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www.cyclenews.com Red Bud Pre-Race Notes: Welcome to Round Six of the AMA / Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championships presented by Dunlop Radial Rover Light Truck Tires, at the 29th Annual Red Bud National MX from Buchanan, Michigan, locally sponsored by Yamaha and M&M Cycle. The Ritchies and their crew have done a phenomenal job prepping the track for this weekend, adding sand throughout the circuit and grooming/watering it to perfection...many of the turns have multiple lines, and there are three major jumps around the course, including the famous "LaRocco's Leap" giant uphill triple jump. Clearing LaRocco's Leap, once a feat reserved by only the most fearless 250 riders, was also conquered Saturday by a number of 125 pilots, including Michael Byrne, James Stewart, Josh Demuth, Scott Sheak, Ivan Tedesco, Danny Smith, Branden Jesseman, Chad Reed, Brock Sellards, Ernesto Fonseca, and Mike Brown. Weather for the weekend is forecast for warm and sunny in the mid- to high 80's with around 40% humidity. Red Bull/KTM's Grant Langston will be away for at least one more month; his knee is improving, but not yet ready for battle...Denso/Simple Green/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Mike Brown will give it a shot this weekend, and will attempt to race with his recently-scoped and rehabbed knee; if it's still not right, Brown may be done with his season; other Pro Circuit teamsters riding this weekend will be Eric Sorby and Matt Walker; Bobby Bonds was rumored to be in, but will not race yet....Amsoil/Dr. Martens/Journeys/Factory Connection Honda's Travis Preston was looking at missing Red Bud (bad ankle now good, but good ankle now bad) - but, he rode Saturday practice and is "in" for Sunday... Team SoBe Suzuki's Travis Pastrana will still be out for another month, after his doc ordered him to stay in his navicular arm cast for another month...Stephane Roncada is here, and will give his ankle a try...Team Yamaha's David Vuillemin is back after recovery from a shoulder injury...Team Honda's Nathan Ramsey is back for this weekend, as are Factory Connection Honda's Michael Byrne, and Team Shark/Plano Honda are back in action with Scott Sheak and Casey Johnson. Ricky Carmichael won the 250cc division here last year; he was a also a 125cc winner at Red Bud in 1998 and '99...RC comes into Buchanan '02 with an unbroken win streak of ten 250cc National moto wins, and a perfect score of 250 points. After Saturday's practice, the fast Floridian set the fastest lap time...Sebastien Tortelli won the 250cc class here in 2000...Larry Ward won the 125cc overall here in 2001... Team Kawasaki's James "Bubba" Stewart leads Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy's Chad Reed by 5 points coming into Red Bud; while the two have traded moto DNF's back at Mt. Morris and Southwick (mechanicals for Stewart and a disclocated shoulder for Reed), Stewart has battled back with three consecutive 125 moto wins to eke out a small lead...Privateer Ryan Clark is back in action; after parting with his prevous sponsor, he's here campaigning his own newly-purchased YZ250, christened with his "Team Solitaire" backing.... Vintage: the very first National winners here, way back in 1974 - Kenny Zahrt won the 125 class on a Bultaco, and Mike Hartwig won the 500 class on a Yamaha. One-shot deal: Portugese MX/SX champion Paulo Goncalves is here racing this weekend for Team WSA/Snocross/Nielsen Enterprises/Tri-Lube on the #920 Honda. The jack-of-all trades racer says he's only doing Red Bud, and will not be representing Portugal at the MXdN; instead, he