Let’s get started

The ‘Nationals’ get going this weekend. Exclusive photos from practice.



Notes:



Hot and sunny

Track is long, rough, and dusty

Carmichael – fast

Vuillemin – fast

Tortelli – fast

LaRocco – on the CR 450 four-stroke, wrist still mending, riding with protective covering

Windham – not ready to race yet

Guy Cooper is racing on a four-stroke KTM

Brown – looks good with the #1 plate

Reed – smooth

Byrne, Langston, Pastrana, Ward, Thain – back racing

Fonseca is riding the 125 class

Huge, steeply banked, high speed first corner (See Carmichael photo)



More tomorrow night

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Tortelli and Ramsey warm up on bikes	Mike Brown	Michael Byrne
Ricky Carmichael	Guy Cooper!	These guys make TV (SX/MX Media Guru Dan Walsh on right)
Tim Ferry	Grant Langston	The hook
Mike LaRocco got your e-mails!	Travis Pastrana	Travis Preston
Nate Ramsey	Chad Reed	Stephane Roncada
Nice new sign!	D. Vuillemin, E. Sorby	J-Bone and Bubba
Ivan Tedesco	Rodrig Thain	Sebastien Tortelli
Practice is about to start	Larry Ward