CARMICHAEL DOUBLE AT WASHOUGAL
01 August 2005 - Suzuki Racing

Team Makita Suzuki''s Ricky Carmichael increased his series lead in the AMA Motocross series with two walk-away wins in today''s eighth-round Washougal race in Washington.

Reigning Champion Carmichael has now won 14 of the 16 races so far on the RM-Z450 four stroke Suzuki and leads the 12-round, 24-race series by 83 points from arch rival Kevin Windham (Honda).

THQ World and AMA Supercross Champion Carmichael won both races convincingly; the first 30 minute leg by 28 seconds and the second by 21 seconds from Windham.

In the 125cc class, RM-Z250-mounted Broc Hepler took fifth and first places to move to sixth in the championship as class team-mate Davi Millsaps grabbed sixth and fourth to lift himself to eighth overall in the series.

250 Results: 1. Ricky Carmichael (Makita Suzuki); 2. Kevin Windham (Honda); 3. Ernesto Fonseca (Honda); 4. David Vuillemin (Yamaha); 5. John Dowd (Suzuki); 6. Michael Byrne (Kawasaki); 7. Travis Preston (Honda); 8. Nick Wey (Honda); 9. Ryan Clark (Honda); 10. Matt Goerke (Suzuki).

125 Results: 1. Ivan Tedseco (Kawasaki); 2. Andrew Short (Honda); 3. Broc Hepler (Suzuki); 4. Davi Millsaps (Suzuki); 5. Josh Grant (Honda); 6. Paul Carpenter (Kawasaki); 7. Grant Langston (Kawasaki); 8. Bobby Kiniry (Honda); 9. Jason Lawrence (Suzuki); 10. Danny Smith (Yamaha).

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