. 9/2/01 - National Motocross Series Rnd. 12: Steel City
. The weather is perfect, it's about 75 and sunny. Carmichael is on a Pro Circuit 125 this week getting in the mix with the other guys. Ryan Hughes crashed hard yesterday and will not race today.

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. 125cc Moto #1:
. We'll be starting in a moment. And the holeshot goes to...Langston followed by Brown and Ramsey...Carmichael had a bad start and is a ways back in about 30th spot...Langston and Brown have already pulled away a little from Ramsey...Running order Langston, Brown, Fonseca, Ramsey, Thain, Sellards, Jesseman, Ward, Huffman, Hunt, Brandes, Valade and Short...RC is coming through the pack quickly he's up to 16th now...Langston and Brown have about a 5 second lead over Fonseca in 3rd spot as they are starting lap 4...Carmichael is passing about 4 people a lap right now, he's in 11th now but there is a pretty big gap up to the leaders...Ramsey, Fonseca and Thain are all dicing back and forth for 3rd, 4th and 5th spot...Brown is all over the back of Langston, they've been this way the whole race...

Carmichael's lap times are 2 seconds faster than Langston and Brown...Running order is Langston, Brown, Ramsey, Fonseca, Thain, Jesseman, Carmichael, Sellards, Ward, Huffman and Brandes...Brown is sticking a wheel in everywhere and he finally passed him for the lead and the crowd is screaming...Carmichael has worked his way to 3rd place now and is chasing down Brown and Langston...He might have enough time, but the 2 lap board just came out...Brown has a couple of bike length lead over Langston right now...Brown is coming around for the white flag, it looks like RC is going to run out of time in this moto...Langston has a half of lap to make a move...Brown wins and he is shaking his finger at Langston...

1. Mike Brown (Kaw); 2. Grant Langston (Ktm); 3. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 4. Erneston Fonseca (Yam); 5. Nathan Ramsey (Yam); 6. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 7. Branden Jesseman (Hon); 8. Brock Sellards (Ktm); 9. Damon Huffman (Yam); 10. Larry Ward (Yam); 11. Nick Wey (Yam); 12. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 13. David Pingree (Ktm); 14. Andrew Short (Kaw); 15. Josh Demuth (Kaw); 16. Randy Valade (Hon); 17. Brad Hagseth (Yam); 18. Steve Boniface (Hon); 19. Michael Byrne (Hon); 20. Keith Johnson (Yam).

. 250cc Moto #1:
. And the holeshot goes to Dowd followed by Lusk and Windham...Windham already has a huge lead over the two 520 Ktm's of Dowd and Carpenter...Running order is Windham, Dowd, Carpenter, Lamson, Reynard, Vuillemin, LaRocco, Ferry, Stiles, Roy, Crine, Preston and Roncada...Windham already has a 12 second lead after 2 laps...Carpenter just passed Dowd and has moved into 2nd place and is pulling away...LaRocco is on the move and is up to 5th spot...They have just started lap 4 and LaRocco has moved into 2nd now and Ferry in 3rd...

Running order is Windham, LaRocco, Ferry, Vuillemin, Roncada, Reynard, Dowd, Carpenter, Lamson and Preston...Windham is cruising out in front by about 17 seconds. He's not really pulling away any more, he's settled in now...The closest battle right now is Ferry and LaRocco on the thumpers in 2nd and 3rd...Not much going on right now, everyone is single file...Running order is Windham, LaRocco, Ferry, Vuillemin, Roncada, Reynard, Dowd, Carpenter, Lamson and Preston...Lamson chose to ride the 250 this week and try it out...Preston is having a good ride today he's right behind Dowd trying to move into 7th spot...

Windham is still cruising out in front...2 lap board is out for Windham...LaRocco and Ferry have caught Windham a little...Windham wins followed by LaRocco and Ferry...

1. Kevin Windham (Suz); 2. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 3. Tim Ferry (Yam); 4. Stephane Roncada (Kaw); 5. David Vuillemin (Yam); 6. Robbie Reynard (Yam); 7. John Dowd (Ktm); 8. Travis Preston (Hus); 9. Steve Lamson (Hus); 10. Clark Stiles (Ktm); 11. Jean Sebastien Roy (Hon); 12. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 13. Kevin Crine (Hon); 14. Jason Thomas (Hus); 15. Marco Dube (KTM); 16. Keith Johnson (Yam); 17. James Povolny (Hon); 18. Ryan Clark (Yam); 19. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 20. Jason McCormick (Suz).

