Swanepoel/Turbo Reif (16); 37. Rodrig Thain (14); 38. Matthieu Lalloz (12); 39. (TIE)Josh Woods/Bobby Kiniry (10); 41. (TIE)Levi Reid/Gavin Gracyk (7); 43. (TIE)Steve Boniface/Evan Laughridge (6); 45. (TIE)Tony Lorusso/Justin Buckelew (5); 47. (TIE)Richie Owens/Matt Barnes (3); 49. (TIE)Yoshihide Fukadome/Kyle Mace/Jesse Casillas (2); 52. Teddy Maier (1). 250cc Overall: (Official) 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. Sebastien Tortelli (Suz); 4. David Vuillemin (Yam); 5. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 6. Nick Wey (Suz); 7. Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM); 8. Michael Byrne (Kaw); 9. Heath Voss (Yam); 10. Chad Reed (Yam); 11. Jason Thomas (Hon); 12. Craig Anderson (Hon); 13. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 14. Ryan Clark (Yam); 15. Clark Stiles (Hon); 16. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 17. Ryan Abrigo (Hon); 18. Justin Buckelew (Hon); 19. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 20. Richie Owens (Kaw); 21. Joe Oehlhof (Hon); 22. Justin Brayton (Suz); 23. Kevin W. Johnson (Yam); 24. James Povolny (Hon); 25. Rusty Holland (Hon); 26. Brian Mason (Hon); 27. James Marshall (Yam); 28. Adam Mennenga (Yam); 29. Scott Jendro (Hon); 30. Brent Miller (Hon); 31. Mike Alessi (Hon); 32. Dan Truman (Kaw); 33. Thomas Barron (Hon); 34. John Dehn (Yam); 35. Brad Modjewski (Suz); 36. Eric Kowalik (Hon); 37. Gerrit Ordelman (Hon); 38. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 39. Matthew Maximoff (Hon); 40. Matt Goerke (Suz). 250cc Point Standings: 1. Ricky Carmichael (450/9 wins); 2. Chad Reed (362); 3. Kevin Windham (355); 4. David Vuillemin (294); 5. Michael Byrne (237); 6. Ernesto Fonseca (211); 7. Nick Wey (210); 8. Heath Voss (182); 9. Sebastien Tortelli (164); 10. Tim Ferry (142); 11. Sean Hamblin (127); 12. Jason Thomas (123); 13. Joaquim Rodrigues (119); 14. Kyle Lewis (106); 15. Craig Anderson (103); 16. Ryan Clark (81); 17. Clark Stiles (78); 18. Johnny Aubert (58); 19. Jeff Gibson (51); 20. James Povolny (49); 21. Rodrig Thain (45); 22. Casey Johnson (43); 23. (TIE)Ezra Lusk/Jean Sebastien Roy (29); 25. (TIE)Mike LaRocco/Rusty Holland (27); 27. John Dowd (26); 28. Damon Huffman (24); 29. Doug Dehaan (22); 30. (TIE)Pierrick Paget/Keith S. Johnson (21); 32. Bruce Stratton (17); 33. Ryan Abrigo (16); 34. Joe Oehlhof (15); 35. Brad Modjewski (13); 36. (TIE)Mike Corder/Brian Mason (12); 38. Jim Neese (10); 39. Justin Buckelew (8); 40. Tyson Hadsell (7); 41. (TIE)Matt Karlsen/Kevin W. Johnson (6); 43. (TIE)Blair Morgan/Richie Owens/Matthew Burris (5); 46. (TIE)Justin Brayton/Mark Eastwood/Barry Carsten (4); 49. (TIE)Austin Squires/Matthew Maximoff/Anthony Amaradio (3); 52. David Oettel (2); 53. (TIE)Adam Mennenga/Daniel Pepoon (1). Broadcast By: Mark Thome