CARMICHAEL 6TH AFTER CRASHING
23 April 2006 - Suzuki Racing

A heavy crash on the fifth lap of Saturday’s Dallas Supercross dropped World and AMA Supercross Champion Ricky Carmichael down to sixth position overall, but he still leads the series.

The Makita Suzuki rider had holeshotted the 20-lap Main Event ahead of Chad Reed (Yamaha) and James Stewart (Kawasaki), lost the lead momentarily to Stewart, then got crossed up and fell.

The 26-year-old Florida rider dropped outside the top eight, but still managed to climb two places despite riding with a damaged machine.

Team mate Ivan Tedesco held his position all race to finish fourth behind Honda’s Nick Wey.

With two rounds remaining in Seattle and Las Vegas, Carmichael holds a narrow two-point lead over Reed (296 to 294) with Stewart in third and Tedesco fourth.

Supercross Main: 1 Chad Reed (Yamaha), 2 James Stewart (Kawasaki), 3 Nick Wey (Honda), 4 Ivan Tedesco (Makita Suzuki), 5 Michael Byrne (Kawasaki), 6 Ricky Carmichael (Makita Suzuki), 7 Kevin Windham (Honda), 8 Travis Preston (Honda), 9 Josh Demuth (Honda), 10 Ryan Clark (Honda).

AMA Supercross Points (after 14 of 16 rounds): 1 Carmichael 296, 2 Reed 294, 3 Stewart 286, 4 Tedesco 227, 5 Wey 218, 6 Byrne 213, 7 Preston 173, 8 Fonseca 125, 9 Clark 116, 10 LaRocco 108.

World Supercross Points (after 15 of 16 rounds): 1 Stewart 330, 2 Carmichael 323, 3 Reed 213, 4 Tedesco 261, 5 Wey 250, 6 Byrne 243, 7 Clark 176, 8 Thomas 172, 9 Gibson 171, 10 Evans 126.

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