"The fans wanted this (AMA) championship to come down to the final race and that’s what they’ve got," said a disappointed Carmichael after Dallas. "I would much rather sew up the title early and I’ve been lucky enough to do that a number of times in my career, but I’ll go out there in the last two races and do the best I can to win it this way. The fact that the championship would come down to the final race is something I’ve said all season. There’s just too much talent in the series for anything else to happen."
Reed, who is coming off a shoulder injury suffered last month, is happy just to be in the position to have a shot at the title.
"After I was injured I thought my season was pretty much over," Reed said. "Now the Dallas win has given me new hope. At this point I’m not even thinking about the (AMA) championship, I’m just happy to be where I am. It took a little luck, but I’ll take anything I can get at this point."
Meanwhile, the AMA Supercross Lites West Series will be decided in Seattle. Coming into the final round four riders still have a mathematical shot at the title, but realistically it’s come down to Honda’s Andrew Short and Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Grant Langston.
Just four points separate the two with Short holding the edge over Langston. Short is trying to earn his first AMA Supercross Lites title, while Langston won the East Series last year.
