. 7/16/00 - National Motocross Series Rnd. 8: Troy
. Pre-Race Notes:
. 125cc Moto #1:
. ... And the holeshot goes to...Oehlof followed by Lamson and Payne...Roncada is about 30th spot half-way through the first lap...Lamson has taken over the lead in the back section...Pastrana is on the move he's up to 4th spot...Thain with a goood start is running in the third spot...Payne bobbles in the whoops and gets passed by a couple guys...Roncada has gone down on lap 2 and is in last place...Thain is running good on this supercross type track...Running order Lamson, Thain, Pastrana, Sellards, Oehlof, Payne, Buckelew, Wey, K. Smith...

Thain has caught up to Lamson and Pastrana is following him up to Lamson...Roncada is going to lose some points today, his lead coming into this race was around 34 points over Pastrana...Currie and McCormick have just pulled off the track and back to the pits...Pastrana has now pulled up on Thain...We are going to have a 3-way battle for the lead in a second...Make it a 4-way, Sellards has moved up on Pastrana, Thain and Lamson...Pastrana jumps into the 2nd spot and Sellards has taken third spot from Thain...Pastrana is all over Lamson for the lead...Pastrana takes the lead from Lamson in the back section of the track...Sellards has gotten by Lamson also for 2nd spot...

Sellards just jumped by Pastrana for the lead...The top 4 are 25 seconds ahead of 5th place Wey...Pastrana has dropped back quickly he may be injured or bike problems...Top 3 are Sellards, Lamson and Thain...Last lap for the leaders and Sellards has a good lead over Lamson, who just did a heel clicker over the Widowmaker double...Sellards wins followed by Lamson and Thain.

1. Brock Sellards (Hon); 2. Steve Lamson (Hon); 3. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 4. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 5. Nick Wey (Kaw); 6. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 7. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 8. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 9. David Pingree (Suz); 10. Danny Smith (Hon); 11. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 12. Billy Payne (Kaw); 13. Greg Schnell (Yam); 14. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 15. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 16. Michael Brandes (Hon); 17. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 18. Joseph Oehlof (Ktm); 19. Casey Johnson (Yam); 20. Robbie Skaggs (Hus); 21. Keith Johnson (Ktm); 22. Casey Lytle (Hon); 23. Barry Carsten (Suz); 24. Jacob Martin (Suz); 25. Ivan Tedesco (Hon).

. 250cc Moto #1:
. ... Holeshot goes to Windham followed by King and Carmichael...Carmichael has taken the lead from Windham...Vuillemin has gone down in the back section...Windham and Carmichael are bar to bar after lap one...Albertyn is starting to move up through the pack now, he's in 6th...The leaders are strtin gto spread out now...Running order Carmichael, Windham, Tortelli, LaRocco, Albertyn, Ferry, King, Reynard, K. Johnson, Ward, Voss...Vuillemin has pulled off the track back to the pits...

Ferry has gotten around Albertyn to take over 5th spot...Not much going on here in the first moto, the leaders are spreb out pretty good...Tortelli is starting to move up on his teammate Windham, who is currently in second spot...Carmichael has extended his lead to about 7 seconds now over Windham and Tortelli...LaRocco has crashed in the back section...Albee has passed Ferry back to take over 5th spot...

Ferry gets back around Albertyn...It's tough to see what's going on at this track, we lose the riders for over a minute each lap...White flag out for Carmichael...RC is just cruising out in front by 6 or 7 seconds....Carmichael wins, followed by Windham, Tortelli and LaRocco...

1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 4. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 5. Tim Ferry (Yam); 6. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 7. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 8. Damon Huffman (Suz); 9. Larry Ward (Kaw); 10. John Dowd (Kaw); 11. Shayne King (Ktm); 12. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 13. Heath Voss (Hon); 14. Isaiah Johnson (Hon); 15. James Povolny (Hon); 16. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 17. Keith Johnson (Can); 18. Steve Andrich (Hon); 19. Trd Campbell (Suz); 20. Ty Wallace (Yam); 21. Jeff Gibson (Can); 22. Damien Plotts (Suz); 23. Charles Dunaway (Yam); 24. Aaron Dieter (Suz); 25. Mike Katin (Kaw).

. 125cc Moto #2:
. ... And the holeshot goes to...David Pingree followed by Jesseman and Thain...Jesseman has taken over the lead now from Pingree and Thain has passed Pingree also...After lap on the running order is Jesseman, Thain, Pingree, Ramsey, Sellards, Fonseca, Vohland...Thain is all over Jesseman for the lead now...Sellards has moved up to 4th spot now on lap 3...Sellards has moved up to 3rd spot now, but Fonseca is right there with him...Sellards and Fonseca both went down, right in front of us...

Roncada is on the move now, he's up to 6th spot right behind Fonseca...Pingree and Roncada went down in the back section and both fall back to about 7th and 8th...Jesseman is still holding off Thain with about a 3 or 4 second lead...Sellards has caught up to Thain, he needs to make the pass to set his sights on Jesseman...Running order Jesseman, Thain, Sellards, Fonseca, Ramsey, Vohland, Lamson, Brandes, Currie, Schnell, Roncada, D. Smith, Craig, Pastrana, C. Johnson, Payne, and McCormick...Sellards has now caught up to Jesseman and is all over his rear tire...