plans to race for his country that same week in the International Six Day Enduro. Hot Laps: Carmichael was blazing the track Saturday, as evidenced by his best practice lap of 2:25.402, nearly 3 seconds faster than the next-best rider, Tim Ferry, with 2:28.095, followed by Sebastien Tortelli with 2:28.181, David Vuillemin with 2:29.146, Mike LaRocco with 2:29.562. The 125 riders were paced by James Stewart at 2:31.509, then Chad Reed at 2:32.212, followed by Ernesto Fonseca with 2:32.447, Larry Ward with 2:32.874, and Mike Brown with 2:33.283. Fashion Plate: Mike Brown was running the new 2003 Thor gear in practice Saturday. Musical Contracts: Sebastien Tortelli is said to be close to signing this weekend to ride factory Suzuki for 2003. A big rumor floating around has Jeremy McGrath considering a move for his team to a certain orange-colored Austrian marque. Brandon Jesseman is looking at YoT, Suzuki is looking to wrap up Danny Smith for another year and also to secure Sean Hamblin's services to ride 125 Supercross next year. Tube Time: Be sure to catch TV coverage of today's Red Bud National on ESPN2, on Saturday, July 13th. The 250cc race will air that day at 12:00PM (noon) EST, and the 125cc race will follow at 1:00PM EST. Repeat times will be at 3:00AM EST on July 17 for the 250cc race, and 4:00AM EST on July 20. Check your local listings. Tune in just before 1pm EST today for all our live Virtual Grandstand coverage from Red Bud, sponsored exclusively this weekend and all season by Asterisk. [125cc Moto One] The 125 Pros are out for the sighting lap...we'll be ready for racing after the signing of the National Anthem... The riders are on the grid - the 30-second board is up...now it goes sideways, the gate drops, and the holeshot goes to Buddy Antunez, followed by Larry Ward, then Sellards, Reed, and Kelly Smith...Mike Brown's running about 7th...Antunez leads; Ward crashes, Sellards moves to 2nd...Ward back up, only lost about 4 or 5 spots...they come around for the first run up LaRocco's Leap in the race...James Stewart crashed on the first lap, and is running near the back...Reed moves up to 2nd, Sellards 3rd...as they complete the first lap the running order is Antunez, Reed, Sellards, Smith, Demuth, Brown, Byrne, Buckelew, Short... Chad Reed challenges Antunez as he looks for a way into the lead on Lap 2...Antunez, a multi-time Arenacross champ, holds him off... Lap 3 - Reed still applying pressure, shows Antunez a wheel, but still being held off...Sellards hunting back in 3rd...huge battle for the lead...Stewart is running around 25th...Reed tries a move over LaRocco's leap, Antunez shuts the door on him into the corner... Lap 4 - Antunez puts just a couple bikelengths on Reed...Demuth slid out, lost a few spots...Stewart has moved up to 18th now, carving his way forward...Antunez, Reed, Sellards, Kelly Smith, Mike Brown, Byrne, Short, Buckelew, Northrop...the leaders are running 2:43's, and Stewart's last lap was in the 2:45s...Reed finally makes the pass for the lead... Lap 5 - Reed, Antunez, Sellards, Smith, Brown, Byrne, Short, Buckelew, Northrup, Ward, Demuth...Stewart up to 15th, and heading for the top 10...Stewart's now in 10th, cutting 2:40 lap time now, moving forward... Lap 6 - Reed has put about 4 seconds over Antunez, then Sellards, Brown, Smith, Byrne...Stewart is up to 9th...Brown has moved past Sellards to get into 3rd... Lap 7 - the crossed flags are shown to the riders, signaling the halfway point of this moto...Reed, Antunez, Brown, Sellards, K. Smith, Short, Stewart, Buckelew, Walker, Jesseman...Stewart is in the 2:39s, still moving up, Reed's the next fastest around the course