. 5/28/00 - National Motocross Series Rnd. 3: High Point
. Pre-Race Notes: Racing starts at 1:00 PM Eastern. It's been raining for 2 days now, so the track is a little messy...It might get tough to read their numbers, so work with me...12:45 and it's been pouring for the last hour. The people across the way from us a sliding head first down the hill through the muddy water...
. 125cc Moto #1:
. ...Sellards started his bike on the gate and it siezed right away. His mechanics are pushing it back up through the mud...And the holeshot goes to...Robbie skaggs on the Husky followed by Lamson and Pastrana...After lap 1 Pastrana has taken the lead and does a heel clicker over the finish line...Running order goes Pastrana, Lamson, Walker, Vohland, Skaggs, K. Smith, Fonseca...Matt Walker hs moved into 2nd spot and is closing in on Pastrana...We are gonna found who are the good mud riders...Pastrana's lead is about 7 seconds over Walker...A lot of the riders have opted to attach towels any place they can to try an keep things clean like grips...We can't really read numbers that well now...Pastrana went down on the back side of the track and Matt Walker has taken the lead...Kelly Smith has now gotten by Pastrana and is going after Walker...Running order is Walker, K. Smith, Skaggs, Pastrana, Lamson, Roncada...Walker's bike is spitting out steam, so he might have a overheating problem...

Fonseca is banging it up with Pastrana, but we think Fonseca is a lap down...Kelly Smith has now take the lead from Walker, we think Walker went down on the back side of the track where we can't see...Running order is K. Smith, Walker, Pastrana, Skaggs, Lamson, Roncada, Wey, Currie, D. Smith, Ramsey, and Jimmy Wilson...K. Smith has about a 5 second lead over Walker...Sorry about the lack of coverage, we can hardly read numbers and we don't know who is a lapper...Roncada is making a move on Skaggs now...Privateer Jimmy Wilson has moved up to about 8th spot...Walker is gone, he hasn't come around this lap...White flag out for Smith with Pastrana now back in 2nd and Roncada in 3rd, who had about an 18th place start...Wilson has moved up to 6th spot now...Kelly Smith has won, Roncada moved into 2nd spot and Skaggs got 3rd...Pastrana we think came by in 11th...

1. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 2. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 3. Robbie Skaggs (Hus); 4. Steve Lamson (Hon); 5. Nick Wey (Kaw); 6. Paul Currie (Hon); 7. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 8. Danny Smith (Hon); 9. Robbie Horton (Suz); 10. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 11. Casey Johnson (Yam); 12. Travis Preston (Suz); 13. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 14. Barry Carsten (Suz); 15. Jason McCormick (Hon); 16. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 17. Casey Lytle (Hon); 18. Chris Wheeler (Ktm); 19. Brock Sellards (Hon); 20. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 21. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 22. Jimmy Wilson (Yam); 23. David Pingree (Suz); 24. David Oettel (Hon); 25. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 26. Tom Welch (Suz); 27. Anthony Amaradio (Yam); 28. Greg Schnell (Yam); 29. Keith Johnson (Ktm); 30. Levi Reid (Hon); 31. Matt Walker (Hon); 32. Duane Evans (Yam); 33. Jason Waters (Suz); 34. Ryan Clark (Suz); 35. Paul Justus (Suz); 36. Paul Carpenter (Hus); 37. Mark Wundrack (Yam); 38. Billy Payne (Kaw); 39. David Hill (Suz); 40. Dereck Rose (Hon).

