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Ricky Carmichael has raced his last motocross—the last one that
counted, anyway.

"This was the last race that really meant anything, where I had to
perform and where I had to do good," Carmichael said after the
61st running of the Motocross of Nations at Maryland's Budds
Creek Motocross Park. "I have a couple coming up that are
obligations that I said that I would do, but apart from that, it's
done."

That, I saw coming, but this I didn't: At least by one measure,
Carmichael lost.

In the first moto, which combined the MX1 and MX2 classes,
Carmichael crashed in the second turn. Remounting in next-to-
last place, he dispatched 36 riders over the next 30 minutes, plus
two laps, of racing. Carmichael only failed to catch his Team USA
teammate Ryan Villopoto and runner-up Chad Reed. It was one of
the most thrilling come-from-behind rides in MXoN history.

For the fans, it was an awe-inspiring show, but for Carmichael, it
wasn't enough. click on ozzy go to the full story