. 9/3/00 - National Motocross Series Rnd. 12: Delmont
. Pre-Race Notes: It's about 90 degrees and humid. The sun is out and we are ready to race...Off-Road superstar Shane Watts has qualified for the main events today...
. 125cc Moto #1:
. ... They are on their parade lap now...And the holeshot goes to...Pastrana followed by Jesseman...RFonseca is right behind them in 3rd spot as the top 3 pull way out ahead of the rest of the pack...Pastrana already has a 10 bike length lead over Jesseman, who is still looking strong in second spot...Roncada is back in about 8th spot fighting through the traffic...Tedesco is having another good ride, he's right behind Fonseca in 4th spot and starting to give him some pressure...Running order after 2 lap Pastrana, Jesseman, Fonseca, Tedesco, Ramsey, Roncada, Skaggs, Wey, D. Smith, Gosselaar, Sellards and Kratz...

The top two Pastrana and Jesseman hae a 10 second lead over 3rd place Fonseca, then Tedesco is right behind Fonseca and Roncada has moved into the action in 5th spot, right behind Tedesco...Roncada looks like he's ready to make a move into 4th spot on this lap...It looks like Roncada has banners stuck in both of wheels...Jesseman is not letting Pastrana get away from him, he's still 4 seconds behind and holdin there...Running order after aout 5 laps Pastrana, Jesseman, Fonseca, Tedesco, Roncada, Wey, Ramsey, D. Smith, Gosselaar and Sellards...

Roncada is trying everything to get around Tedesco, but Tedesco has the pressure on Fonseca right in front of him...Fonseca, Tedesco and Roncada are all over each other, while Pastrana and Jesseman are pulling away from the rest of the pack...Pastrana ahs about 5 seconds over Jesseman and a huge 22 second gap over Fonseca, Tedesco and Roncada...Roncada has a 6-point lead over Pastrana coming into this race...Fonseca just let Roncada by, he moved over really quicky to let Roncada get the extra, very valuable points for the title chase...

Jesseman has moved back within 2.5 seconds of the leader Pastrana...Teammate's Wey and Ramsey have been all over each other the whole moto, they are running 6th and 7th, but have started to reel in Tedesco and Fonseca...Pastrana's lead over third place Roncada is about 23 seconds here with about 3 laps to go...The 2-lap baord just came out for the leaders...Wey got around Tedesco to move into fifth spot, now Ramsey is all over Tedesco...White flag for Pastrana...Jesseman is still only 4 seconds behind Pastrana...Ramsey amde the move on Tedesco and moved into 6th spot...A few more turns for Pastrana...Pastrana wins! followed by Jesseman, Roncada...

1. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 2. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 3. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 4. Nick Wey (Kaw); 5. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 6. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 7. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 8. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 9. Brock Sellards (Hon); 10. Danny Smith (Hon); 11. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 12. Travis Preston (Suz); 13. Andrew Short (Kaw); 14. Robbie Skaggs (Yam); 15. Chris Wheeler (Ktm); 16. Joe Oehlof (Ktm); 17. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 18. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 19. Tom Welch (Suz); 20. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 21. Keith Johnson (Ktm); 22. Ben Riddle (Suz); 23. Randy Valade (Hon); 24. Travis Elliot (Hon); 25. Anthony Amaradio (Yam).

. 250cc Moto #1:
. ... This is Albee's last race, then he's retiring...And the holeshot goes to...Jason Thomas followed by Vuillemin, Tortelli...Vuillemin jumps right into the lead through the whoops...Carmichael is outside of the top ten...As they finish lap run the order is Vuillemin, Tortelli, LaRocco, Albertyn, Reynard, Windham, Thomas...Carmichael has moved up into 9th spot and is about to take over 8th soon...Carmichael is up to 6th spot already after 2 laps...Albertyn seems to have bike problems he's cruising around in last place...

Running order Vuillemin, Tortelli, LaRocco, Reynard, Windham Carmichael...Windham passes Reynardand the Carmichael came up and passed Reynard...Carmichael now just swooped past Windham to move into 4th spot...Vuillemin and Tortelli are starting to pull away from LaRocco...Now Tortelli has caught Vuillemin...Carmichael has caught up to LaRocco trying to move into 3rd spot...Carmichael ahs picked up 5 seconds on the last 2 laps on the leaders. He's now 10 seconds behind the leaders...

