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Stewart Proves Next Year He will be a Threat....
4/30/05 Houston, Texas With a 30-point spread between
Chad Reed and Ricky Carmichael heading into the series’ penultimate race in Houston, Texas, all Carmichael needed was
a third place or better to clinch his fourth THQ/AMA Supercross title, and 12th AMA National title overall. And that was if
Reed won. RC did his job, finishing third in the Houston main event, but it wasn’t Reed with the win – it was
James “Bubba” Stewart.
125cc Qualifiers
Andrew Short led the first 125cc heat from start to finish, while Jay Marmont, Paul Carpenter, Ryan Morais,
Bryan Johnson, Nathan Ramsey, Turbo Reif, Eric Nye and Billy Swapp rounded out the qualifiers.
Ivan Tedesco did likewise in heat two, followed by Josh Summey, Billy Laninovich, Brett Metcalfe, Broc Hepler,
Jesse Casillas, Chris Gosselaar, Justin Keeney and Logan Darien.
Johnny Marley won the 125cc LCQ over Sean Collier, Josh Woods and Ryan Abrigo.
250cc Qualifiers
Heat one in Houston was bizarre, to say the least. Chad Reed and James Stewart started out front, with Stewart
making a pass around Reed early on. Reed stayed right on Stewart’s rear wheel, pressuring the Kawasaki rider just past
the halfway point, when Reed fell as he dived under Stewart in a turn. Not two turns later, Stewart went down in a heap, bending
up his KX250 and handing the lead to Kevin Windham, who went on to score the victory over Reed, who got up to finish second.
Sebastien Tortelli and Timmy Ferry rounded out the qualifiers.
Heat two seemed to go as normal, with Ricky Carmichael getting out front early and pulling away to a healthy
winning margin over David Vuillemin, Heath Voss and Ryan Clark.
Stewart dominated the first Semi, although he worked his way from about fifth to the lead gingerly, favoring
some sore ribs. Jason Thomas, Kyle Lewis, Ernesto Fonseca and Joe Oehlhof rounded out the qualifiers.
Damon Huffman led the second Semi from start to finish over Justin Buckelew, Doug Dehaan, Tyler Evans and
Jiri Dostal.
Erick Vallejo won the LCQ over a poor-starting Travis Preston.
125cc Main
Short got another holeshot in the 125cc main event, while Tedesco was picking himself up off of the ground
in the first turn. It took Tedesco a few moments to get his bike started, and his bid for the win basically ended before it
started. Laninovich ran second early on, but gave way to Hepler by the end of the third lap, and Hepler set out after Short.
With only a few laps to go, Hepler caught Short, and on the last lap, Hepler made a pass stick on Short. Heading down the
start straightaway and into the right-hander before the finish line, Hepler seemed to have the lead firmly in hand, but Short
dove aggressively up the inside and knocked Hepler down, taking his first win since Las Vegas 2003.
Hepler got up for third, behind Laninovich. Marmont had his best finish of the year in fourth, followed by
Summey.
250cc Main
Lewis grabbed a big holeshot in the 250cc main event over the trio of Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart and
Chad Reed. Three turns into the race, Stewart forced Carmichael high in a turn for second, and Reed followed him by Carmichael
into third. They quickly worked their way around Lewis on lap two, and Stewart began to pull away while Carmichael and Reed
duked it out over second. Carmichael actually grabbed second from Reed on lap three, but the two played cat-and-mouse while
Stewart pulled away. Eventually, Carmichael let Reed go.
With the lead he established, Bubba took his first win of the year in a race where he didn’t get the
holeshot, while Reed finished 1.6 seconds behind in second and Carmichael cruised home in third, savoring his fourth AMA Supercross
Championship one round early.
