CARMICHAEL WINS AT ANAHEIM II

Reigning World and AMA Supercross Champion Ricky Carmichael increased his lead in the AMA Supercross series after taking victory at Saturday night’s Anaheim Supercross third round in California.
The RM-Z450-mounted Makita Suzuki rider reeled in race leader James Stewart after gating in fifth place and passed him on the 18th of 20 laps when the Kawasaki rider fell.
Carmichael now holds a four-point advantage in the Amp’d Mobile Supercross series over Chad Reed and trails Stewart by just one point in the World Series after five rounds.
He said: "It’s always good to win but I would have preferred to have beaten James fair and square rather than take the win because he crashed. I’m more excited about how fun and exciting the race was – that is what we need.
"I had a couple of opportunities to pass James but made a couple of mistakes and left it pretty late – when he went down, I thought we were only 10 laps in, not 18…"
Carmichael’s team mate Ivan Tedesco raced to fourth place after holding an early lead on the opening lap.

250 Main Event: 1 Ricky Carmichael (Makita Suzuki), 2 Chad Reed (Yamaha), 3 James Stewart (Kawasaki), 4 Ivan Tedesco (Makita Suzuki), 5 Jeremy McGrath (Honda), 6 Ernesto Fonseca (Honda), 7 Mike LaRocco (Honda), 8 Michael Byrne (Kawasaki), 9 David Vuillemin (Honda), 10 Nick Wey (Honda).

AMA Supercross Points (after 3 rounds): 1 Carmichael 70, 2 Reed 66, 3 Stewart 65, 4 Tedesco 46, 5 LaRocco 45, 6 McGrath 44, 7 Fonseca 44, 8 Wey 41, 9 Byrne 40, 10 Vuillemin 34.
World Supercross Points (after 5 rounds): 1 Stewart 115, 2 Carmichael 114, 3 Reed 106, 4 Tedesco 87, 5 Byrne 78, 6 Wey 78, 7 Thomas 61, 8 Gibson 60, 9 Clark 56, 10 Bucklew 44