National Defense!
Published April 9th, 2001
12 races & 24 motos for each class. Who do YOU think will be crowned champion?
They are the defending champions, and recently added supercross titles to their resumes. The series will conclude almost four months later at Steel City Raceway in Pennsylvania.
Here’s the schedule for this year ….
May 13 – Glen Helen Raceway – San Bernardino CA
May 20 – Prairie City SVRA Park – Sacramento CA
May 27 – High Point Raceway – Mt. Morris PA
June 10 – Motocross 338 – Southwick MA
June 17 – Budds Creek MX Park – Budds Creek MD
July 1 – Red Bud Track-N-Trail – Buchanan MI
July 15 – Unadilla Valley Sports Center – New Berlin NY
July 22 – Kenworthy’s MX Park – Troy OH
July 29 – Washougal MX Park – Washougal WA
August 19 – Spring Creek MX Park – Millville MN
August 26 – Broome-Tioga Sports Center – Binghamton NY
September 2 – Steel City Raceway – Delmont PA
And here’s how the top riders finished last year ….
2000 125 Final Point Standings:
1. Travis Pastrana – 484
2. Stephane Roncada – 482
3. Tallon Vohland – 404
4. Brock Sellards – 346
5. Steve Lamson – 304
6. Nick Wey – 271
7. Ernesto Fonseca – 270
8. (tie) Nate Ramsey, C. Johnson – 258
10. Danny Smith – 240
11. Branden Jesseman – 217
12. Rodrig Thain – 210
13. Greg Schnell – 175
14. Paul Currie – 167
15. Kelly Smith – 156 2000 250 Final Point Standings:
1. Ricky Carmichael – 535
2. Sebastien Tortelli – 453
3. Kevin Windham – 426
4. David Vuillemin – 414
5. Mike LaRocco – 381
6. Robbie Reynard – 345
7. Greg Albertyn – 315
8. John Dowd – 299
9. Larry Ward – 276
10. Tim Ferry – 269
11. Damon Huffman – 217
12. Kyle Lewis – 184
13. Heath Voss – 157
14. Shayne King – 155
15. Ezra Lusk – 116
I asked a few of my moto-industry friends what they thought ….
Ryan Mahoney – Photocross.net
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Steve Lamson, 3. Justin Buckelew
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Mike LaRocco, 3. Ezra Lusk
Jeff Emig – multi-time champion & all around cool guy
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Grant Langston, 3. Ernesto Fonseca
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Mike LaRocco, 3. Kevin Windham
Pascal H. – Press Officer for DORNA Off-Road
125′s: 1. Grant Langston, 2. Travis Pastrana, 3. Mike Brown
250′s: 1. Sebastien Tortelli, 2. Ricky Carmichael, 3. David Vuillemin
Nick Wey – Yamaha of Troy team rider, National #23
125′s: 1. Nick Wey, 2. Travis Pastrana, 3. Grant Langston
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Ryan Hughes, 3. Sebastien Tortelli
Dave Despain – Broadcaster, media personality, legend
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Everybody else ; )
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Everybody else ; )
Steve Bruhn – Photographer, writer, cool dude, TFS
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Grant Langston, 3. Nathan Ramsey
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Ricky Carmichael, 3. Ricky Carmichael
Davey Coombs – Publisher of Racer X, Broadcaster, & entrepreneur
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Grant Langston, 3. Ernesto Fonseca
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Ezra Lusk, 3. Mike LaRocco
David Bailey – Broadcaster, writer, & four-time AMA champion
125′s: 1. Ernesto Fonseca, 2. Travis Pastrana, 3. Grant Langston
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Ryan Hughes, 3. Ezra Lusk
Nic Johnson (no relationship to Rick Johnson) Multimedia/Internet guru
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Grant Langston, 3. Mike Brown
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Sebastien Tortelli, 3. Mike LaRocco
Dave Stevenson – Consultant/advisor to motorsports athletes
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Luke Johnson, 3. Jake Johnson
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Kevin Windham, 3. Ezra Lusk
Dan Walsh – Media Guru, owner of Upfront Communications, a vertically integrated (what?) multimedia corporation specializing in motorsports.
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Grant Langston, 3. Brock Sellards
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Stephane Roncada, 3. Kevin Windham
Bernd Dietrich – owner/operator of MXLarge.com
125′s: 1. Grant Langston, 2. Travis Pastrana, 3. Steve Lamson
250′s 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Kevin Windham, 3. David Vuillemin
Jerry Bernardo – On air personality, racer, & more
125′s: 1. Mike Brown, 2. Nate Ramsey, 3. Grant Langston
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Mike LaRocco, 3. Ezra Lusk
Eric Perronard – US OPEN co-founder, developer of International Relations for SFX
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Nate Ramsey, 3. Ernesto Fonseca
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Mike LaRocco, 3. Tim Ferry, 4. JMB??? ; )
Donn Maeda – Editor of TransWorld Motocross Magazine
125′s: 1. Grant Langston, 2. Travis Pastrana, 3. Ernesto Fonseca
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael (duh), 2. Ezra Lusk, 3. Sebastien Tortelli
Alessia Riboni – From Cagiva/MVAgusta motorcycle company
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Grant Langston, 3. Mike Brown
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Erza Lusk, 3. Kevin Windham
Gabriele Mazzarolo – Alpine Stars ‘Main Man’
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana, 2. Grant Langston, 3. Mike Brown
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. Ezra Lusk, 3. Sebastien Tortelli
Ricky Carmichael – National #1 in the 250 class
125′s: 1. Grant Langston, 2. Travis Pastrana, 3. Mike Brown
250′s: 1. Me (RC), 2. Ezra Lusk, 3. Sebastien Tortelli
Roger DeCoster – Team Manager for US Suzuki, five time world motocross champion, & more.
125′s: 1. Travis Pastrana
250′s: 1. I’m hopeful for a good battle between RC & Kevin!
Justin Buckelew – Yamaha of Troy rider, National #38
125′s: 1. Me, 2. Travis Pastrana, 3. Grant Langston
250′s: 1. Ricky Carmichael, 2. David Vuillemin, 3. Sebastien Tortelli
Thanks to everyone that participated!
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