125cc Main Results:
- Andrew Short (Hon)
- Billy Laninovich (Hon)
- Broc Hepler (Suz)
- Jay Marmont (KTM)
- Josh Summey (Hon)
- Nathan Ramsey (KTM)
- Paul Carpenter (Kaw)
- Ivan Tedesco (Kaw)
- Brett Metcalfe (Yam)
- Ryan Morais (Suz)
250cc Main Results:
- James Stewart (Kaw)
- Chad Reed (Yam)
- Ricky Carmichael (Suz)
- Kevin Windham (Hon)
- David Vuillemin (Yam)
- Ernesto Fonseca (Hon)
- Jason Thomas (Hon)
- Timmy Ferry (Yam)
- Kyle Lewis (Hon)
- Ryan Clark (Hon)
125cc Western Regional Final Points Standings:
- Ivan Tedesco (160/2 wins)
- Nathan Ramsey (131/3 wins)
- Andrew Short (126/1 win)
- Billy Laninovich (119/1 win)
- Jay Marmont (98)
- Brett Metcalfe (94)
- Danny Smith (77)
- Ryan Sipes (67)
- Broc Hepler (66/1 win)
- Tommy Hahn (65)
THQ/AMA 250cc Supercross Points Standings:
- Ricky Carmichael (345/7 wins)
- Chad Reed (317/4 wins)
- Kevin Windham (264/1 win)
- Mike LaRocco (229)
- David Vuillemin (227)
- Ernesto Fonseca (190)
- Sebastien Tortelli (176)
- Heath Voss (144)
- James Stewart (129/3 wins)
- Tyler Evans (125)
Carmichael Rides Away with San Francisco...
(Note: This article not a MilleniumMX Ezine article- this article was taken off of www.transworldmotocross.com ) 1-30-05 San Francisco, CA Ricky Carmichael unofficially laid claim to the 2005 THQ/AMA Supercross
Series title at only the fourth of 16 rounds scheduled. Although it's still early, RC came from behind to pass and pull away
from his rival Chad Reed and record his third win in a row. You can bet that in Ricky's mind, the series is all over but the
racing.
125cc Qualifiers
Star Racing's Bryan Johnson got the holeshot in the first heat race and held his own out front early, under pressure from
Phoenix winner Broc Hepler. Early in the race, however, Hepler got out of shape and went over the bars hard. Early reports
had him with a possible broken arm, but later reports are that it's not that serious. We will keep you posted, though.
But Johnson held his lead for the rest of the race over Tiger Lacey, impressive rookie Ryan Sipes, Jay Marmont and Ryan
Morais.
Ivan Tedesco grabbed the second-heat holeshot and was never headed, even though Nathan Ramsey and Billy Laninovich kept
him honest to the finish line. Danny Smith and Steve Lamson rounded out the top five.
Andrew Short made quick work of the 125cc LCQ over Paul Carpenter, Chris Gosselaar and Jesse Casillas.
250cc Qualifiers
Kevin Windham grabbed the heat-one holeshot as Chad Reed was mired in the pack. However, Reed made quick work of the pack
and moved around countryman Michael Byrne for second late in the heat. Byrne finished third, while Nick Wey made an aggressive
pass late in the race on Ernesto Fonseca for the final transfer spot.
In heat two, Ricky Carmichael grabbed the holeshot and disappeared from the pack. Mike LaRocco finished in second, though
Jeff Gibson pressured him for much of the race while holding off David Vuillemin. Near the finish, Tortelli made his way by
both Gibson and Vuillemin. Gibson finished fourth, grabbing the final transfer spot.
125cc Main
Danny Smith grabbed his first holeshot of the year at the start of the 125cc main event, but by lap two, Billy Laninovich
took over the point position, and from there, he would never let up. Andrew Short was on his tail early on, but Laninovich
inched away over the course of the main event. Ivan Tedesco went down with Nathan Ramsey on the opening lap, and although
Tedesco kept his KX250F running, Ramsey's KTM quit running and it took him a while to get it back up and running again. Another
crash later on relegated him to 20th place. Tedesco, however, went on a tear, passing, on average, one bike per lap and finishing
in third place, minimizing the damage to his points lead.
But 21-year-old Laninovich recorded his first-ever AMA Pro win in his fourth race back with the Amsoil/Chaparral Honda
team after basically a full year off last year. WBR Suzuki's Ryan Morais and 125cc loner Brett Metcalfe rounded out the top
five.
250cc Main
Chad Reed stole the 250cc main event holeshot from Mike LaRocco to start the race, with Ricky Carmichael ducking behind
them in third. Carmichael moved past LaRocco on lap two and then set out after Reed, who had put a small gap on the field.
Carmichael slowly reeled Reed in, and then on lap eight, Carmichael dove underneath Reed in the right-hand turn after the
finish line to take the lead. Although Reed tried to counter the move, he was unsuccessful, and over the course of the next
12 laps, Carmichael inched away, eventually winning by a comfortable five seconds over his Aussie rival. LaRocco crossed the
finish line in third, about 20 seconds behind Reed, with David Vuillemin on his tail in fourth and Ernesto Fonseca rounding
out the top five.
