Team Suzuki Press Office – January 8, 2006
Reigning World and AMA Supercross Champion Ricky Carmichael raced back from a crash to take third place in Saturday night’s opening Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Championship round in Anaheim, California
In front of 45,000 fans, the Makita Suzuki rider and his RM-Z450 four-stroke got buried in the pack at the start of the 20-lap Main Event but he pulled through to take the lead from former champion Chad Reed on the ninth lap before making a mistake in the whoops, which put him into fifth position.
The Florida rider fought back into a rostrum position behind overall winner James Stewart (Kawasaki) and Yamaha-mounted Reed.
Said Carmichael: "Unfortunately it didn’t work out the way we wanted it tonight but we had a good race. Chad made a mistake and I got the drive to get by him but then I made a mistake and went down. It was survival after that and I don’t know how I got back on the podium! The guys were riding real well tonight. I need to get better."
Carmichael’s team-mate Ivan Tedesco raced to fifth position overall and continues to hold fourth overall in The World Supercross standings behind Stewart, Carmichael and Reed
250 Main Event: 1 James Stewart (Kawasaki), 2 Chad Reed (Yamaha), 3 Ricky Carmichael (Makita Suzuki), 4 Mike LaRocco (Honda), 5 Ivan Tedesco (Makita Suzuki), 6 Ernesto Fonseca (Honda), 7 Nick Wey (Honda), 8 Travis Preston (Honda), 9 Michael Byrne (Kawasaki), 10 David Vuillemin (Honda).
250 Points: 1 Stewart 25, 2 Reed 22, 3 Carmichael 20, 4 LaRocco 18, 5 Tedesco 16, 6 Fonseca 15, 7 Wey 14, 8 Preston 13, 9 Byrne 12, 10 Vuillemin 11.
World Supercross Points: 1 Stewart 75, 2 Carmichael 64, 3 Reed 62, 4 Tedesco 54, 5 Byrne 46, 6 Wey 45, 7 Thomas 37, 8 Gibson 36, 9 Bucklew 33, 10 Lewis 29.
In front of 45,000 fans, the Makita Suzuki rider and his RM-Z450 four-stroke got buried in the pack at the start of the 20-lap Main Event but he pulled through to take the lead from former champion Chad Reed on the ninth lap before making a mistake in the whoops, which put him into fifth position.
The Florida rider fought back into a rostrum position behind overall winner James Stewart (Kawasaki) and Yamaha-mounted Reed.
Said Carmichael: "Unfortunately it didn’t work out the way we wanted it tonight but we had a good race. Chad made a mistake and I got the drive to get by him but then I made a mistake and went down. It was survival after that and I don’t know how I got back on the podium! The guys were riding real well tonight. I need to get better."
Carmichael’s team-mate Ivan Tedesco raced to fifth position overall and continues to hold fourth overall in The World Supercross standings behind Stewart, Carmichael and Reed
250 Main Event: 1 James Stewart (Kawasaki), 2 Chad Reed (Yamaha), 3 Ricky Carmichael (Makita Suzuki), 4 Mike LaRocco (Honda), 5 Ivan Tedesco (Makita Suzuki), 6 Ernesto Fonseca (Honda), 7 Nick Wey (Honda), 8 Travis Preston (Honda), 9 Michael Byrne (Kawasaki), 10 David Vuillemin (Honda).
250 Points: 1 Stewart 25, 2 Reed 22, 3 Carmichael 20, 4 LaRocco 18, 5 Tedesco 16, 6 Fonseca 15, 7 Wey 14, 8 Preston 13, 9 Byrne 12, 10 Vuillemin 11.
World Supercross Points: 1 Stewart 75, 2 Carmichael 64, 3 Reed 62, 4 Tedesco 54, 5 Byrne 46, 6 Wey 45, 7 Thomas 37, 8 Gibson 36, 9 Bucklew 33, 10 Lewis 29.
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