in the 2:40s... Lap 8 - Reed leads by 6 seconds as Brown moves past Antunez to take over 2nd, Sellards 4th, then K. Smith, Byrne, and Stewart into 7th...Brown crashes, handing 2nd back to Antunez...Brown's done, heading back to the pits...Antunez receiving pressure from Sellards in the dice for 2nd... Lap 9 - Bubba is back, as he has moved up to 4th position now...Reed leads by some 8 seconds, and it's a 16-second difference from the lead back to the points leader, probably not enough time for Stewart to catch Reed for the lead...but...Stewart is just about 1 second off the back of Sellards... Lap 10 - Stewart puts a block pass on Sellards, moves to 3rd...it's about 2.5 seconds from Antunez back to Stewart...running order is Reed, Antunez, Stewart, Sellards, K. Smith, Byrne, Short, Buckelew, Ward, Walker, Jesseman, Preston, Sorby, Demuth, Pingree, Currie... Lap 11 - Stewart goes inside & passes Antunez, the Bud Man puts up a fight, but Stewart splits...Reed leads Stewart by about 10 seconds, we should have about 3 laps remaining...Stewart had a 2:37 last lap, while Reed had a 2:40... Lap 12 - Reed, Stewart (about 6 seconds apart now)...Antunez, Sellards, Smith, Ward, Walker, Jesseman, Short...Stewart comes up, pushing to get close enough to challenge... Lap 13 - the 2-laps remaining sign is shown to Reed as he crosses the finish line jump, Stewart chases, now about 15 seconds back as Reed picks it up toward the end... Lap 14 - White flag is out, Reed, Stewart, Antunez, Sellards, K. Smith, Ward, Jesseman...Ward trying to hold off Jesseman to hold the 6th spot...Stewart still about 2 seconds a lap faster than Reed, but it won't be enough...the checkered flag comes out for a celebrating Chad Reed, followed in by Stewart, able to maintain his point lead after the first moto comeback...after that it's Stewart, Antunez, Sellards, Kelly Smith, Jesseman, Ward, Walker, Sorby, Short, Preston. 125 Moto 1 Results (Official): 1. Chad Reed (Yam); 2. James Stewart (Kaw); 3. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 4. Brock Sellards (KTM); 5. Kelly Smith (Yam); 6. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 7. Larry Ward (Yam); 8. Matt Walker (Kaw); 9. Eric Sorby (Kaw); 10. Andrew Short (Hus); 11. Travis Preston (Hon); 12. Josh Demuth (Yam); 13. David Pingree (Hon); 14. Paul Currie (Suz); 15. Danny Smith (Suz); 16. Michael Byrne (Hon); 17. Justin Buckelew (Suz); 18. Rodrig Thain (Yam); 19. Josh Woods (Suz); 20. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 21. Randy Valade (Suz); 22. Troy Adams (Yam); 23. Casey Johnson (Hon); 24. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 25. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 26. Ivan Tedesco (Yam); 27. Travis Elliott (Hon); 28. Turbo Reif (Suz); 29. Damon Huffman (Suz); 30. Tom Welch (Hon); 31. Jeff Northrop (Kaw). [250cc Moto One] Here we go, Redddddd Buddddddd....the gate drops for the 250s, and the holeshot goes to John Dowd, followed by Guy Cooper, the big KTMs railing...Carmichael moves up and takes 2nd from Cooper right away, Cooper 3rd, then Lewis, Ferry, Lusk, Oehlhof...Carmichael passes Dowd to move to the lead, and already lays down 10 bikelengths to the front... Lap 2 - Carmichael leads Dowd, then it's about 4 seconds back to Ferry...then Lusk, Cooper, Lewis, Ramsey, and Reynard... Lap 3 - Ferry's all over Dowd now, looking for a way into 2nd...behind them, Lusk is mostly alone in 4th, Cooper holds down 5th over the rapidly closing Honda trio of Lewis, Ramsey, Reynard...Ferry makes the pass on Dowd, and Lusk also has the KTM rider in his sight...Carmichael is 11.7 seconds ahead of his fellow Floridian Ferry... Lap 4 - Lewis