Americans dominate day one of Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations -ozzy go-

BUDDS CREEK, 22 September 2007- Budds Creek is surely home
ground for each of the members of team USA; Ricky Carmichael
(MX1), Ryan Villopoto (MX2) and Tim Ferry (Open) all won their
qualifying heats, making a healthy home crowd go mad along the
1500 long metre circuit.

The Americans have dominated this opening day of the Red Bull
FIM Motocross of Nations (from left to right: Tim Ferry; Ricky
Carmichael; Ryan Villopoto)

The Americans also dominated the three practice sessions, with
each of them being the fastest in the respective class.

Team South Africa ended the day with a solid second place, after
Grant Langston tried to chase Carmichael in the MX1 moto. Even
if the American crashed, Langston could not close in on him, and
finished second. Gareth Swanepoel was also fast in his heat,
where he finished third after battling it out with Antonio Cairoli for
the runner up spot. On the other hand Wyatt Avis ended the Open
class heat in seventh position.

Italy qualified third, with MX2 World Champion Antonio Cairoli
being the best finisher of the three team members. Tony was
second behind an incredible Villopoto, while David Philippaerts
clinched a third place after Billy Mackenzie and Steve Ramon both
crashed in the MX1 heat. Davide Guarneri’s race was quite
unlucky, because of a crash at the start.

Even with Chad Reed being the worst of the three members,
because of a crash in his qualifying heat, the Aussies still brought
home a good result, with a fourth place in the qualifications.
Michael Byrne ended second behind Ferry in the Open race, and
Andrew McFarlane finished sixth in the MX2 heat.

The Belgians rounded off the top five after an eventful day; the
best placed rider was Ken De Dycker, who actually had the worst
start as he crashed with Guarneri. The furious Belgian worked his
way up from the bottom of the top ten to an eventual fourth
place. MX1 World Champion Steve Ramon crashed and finished
fifth while youngster Jeremy.... click on ozzy go to the full story
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