125cc Main Results:
- Billy Laninovich (Hon)
- Andrew Short (Hon)
- Ivan Tedesco (Kaw)
- Ryan Morais (Suz)
- Brett Metcalfe (Yam)
- Bryan Johnson (Yam)
- Ryan Sipes (Suz)
- Danny Smith (Yam)
- Jay Marmont (KTM)
- Chris Gosselaar (Suz)
250cc Main Results:
- Ricky Carmichael (Suz)
- Chad Reed (Yam)
- Mike LaRocco (Hon)
- David Vuillemin (Yam)
- Ernesto Fonseca (Hon)
- Nick Wey (Hon)
- Heath Voss (Yam)
- Michael Byrne (Kaw)
- Kevin Windham (Hon)
- Tyler Evans (Suz)
Pastrana Out...
1-20-05 Travis Pastrana, Suzuki 250 Pro Supercross rider, announced that he would miss
the next few races in the season until the cast comes off of his wrist. His wrist, which was giving him problems since
the beginning of the season, was further injured on Saturday at Phoenix in a crash. Pastrana does plan to finish the
season healthy, though.
Carmichael Takes Phoenix...
1/16/05 Phoenix, AZ- It was said that Anaheim 1 was a race that was a mixture of both
luck and determination, so when the top riders in the country met together at the Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, it
was decided that this would be the true start to the series. Being a year that is highly anticipated due to the array
of stars riding- Jeremy McGrath, Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed, Bubba Stewart, Kevin Windham, etc, a race on a clean track was
seen as a huge event. So when fans packed the stadium to full out capacity, almost fifty-thousand people, there
was a feeling of great excitement in the air. But the fans and racers faced a dissapointment, as Stewart crashed in
a practice run, fracturing a bone in his rist and taking him out of the race for that night. Still, as the bikes made
there way to the track and the stadium exploded with fans, it was still certain that it would be a great race, one to remember
for a long time.
125 Heats- Heat 1 started with a blast of riders from the starting line, but Amsoil Honda's Billy
Laaninovich was the one who got the holeshot. He led the rest of the race, putting in eight solid laps and grabbing
first place. Second went to Yamaha of Troy's Danny Smith. The end of the heat found WBR's Ryan Sipes
in third. Heat 2's holeshot was wn by Ivan Tedesco who ran away with first place. KTM's Nathan Ramsey attempted
to keep up with Hot Sauce, but had to settle for second. Team Honda's Andrew Short picked up third place, who put up
a solid race as well.
125 LCQ- The holeshot went to Suzuki's Chris Goselaar, who held the lead for every lap of the
race, easily grabbing first. Team ECC.com's Jesse Casillas got second, while Turbo Reif got third, and Ben Coisy barely
edged out fourth, allowing him to progress to the main event.
250 Heats- Heat 1 found RC screaming passed the competition, and grabbing the holeshot. Heath
Voss attempted to keep up but found himself eleven seconds behind and in second by the end of the race. David Vullemin
got third, and Travis Pastrana got fourth, the final transfer spot. Heat 2 was a competition between Jeremy McGrath
and Chad Reed in the beginning, with MC grabbing the holeshot. After they traded off positions for some time Reed grabbed
first from Jeremy. Kevin Windham, the A-1 winner last week, pulled up in the pack and eventually passed MC for second
place. He closed the gap on Reed for a while but soon fell behind. MC maintained third place.
250 Semi's- Semi 1 was Mike LaRoccos race. The veteran got the holeshot and held the rest of
the race, while MDK's Nick Wey tried hard to keep up but got second. Semi 2 found Subway's Jeff Gibson with the holeshot,
but he couldn't keep the lead as Ernesto Fonseca passed him up by lap two. Suzuki's Sebastian Tortelli Ended up getting
second by the end of the race, and Gibson got third.
250 LCQ- A huge crash on the first turn caused a halt to the race for almost ten minutes. When
the race finally got going, Tyler Evans pulled to the front quickly and stayed in first the whole race. Damon Huffman
got second while Justin Buckelew got third.
125 Main- The holeshot went to Ryan Sipes, but his Suzuki teammate Brock Hepler soon got the
lead. Broc pulled ahead of the pack while Ivan Tedesco, who began far in the back, moved forward in his position.