. 125cc Moto #2:
. They are on the parade lap now...And the holeshot goes to...Steve Boniface followed by Carmichael and Wey...Brown runs into the back of Wey and goes down and he's mid=pack now...Langston is in 5th spot and RC has the lead...Running order is Carmichael, Boniface, Pingree, Wey, Langston, Sellards, Jesseman, Fonseca, Thain and Brown...Carmichael already has about an 8 second lead...Langston is up to 3rd place now and is starting to catch Boniface who is in 2nd spot...Boniface is still looking good in 2nd spot, he's got a pretty good lead over Langston. Carmichael has left everybody in the dust, he's looking good for the overall...

Running order is Carmichael, Boniface, Langston, Jesseman, Ramsey, Sellards, Fonseca, Brown, Wey and Thain...Carmichael is smoking everybody and Brown is running down Langston little by little...Boniface is slowing down and Langston has caught up to him...Brown is trying to get around Jesseman so he can have a shot at Langston...Brown has gotten around Jesseman and is reeling in Langston...Langston moves into 2nd spot after passing Boniface...Brown is about 5 seconds behind Langston. This could be a war if he catches him...

Running order is Carmichael, Langston, Brown, Boniface, Jesseman, Fonseca, Ramsey, Sellards, Wey, Thain, Sheak, Tedesco and Pingree...Brown is getting closer to Langston...Brown caught and passed Langston and Langston pulls off he's got a problem with his rear wheel...Brown is looking good for the championship and RC is going to get the record...White flag for Brown and Carmichael...Ricky is shaking his fist over every jump...Carmichael wins and Brown wins the championship...

1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Branden Jesseman (Hon); 3. Mike Brown (Kaw); 4. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 5. Nathan Ramsey (Yam); 6. Brock Sellards (Ktm); 7. Nick Wey (Yam); 8. Steve Boniface (Hon); 9. Scott Sheak (Hon); 10. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 11. Michael Byrne (Kaw); 12. Damon Huffman (Yam); 13. David Pingree (Ktm); 14. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 15. Greg Schnell (Yam); 16. Brad Hagseth (Yam); 17. Josh Woods (Kaw); 18. Paul Varacka (Kaw); 19. Ryan Hunt (Ktm); 20. Randy Valade (Hon).

. 250cc Moto #2:
. And the holeshot goes to...Windham, LaRocco, Vuillein...Running order is Windham, LaRocco, Vuillemin, Preston, Ferry, Lamson, Dowd, Lusk, Stiles and Crine...Windham is pulling away already from LaRocco and Vuillemin...Ferry has gotten around Vuillemin and is all over LaRocco now...Ferry passes LaRocco and the LaRocco passes him back and then Ferry passes him again and makes it stick for 2nd...Ferry is reeling in Windham slowly now...Preston just borrowed a string of banners and some stakes for a few turns and almost ripped himself off the bike...

Ferry is catching Windham now as the laps wind down...Running order Windham, Ferry, LaRocco, Vuillemin, Lamson, Dowd, Reynard, Lusk, Stiles and Preston...Ferry just went down and gets up with LaRocco right on his rear wheel...Not much going on at the moment just like the first moto...

Windham is still cruising out in front, there is really not any passing taking place...Reynard is having bike problems, he's walking back to the pits...2 lap board is out now for Windham and the res of the pack...Ferry has caught up to Windham again, he's got a lap to go if he is going to make a move...Windham wins followed by Ferry and LaRocco...

1. Kevin Windham (Suz); 2. Tim Ferry (Yam); 3. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 4. David Vuillemin (Yam); 5. John Dowd (Ktm); 6. Steve Lamson (Hus); 7. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 8. Travis Preston (Hus); 9. Clark Stiles (Ktm); 10. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 11. Kevin Crine (Hon); 12. Stephane Roncada (Kaw); 13. Jason Thomas (Hus); 14. Keith Johnson (Yam); 15. Jeffrey Baker (Yam); 16. Marco Dube (KTM); 17. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam); 18. Jim Neese (Hus); 19. Mike Treadwell (Suz); 20. James Povolny (Hon).

