Carmichael Going For 150th Win at Millville, Stewart sits this one out -ozzy go-

Ricky Carmichael will close out his AMA National Motocross career
tomorrow at Spring Creek MX Park near Millville, Minnesota, and
the Makita Suzuki rider set the tone today by posting the fastest
lap in practice.

Rain moved into the area this morning and forced the cancellation
of the first round of practices, but qualifying eventually got
underway later in the afternoon, however the track was still
muddy when Carmichael took to the course.

Yamaha’s Grant Langston was second fastest, over three seconds
behind Carmichael, while MDK Honda’s David Vuillemin came
next ahead of privateer Honda rider Gavin Gracyk and Suzuki’s
Ivan Tedesco.

Missing from the day’s action was Kawasaki teammates James
Stewart and Tim Ferry.

Stewart, who injured his knee at Washougal two weeks ago, tried
to ride on Friday and decided his knee was still not 100% and will

Meanwhile, Ferry elected to sit out the muddy session and wait for
dryer conditions tomorrow, as did several other riders.
skip tomorrow’s race altogether.

In the Lites division, Ben Townley was fastest, ahead of Monster
Energy Kawasaki teammate Brett Metcalfe, while Yamaha’s Broc
Hepler, defending champ Ryan Villopoto (Kaw) and Honda’s
Tommy Hahn rounded out the top five. cyclenews.com



AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF
Honda Spring Creek Pro National Presented by Unbound Energy and Scott USA
Spring Creek Motocross Park - Millville, MN, August 11-12, 2007
Fastest overall Practice times

AMA Motocross Championship
1. Ricky Carmichael (Suzuki RM-Z450) 02:30.128
2. Grant Langston (Yamaha YZ450F) 02:33.448
3. David Vuillemin (Honda CRF450R) 02:39.038
4. Gavin Gracyk (Honda CRF450R) 02:40.379
5. Ivan Tedesco (Suzuki RM-Z450) 02:40.734
6. Yoshitaka Atsuta (Honda CRF450R) 02:41.163
7. Ryan Clark (Honda CRF450R) 02:41.453
8. Ryan Mills (Kawasaki KX450F) 02:41.907
9. Chris Blose (Honda CRF450R) 02:42.407
10. Michael Lapaglia (Yamaha YZ450F) 02:42.661

AMA Motocross Lites
1. Ben Townley (Kawasaki KX250F) 02:39.637
2. Brett Metcalfe (Kawasaki KX250F) 02:41.719
3. Broc Hepler (Yamaha YZ250F) 02:42.108
4. Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki KX250F) 02:42.274
5. Thomas Hahn (Honda CRF250R) 02:42.431
6. Trey Canard (Honda CRF250R) 02:44.469
7. Matt Goerke (Yamaha YZ250F) 02:45.915
8. Kelly Smith (Suzuki RM-Z250) 02:46.028
9. Tucker Hibbert (Kawasaki KX250F) 02:46.568
10. Kyle Chisholm (Kawasaki KX250F) 02:46.568