. 6/18/00 - National Motocross Series Rnd. 5: Budds Creek
. Pre-Race Notes: It's about 90 degrees, breezy and humid...We'll be under way shortly...
. 125cc Moto #1:
. ... The riders are on their parade lap...And the holeshot goes to...Steve Lamson followed by Fonseca and Pastrana...Fonseca is pressuring Lamson for the lead as they complete lap 1...Running order is Lamson, Fonseca, Pastrana, Sellards, Lytle, Roncada, K. Smith, Currie...Lamson and Fonseca have pulled about 4 seconds ahead ofthe rest of the field...Walker just lost the front end right in front of us, he's up and OK...Fonseca is on a mission, he is still all over the rear tire of Lamson...Pastrana has now closed the gap and moved up on the front two riders, Lamson and Fonseca...Lamson's front end washes out and Fonseca takes the lead, Lamson got up in about 5th spot...

Now Pastrana is right on Fonseca for the lead...Pastrana passes Fonseca, and the Fonseca jumped back on the inside and regained the lead...Running order after 5 laps, Fonseca, Pastrana, Roncada, Sellards, Lamson, Currie, Lytle, K. Smith, Buckelew, Thain, Schnell, D. Smith, Vohland, McCormick...The crowd is screaming, Pastrana got around Fonseca. So it's the Suzuki out front followed by teammates Fonseca and Roncada...Pastrana just almost went down on the downhill jumped where Henry broke his back. Roncada got by him for the lead...This one's gonna go to the end...Roncada and Pastrana are flying. they've pulled away from Fonseca...Roncada's lead is about 10 bike lengths over Pastrana...Roncada is cruising out in front still...

Sellards has gotten around Fonseca, to take over 3rd place. The gap from Pastrana to Sellards is over 11 seconds...Running order Roncada, Pastrana, Sellards, Fonseca, Lamson, Currie, K. Smith, Vohland, Lytle and Buckelew...Pastrana is stareting to gain on Roncada a little as the moto is winding down...The white flag is out for the leaders, with Roncada still out in front...Roncada wins! Pastrana 2nd and Sellards in third...

1. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 2. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 3. Brock Sellards (Hon); 4. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 5. Steve Lamson (Hon); 6. Paul Currie (Hon); 7. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 8. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 9. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 10. Casey Lytle (Hon); 11. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 12. Greg Schnell (Yam); 13. Tom Welch (Suz); 14. Danny Smith (Hon); 15. Casey Johnson (Yam); 16. David Pingree (Suz); 17. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 18. Travis Preston (Suz); 19. Michael Brandes (Hon); 20. Branden Jesseman (Suz).

. 250cc Moto #1:
. ... They just finshed their parade lap...And the holeshot goes to...Windham followed by Carmichael, Dowd and Albertyn...There was a huge first turn pile up, We think Huffman is on the ground still...Windham falls down and Albee, Carmichael got by him...Running order Albertyn, Carmichael, Windham, Dowd, Ward, King, Narita, Ferry, Crine, Reynard, Thomas...LaRocco has moved up to 17th and Tortelli in 20th...Carmichael is all over Albee trying to get by him, Windham is a few seconds behind them...

Carmichael and Albee collide in the air as they jump behind the hill and Carmichael comes out in the lead...Windham has now pulled up on Albee, the top 3 are very close...Carmcihael's lead is about 2 and half seconds over Albee...Running order Carmichael, Albertyn, Windham, Dowd, Ward, Ferry, King, Reynard, Tortelli, Narita, LaRocco, Crine, Thomas, Plotts, Terlecki, Katin, Wallace, Vuillemin, Lewis and Voss...Halfway point in the race and Carmichael's lead is up to 4 seconds over Albertyn...Tortelli is on the move he's up to 5th spot after being in the first turn crash...Tortelli just passed Dowd for 4th spot...

The leaders are now working their way through lappers now as we are about 3/4 of the way done...Carmichael's lead is still about 4 seconds over Albee, he's not letting him get away but he's not gaining...Tortelli is the fastest guy out there right now, but he's got a ways to caych Windham who's in 3rd...Running order Carmichael, Albertyn and Windham...2 lap board is out for the leaders...Looks like Carmichael has this on ein the bag, he's got a nice lead now on the last lap...Carmichael wins followed by Albertyn, Windham adn Tortelli...

1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 3. Kevin Windham (Hon); 4. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 5. Tim Ferry (Yam); 6. John Dowd (Kaw); 7. Larry Ward (Kaw); 8. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 9. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 10. Shayne King (Ktm); 11. Akira Narita (Hon); 12. Jason Thomas (Yam); 13. Kevin Crine (Hon); 14. David Vuillemin (Yam); 15. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 16. Damien Plotts (Suz); 17. Heath Voss (Hon); 18. Dustin Nelson (Yam); 19. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 20. Jim Neese (Yam);

. 125cc Moto #2:
. ... It's raining now so we moved inside...They just finished their parade lap...And the holeshot goes to...Sellards followed by Pastrana and Roncada...Pastrana quickly makes the pass for the lead...Roncada passes Pastrana and then Pastrana passes him again...Ramsey and Brandes are down right in front of the tower but OK...Pastrana and Roncada are still back and forth as they complete the first lap...They are pulling away from the rest of the field...Running order Pastrana, Roncada, Buckelew, Vohland, Sellards, McCormick, Currie, Lamson, Thain, C. Johnson, Dostal, Preston, Walker...Roncada just took the lead coming down the long downhill out of the trees...

