Supercross 05
Devin Goettsch, staff writer

The 2005 supercross season began with the first of three races in Anaheim CA.

James “Bubba” Stewart has risen to the 250 class, still riding for Kawasaki, up from 125’s. Ricky Carmichael is back after sitting out all of the supercross season last year due to a knee surgery, but he is back and now riding for team Suzuki after being with Honda for about 3 years.

Also, the always-deadly one two punch of team Amsoil Honda’s Kevin Windham and Mike Laracco mixed up in the points race along with other great riders such as Nike Way, Travis Pastrana, and Chad Reed this season promises to be action packed to the max.  In the past few seasons, Reed has dominated the supercross world, followed by Windham.

In the first race of the season sparks flew as Windham and Larocco came in first and second, followed by Carmichael in a close third to get the ball rolling.  In the second race at Phoenix’s Bank One ballpark, Carmichael jumped out to an early lead.  And battled Windham and Reed for most of the race.  In the end, Carmichael prevailed, followed by Windham in second and Reed in third. In the second of three races, at Anaheim Carmichael returned to his true leading form with his second win in a row.  Reed was able to take over the second spot, and Windham rounded out the top three.

With 13 races left in the season, Carmichael and Windham are only four points apart in the season standings, which means it is still anyone’s season to take.  But you also cannot forget about Reed, who has preformed strong in the last two races.  Carmichael and Reed are both great riders, but I believe that Windham will take the cake after the dust has settled.