is getting all kinds of pressure from Ramsey, currently the closest battle on the Red Bud course...Lusk moves up closer to Dowd, and he'll be challenging for 3rd very soon...40-year-old Guy Cooper is still running 5th as Lewis and Ramsey close in quickly... Lap 5 - Carmichael has pretty much checked out, with a 12-second lead at this point, Ferry is holding down a solitary 2nd...38-year-old John Dowd is still in 3rd, but Lusk is now looking for a way around...Dowd has some of the widest elbows in motocross, and isn't about to make it easy...Lusk finds a faster line, and sweeps around Dowd, to move into 3rd...Ferry is a long way off... Lap 6 - Ramsey is up to 5th, leading Lewis and Tortelli in a tight group that Reynard has fallen somewhat away from... Lap 7 - Carmichael, Ferry, Lusk, Dowd, Ramsey, Lewis, Tortelli, Reynard, Cooper, Wey, Vuillemin, Stiles...Carmichael leads by over 15 seconds...Dowd doing a good job of keeping Lusk in sight...Voss pulls into the pits... Lap 8 - Ramsey has broken well clear of his Honda teamsters, and has moved up on Dowd to challenge for 4th... Lap 9 - Carmichael, Ferry, Lusk, Dowd, Ramsey & Tortelli together, and Lewis & Reynard running together....Carmichael, Ferry, and Lusk all pretty much by themselves...LaRocco, who suffered from a bad start, has moved up to 12th... Lap 10 - Now a 21 second lead for Carmicahel, if he wins this moto, he'll own the record for 11 consecutive National moto wins, eclipsing Bob Hannah's record of 10...Carmichael, Ferry, Lusk, Dowd, Ramsey, Tortelli, Lewis, Reynard, and now LaRocco's up to 9th... Lap 11 - Carmichael is the only rider in the 2:32s, LaRocco is the only one in the 2:33s this past lap, and the others are in the 2:34s...LaRocco has passed Reynard and is now in 8th... Lap 12 - Tortelli and Ramsey are still battling hard, LaRocco's flying, but no one is in sight ahead of him as he continues to charge...the 2-lap card will be shown the next time around...Carmichael leads by 25 seconds...Tortelli passes Ramsey, now Ramsey takes it back...As the race winds down, Dowd, currently 4th, is going to have his hands full as Ramsey and Tortelli pull up behind him... Lap 13 - Tortelli tipped it over in a corner, letting Ramsey by and away...Tortelli gets back up losing 2 spots...as the white flag comes out it's Carmichael, Ferry, Lusk, Dowd, Ramsey, LaRocco, Reynard, Tortelli... The checkered flag (and moto win record) is taken by Ricky Carmichael, then along come Ferry, Lusk, Dowd, Ramsey, Tortelli, LaRocco, Reynard, Vuillemin, Wey. 250 Moto 1 Results (Official): 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Tim Ferry (Yam); 3. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 4. John Dowd (KTM); 5. Nate Ramsey (Hon); 6. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 7. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 8. Robbie Reynard (Hon); 9. David Vuillemin (Yam); 10. Nick Wey (Yam); 11. Clark Stiles (Hon); 12. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 13. Guy Cooper (KTM); 14. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 15. Steve Lamson (Hus); 16. Ryan Clark (Yam); 17. Keith Johnson (KTM); 18. Joseph Oehlhof (Hon); 19. Damien Plotts (Hon); 20. Michael Brandes (Suz); 21. Jason Thomas (Yam); 22. Craig Decker (Yam); 23. Keith Johnson (Yam); 24. Erik Kowalik (Yam); 25. Jamie Brockman (Hon); 26. Wally Silva (Yam); 27. Kevin Crine (Hon); 28. Gerrit Ordelman (Yam); 29. Scott Graves (Suz). [125cc Moto Two] The AMA's Duke Finch has announced that Ricky Carmichael, Tim Ferry, and Mike LaRocco have been named as Team USA for the 2002 Motocross des Nations, with Roger DeCoster as the team manager. Off the