Tortelli just doubled right past Vuillemin to take the lead and Vuillemin kind of bobbled a little...Carmichael is still all over LaRocco trying to get by so he can catch the leaders...LaRocco and Carmichael are catching the leaders Tortelli and Vuillemin, it's going to be 4-way battle for the lead...Carmcihael gets around LaRocco but he's still right on him...Carmichael is now reeling in Vuillemin trying to move into 2nd spot...Running order Tortelli, Vuillemin, Carmichael, LaRocco, Windham, Reynard, Lewis and Thomas...Carmichael made the pass on Vuillein and is now 5 seconds behind Tortelli...

Carmichael is on the same straight away as Tortelli now, so he can see him...LaRocco has gotten by Vuillemin t move up to third spot...2 lap board is out now for Tortelli and Carmichael...Tortelli is still holdig his lead over Carmichael here on the last lap...Tortelli wins followed by Carmichael, LaRocco, Vuillemin, Windham, Reynard...

1. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 2. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 3. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 4. David Vuillemin (Yam); 5. Kevin Windham (Hon); 6. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 7. Jason Thomas (Yam); 8. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 9. Larry Ward (Kaw); 10. John Dowd (Kaw); 11. Michael Byrne (Hon); 12. Damon Huffman (Suz); 13. James Povolny (Hon); 14. Heath Voss (Hon); 15. Shayne King (Ktm); 16. Jason McCormick (Hon); 17. Kevin Crine (Hon); 18. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 19. David Oettel (Hon); 20. Brian Stone (Kaw); 21. Ty Wallace (Yam); 22. Blair Morgan (Hon); 23. Vince Karnow (Yam); 24. Damien Plotts (Suz); 25. Steve Andrich (Hon).

. 125cc Moto #2:
. ...Roncada has a 1 point advantage coming into this final moto. They are just starting their parade lap...And the holeshot goes to...Tedesco followed by Pastrana and Roncada...Tedesco went down hard and Buckelew moved into the lead followed by Pastrana and Roncada...Pastrana moves into the lead and Roncada is in 3rd...Roncada moves into 2nd spot and now who ever comes out on top wins...Pastrana has about a 2 second lead right now over Roncada after 1 lap...

Running order after 2 laps Pastrana, Roncada, Vohland, Buckelew, Fonseca, Jesseman, Sellards, Thain, Riddle, Ramsey, Oehlof, K. Smith, Wey...Pastrana seems to have pulled a little bit farther ahead of Roncada after lap 3...Good battle for 4th thru 7th between Fonseca, Buckelew, Jesseman and Sellards. They are all nose to tail...Pastrana has about a 4 second lead over Roncada now...Jesseman has broken away from the pack and reeled in Vohland trying to take over 3rd spot...

Jesseman has made the pass on Vohland tot ake over 3rd and a spot on the podium...Pastrana has extended his lead to about 6.5 seconds over Roncada...Running order Pastrana, Roncada, Jesseman, Vohland, Fonseca, Sellards, Buckelew, Thain, Ramsey and Wey...Pastrana's lead is up to 11 seconds now...Everyone is pretty spread out now after about 25 minutes have gone by...Pastrana keeps pulling away and Jesseman is starting to catch up to Roncada...

Not much going o right now...2-lap board out for Pastrana and he's starting to take it easy over some of the more difficult jumps...Last lap and he's doing heel clickers everywhere...Pastrana wins!!!

1. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 2. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 3. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 4. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 5. Brock Sellards (Hon); 6. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 7. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 8. Nick Wey (Kaw); 9. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 10. Danny Smith (Hon); 11. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 12. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 13. Keith Johnson (Ktm); 14. Chris Wheeler (Ktm); 15. Travis Preston (Suz); 16. Travis Elliot (Hon); 17. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 18. Chase Reed (Yam); 19. Joseph Oehlof (Ktm); 20. Paul Carpenter (Hus); 21. Ben Riddle (Suz); 22. Barry Carsten (Suz); 23. David Kratz (Hus); 24. Andrew Short (Kaw); 25. Aaron Day (Hon).

. 250cc Moto #2:
. ... And the holeshot goes to...Vuillemin followed by Byrne and Windham...Carmichael already moved into 3rd spot and is all over Windham now trying to move into 2nd spot...Vuillemin kind of jumping ahead of everyone after lap 1...Carmichael made the pass on Windham and has taken 2nd spot and is chasing Vuillemin...Tortelli is back in 4th spot, with LaRocco right behind him...Running order Vuillemin, Carmichael, Windham, Tortelli, LaRocco, Reynard, Byrne, Huffman, Ward, McCormick, Dowd and Thomas...