Sellards has moved into the lead and has started pulling away from Jesseman...Fonseca has gotten by Ramsey and now he passes Thain to take over 3rd spot...Ramsey gets by Thain also to move into 4th spot...White flag lap for Sellards...Ramsey must have went down, he's dropped back about 3 positions...

1. Brock Sellards (Hon); 2. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 3. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 4. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 5. Steve Lamson (Hon); 6. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 7. Michael Brandes (Hon); 8. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 9. Greg Schnell (Yam); 10. Paul Currie (Hon); 11. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 12. Danny Smith (Hon); 13. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 14. Michael Craig (Hon); 15. Casey Johnson (Yam); 16. Nick Wey (Kaw); 17. Billy Payne (Kaw); 18. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 19. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 20. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 21. Robbie Skaggs (Hus); 22. Jason McCormick (Hon); 23. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 24. Barry Carsten (Suz); 25. Chris Wheeler (Ktm).

. 250cc Moto #2:
. ... And the holeshot goes to...Ricky Carmichael followed Kevin Windham and Mike LaRocco...There was a huge pile-up in turn 2 and Albee was caught up in it and is dead last now...Windham is right on Carmichael on lap 2...Vuillemin had gone down on the first lap and is back in about 30th spot...LaRocco is all by himself i third spot...It will be interesting to see if Windham can get by Carmichael, RC doesn't make many mistakes...Running order is Carmichael, Windham, LaRocco, Tortelli, King, Reynard, Ferry, Voss, Ward, Dowd, Huffman, Lewis...

Carmichael's lead is about ten bike lengths over Windham...Reynard is going good this moto, he's up to fifth spot and charging...Ferry has gotten around Tortelli to take over 4th spot...Not much going on at the moment...Tortelli has gotten back around Ferry and now Reynard has moved up to them...About 5 more minutes left in the final moto of the day...

Carmichael has pulled away from Windham now and LaRocco is catching Windham...Carmichael still just cruising out in front by himself...Reynard has moved up and got around Tim Ferry...And Carmichael wins followed by Kevin Windham and Mike LaRocco.

1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 4. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 5. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 6. Tim Ferry (Yam); 7. Larry Ward (Kaw); 8. John Dowd (Kaw); 9. Damon Huffman (Suz); 10. David Vuillemin (Yam); 11. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 12. Heath Voss (Hon); 13. Shayne King (Ktm); 14. James Povolny (Hon); 15. Isaiah Johnson (Hon); 16. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 17. Damien Plotts (Suz); 18. Akira Narita (Hon); 19. Mike Katin (Kaw); 20. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 21. Brian Stone (Kaw); 22. Charles Dunaway (Yam); 23. Jason Fink (Yam); 24. Ty Wallace (Yam); 25. Todd Downs (Hon).

. 125cc Overall:
. ... 1. Brock Sellards (Hon); 2. Steve Lamson (Hon); 3. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 4. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 5. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 6. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 7. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 8. Nick Wey (Kaw); 9. Greg Schnell (Yam); 10. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 11. Danny Smith (Hon); 12. Michael Brandes (Hon); 13. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 14. Billy Payne (Kaw); 15. David Pingree (Suz); 16. Paul Currie (Hon); 17. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 18. Casey Johnson (Yam); 19. Michael Craig (Hon); 20. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 21. Joseph Oehlof (Ktm); 22. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 23. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 24. Robbie Skaggs (Hus).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 125cc Point Standings:
. ... 1. Stephane Roncada (324); 2. Travis Pastrana (289); 3. Steve Lamson (288); 4. Tallon Vohland (259); 5. Brock Sellards (228); 6. Casey Johnson (187); 7. Nick Wey (179); 8. Danny Smith (167); 9. Rodrig Thain (162); 10. Paul Currie (157); 11. Ernesto Fonseca (147); 12. Nathan Ramsey (135); 13. Greg Schnell (118); 14. Branden Jesseman (115); 15. Kelly Smith (99); 16. Justin Buckelew (76); 17. David Pingree (63); 18. Billy Payne (52); 19. Michael Brandes (52); 20. Travis Preston (49).
. 250cc Overall:
. ... 1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Kevin Windham (Hon); 3. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 4. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 5. Timmy Ferry (Yam); 6. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 7. Larry Ward (Kaw); 8. Damon Huffman (Suz); 9. John Dowd (Kaw); 10. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 11. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 12. Shayne King (Ktm); 13. Heath Voss (Hon); 14. James Povolny (Hon); 15. Isaiah Johnson (Hon); 16. David Vuillemin (Yam); 17. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 18. Damien Plotts (Suz); 19. Keith Johnson (Can); 20. Akira Narita (Hon); 21. Steve Andrich (Hon); 22. Mike Katin (Kaw); 23. Ted Campbell (Suz); 24. Ty Wallace Yam).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 250cc Point Standings:
. ... 1. Ricky Carmichael (341); 2. Sebastien Tortelli (333); 3. Kevin Windham (309); 4. David Vuillemin (249); 5. Mike LaRocco (231); 6. Greg Albertyn (227); 7. Robbie Reynard (217); 8. John Dowd (207); 9. Tim Ferry (194); 10. Larry Ward (191); 11. Damon Huffman (130); 12. Kyle Lewis (118); 13. Ezra Lusk (114); 14. Shayne King (105); 15. Heath Voss (80); 16. Akira Narita (78); 17. James Povolny (69); 18. Jason Thomas (52); 19. Tyler Evans (42); 20. Damien Plotts (37).
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