Travis Pastrana's First Pro Supercross 2000 Indianapolis 125cc Main (FULL RACE)

This is the 125cc Main Event from the 2000 125cc East Supercross opener from Indianapolis, IN.

In 2000, the 125cc West Supercross season saw 5 different winners in 5 races with David Pingree, Tallon Vohland, Greg Schnell, Casey Lytle, and Shae Bentley, who won the last round in Houston. Most of the heavy hitters like Tyler Evans and defending champion Nathan Ramsey were either injured or decided to run the 125cc East from the beginning. Of these 5 winners, David Pingree was the only consistent one and left Houston with the points lead.

Coming into Indianapolis, the 125cc East was to begin. The talent pool was very deep for the first time in a number of years. Both divisional champions in Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Nathan Ramsey and Yamaha of Troy's Ernesto Fonseca were in the same division (Ramsey injured his thumb before the 125cc West began). To add to that, other riders like a recharged Stephane Roncada, FMF Honda's Brock Sellards (who spent the Western swing in the 250cc class) and Michael Brandes, Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Nick Wey, Demarini Suzuki's Tyler Evans, and Team Suzuki rookie Travis Pastrana. With this much talent, it was hard to predict who would win the series.

This race marks Travis Pastrana's Supercross debut. Despite a decent 3rd place in his heat race, Travis showed his youth and excitement as he crashed on the parade lap when he tried to land a trick off one of the triples and went into the tuffboxes. Pastrana was also riding with a brace on his thumb; he broke the thumb at Jeremy McGrath's practice track but was cleared to ride. Through 2 crashes (one with Brock Sellards), Pastrana managed to turn a bumpy first ride into a decent 4th place finish, but he was nearly black-flagged for reckless riding. The other title contenders had their troubles, too.

Nathan Ramsey took a 6th place after a poor start and an early crash; Ernesto Fonseca took an 8th place following a crash with his teammate Stephane Roncada. Fonseca got the worst end of the stick when his foot got stuck in Roncada's rear wheel. Unfortunately, this was only the beginning of a season of troubles for both Ramsey and Fonseca. Ramsey was knocked out with extra injuries, but Fonseca had numerous troubles on the track after a dominant 1999 125cc East season. Through all the troubles, Fonseca managed to finish in the top 10 in all but one race; a lap 1 crash at New Orleans shuffled Fonseca to the back of the pack where he would finish in 13th. Ernesto ended the 125cc East 5th in the final points tally, but he won the final round in Chicago.

Throughout the 125cc East Supercross season, things happened left and right. Despite a sore wrist, Michael Brandes would win the first round here at Indianapolis, but troubles immediately followed. He never finished higher than 6th for the remainder of the season; after a 21st at Pontiac 2, Brandes called his season off. Travis Pastrana managed to win 2 races (Daytona and St. Louis), but Stephane Roncada proved to be the man to beat. He won 4 races and led the most laps of anyone in the 125cc class at 46. Brock Sellards led the way for most of the series, but he had not won a race.

Sellards finished 2nd 5 consecutive times before taking a 4th at Pontiac 2. After finishing 2nd at New Orleans for the 6th time in 7 races, Sellards and Roncada went into the final round at Chicago tied at 150 pts. with Travis Pastrana 6 points behind. When Sellards crashed in the first turn, Roncada rode steady to a 2nd place finish. Sellards came from near last to 4th, but he lost the title by just 4 points. As for Pastrana, he went for the lead on Fonseca, but Travis tagged his rear tire and crashed. He finished the race (and the series) in 3rd.

Enjoy.

NOTE: I did film this with my old digital camera back in 2010, but I did post the full broadcast of this race in 2013; I decided to construct this race for fun.

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