Tortelli gets by his teammate Windham to move into third spot...And Carmichael jumps into the lead, and now Tortelli has moved up on Vuillemin and Carmichael...LaRocco has gotten by Windham also and moves into the 4th spot...Tortelli is all over Vuillemin, bumping his rear tire...Reynard now has caught Windham and finally made the pass. Windham is going the wrong way here in the second moto...Carmichael has pulled away from Vuillemin and Tortelli, he's about 3 seconds ahead...LaRocco is now catching Tortelli, it's going to be a 3-way battle for second position...

Vuillemin keeps looking back to see where Tortelli is...Tortelli must have went down, because LaRocco is in third now and is right on Vuillemin's rear tire...LaRocco just passed Vuillemin for 2nd spot, which wiil put him on the podium for sure now...LaRocco is just flying, he pulled right away from Vuillemin...LaRocco is actually catching Carmichael...Not much going on, Carmichael has stepped it up a little...White flag will be coming out for Carmichael this time around...Carmichael wins! followed by LaRocco and Vuillemin...

1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 3. David Vuillemin (Yam); 4. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 5. Kevin Windham (Hon); 6. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 7. Damon Huffman (Suz); 8. John Dowd (Kaw); 9. Michael Byrne (Hon); 10. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 11. Jason Thomas (Yam); 12. Heath Voss (Hon); 13. Larry Ward (Kaw); 14. Damien Plotts (Suz); 15. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 16. Jason McCormick (Hon); 17. Steve Andrich (Hon); 18. James Povlyn jr. (Hon); 19. Shayne King (Ktm); 20. Ty Wallace (Yam); 21.Vincent Karnow (Yam); 22. Brian Stone (Kaw); 23. Blair Morgan (Hon); 24. Mike Katin (Kaw); 25. Mike Mason (Hon).

. 125cc Overall:
. ... 1. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 2. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 3. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 4. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 5. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 6. Nick Wey (Kaw); 7. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 8. Brock Sellards (Hon); 9. Danny Smith (Hon); 10. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 11. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 12. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 13. Travis Preston (Suz); 14. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 15. Chris Wheeler (Ktm); 16. Keith Johnson (Ktm); 17. Andrew Short (Kaw); 18. Joe Oehlof (Ktm); 19. Robbie Skaggs (Yam); 20. Travis Elliot (Hon); 21. Chase Reed (Yam); 22. Tom Welch (Suz); 23. Paul Carpenter (Hus); 24. Rodrig Thain (Ktm).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 125cc Point Standings:
. ...1. Travis Pastrana (484); 2. Stephane Roncada (482); 3. Tallon Vohalnd (404); 4. Brock Sellards (346); 5. Steve Lamson (304); 6. Nick Wey (271); 7. Ernesto Fonseca (270); 8. Nathan Ramsey (258); 9. Casey Johnson (258); 10. Danny Smith (240); 11. Branden jesseman (217); 12. Rodrig Thain (210); 13. Greg Schnell (175); 14. Paul Currie (167); 15. Kelly Smith (156); 16. Justin Buckelew (125); 17. Travis Preston (88); 18. Ivan Tedesco (82); 19. Michael Brandes (67); 20. David Pingree (66).
. 250cc Overall:
. ... 1. Ricky Carmickael (Kaw); 2. Mike Larocco (Hon); 3. Sevastien Tortelli (Hon); 4. David Vuillemin (Yam); 5. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 6. Kevin Windham (Hon); 7. John Dowd (Kaw); 8. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 9. Jason Thomas (Yam); 10. Damon Huffman (Suz); 11. Michael Byrne (Hon); 12. Larry Ward (Kaw); 13. Heath Voss (Hon); 14. James Povolny (Hon); 15. Jason McCormick (Hon); 16. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 17. Shyane King (Ktm); 18. Damien Plotts (Suz); 19. Steve Andrich (Hon); 20. Kevin Crine (Hon); 21. David Oettel (Hon); 22. Ty Wallace (Yam); Brian Stone (Kaw).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 250cc Point Standings:
. ... 1. Ricky Carmichael (535); 2. Sebastien Tortelli (453); 3. Kevin Windham (426); 4. David Vuillemin (414); 5. Mike Larocco (381); 6. Robbie Reynard (345); 7. Greg Albertn (315); 8. John Dowd (299); 9. Larry Ward (276); 10. Timmy Ferry (269); 11. Damon Huffman (217); 12. Kyle Lewis (184); 13. Heath Voss (157); 14. Shayne King (155); 15. Ezra Lusk (116); 16. Akira Narita (102); 17. James Povolny (92); 18. Jason Thomas (82); 19. Damien Plotts (71); 20. Ryan Terlecki (44).
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