FEBRUARY 19, 2006
Round 7 of the Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series is best described
with two words: entertaining and unpredictable. With Ricky Carmichael
DNFing, James Stewart crashing and handing the win and series points
lead to Chad Reed, I'm really starting to think this supercross series
is scripted.
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The St. Louis track. |
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The Blackfoot boys warm up outside the stadium. |
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That's one Monster condom! |
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Derek Schuster helped spin the wrenches for Lockhart this
weekend. The Newf drove 30 hours from California to St. Louis, with
some help from Rick Sheren who loaned Lockhart his Fun Mover. |
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Rick Sheren pushes his son Brady's bike to the line. Brady missed
the West series because of mono and really hasn't spent much time on
the bike, other than a week riding supercross in California. However,
Sheren looked fast and smooth in practice and throughout qualifying,
but failed to make the main. Better luck next weekend, Brady. |
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Kyle Chisholm traded in his traditional Fox Racing gear for some
Moose wear. Chisholm has been practicing with James Stewart and Timmy
Ferry in Florida and it showed in St. Louis. After battling well within
in the top 10, the Seminole, Florida teenager went on to finish eighth in
his first AMA Lites race. |
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Mitch Cooke made it through his day qualifier by finishing seventh (they only take the top eight) but bad starts and first corner pile ups kept him from making the Lites main. Cooke says he needs to work on being more aggressive in the first few laps. |
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Lockhart
gets his transponder snipped off before the Supercross main. Lockhart
suffered a flat rear tire in his semi and rushed back to the pits to
throw some air in it before the LCQ. But unfortunately, it went flat
within two laps. |
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Doug
DeHaan poured it on in St. Louis. Starting to get real sick of just
barely making it into the Supercross main, DeHaan was making some
aggressive moves on Tyler Evans, Mike Brown and David Vuillimen in his
semi, but it just wasn't enough; DeHaan finished sixth in the semi,
just ahead of DV. In the LCQ, DeHaan came off the line with a less than
ideal start and didn't have enough time to get into qualifying position. |
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He
did it! Dusty Klatt qualified for his first ever AMA Supercross Lites
main event. After qualifying seventh in his heat race, Klatt rode a
smart and consistent race to finish 13th in the Lites main. |



