. 125cc Overall:
. 1. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 2. Mike Brown (Kaw); 3. Branden Jesseman (Hon); 4. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 5. Nathan Ramsey (Yam); 6. Brock Sellards (Ktm); 7. Nick Wey (Yam); 8. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 9. Grant Langston (Ktm); 10. Damon Huffman (Yam); 11. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 12. Steve Boniface (Hon); 13. David Pingree (Ktm); 14. Scott Sheak (Hon); 15. Michael Byrne (Hon); 16. Larry Ward (Yam); 17. Brad Hagseth (Yam); 18. Andrew Short (Kaw); 19. Greg Schnell (Yam); 20. Randy Valade (Hon).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 125cc Point Standings:
. 1. Mike Brown (458/3 wins); 2. Grant Langston (444/5 wins); 3. Ernesto Fonseca (335); 4. Larry Ward (332/1 win); 5. Brock Sellards (312); 6. Travis Pastrana (311/2 wins); 7. Nathan Ramsey (249); 8. Rodrig Thain (223); 9. Branden Jesseman (207); 10. Scott Sheak (201); 11. (TIE) Damon Huffman/Nick Wey (192); 13. Greg Schnell (175); 14. Kelly Smith (161); 15. Steve Boniface (153); 16. Danny Smith (139); 17. Keith Johnson (129); 18. David Pingree (127); 19. Bobby Bonds (94); 20. Steve Lamson (90); 21. Michael Brandes (87); 22. Ivan Tedesco (83); 23. Paul Currie (60); 24. Tallon Vohland (58); 25. Keith Johnson (49); 26. Ricky Carmichael (45/1 win); 27. (TIE) Akira Narita/Casey Lytle (37); 29. Josh Woods (32); 30. Justin Buckelew (29); 31. Matt Walker (26); 32. Andrew Short (25); 33. Doug Dubach (23); 34. Shae Bentley (22); 35. Ben Riddle (20); 36. Wally Silva (19); 37. Randy Valade (17); 38. Billy Payne (38); 39. Michael Byrne (12); 40. Tony Lorusso (11); 41. (TIE) Brad Hagseth/Chris Gosselaar (9); 43. Doug Henry/Levi Reid (7); 45. (TIE) Josh Demuth/Paul Veracka/Shane Watts (6); 48. (TIE) Sean Hamblin/Marc DeReuver (5); 50. Jacob Martin (4); 51. (TIE) Jeff Northrop/Lance Smail (3); 53. Ryan Hunt (2); 54. (TIE) Kevin Johnson/Erick Vallejo (1).
. 250cc Overall:
. 1. Kevin Windham (Suz); 2. Tim Ferry (Yam); 3. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 4. David Vuillemin (Yam); 5. John Dowd (Ktm); 6. Steve Lamson (Hus); 7. Stephane Roncada (Kaw); 8. Travis Preston (Hus); 9. Clark Stiles (Ktm); 10. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 11. Kevin Crine (Hon); 12. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 13. Jason Thomas (Hus); 14. Robbie Reyanrd (Yam); 15. Keith Johnson (Yam); 16. Marco Dube (Ktm); 17. Jean Sebastien Roy (Hon); 18. Jeff Baker (Yam); 19. James Povolny (Hon); 20. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 250cc Point Standings:
. 1. Ricky Carmichael (490/7 wins); 2. Kevin Windham (482/2 wins); 3. Tim Ferry (439/1 win); 4. Mike LaRocco (411); 5. David Vuillemin (346/1 win); 6. Sebastien Tortelli (339/1 win); 7. John Dowd (326); 8. Stephane Roncada (305); 9. Kyle Lewis (228); 10. Robbie Reynard (227); 11. Ezra Lusk (214); 12. Travis Preston (202); 13. Ryan Hughes (195); 14. Jason Thomas (128); 15. Paul Carpenter (104); 16. Kevin Crine (64); 17. Atsuta Yoshitaka (61); 18. Clark Stiles (58); 19. Jean Sebastien Roy (48); 20. Scott Carter (42); 21. Ryan Clark (40); 22. Spud Walters (36); 23. (TIE) Tommy Hofmaster/Marco Dube (31); 25. Dustin Nelson (29); 26. (TIE) Steve Lamson/Barry Carsten/Joel Smets (27); 29. James Povolny (26); 30. Bruce Stratton (25); 31. Anthony Amaradio (24); 32. Doug Henry (23); 33. (TIE) Damien Plotts/Frederic Bolley (22); 35. (TIE) Doug Dubach/Joseph Oehlhof (19); 37. Ted Campbell (17); 38. Koji Ookawara (15); 39. (TIE) Jeff Baker/Keith Johnson/Ty Wallace/Austin Squires (12); 43. Isaiah Johnson (11); 44. (TIE) Jeremias Israel/Robbie Skaggs (9); 46. Mike Treadwell (8); 47. (TIE) Jason McCormick/Brian Stone/Ryan Terlecki (6); 50. (TIE) David Oettel/Scott Davis (5); 52. (TIE) Jim Neese/Pierrick Paget/Aaron Dieter/Zeb Armstrong (3); 56. (TIE) Todd DeHoop/Joel Dengler/Chris Sprenkel (2); 59. (TIE) Brian Mason/Mike Katin/Steve Andrich/Ty Kady (1).
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