August 4, 2006
Washougal, WA - Team Honda’s Andrew Short roared into Washougal, sweeping both motos to post his second overall win of the season. SoBe/Samsung Mobile/Honda’s Josh Grant joined Short on the podium, tallying a 2-3 for an impressive second overall, while Danny Smith, aboard the Motosport.com/MDK/MSR/Honda CRF250R, was the next-highest-finishing Honda rider in eighth, scoring a 10-10.
Shorty’s maximum points haul on the day helped the factory Honda rider close the gap on new series leader Mike Alessi (who passed Ryan Villopoto, the points leader coming into round eight, by virtue of his third-place result) and second-place Villopoto, with Short now sitting at 280 points to Alessi’s 315 and Villopoto’s 312. Grant lies fourth with 261.
In the MX class, Team Honda’s Davi Millsaps just missed landing his third straight podium result, capturing fourth overall with a 4-6. Unbound Energy/MotoXXX/Honda’s Tim Ferry, who’s been quietly racking up top 10 results since round three (he hasn’t finished lower than seventh in six events), took fifth with a strong 7-4, followed by Team Honda’s Travis Preston (6-5) in sixth, SoBe/Samsung Mobile/Honda’s Kevin Windham (5-7) seventh, and Unbound Energy/Honda’s Daniel Sani (10-10) in ninth.
The AMA MX Nationals Championship now takes a week off, after which it picks up at Spring Creek MX Park in Millville, MN, on August 13.
AMA Motocross Championship Results, Rd. 8
1. James Stewart (2-1) – Kawasaki
2. Ricky Carmichael (1-2) – Suzuki
3. Chad Reed (3-3) – Yamaha
4. Davi Millsaps (4-6) – Honda
5. Tim Ferry (7-4) – Honda
6. Travis Preston (6-5) – Honda
7. Kevin Windham (5-7) – Honda
8. David Vuillemin (8-9) – Yamaha
9. Daniel Sani (10-10) – Honda
10. Michael Byrne (9-11) – Kawasaki
AMA Motocross Championship Points Standings
1. Ricky Carmichael – 389 – Suzuki
2. Chad Reed – 313 – Yamaha
3. Davi Millsaps – 269 – Honda
4. Kevin Windham – 261 – Honda
5. Travis Preston – 226 – Honda
6. James Stewart – 211 – Kawasaki
7. David Vuillemin – 206 – Yamaha
8. Nick Wey – 202 – Honda
9. Tim Ferry – 178 – Honda
10. Josh Sumney – 129 – Honda
AMA Motocross Lites Championship Results, Rd. 8
1. Andrew Short (1-1) – Honda
2. Josh Grant (2-3) – Honda
3. Mike Alessi (3-4) – KTM
4. Troy Adams (6-5) – Kawasaki
5. Matthew Goerke (5-14) – Yamaha
6. Ryan Villopoto (40-2) – Kawasaki
7. Nathan Ramsey (14-6) – KTM
8. Danny Smith (10-10) – Honda
9. Brett Metcalfe (15-7) – Yamaha
10. Chris Gosselaar (7-15) – Kawasaki
AMA Motocross Championship Lites Points Standings
1. Mike Alessi – 315 – KTM
2. Ryan Villopoto – 312 – Kawasaki
3. Andrew Short – 280 – Honda
4. Josh Grant – 261 – Honda
5. Andrew McFarlane – 229 – Yamaha
6. Brett Metcalfe – 226 – Yamaha
7. Nathan Ramsey – 168 – KTM
8. Troy Adams – 143 – Kawasaki
9. Matthew Goerke – 136 – Yamaha
10. Broc Hepler – 133 – Suzuki
