. 7/30/00 - National Motocross Series Rnd. 9: Washougal
. Pre-Race Notes: It's about 90 degrees and sunny. The track looks great and we are ready to race.
. 125cc Moto #1:
. ... And the holeshot goes to...Lance Smail followed by Casey Johnson and Fonseca...Roncada has taken the lead already as they came down out of the hills...Casey Johnson has caught up to Roncada and is all over his rear tire...Pastrana is already making his move towards the front of the pack, he's in about 5th spot right now...Lance Smail is still running in third spot, but Danny Smith and Pastrana are right behind him...Pastrana is in 4th now, he got by Smith and is right on Smail...

Running order after 3 laps Roncada, C. Johnson, Smail, Pastrana, D. Smith, Thain, Jesseman, Ramsey, Currie, Sellards, Vohland, Lamson, Schnell...Roncada and Johnson have pulled away from the rest of the field, by about 5 or 6 seconds...Pastrana just made the pass on Smail to take over 3rd spot, he's got some work though to catch the front 2 riders...Thain and Jesseman are now moving up, they have caught Pastrana and Smail...

Roncada has pulled away from Johnson now by about 5 seconds...Thain has made the move around Smail and take over the 4th position...Jesseman and Vohland have now gotten around Smail...Vohland now made a pass on Jesseman to move into the top 5...Roncada looking smooth out in front like much of this season so far...Vohland is reeling in Thain who is in the 4th spot at the moment...

We are about 24 minutes into the first moto of the day, at the 30 minute mark there will be 2 laps left...Vohland gets around Thain and now Jesseman has just moved up on Thain's rear tire...Roncada's lead is about 8 seconds over his teammate Johnson...The 2 lap board is out now for Roncada...Everyone is pretty spread out now on the last lap...And Roncada wins followed by Casey Johnson, Pastrana, Vohland, Thain adn Jesseman.

1. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 2. Casey Johnson (Yam); 3. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 4. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 5. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 6. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 7. Brock Sellards (Hon); 8. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 9. Steve Lamson (Hon); 10. Greg Schnell (Yam); 11. Paul Currie (Hon); 12. Mike Craig (Hon); 13. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 14. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 15. Michael Brandes (Hon); 16. Lance Smail (Suz); 17. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 18. Nick Wey (Kaw): 19. Chris Wheeler (Ktm); 20. Travis Elliot (Hon); 21. Kuraudo Toda (Hon); 22. David Pingree (Suz); 23. Ryan Clark (Suz); 24. Keith Johnson (Ktm); 25. Robbie Skaggs (Yam).

. 250cc Moto #1:
. ... And the holeshot goes to...Sebastien Tortelli and then he goes down in turn 2 and is second to last...Carmichael now has the lead over Vuillemin...Carmichael has gone down in the trees and Vuillemin takes over the lead with Windham right behind him...Running order after lap 2 Vuillemin, Windham, Dowd, Reynard, Albertyn, Huffman and Carmichael...Tortelli is back inside the top 20 now and is still charging to the front...Reynard has gotten around Dowd to take over 3rd spot...Carmichael is all over Albee's rear tire trying to get around...RC finally has gotten around Albertyn to move into 4th spot...

Tortelli has gotten to the 12th position already after 4 laps...Vuillemin has about a 6 second lead over second place Windham...Carmichael has gotten around Reynard and breaks back into the top three...Carmichael is starting to catch Windham, he's about 5 seconds behind him...Albertyn make the pass on his teammate to move into 4th spot...15 minutes into the moto so far...Tortelli has moved up to 8th spot now...Vuillemin is looking good out in front, but Windham is going to have Carmichael on his hands in about one lap...Carmichael makes the move on Windham and then Windham stuffs him in the corner like a Christmas goose, but Carmichael holds on to the 2nd spot...

