. 7/29/01 - National Motocross Series Rnd. 9: Washougal
. Pre-Race Notes: It's cloudy and about 70 degrees. It rained all day yesterday but the track looks good today. The riders said it was still a little slick though.
. 125cc Moto #1:
. They are just starting their parade lap, just a few minutes until the start...The holeshot goes to Fonseca followed by Pastrana and Brown...Pastrana has gone down in the second turn and is dead last as they head up into the trees...Brown has taken the lead as the come down the ski jump, he's got Langston right behind him though...Ramsey and Pingree have collided and are both down...Brown and Langston have pulled away from the rest of the field already...Running order is Brown, Langston, Fonseca, K. Smith, Dubach, Thain, Sellards, Vohland, Sheak and Ward...Pastrana is moving up quickly through the pack, he's around midpack at the moment...Brown has pulled away from Langston just a little bit after about 4 laps...

The top 2 Brown and Langston have a 15 second lead already...Running order is Brown, Langston, Thain, Vohland, Fonseca, Smith, Sheak, Dubach, Brandes, Sellards, Boniface and Jesseman...Pastrana is all the way up to 13th spot...Vohland is on the move he's has now moved into the 4th spot and is chasing Thain who is in 3rd spot...Another guy on the move is Brandes, he's moved up into 6th spot...Brown has extended his lead to about 5 seconds now over Langston...Brandes has passed Fonseca and moves into 5th spot...Brown and Langston are way out in front now...Vohland has made the pass on Thain and moves into 3rd spot now...Running order now is Brown, Langston, Vohland, Thain, Brandes, Fonseca, Dubach, Sheak, Smith, Sellards, Jesseman, Pastrana, Boniface, Ward, Lamson, Lytle and Schnell...

Sheak has gotten around Fonseca also and moves into 6th spot and is chasing Brandes now...Dubach is all over Fonseca now trying to get the position...We all decided Ducbach is the Man...2-lap board is out for Brown. He has a pretty good lead now over Langston...Pastrana is up to 10th spot now after crashing, he's going to lose some points to Browna nd Langston. It's going to tighten things up a bit...Last lap now for Brown and the rest of the riders...Dubach has gotten around Fonseca, the defending SX champion...Brown has a few more turns...Brown wins followed by Langston, Vohland and Thain.

1. Mike Brown (Kaw); 2. Grant Langston (Ktm); 3. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 4. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 5. Michael Brandes (Yam); 6. Scott Sheak (Hon); 7. Doug Dubach (Yam); 8. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 9. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 10. Steve Boniface (Hon); 11. Brock Sellards (Ktm); 12. Larry Ward (Yam); 13. Casey Lytle (Kaw); 14. Greg Schnell (Yam); 15. Damon Huffman (Yam); 16. Keith Johnson (Yam); 17. Shae Bentley (Kaw); 18. Billy Payne (Hon); 19. Steve Lamson (Hus); 20. Ben Riddle (Suz); 21. Levi Reid (Yam); 22. Nick Wey (Yam); 23. Anthony Amaradio (Yam); 24. David Pingree (Ktm); 25. Akira Narita (Suz).

. 250cc Moto #1:
. They are on their parade lap right now...The holeshot goes to...Dowd followed by Carmichael and Lusk...Luak has taken the lead as they come out of the trees. Carmichael is in 2nd spot now...Carmichael is all over Lusk now for the lead...Carmichael has taken the lead from Lusk and now Windham and Ferry are all over Lusk...Running order is Carmichael, Windham, Lusk, Ferry, Dowd, Tortelli, Vuillemin, LaRocco, Roncada, Lewis, Yoshitaka, Reynard, Walters and Preston...It's starting to rain now a little...Carmichael, Windham and Ferry are all pulling away from the rest of the field...The leaders are turning laps about 2:36, it's a fairly long track here...Windham is putting the pressure on RC, he might try and go for the lead here soon...

Running order is Carmichael, Windham, Ferry, Lusk, Tortelli, Vuillemin, LaRocco, Roncada, Dowd, Lewis, Reynard, Yoshitaka, Preston and Walters...Windham is getting a wheel in every corner now...Ferry has now got in the mix as Windham makes the pass through the whoops and takes the lead...Ferry is all over the back of RC now...Windham is pulling away a little now, he's looking so smooth out in front...The speed of the top 3 is amazing, they get faster every week...Our buddy Preston just went down in the whoops, he's up and lost only 2 spots...Windham has about a 8 bike length lead now over Carmichael and Ferry...

