The “Big Three” of the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed and James Stewart bring their scorching battle to the second-to-last round of the 2006 season at Qwest Field this Saturday, April 29 for the Seattle Supercross. The “perfect storm” as the clash has been dubbed, has been building all season and now the race for the championship is reaching its peak.
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.