. 250cc Moto #1:
. ...And the holeshot goes to...John Dowd followed by Lusk...Vuillemin, Albee, LaRocco and Tortelli all went down in the first turn...Keith Johnson on the Cannondale is running in third spot...Carmichael went down in the staircase section and got up in last spot...Running order Dowd, Lusk, K. Johnson, Windham, King, Ferry, Ward, Reynard, Narita...Johnson went down and has fallen back to about 5th spot...Dowd is pulling away from the pack...Vuillemin is a mad man, he's up to 11th in just 2 laps...The rain has stopped for the moment, but more clouds are moving in...Keith Johnson has come around and has fallen back to about 10th spot...Running order now is Dowd, Lusk, Windham, King, Ferry, Ward, Reynard, Narita, Vuillemin, Tortelli, Povolny...Dowd has extende his lead to about 12 seconds over 2nd place Lusk...Vuillemin has moved all the way up to 4th spot now after a 37th place start...Dowd has lapped more than half the field so far...Dowd's lead is about 16 seconds over Lusk and 31 seconds over Windham...2 lap board is out for Dowd right as the rain starts...Lusk must have went down somewhere in the back, Windham has moved to 2nd and Vuillemin to 3rd...Last lap for Dowd, Vuillemin is about 5 bike lengths behind 2nd place Windham now, he's got half a lap to catch him...Dowd wins followed by Windham or Vuillemin not sure, then Tortelli, and Lusk...

1. John Dowd (Kaw); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. David Vuillemin (Yam); 4. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 5. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 6. Shayne King (Ktm); 7. Larry Ward (Kaw); 8. Akira Narita (Hon); 9. Timmy Ferry (Yam); 10. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 11. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 12. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 13. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 14. Damon Huffman (Suz); 15. James Povolny (Hon); 16. Heath Voss (Hon); 17. Tyler Evans (Suz); 18. Doug Dubach (Yam); 19. Todd Downs (Hon); 20. Bruce Stratton (Suz).

. 125cc Moto #2:
. ...And the holeshot goes to...Tallon Vohland, Lamson, Pastrana...Pastrana takes the lead from Vohland and then got bogged down in a lake and Vohland jumped back by him...Running order is Vohland, Pastrana, Lamson, Currie, Horton, Thain, Wey, D. Smith, Sellards...It is so muddy on the track that all the riders are brown after a single lap, AMA scoring must be having a fun time...Kelly Smith is in 15th after lap number 1...Lamson ice skates right off the track in front of us and goes down. he got back up in about 5th spot...Vohland ha about a 4 second lead over Pastrana after about 4 laps...Wey is moving up quickly, he's in 3rd at the moment...We can not see anybody's numbers now, everyone is totally brown...You might be better off on a Jet Ski out here...Running order Vohland, Pastrana, Wey, Lamson, Horton, K. Smith, Currie, Sellards, D. Smith, C. Johnson, Thain, and Buckelew (We think!)...Pastrana has taken the lead from Vohland...

Pastrana wins followed by Wey...

1. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 2. Nick Wey (Kaw); 3. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 4. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 5. Steve Lamson (Hon); 6. Paul Currie (Hon); 7. Robbie Horton (Suz); 8. Danny Smith (Hon); 9. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 10. Brock Sellards (Hon); 11. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 12. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 13. Matt Walker (Hon); 14. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 15. Casey Lytle (Hon); 16. Barry Carsten (Suz); 17. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 18. Casey Johnson (Yam); 19. Greg Schnell (Yam); 20. Ryan Clark (Suz); 21. Tom Welch (Suz); 22. Mark Wundrack (Yam); 23. Keith Johnson (Ktm); 24. Travis Preston (Suz); 25. Billy Payne (Kaw); 26. David Oettel (Hon); 27. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 28. Robbie Skaggs (Hus); 29. Jimmy Wilson (Yam); 30. David Hill (Suz); 31. Paul Justus (Suz); 32. Paul Carpenter (Hus); 33. Derek Rose (Hon); 34. Anthony Amaradio (Yam); 35. David Pingree (Suz); 36. Duane Evans (Yam); 37. Chris Wheeler (Ktm); 38. Jason McCormick (Hon); 39. Levi Reid (Hon); 40. Jason Waters (Suz).