Nathan Ramsey also began in the back of the pack, and began a game of catch-up himself. By the ninth lap Tedesco passed
Sipes, and moved into second where he'd try to close the gap in on Broc Hepler. Ramsey crashed on a "tuff-block" on
lap eleven, and with bike difficulties that made it hard for him to start his bike, soon found himself in last place.
Tedesco couldn't catch Hepler though, and had to settle for second. The rookie Sipes was proud to podium for his first
time ever, clenching third place.
125cc Main Event Results
- Broc Hepler
- Ivan Tedesco
- Ryan Sipes
- Turbo Reif
- Danny Smith
- Tommy Hahn
- Jesse Casillas
- Jay Marmont
- Chris Gosselaar
- Andrew Short
- Billy Laninovich
- Steve Mertens
- Sean Collier
- Ryan Morais
- Tim Weigand
- Richie Owens
- Tiger Lacy
- Johnny Marley
- Ben Coisy
- Paul Carpenter
- Ryan Abrigo
- Nathan Ramsey
250 Main- Ricky Carmichael got the holeshot and moved far ahead of the pack. Lap one ended
with RC, K-Dub, Voss, Fonseca, and Reed out in front. RC was followed close behind by Kevin Windham. At lap six
Reed finally moved up from the middle of the pack and got third place with a block-pass on Heath Voss. A few scuffles
occured but most riders held their places. Travis Pastrana had a crash that pulled him out of the race. Soon the
checkered flag waved with RC in first, Kevin Windham pulling off a impressive run at second, and Chad Reed at third.
250cc Main Event Results
- Ricky Carmichael
- Kevin Windham
- Chad Reed
- Ernesto Fonseca
- Heath Voss
- Sebastian Tortelli
- Nick Wey
- David Vuillemin
- Jeremy McGrath
- Damon Huffman
- Michael Byrne
- Tim Ferry
- Erick Vallejo
- Kyle Lewis
- Mike LaRocco
- Sean Hamblin
- James Povolny
- Jeff Gibson
- Tyler Evans
- Travis Pastrana
Anaheim 1- One Messy But Good Race
1/8/05 Anaheim, California, was the site of a racy mud hole. And at this mudhole
the greats of Supercross met together to race. And this was no ordinary race, it was the first race of the 2005 AMA
Supercross Series: a highly anticipated race where weather conditions made the results unpredictable.
-The first heat for 125 found Ivan Tedesco winning the holeshot. After close calls on
what was already a messy track, he stayed strongly in the lead. Suzuki's Broc Helper crashed along with Andrew Short
on his Honda and KTM's Jay Marmont. In heat two KTM's Nathan Ramsey won easily, while Pro Circuits Paul Carpenter found
him self in the dirt after a crash. In the 125 LCQ Rain began falling causing the track to become extremely muddy.
Short won while Hepler got second in the rain.
-The first heat for 250 was started off with Kyle Lewis on his Moto XXX Honda grabbing the
holeshot, until McGrath stole the lead. He held the lead until the finishing jump on the fourth lap where he crashed.
James "Bubba" Stewart took the lead. Stewart rode hard and took the checkered flag with a huge lead, smoking the rest
of the pack. In the second heat Carmichael, with his legendary speed took the holeshot, but Reed soon took the lead.
After Reed began bobbling around on his bike Carmichael restole the lead and won, while Reed fell back allowing Kevin Windham
took second. In the 250 LCQ rain was falling, but Jeff Gibson was able to grab the holeshot. Soon Ernesto Fonseca
took the lead and rode it to the finish.
-125 Main. The 125 main began with Tadesco grabbing the holeshot. Morais crashes
shortly after the first turn, and soon Ramsey passed up Tadesco on the third lap. Josh Woods grabbed second just in
time for the finish, while Tadesco crashed and fell behind in the pack before the finish.
125 Main Results:
- Nathan Ramsey
- Josh Woods
- Akira Narita
- Thomas Hahn
- Steve Lamson
- Ryan Sipes
- Danny Smith
- Ivan Tedesco
- Brett Metcalfe
- Richie Owens
- Eric Mccrummen
- Ryan Morais
- Sean Collier
- Billy Laninovich
- Jesse Casillas
- Bryan Johnson
- Jacob Martin
- Broc Hepler
- Ryan Abrigo
- Andrew Short
- Jay Marmont
- Travis Bannister
250 Main. By the time the 250 main began the rain had turned into a downpour. Carmichael
won the holeshot for the second time that night. Stewart was keeping up with Carmichael until he crashed on a whoop
section. It wasn't long until the muddy track hurt RC too, as he crashed and fell back to 8th place. Windham and
Reed took the number one and number two spots, but RC rode hard and took third after a lap. Reed then fell in a whoop
section, where he wouldn't be able to get his bike restarted, so he left the track. RC then passed Windham before K-Dub
stalled. Lucky for Kevin Ricky then crashed while trying to jump a triple in second gear. RC got up but then crashed
just around the next turn. Windham took back the lead after RC has a total of four crashes in the main event.