gate, the holeshot goes to James Stewart followed by K. Smith, Jesseman, Reed, Antunez... Lap 2 - Jesseman moves past Stewart for the lead!...Stewart momentarily bobbles, recovers, stays in 2nd...they work their way around close together...Reed up to 3rd...as they finish the lap - Reed kills the bike, and cannot get it re-started!... Lap 3 - Reed still trying to re-start the bike, the entire pack goes by, and he gets it bump-started...Jesseman is leading Stewart, now Stewart takes it back...Jesseman falls back just a bit...Ward running in 3rd with Jesseman in his sights...Stewart immediately pulls away... Lap 4 - Stewart leads by approimately 9 seconds, Jesseman holding off Ward, then a battle between K. Smith, Fonseca, Woods, then Antunez, Curry, Preston, and Demuth...Sorby is out of the race... Lap 5 - Stewart 10 seconds ahead, Jesseman still trying to hold of Ward in a great race for 2nd...Fonseca running 4th...Reed's still way in the back, and literally has a mile to make up... Lap 6 - Ward is all over Jesseman, pushing him hard & trying to force a mistake, Jesseman's holding up well though and not letting last year's 125 Red Bud winner by yet...Fonseca's all alone in 4th, then Kelly Smith & Josh Woods battling a little ways back... Lap 7 - Running order is Stewart by 12 seconds, then Jesseman, Ward, Fonseca, K. Smith, Woods, Antunez, Currie, Preston, Demuth, Danny Smith, Boniface, Casey Johnson...halfway flags are out... Lap 8 - Jesseman is running nearly the same lap times as Steward, and has pulled a couple seconds cushion over Ward, but not far enough for comfort, then it's Fonseca, Josh Woods, Antunez, K. Smith, Currie, Preston, Smith... Apologies for the big gap...phone line went down... 2nd 125 Moto at the finish is Stewart, Jesseman, Ward...Reed finshed 22nd for the moto. For the overall, James Stewart will be the winner...unofficially, it looks like Jesseman and Ward for 2nd & 3rd overall. 125 Moto Results (Official): 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 3. Larry Ward (Yam); 4. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 5. Josh Woods (Suz); 6. Danny Smith (Suz); 7. Matt Walker (Kaw); 8. Paul Currie (Suz); 9. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 10. Travis Preston (Hon); 11. Casey Johnson (Hon); 12. Michael Byrne (Hon); 13. Travis Elliott (Hon); 14. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 15. Justin Buckelew (Suz); 16. Josh Demuth (Yam); 17. Brock Sellards (KTM); 18. Damon Huffman (Suz); 19. Andrew Short (Suz); 20. David Pingree (Hon); 21. Ivan Tedesco (Yam); 22. Chad Reed (Yam); 23. Troy Adams (Yam); 24. Turbo Reif (Suz); 25. Randy Valade (Suz). [250cc Moto Two] We're back and running, the gate drops for the 2nd 250cc moto, and the holeshot goes to Dowd - very briefly - as Carmichael moves right to the front, they come around Carmichael, Dowd, Ramsey, Hamblin, Lewis, Lusk, LaRocco with a much better start this time... Lap 2 - Carmichael crosses the stripe well ahead already, Dowd getting pressure from Ramsey, Hamblin, Lusk, Lewis, LaRocco, Tortelli chasing close behind...then it's Cooper, Stiles, and Voss...Ramsey moves to 2nd... Lap 3 - Carmichael has 10 seconds on Ramsey, Hamblin's 3rd, then Dowd, chased by Lusk...now Lusk passes Dowd, then Tortelli... Lap 4 - Lusk has passed Hamblin to move to 3rd...where's Ferry? - back around 27th...Carmichael's already long gone, Ramsey's still 2nd with Lusk gaining a bit, then Hamblin, Dowd, Lewis... Lap 5 - Carmichael leads by 15 seconds, Ramsey solid in 2nd, Lusk, then a good race between Dowd, Hamblin and LaRocco looking for a way around both of them...Carmichael's lap times of 2:32 is the only one faster