. 250cc Moto #2:
. ...Holeshot goes to Shayne King followed by Dowd and Windham...King crashes in the 2nd turn and gets up almost in last position...Dowd has moved into the lead with Windham right on his rear tire...Running order Dowd, Windham, Vuillemin, Lusk, Tortelli, Albee, Ferry, Stratton, Ward...

Vuillemin has taken the lead, followed by Tortelli, Lusk, Windham, Dowd, and Ferry...Vuillemin's lead is now 38+ seconds at the 25 minute mark in the moto. Vuillemin just lapped Carmichael...A lot of guys are pulling off the track, Albee just pulled off...Running order now is Vuillemin, Tortelli, Windham, Lusk, Dowd...Vuillemin just lapped 9th place Larry Ward...2 lap board out for Vuillemin as people are starting to trample through the mud to their cars...All the riders are covered from head to toe with mud, we don't even know who's in 6th place...Windham passes his teammate Tortelli to move back up to 2nd spot and Ferry just passed Lusk to take over 4th spot...Vuillemin wins by over 1 minute and 20 seconds...Second goes to Windham and 3rd to Ferry...

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1. David Vuillemin (Yam); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. Tim Ferry (Yam); 4. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 5. John Dowd (Kaw); 6. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 7. Robie Reynard (Suz); 8. Damon Huffman (Suz); 9. Larry Ward (Kaw); 10. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 11. Shayne King (Ktm); 12. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 13. James Povolny (Hon); 14. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 15. Tyler Evans (Suz); 16. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 17. Aaron Dieter (Suz); 18. Heath Voss (Hon); 19. Josh Sweat (Hon); 20. Zeb Armstrong (Yam).

. 125cc Overall:
. ...1. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 2. Nick Wey (Kaw); 3. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 4. Steve Lamson (Hon); 5. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 6. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 7. Paul Currie (Hon); 8. Robbie Horton (Suz); 9. Danny Smith (Hon); 10. Robbie Skaggs (Hus); 11. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 12. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 13. Brock Sellards (Hon); 14. Casey Johnson (Yam); 15. Barry Carsten (Suz); 16. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 17. Casey Lytle (Hon); 18. Travis Preston (Suz); 19. Matt Walker (Hon); 20. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 21. Jason McCormick (Hon); 22. Chris Wheeler (Ktm); 23. Greg Schnell (Yam); 24. Ryan Clark (Suz).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 125cc Point Standings:
. ...1. Steve Lamson (117); 2. Stephane Roncada (114); 3. Tallon Vohland (111); 4. Travis Pastrana (90); 5. Nick wey (82); 6. Danny Smith (72); 7. Nathan Ramsey (68); 8. Rodrig Thain (67); 9. Casey Johnson (66); 10. Paul Currie (62).
. 250cc Overall:
. ...1. David Vuillemin (Yam); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. John Dowd (Kaw); 4. Ezra lusk (Hon); 5. Sebastian Tortelli (Hon); 6. Tim Ferry (Yam); 7. Larry Ward (Kaw); 8. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 9. Shayne King (KTM); 10. Damon Huffman (Suz); 11. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 12. Mike LaRacco (Hon); 13. James Povolny (Hon); 14. Akira Narita (Hon); 15. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 16. Tyler Evans (Suz); 17. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 18. Heath Voss (Hon); 19. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 20. Aaron Dieter (Suz); 21. Doug Dubach (Yam); 22. Joshua Sweat (Hon); 23. Todd Downs (Hon); 24. Zeb Armstrong (Yam); 25. Bruce Stratton (Suz).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 250cc Point Standings:
. ...1. David Vuillemin (125); 2. Kevin Windham (122); 3. Sebastien Tortelli (117); 4. Ricky Carmichael (111); 5. Ezra Lusk (86); 6. John Dowd (82); 7. Robbie Reynard (77); 8. Greg Albertyn (76); 9. Mike LaRocco (73); 10. Larry Ward (65).
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