Windham rode the lead to the finish.
250 Main Results
- Kevin Windham
- Mike LaRocco
- Ricky Carmichael
- Sebastien Tortelli
- James Stewart
- Nicholas Wey
- David Vuillemin
- Jeff Gibson
- Ernesto Fonseca
- Travis Pastrana
- Heath Voss
- Tyler Evans
- Michael Byrne
- Joseph Oehlhof
- Damon Huffman
- Chad Reed
- Antonio Jorge Balbi Junior
- Kyle Lewis
- Robbie Reynard
- Jeremy McGrath
Carmichael Takes Vancouver
1/1/05 VANCOUVER, Canada, the city that saw the second victory for Ricky Carmichael at
its famed B.C. Place Stadium. Carmichael, riding a Suzuki this year, took the victory in the second round of this years
World Supercross Series, which will run jointly with the AMA Supercross Series starting at Anaheim on the eight of January.
This race puts Carmichael ahead with a good lead in the world standings, and boosts his confidence with his new bike.
Results below-
THQ World Supercross GP, 250cc Event Results, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1. Ricky Carmichael, Suzuki
2. Nick Wey, Honda
3. Damon Huffman, Honda
4. Mike LaRocco, Honda
5. Heath Voss, Yamaha
6. Jason Thomas, Honda
7. Tyler Evans, Suzuki
8. Kyle Lewis, Honda
9. Josh Hansen, KTM
10. Erick Vallejo, Yamaha
THQ World Supercross GP, 250cc Overall Standings
1. Ricky Carmichael, Suzuki, 50
2. Nick Wey, Honda, 40
3. Mike LaRocco, Honda, 40
4. Damon Huffman, Honda, 32
5. Heath Voss, Yamaha, 32
6. Tyler Evans, Suzuki, 29
7. Jason Thomas, Honda, 28
8. Tim Ferry, Yamaha, 24
9. Erick Vallejo, Yamaha, 21
10. Kyle Lewis, Honda, 20
Anaheim 1 Press Release
Anaheim 1 is just three days away and just when you think the drama could not
be thicker, Mother Nature throws her hand into the pot and raises the ante. As the Dirt Wurx crew struggles to prepare the
battlefield, the fans and industry alike are uneasy as they have waited patiently for "The Perfect Storm," and now it seems
that rain and mud might play as important a role as preparation and training for round one. As this race will surely set in
motion, the course of '05 and the future, we thought it was an appropriate time to pay respect to those whose shoulders we
stand upon today. This year has been compared to the talent depth and epic racing of the 80's and we are honored to welcome
several riders that help shape the decade that we recall with such sentiment. David Bailey, Rick Johnson, and Broc Glover
were truly great riders and ambassadors for the sport and continue to help the next generation with their respected participation
still today. We will look back and bench race some of the epic battles and title chases that secured these riders a place
in the record books, and in the fabric of the sport forever. As we all look to 05 with tangible anticipation for the greatest
season ever, don’t forget the riders that hold the standard by which we will ultimately judge.
Supercross Schedule Released...
12/1/04 Well it's that time of the year again, just a few months after Chad Reed
won the 2004 season, the 2005 season is just about to start. Kicking off on Dec. 4th, this season is gonna be a spectacular
one. Speculation has run wild across internet chat rooms and forums on who will win this season (you can post your own predictions
on the season outcomes on the MilleniumMX Forum), but one thing is for certain, it's gonna be a great season.
Dec.
4 Toronto, ON
11 Vancouver, BC
Jan.
8 Anaheim, CA
15 Phoenix, AZ
22 Anaheim, CA
29 San Fransisco, CA
Feb.
5 Anaheim, CA
12 Indianapolis, IN
19 San Diego, CA
26 Atlanta, GA
Mar.
5 St. Louis, MO
12 Daytona, FL
19 Orlando, FL
Apr.
2 Irving, TX
9 Pontiac, MI
16 Seattle, WA
30 Houston, TX
May
7 Las Vegas, NV
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