[Stoughty]

**HI-JACK THREAD ALERT**



Dust Devil....hell yeah I ready to go fishing. Can't wait for the first batch of Albies to come in! I'll do my best to get out there AND GET THE DECKS BLOODY!

Hey, we need to go riding out by your house. Can you show me the way around up there? I like all the pics I see of the trails up there. Looks awesome! Looks like some really cool desert riding. - Mike

[Dust Devil]

Anytime.

****Hijack alert off*****

[crfsonly]

What a farse! You would think an investigation would be conducted first, then a penalty assessed. The latest from AMA:

http://supercross.cc.com/news/Article.2006-03-01.4747

sounds like they might consider reinstating those 25 points should they find the infraction was significant enough or the test wasn't handled properly. wow...wouldn't that throw a wrinkle in things?

ken

[NoWheeler]

im a big ricky fan.... sorry guys hes about my age and i remember hearing about him when he was a little guy racing KX80s that wow i wish i had what he had kinda deal. But now reading all of this over and over again im almost over reading about fuel samples and blah blah blah, for some reason i dont think anyone on the circuit today would have the talent and composure to get out on the track like he did, keep it on two wheels, and win the race even tho hes written it off for the season. I can see Chad Reed crying about it and just rolling the whole course. I see Stewart having that fire but maybe a lil too much and with luck keeping it on two wheels but doubtfully. Well i could continue to chad reed bash all day long, would it make me feel better about the AMA rule book at the moment.............. NO I WANT GOOD RACING BACK DANGIT

[Stoughty]

Everybody will get there season that they hoped for after all. This was taken from another site:


AMA/FIM Reach Resolution on Carmichael Penalty
- press release -

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (March 3, 2006) --The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) have announced a joint resolution to the points penalty imposed by the AMA on Ricky Carmichael following the February 11 San Diego round of the AMA Supercross Series and the FIM World Supercross GP.

In a post-race tech inspection, the fuel in Carmichael's motorcycle was found to contain more lead than allowed under a standard jointly adopted by both sanctioning bodies beginning with the 2004 racing season.

The AMA has enforced that fuel regulation in its AMA Supercross Series and AMA Motocross Championship for the past two years. However, this is the first time that testing has revealed a fuel violation affecting a competitor entered in both the AMA and FIM series, and while the fuel standard is the same in both rule books, the two sanctioning bodies call for different testing protocols.

The AMA initiated an investigation into the fuel requirement and testing protocols. It then became apparent that this difference in testing protocols would make consistent enforcement of this standard difficult, and the two sanctioning bodies have agreed to cooperate in the investigation, with the goal of creating a unified unleaded fuel standard and testing protocol for the 2007 season.

Meanwhile, the AMA and the FIM jointly agreed that, because of the disparity in testing protocols, a points penalty would be inappropriate in this case. As a result, the AMA has rescinded the 25-point penalty imposed on Carmichael in the AMA Supercross Series standings, and the FIM has said that it will not impose a points penalty in the World Supercross GP standings.

Both sanctioning bodies agreed, however, that a penalty is still appropriate for this fuel violation, and the decision was made to impose a $20,000 fine on the Suzuki team for which Carmichael rides. The AMA and the FIM will equitably donate the fine to the Asterisk Mobile Medical Center, which provides trackside medical support to riders at all AMA Supercross Series/FIM World Supercross GP series and AMA Motocross Championship events and to Riders for Health, a humanitarian organization working in Africa for 15 years reaching nearly 11 million people with regular health care workers riding motorcycles.

"It was clear that the differences in testing protocols raised serious problems for enforcement of this rule,'' said Steve Whitelock, AMA Motocross and Supercross Series manager.

"We think this is a fair and equitable resolution of a difficult situation" said Wolfgang Srb, President of the FIM Motocross Commission.

The AMA has announced that the fuel investigation will be conducted by the Southwest Research Institute's Fuel and Lubricant Lab, an independent consulting organization with nearly 60 years of experience. It is expected that teams as well as fuel suppliers, among others, will be interviewed in this process.

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So there you have it. The points look like this now:

Chad Reed - 171

Ricky Carmichael - 165

James Stewart - 152

[Dust Devil]

The season is back!!! Right on!

[NoWheeler]

watch reed cry

[crfsonly]

ricky and reed both missed the podium once so far in this series. unfortunately for ricky his miss was a DNF while chad's was 5th place finish.

now that ricky has been given back the 25 points he earned he's back in it and reed is going to have to race him for the championship now.

ken