Running order Vuillemin, Carmichael, Windham, LaRocco, Albertyn, Reynard, Tortelli, Dowd, Huffman, Ward, Ferry, and King...Tortelli is now starting to catch Reynard who is in 6th spot at the moment...Carmichael might be running out of time, there's only three laps left for the riders...2 lap board is now coming out for Vuillemin and Carmichael and the rest of the field...Tortelli has made the move on Reynard and moves into sixth spot...Vuillemin wins followed by Carmichael, Windham, LaRocco, Albertyn, Tortelli and Reynard...

1. David Vuillemin (Yam); 2. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 3. Kevin Windham (Hon); 4. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 5. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 6. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 7. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 8. John Dowd (Kaw); 9. Tim Ferry (Yam); 10. Larry Ward (Kaw); 11. Damon Huffman (Suz); 12. Shayne King (Ktm); 13. Heath Voss (Hon); 14. Ohkawada Kohji (Yam); 15. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 16. Akira Narita (Hon); 17. Takeshi Koikeda (Yam); 18. Isaiah Johnson (Hon); 19. Keith Johnson (Can); 20. Damien Plotts (Suz); 21. Jeff Gibson (Can); 22. Phil Lawrence (Yam); 23. Tim Beatty Yam); 24. Tatsuyuki Motoki (Suz); 25. Robb Floth (Hon).

. 125cc Moto #2:
. ... And the holeshot goes to...Branden Jesseman followed by Pastrana adn Thain...Thain has moved into the lead, Jesseman came out of the trees in about 36th spot...Running order is Thain, Pastrana, Vohland, Ramsey, Fonseca, K. Smith, Sellards, Roncada, Buckelew, Schnell, Elliot, and Gosselaar...The top three are all about 3 bike lengths apart from each other...Vohland is now looking to make a move on Pastrana as they go into the trees...The top 3 are shaping up for a good battle...

Vohland jumped past Pastrana to move into 2nd spot...Pastrana just pinned it through the whoops and ran into the back of Vohland and almost went down, but their positions stay the same...Vohland is all over Thain...Vohland makes the pass now for the lead...Pastrana gets by Thain now to move back into second spot...Roncada is running in 7th spot right now...Pastrana is all over Vohland now, this is the best race in a while...

Running order Vohland, Pastrana, Thain, Ramsey, Fonseca, Roncada, K. Smith, Schnell, Elliot, Gosselaar, D. Smith, Buckelew, Brandes, Pingree and Smail...Pastrana takes the lead throught the whoop section from Vohland...Vohland is not letting Pastrana get away, he's still right on him...Pastrana has now got a little bit of a lead now ove Vohland...Fonseca is on the move, he has caught up to Thain and is all over him for Third spot...Fonseca took over the spot from Thain...Roncada is still behind Sellards, he's been there for the last 3 laps...

Roncada finally just passed Sellards through the whoop section...The top riders have switched around a little, Pastrana, Vohland, Fonseca, Roncada, Ramsey, Sellards, Thain...Roncada has moved into third spot, but Pastrana will still have the overall if he can hold on and win this moto with a 3-1 score...Last lap for Pastrana, he's looking good...Pastrana does a heel clicker down the hill and then wheelies across every whoop and wins the race...

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

. 250cc Moto #2:
. ... The holeshot goes to...Robbie Reynard but Carmichael passes him in the next turn...Vuillemin has moved into 2nd spot, right behind Carmichael....Running order after the first lap Carmichael, Vuillemin, Reynard, Koikeda, Tortelli, Dowd, Albertyn and LaRocco...Tortelli has moved into 4th spot and is right behind Reynard, trying to break into the top 3...Vuillemin is not letting Carmichael get away from him, Reynard is in third, who has pulled away a little bit from Tortelli...

Reynard is haging with the top 2 about 15 minutes into this moto...Running order Carmichael, Vuillemin, Reynard, Tortelli, Dowd, Albertyn, Windham, Ward, Huffman, King, Lewis, LaRocco, Ferry...Carmichael has pulled a little bit of a lead on Vuillemin and the same with Vuillemin over Reynard...Not much going on right now, averyone is spread out all over the track...

