SUPERCROSS on CBS - HEADS UP FOO! (SPOILER ALERT!)

GAMBLER · 02-19-2006, 08:56 AM

GO YAMAHA!!!*

SUPERCROSS on CBS
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. ET Amp’d Mobile Supercross St. Louis -- Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO (taped 2/18)

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ARENACROSS on SPEED

GAMBLER · 02-19-2006, 10:41 AM

********** SPOILER **********

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Round 7 - St. Louis MO - February 18

Supercross results
1. Chad Reed YAM
2. Ivan Tedesco SUZ
3. Ernesto Fonseca HON
4. Nick Wey HON
5. Travis Preston HON
6. Michael Byrne KAW
7. Mike Brown SUZ
8. Tim Ferry HON
9. Ryan Clark HON
10. Jason Thomas HON
11. Jeff Gibson HON
12. Kyle Lewis HON
13. Tyler Evans SUZ
14. Michael Young HON
15. Mike LaRocco HON
16. Cole Siebler HON
17. James Stewart KAW
18. Jacob Saylor HON
19. Jeff Dement SUZ
20. Ricky Carmichael SUZ
Supercross Points
Chad Reed 149
Ricky Carmichael 140
James Stewart 132
Ivan Tedesco 108
Nick Wey 103
Michael Byrne 103
Mike LaRocco 95
Ernesto Fonseca 94
Travis Preston 79
Jeremy McGrath 67
Ryan Clark 53
Jeff Gibson 51
David Vuillemin 50
Jason Thomas 47
Tim Ferry 40
Tyler Evans 36
Kyle Lewis 32
Mike Brown 29
Clark Stiles 26
Jeff Dement 21

Lites results
1. Davi Millsaps HON
2. Chris Gosselaar KAW
3. Branden Jesseman YAM
4. Josh Hansen KTM
5. Thomas Hahn HON
6. Steve Boniface HON
7. Sean Hamblin SUZ
8. Teddy Maier KAW
9. Robert Kiniry HON
10. Kyle Chisholm KAW
11. Martin Davalos YAM
12. Chad Johnson YAM
13. Dusty Klatt HON
14. Kevin Johnson (W) YAM
15. Matt Walker YAM
Lites Points
Davi Millsaps 25
Chris Gosselaar 22
Branden Jesseman 20
Josh Hansen 18
Thomas Hahn 16
Steve Boniface 15
Sean Hamblin 14
Teddy Maier 13
Robert Kiniry 12
Kyle Chisholm 11
Martin Davalos 10
Chad Johnson 9
Dusty Klatt 8
Kevin Johnson (J) 7
Matt Walker 6

Edward Jones Dome

Shocker in St. Louis

The three main players in supercross 2006, Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, and Chad Reed, all had a significant role in tonight's action from St. Louis.

Let's start with defending supercross champion Ricky Carmichael. He fell hard in his heat race, pulled off the track, and had to transfer to the main event by winning a semi. In the main, RC fell, and eventually pulled off the track - DNF - something broken in the rear suspension. Carmichael does score one point for 20th position. He goes from first to second now in the point standings.

Next, James Stewart. With Carmichael out of the 20 lap main event, Stewart had the opportunity to make up ground, and possibly take the lead in the points chase. Halfway thru the race, James was in third position - then he crashed hard, bending up his bike. He stalled it, and couldn't get it started, eventually finishing in 17th position. James goes from second to third position in the points chase.

And Chad Reed, riding the Yamaha YZ 450 machine, wins his first main event of the year! He passed Ivan Tedesco at the halfway point of the race, and held the lead until the end. Chad's 'never give up' attitude has served him well - he leads the point standings now with 149 points!

Ivan Tedesco had his best finish of the year as well, with second place. Ernesto Fonseca finished third for his best finish of the season too.

The Eastern division of the Lites began their series tonight. As expected, Team Honda newcomer Davi Millsaps was up front, and he took the win in the 15 lap main event. A very happy Chris Gosselaar, riding for Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki, finished second. And 2003 125 East Supercross Champion Branden Jesseman, riding for Yamaha of Troy, finished in third place.

Notes: Suzuki's Broc Hepler did not race tonight. He suffered a foot injury in practice a few weeks ago, and was not fit enough to compete. Fastest lap times were just over 50 seconds. Crowd attendance was over 52,000.

vegaseric · 02-19-2006, 10:47 AM

Good stuff!

I just added the "SPOILER ALERT!" to your heading just in case someone hadn't gotten to watch it yet. Too bad about Ricky and Bubba, though.

R1_Demon · 02-19-2006, 10:53 AM

Damn it..my DVR must have missed it.

I currently have it set up to tape any "Motorcycle Racing" show on either SPEED or CBS...but I guess it must have missed this round yesterday because I don't see it on there.

vegaseric · 02-19-2006, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSXR_Wizard

Damn it..my DVR must have missed it.*

I currently have it set up to tape any "Motorcycle Racing" show on either SPEED or CBS...but I guess it must have missed this round yesterday because I don't see it on there.* *

It was on (CBS) this morning.

R1_Demon · 02-19-2006, 09:51 PM

Yup...just found out cuz my DVR taped it this mornin'.

The Supercross Lites series will be on next Saturday...already set up to tape it. Oh ya!

That was one hard azz lick that RC took. Damn he's lucky that bike didn't actually land on him...ouch!

GAMBLER · 02-20-2006, 11:44 AM

Carmichael's DNF Due To Broken Shock
By Alex Edge
Many supercross fans (including us) were surprised when Ricky Carmichael retired on the second lap of the AMA Supercross main event in St. Louis. Although at one point Carmichael was known as a somewhat reckless rider, he has steadied down since his second year in the 250cc (now just 'Supercross') class. Today we would consider him one of the most consistent finishers in Supercross and Motocross racing - Ricky rarely finishes off the podium, and we can't remember the last time he didn't finish at all!

Racing, however, is like life in that it contains many uncertainties. While good preperation by the team can prevent most mechanical DNFs, it is almost certain that at some point every rider will encounter a mechanical problem. Apparently this is what happened to Carmichael last night in St. Louis - at some point, either in a first-turn collision with another rider, or when he cased a jump hard on lap 2, Ricky damaged his Suzuki's shock so badly that he was unable to continue.

Luckily for Ricky, misfortune also struck Kawasaki's James Stewart, who had been sitting in the second position in the points race. Chad Reed, who had been third in the points before yesterday's race, took the win and the points lead - but he doesn't have too big of a lead on Carmichael, with 149 points to Ricky's 140. Stewart isn't much further back either, in third with 132 points.

This means that all three top riders are still in serious contention for the title, and with nine races left in the season, they have plenty of time to make up lost ground. The biggest winner last night was Reed, although he definitely wasn't handed the win - Yamaha's main man was showing more speed than he has all season, and was battling head to head with Stewart before the latter crashed. No, Reed certainly earned his win, but the uncertainties of racing have gifted him with a significant points lead.

How will the season play out? At this point, it's anybody's guess, but we hope that it will go down to the bitter end in a three way battle between Carmichael, Stewart and Reed. They might not prefer it that way, but the fans certainly would.