Roncada is starting to pull away a little from Pastrana. The gap from Pastrana back to Buckelew is about 15 seconds after only 3 laps. The front two are flying...Vohland is on the move also, he just passed Buckelew for third and now Sellards is right on Buckelew...Sellards gets around Buckelew for 4th spot and now it's Lamson's turn to put Buckelew a position lower...Running order after half way Roncada, Pastrana, Vohland, Sellards, Lamson, C. Johnson, Buckelew, Currie, Thain, McCormick, Tedesco, Wey, Preston, Pingree, Payne, Walker, Horton...Buckelew has one down after being passed by 4 riders...Roncada is pulling away from the 16 year-old Pastrana, his lead is about 8 seconds just after halfway...Roncada is just running away with this race, everyone else is spread out pretty good now...Nobody's made a pass in the last 2 laps...Roncada's lead is about 18 seconds now back to Pastrana and then 18 more seconds back to Vohland...Finally Lamson just passed Sellards to move into the 3rd spot...Last lap and Roncada is still way out in front...Roncada wins followed by Pastrana and Lamson...

1. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 2. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 3. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 4. Steve Lamson (Hon); 5. Brock Sellards (Hon); 6. Casey Johnson (Yam); 7. Nick Wey (Kaw); 8. Paul Currie (Hon); 9. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 10. Travis Preston (Suz); 11. Billy Payne (Kaw); 12. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 13. Jason McCormick (Hon); 14. Robbie Horton (Suz); 15.

. 250cc Moto #2:
. ... And the holeshot goes to...Windham followed by Vuillemin, Dowd, Tortelli and Carmichael...This looks like it's gonna be a good one...Carmichael has already gotten around Tortelli and his teammate Dowd...Windham has Vuillemin right on his rear tire and Carmichael is about 3 seconds behind them...Running order after 2 laps Windham, Vuillemin, Carmichael, Tortelli, Dowd, Ferry, Ward, Albertyn, LaRocco...Vuillemin ahs gotten around Windham to take the lead and is pulling away from the pack...Now Carmichael passed Windham in the same corner to take over 2nd place...Now Tortelli got around his teammate Windham to move into 3rd spot...

Running order Vuillemin, Carmichael, Tortelli, Windham, Ferry, Dowd, Albertyn, LaRocco, Ward, Reynard, Narita, Neese, Terlecki, Voss, Nelson, Povolny, Thomas, Lewis, Wallace, Evans...Vuillemin has about a 6 second lead over Carmichael, but Tortelli is starting to pressure Carmichael for 2nd spot...Carmichael and Tortelli are starting to reel in Vuillemin. Vuillemin keeps looking over his shoulder...The crowd is screaming the top three are fender to fender...Carmichael took the lead and the crowd was crazy...Now Tortelli has gotten around Vuillemin also and is chasing Carmichael down...Carmichael and Tortelli have left Vuillemin in the dust and Tortelli wants to win this moto bad, Tortelli passes him for the lead..This is the best battle all year...

2 lap board out for Tortelli and Carmichael, we'll see if Carmichael wants the moto win or settle for second and the overall...Carmichael was coming down the hill so fast his back end was swapping all over the place and then bumps Tortelli's rear tire...Carmichael passes him on the last lap whips it over the table and gasses it...Carmichael wins!!! that was a great battle...

1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Sebastien Tortelli (Kaw); 3. David Vuillemin (Yam); 4. Kevin Windham (Hon); 5. Tim Ferry (Yam); 6. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 7. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 8. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 9. John Dowd (Kaw); 10. Larry Ward (Kaw); 11. Akira Narita (Hon); 12. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 13. Jason Thomas (Yam); 14. Jim Neese (Yam); 15. Heath Voss (Hon);

. 125cc Overall:
. ... 1. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 2. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 3. Brock Sellards (Hon); 4. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 5. Steve Lamson (Hon); 6. Paul Currie (Hon); 7. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 8. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 9. Casey Johnson (Yam); 10. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 11. Nick Wey (Kaw); 12. Travis Preston (Suz); 13. Tom Welch (Suz); 14. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 15. Danny Smith (Hon); 16. Casey Lytle (Hon); 17. Billy Payne (Kaw); 18. Greg Schnell (Yam); 19. Jason McCormick (Hon); 20. Robbie Horton (Suz); 21. David Pingree (Suz); 22. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 23. Matt Walker (Hon); 24. David Kratz (Hus); 25. Michael Brandes (Hon); 26. Branden Jesseman (Suz).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 125cc Point Standings:
. ... 1. Stephane Roncada (204); 2. Steve Lamson (189); 3. Travis Pastrana (184); 4. Tallon Vohland (180); 5. Brock Sellards (123); 6. Nick Wey (121); 7. Casey Johnson (118); 8. Danny Smith (103); 9. Paul Currie (103); 10. Rodrig Thain (89).
. 250cc Overall:
. ... 1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 3. Kevin Windham (Hon); 4. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 5. Tim Ferry (Yam); 6. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 7. John Dowd (Kaw); 8. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 9. Larry Ward (Kaw); 10. David Vuillemin (Yam); 11. Akira Narita (Hon); 12. Jason Thomas (Yam); 13. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 14. Shayne King (Ktm); 15. Heath Voss (Hon); 16. Damien Plotts (Suz); 17. Jim Neese (Yam); 18. Kevin Crine (Hon); 19. James Povolny (Hon); 20. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 21. Dustin Nelson (Yam); 22. Ty Wallace (Yam); 23. Aaron Dieter (Suz).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 250cc Point Standings:
. ... 1. Ricky Carmichael (202); 2. Sebastien Tortelli (198); 3. Kevin Windham (192); 4. David Vuillemin (172); 5. Robbie Reynard (143); 6. Greg Albertyn (142); 7. John Dowd (136); 8. Mike LaRocco (124); 9. Ezra Lusk (114); 10. Tim Ferry (111).
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