Carmichael's lead is about 6 seconds over Vuillemin, he's looking good for the overall here at Washougal...Tortelli is still running by himself back in 4th spot, he might of used too much energy coming from last in the first moto...About 2 laps left in this race and Carmichael is cruising out in front, which is something new for the Kawasaki rider...Just kidding...The top three of Carmichael, Vuillemin and Reynard are at least 25 seconds ahead of 4th place Tortelli...Carmichael wins!

1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. David Vuillemin (Yam); 3. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 4. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 5. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 6. Tim Ferry (Yam); 7. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 8. Larry Ward (Kaw); 9. Damon Huffman (Kaw); 10. Kevin Windham (Hon); 11. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 12. Heath Voss (Hon); 13. Shayne King (Ktm); 14. Akira Narita (Hon); 15. Ohkawada Kohji (Yam); 16. Takeshi Koikeda (Yam); 17. Isaiah Johnson (Hon); 18. Damien Plotts (Suz); 19. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 20. Ted Campbell (Suz).

. 125cc Overall:
. ... 1. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 2. Stephane Roncada (Yam); 3. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 4. Nathan Ramsey (Kaw); 5. Rodrig Thain (Ktm); 6. Brock Sellards (Hon); 7. Casey Johnson (Yam); 8. Greg Schnell (Yam); 9. Kelly Smith (Ktm); 10. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 11. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 12. Steve Lamson (Hon); 13. Michael Brandes (Hon); 14. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 15. Danny Smith (Hon); 16. Paul Currie (Hon); 17. Nick Wey (Kaw); 18. Michael Craig (Hon); 19. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 20. Lance Smail (Suz); 21. Chris Wheeler (Ktm); 22. David Pingree (Suz); 23. Anthony Amaradio (Yam); 24. Travis Elliot (Hon).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 125cc Point Standings:
. ... 1. Stephane Roncada (369); 2. Travis Pastrana (334); 3. Steve Lamson (304); 4. Tallon Vohland (299); 5. Brock Sellards (258); 6. Casey Johnson (217); 7. Rodrig Thain (193); 8. Nick Wey (188); 9. Danny Smith (178); 10. Paul Currie (167); 11. Ernesto Fonseca (167); 12. Nathan Ramsey (166); 13. Greg Schnell (141); 14. Branden Jesseman (135); 15. Kelly Smith (121); 16. Justin Buckelew (76); 17. Michael Brandes (67); 18. David Pingree (66); 19. Billy Payne (52); 20. Travis Preston (49).
. 250cc Overall:
. ... 1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. David Vuillemin (Yam); 3. Robbie Reynard (Suz); 4. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 5. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 6. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 7. Kevin Windham (Hon); 8. Tim Ferry (Yam); 9. Larry Ward (Kaw); 10. Damon Huffman (Suz); 11. Heath Voss (Hon); 12. Shayne King (Ktm); 13. Kyle Lewis (Suz); 14. Ohkawada Kohji (Yam); 15. John Dowd (Kaw); 16. Akira Narita (Hon); 17. Takeshi Koikeda (Yam); 18. Isaiah Johnson (Hon); 19. Damien Plotts (Suz); 20. Ryan Terlecki (Ktm); 21. Keith Johnson (Can); 22. Ted Campbell (Suz).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 250cc Point Standings:
. ... 1. Ricky Carmichael (388); 2. Sebastien Tortelli (366); 3. Kevin Windham (340); 4. David Vuillemin (296); 5. Mike LaRocco (263); 6. Greg Albertyn (259); 7. Robbie Reynard (251); 8. Tim Ferry (221); 9. John Dowd (220); 10. Larry Ward (215); 11. Damon Huffman (152); 12. Kyle Lewis (134); 13. Shayne King (122); 14. Ezra Lusk (114); 15. Heath Voss (97).
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