Running order is Windham, Carmichael, Ferry, Lusk, Vuillemin, Roncada, LaRocco, Tortelli, Reynard, Dowd, Lewis, Yoshi, Walters and Preston...Windham keeps extending his lead a little every lap...Ferry has fallen back a little from Windham and RC...Tortelli is going backwards, he might have a bike problem and still hurting from that concussion last week...Carmichael has caught back up to Windham and is right behind him...Windham is just roosting Carmichael, it's exploding off his helmet and number plate...2 lap board is out now...Windham is still just a little ahead of RC...RC has pulled back up again...White flag is out for the leaders...They come back into the infield with Windham still leading...Windham wins followed by Carmichael and Ferry...

1. Kevin Windham (Suz); 2. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 3. Tim Ferry (Yam); 4. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 5. Stephane Roncada (Kaw); 6. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 7. David Vuillemin (Yam); 8. Robbie Reynard (Yam); 9. John Dowd (Ktm); 10. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 11. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 12. Atsuta Yoshitaka (Hon); 13. Spud Walters (Yam); 14. Travis Preston (Hus); 15. Jason Thomas (Hus); 16. Paul Carpenter (Ktm); 17. Koji Ookawara (Yam); 18. Ryan Terlecki (Hbg); 19. Ryan Clark (Yam); 20. Jeremias Israel (Hon); 21. Nathan Woods (Yam); 22. Scott Carter (Yam); 23. Scott Davis (Kaw); 24. Robbie Skaggs (Suz); 25. Jason McCormick (Suz).

. 125cc Moto #2:
. They are just starting the final 125cc parade lap...Pastrana is in the points lead by 9 points now...The holeshot goes to...Fonseca followed by Thain...They come out of the trees and Sellards is leading with Fonseca and Ward right behind him...Ward has made the pass and moves past Fonseca for 2nd spot...Running order is Sellards, Ward, Pastrana, Brown, Fonseca, Thain, Langston, Ramsey, Tedesco, Blair, Johnson, Reid and Vohland...Ward takes over the lead as they come down the mountain...Brown and Pastrana are all each other and Langston is right behind them...Brown put a great block pass on Pastrana and takes over 3rd place behind Sellards...Brown passed Sellards up in the trees and is in 2nd spot now and chasing Ward...Pastrana is all over Sellards for 3rd spot and he got around him...Brown is stalking Ward as they head up Horsepower Hill...Brown got the lead, he passes someone every time he comes down the hill...

Running order is Brown, Ward, Pastrana, Langston, Sellards, Fonseca, Thain, Ramsey, Tedesco, Sheak, Vohland, Boniface, Johnson and Dubach...Brown is stretching his lead out every lap and Pastrana is gaining on Ward...Pastrana is still closing in on Ward and so is Langston...Brown's lead is 5 second's...Pastranan is down hard in a fast section...Running order is Brown, Ward, Langston, Sellards, Thain, Fonseca, Ramsey, Sheak, Tedesco, Vohland and Boniface...Pastrana is finally up off the ground and has starting going again slowly...Ward is still pretty close to Brown, just a few seconds behind...

2-lap board is out for Brown and Ward, if Brown wins he'll now be in the point lead...White flag for Brown, this could be 4 moto wins in a row for Brown...Brown wins with his fist in the air...

1. Mike Brown (Kaw); 2. Larry Ward (Yam); 3. Grant Langston (Ktm); 4. Brock Sellards (Ktm); 5. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 6. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 7. Nathan Ramsey (Yam); 8. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 9. Steve Boniface (Hon); 10. Scott Sheak (Hon); 11. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 12. Doug Dubach (Yam); 13. Shae Bentley (Kaw); 14. Greg Schnell (Yam); 15. Keith Johnson (Yam); 16. Michael Brandes (Yam); 17. Levi Reid (Yam);

. 250cc Moto #2:
. They are finishing their parade lap now...The holeshot goes to...Ferry followed by Carmichael and Windham...Ferry still leading as they come out of the trees...Windham makes a pass on Vuillemin and moves into 3rd spot...Windham has to catch the leaders if he wants the overall...Running order Ferry, Carmichael, Windham, Vuillemin, Roncada, Lusk, Dowd, Preston, LaRocco, Lewis, Walters, McCormick and Hofmaster...Ferry has about a 10 bike length lead on Carmichael...Both Windham and RC are now catching Ferry...Carmichael has gotten around Ferry and Windham has closed right up on the two...Windham has gotten around Ferry now for second spot...

