Carmichael and Stewart Bring their rivalry to Mt. Morris -ozzy go- amamotocross.com

High Point Raceway in Mount Morris, Pa., will host one of the most
highly anticipated weekends of AMA Motocross in series history.
As legendary racer Ricky Carmichael winds down his motocross
career, heir apparent James Stewart is hitting the peak of his
career. Like the allegory of the immovable object meeting the
unstoppable force, the rider described as the greatest of all time
is set to meet perhaps the fastest rider of all time on the hills of
Southwestern Pennsylvania.

The 31st Annual Kawasaki/Monster Energy Pro Motocross National
on May 26-27 at High Point Raceway is round two of AMA Toyota
Motocross Championship presented by FMF. Round one last
Sunday in Sacramento, Calif., produced one of the greatest man-
to-man battles ever seen in AMA Motocross. Both Carmichael and
Stewart pushed it to the limit in the season opener, but it was the
relentless Carmichael who came through with 2-1 moto finishes to
score the first win of the season.

Carmichael will be looking to earn his sixth consecutive national
win at Mt. Morris aboard his Makita Suzuki. Stewart is seeking his
first at the track since taking a popular victory in the Lites class in
2004.

Carmichael is only racing a partial series schedule this season
and has a new perspective coming into this year’s series.

“I’m a fan now that I’m part-time,” Carmichael said. “It’s not fun
to watch a race when there’s no one racing out there. But there’ll
be good racing next week at High Point. They have epic fans
there at Mt. Morris and whatever happens, it’s going to be good
racing.”
Carmichael spoke about the pace he and Stewart are setting as
well as the consequences.
“Obviously as you guys saw [at Hangtown]… we had an
insurmountable lead on third place. When you’re riding that fast
and you don’t feel comfortable stuff like that [crashes] happens.”

Stewart took the first moto of 2007 on his Monster Energy
Kawasaki, but a crash in the second moto relegated him to fourth
giving him second overall. In spite of finishing the weekend a little
frayed, Stewart’s overall outlook remains positive coming into
Mt. Morris.
“I thought I rode pretty well,” Stewart said after finishing second
last week. “I’ve definitely improved my game a lot from last year
to this year. Unfortunately I didn’t have the right set up. The track
got rougher and we had to make adjustments and went the wrong
way. After my crash I didn’t have a front brake, but I was able to
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