than LaRocco in the 2:35 range...LaRocco passes Dowd to move to 5th, now he's working on Hamblin... Lap 6 - Carmichael still in the lead with 21 seconds on Ramsey, then Lusk, Hamblin, LaRocco, Dowd, Lewis, Wey, Voss, Roncada, Lamson...LaRocco moves past Hamblin to collect 4th spot, now he'll be heading after Lusk... Lap 7 - Carmichael still 22+ seconds ahead, Ramsey has about 3+ seconds on Lusk, Dowd, Hamblin, and LaRocco about 1-2 seconds apart each...RC's on full-throttle cruise control, racing it like he rented it...halfway flag is out... Lap 8 - Lusk is slowly reeling in Remsey, but still not close enought to threaten for 2nd...after them, LaRocco's soldiering forward, also not close enough to do any damage to Lusk yet...then it's about 6.5 seconds back to Hamblin, as Dowd tries to keep the Suzuki rider honest...then Lewis is being pursued by Wey... Lap 9 - Ferry's riding his number, running in 14th position...Dowd's trying to move close enough to pass Hamblin back...Ferry has blitzed up to 11th, Tortelli is behind him...Carmichael still leading Ramsey by 26 seconds... Lap 10 - Carmichael is well along his way to a record-smashing 12th consecutive moto and overall win, with over a 30-second lead on his teammate Nate Ramsey...Lusk is in 3rd, with LaRocco lying in wait, mvoing close enough to plan his sneak attack/pass...Dowd passed,Hamblin to reclaim the 5th spot...LaRocco passes Lusk to sweep into the 3rd spot, Hondas occupying the top 3 spots at Red Bud... Lap 11 - Carmichael sees the 2-laps remaining signal as he stretches to a 34-second lead, airing it out over the big Red Bud launch pads...Ramsey still riding strong, but LaRocco's relentless, puling away from Lusk and looking to close the gap on his teammate in the closing laps...Carmichael has lapped Tortelli...Ferry has moved his way up to 7th... Last Lap - Carmichael is shown the white flag, as he whips it past the scoring tables...Ramsey looks to have enough margin on LaRocco to be secure in 2nd, but the two four-stroke Hondas are running closer toward the end; Lusk is still pursuing in 4th, then, Dowd, Hamblin, Ferry, Lewis, Wey, Voss... Carmichael takes the moto and overall win with a 1-handed salute to the Red Bud crowd, then Ramsey, LaRocco, Lusk, Dowd, Ferry, Hamblin, Lewis, Wey, Voss, Lamson. Thanks for tuning in to Cycle News Virtual Grandstand - be sure to circle your calendar for next Sunday, July 14th, as we webcast from Round #7 at Kenworthy's GP Club at Troy, Ohio. 250 Moto 2 Results (Unofficial): 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Nate Ramsey (Hon); 3. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 4. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 5. John Dowd (KTM); 6. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 7. Tim Ferry (Yam); 8. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 9. Nick Wey (Yam); 10. Heath Voss (Hon); 11. Steve Lamson (Hus); 12. Ryan Clark (Yam); 13. Joseph Oehlhof (Hon); 14. Craig Decker (Yam); 15. Stephane Roncada (Kaw); 16. Clark Stiles (Hon); 17. Jason Thomas (Yam); 18. Keith Johnson (Yam); 19. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 20. Michael Brandes (Suz); 21. Guy Cooper (KTM); 22. Keith Johnson (KTM); 23. Jamie Brockman (Hon); 24. Wally Silva (Yam); 25. Barry Carsten (Suz). [125cc Overall] (Official) 1. James Stewart (Kaw); 2. Branden Jesseman (Suz); 3. Larry Ward (Yam); 4. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 5. Matt Walker (Kaw); 6. Chad Reed (Yam); 7. Brock Sellards (KTM); 8. Danny Smith (Suz); 9. Travis Preston (Hon); 10. Paul Currie (Suz); 11. Ernesto Fonseca (Hon); 12. Josh Woods (Suz); 13. Kelly Smith (Yam); 14. Michael Byrne (Hon); 15. Josh Demuth (Yam); 16. Andrew Short (Hus); 17. Eric Sorby (Kaw); 18. Casey Johnson (Hon); 19. Justin Buckelew (Suz); 20. David Pingree (Hon); 21. Travis Elliott (Hon); 22. Chris Gosselaar (Hon); 23. Damon Huffman (Suz); 24. Rodrig Thain (Yam); 25. Ivan Tedesco (Yam); 26. Troy Adams (Yam); 27. Turbo Reif (Suz); 28. Randy Valade (Suz); 29. Tom Welch (Hon); 30. Greg Schnell (Yam); 31. Chris Whitcraft (Yam); 32. Josh Summey (Yam); 33. Brandon Morgan (Hon); 34. David Ginolfi (Yam); 35. Steve Boniface (KTM); 36. Paul Veracka (Hus); 37. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 38. Kevin Johnson (Yam); 39. Mike Brown (Kaw); 40. Jeff Northrop (Kaw). [125cc Point Standings] 1. James Stewart (237/4 wins); 2. Chad Reed (210/1 win); 3. Ernesto Fonseca (177); 4. Branden Jesseman (172); 5. Danny Smith (162/1 win); 6. Buddy Antunez (138); 7. Matt Walker (125); 8. Damon Huffman (105); 9. Mike Brown (89); 10. Larry Ward (86); 11. Travis Preston (85); 12. Eric Sorby (81); 13. Grant Langston (77); 14. Josh Demuth (76); 15. Brock Sellards (74); 16. Ivan Tedesco (66); 17. Bobby Bonds (61); 18. Michael Byrne (60); 19. Paul Currie (50); 20. Greg Schnell (48); 21. Chris Gosselaar (45); 22. Kelly Smith (44); 23. David Pingree (43); 24. Justin Buckelew (40); 25. Travis Elliott (39); 26. Casey Johnson (34); 27. Steve Boniface (32); 28. Andrew Short (30); 29. Ben Townley (28); 30. Josh Woods (26); 31. Tory Adams (17); 32. (TIE)Rodrig Thain/Jeff Gibson (16); 34. Scott Sheak (13); 35. Mike Treadwell (10); 36. (TIE)Chris Wheeler/Tyson Hadsell (7); 38. Randy Valade (6); 39. Casey Lytle (5); 40. Mike Corder (4); 41. (TIE)Tom Welch/Tony Lorusso/Johnny Marley/Michael Brandes/Jeff Northrop; 46. Brandon Morgan (1). [250cc Overall] 1. Ricky Carmichael (Hon); 2. Nathan Ramsey (Hon); 3. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 4. Tim Ferry (Yam); 5. Mike LaRocco (Hon); 6. John Dowd (KTM); 7. Sean Hamblin (Suz); 8. Nick Wey (Yam); 9. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 10. Sebastien Tortelli (Hon); 11. Steve Lamson (Hus); 12. Clark Stiles (Hon); 13. Ryan Clark (Yam); 14. Robbie Reynard (Hon); 15. David Vuillemin (Yam); 16. Heath Voss (Hon); 17. Joseph Oehlhof (Hon); 18. Craig Decker (Yam); 19. Guy Cooper (KTM); 20. Stephane Roncada (Kaw); 21. Jason Thomas (Yam); 22. Keith Johnson (KTM); 23. Keith Johnson (Yam); 24. Michael Brandes (Suz); 25. Damien Plotts (Hon); 26. Jamie Brockman (Hon); 27. Wally Silva (Yam); 28. Barry Carsen (Suz); 29. Vincent Karnow (KTM); 30. Eric Kowalik (Yam). [250cc Point Standings] 1. Ricky Carmichael (300/6 wins); 2. Tim Ferry (233); 3. Ezra Lusk (214); 4. Sebastien Tortelli (198); 5. Kyle Lewis (166); 6. John Dowd (156); 7. David Vuillemin (118); 8. Sean Hamblin (114); 9. Robbie Reynard (111); 10. Mike LaRocco (94); 11. Heath Voss (86); 12. Paul Carpenter (67); 13. Craig Decker (64); 14. Stephane Roncada (59); 15. Keith S. Johnson (54); 16. Guy Cooper (52); 17. Ryan Clark (46); 18. Clark Stiles (41); 19. Damien Plotts (40); 20. Nick Wey (39); 21. (TIE)Keith R. Johnson/Nathan Ramsey (38); 23. Darcy Lange (32); 24. (TIE)Michael Brandes/Jean Sebastien Roy/Doug Henry (28); 28. Dustin Nelson (19); 29. Steve Lamson (16); 30. (TIE)Wally Silva/Daryl Hurley (15); 32. Tyler Evans (14); 33. Lance Smail (12); 34. (TIE)Bruce Stratton/Nathan Woods (11); 36. (TIE)Joseph Oehlhof/Kevin Crine (10); 38. Marco Dube (9); 39. Barry Carsten (8); 40. Ty Wallace (7); 41. Jeremias Israel (5); 42. (TIE)Jason Thomas/James Povolny/Robbie Skaggs/Ted Campbell (4); 46. Mark Wundrack (3); 47. (TIE)Gerrit Ordelman/Anthony Amaradio (2); 49. Troy Adams (1). [Broadcast By] Mark Thome - New Media Division