Running order is Carmichael, Windham, Ferry, Vuillemin, Roncada, Lusk, LaRocco, Dowd, Preston, Lewis, Walters and Reynard...Windham is right up on RC's rear tire, we are going to have a battle...Windham is just riding around behind Carmichael...Ferry has dropped off the pace off the 2 leaders and is cruising all by himself in 3rd spot...Side by side up the hill and the crowd is screaming at them...Windham comes out of the trees first and takes over the lead from RC...Everyone is cheering for Windham as he goes by...

Running order is Windham, Carmichael, Ferry, Vuillemin, LaRocco, Roncada, Lusk, Dowd, Reynard, Preston and Lewis...Windham is pulling away from Carmichael a little bit each lap...Everyone is cruising around as the race is winding down...Windham and RC are starting to get into lappers...2-lap board is out for Windham...White flag is out for the leaders, but RC has closed up the gap a bit...Windham has pulled away a little, a few turns to go...Windham wins!!!

1. Kevin Windham (Suz); 2. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 3. Tim Ferry (Yam); 4. David Vuillemin (Yam); 5. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 6. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 7. Stephane Roncada (Kaw); 8. Robbie Reynard (Yam); 9. John Dowd (Ktm); 10. Travis Preston (Hus); 11. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 12. Spud Walters (Yam); 13. Yoshitaka Atsuta (Hon); 14. Jason Thomas (Hus); 15. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam); 16. Jason McCormick (Suz); 17. Koji Ookawara (Hon); 18. Ryan Terlecki (Hbg);

. 125cc Overall:
. 1. Mike Brown (Kaw); 2. Grant Langston (Ktm); 3. Rodrig Thain (Suz); 4. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 5. Larry Ward (Yam); 6. Brock Sellards (Ktm); 7. Ernesto Fonseca (Yam); 8. Scott Sheak (Hon); 9. Steve Boniface (Hon); 10. Doug Dubach (Yam); 11. Michael Brandes (Yam); 12. Nathan Ramsey (Yam); 13. Greg Schnell (Yam); 14. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 15. Shae Bentley (Kaw); 16. Keith Johnson (Yam); 17. Ivan Tedesco (Hon); 18. Casey Lytle (Kaw); 19. Damon Huffman (Yam); 20. Levi Reid (Yam); 21. Steve Lamson (Hus); 22. David Pingree (Ktm); 23. Billy Payne (Hon); 24. Ben Riddle (Suz).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 125cc Point Standings:
. 1. Mike Brown (327); 2. Grant Langston (322); 3. Travis Pastrana (311); 4. Larry Ward (257); 5. Ernesto Fonseca (234); 6. Brock Sellards (232); 7. Nathan Ramsey (157); 8. Scott Sheak (154); 9. Damon Huffman (151); 10. Branden Jesseman (146); 11. Kelly Smith (141); 12. Danny Smith (139); 13. Rodrig Thain (137); 14. Greg Schnell (130); 15. Nick Wey (118).
. 250cc Overall:
. 1. Kevin Windham (Suz); 2. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 3. Tim Ferry (Yam); 4. Ezra Lusk (Hon); 5. David Vuillemin (Yam); 6. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 7. Stephane Roncada (Kaw); 8. Robbie Reynard (Yam); 9. John Dowd (Ktm); 10. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 11. Travis Preston (Hus); 12. Spud Walters (Yam); 13. Yoshitaka Atsuta (Hon); 14. Jason Thomas (Hus); 15. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 16. Kohji Ohkawara (Yam); 17. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam); 18. Ryan Terlecki (Hbg); 19. Jason McCormick (Suz); 20. Paul Carpenter (Ktm); 21. Ryan Clark (Yam); 22. Scott Carter (Yam); 23. Jeremias Israel (Hon).
. AMA/Chevy Trucks National Motocross Series 250cc Point Standings:
. 1. Ricky Carmichael (390); 2. Kevin Windham (348); 3. Tim Ferry (317); 4. Mike LaRocco (307); 5. Sebastien Tortelli (286); 6. David Vuillemin (250); 7. John Dowd (239); 8. Stephane Roncada (226); 9. Ryan Hughes (195); 10. Kyle Lewis (174).
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Broadcast By: Kory Klinger - New Media Division
Spotter: Dano Legere
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