Angel Rocks' for Ryan
By TMX Archives on 28th Jan 10
Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey followed up his Pheonix victory with a second consecutive win at round three of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championships in Anaheim.
Dungey was on fire in the Angel Stadium where almost 32,000 fans witnessed him pull a three-second advantage over Joshua Hill to take the chequered flag with reigning Champ, James Stewart in third. Meanwhile fellow title contender, Chad Reed remained sidelined after sustaining a broken hand in Phoenix.
Dungey started the night with intent, with the fastest time in practice closely followed by Josh Hill, Justin Brayton and Stewart, who appeared to still be suffering with the effects of last weeks crash.
As the gate dropped for the start of the main race, Suzuki's Austin Stroupe hit the front to claim the holeshot with Stewart snapping at his back wheel. Within the first lap Stewart found a gap to make the pass and take the lead, with Stewart's team mate, Josh Hill following shortly to run in second. Meanwhile, Ryan Dungey didn't get the best of starts as he started the lap in seventh. However with his head down and giving 100 per cent, Dungey was able to claw his way up to fourth by the end of lap two.
AMA & WORLD SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California, USA
SUPERCROSS CLASS: 1 Ryan Dungey (Suz), 2 Josh Hill (Yam), 3 James Stewart (Yam), 4 Andrew Short (Hon), 5 Kevin Windham (Hon), 6 Justin Brayton (Yam), 7 Ryan Villopoto (Kaw), 8 David Millsaps (Hon), 9 Michael Byrne (Kaw), 10 Ivan Tedesco (Yam), 11 Kyle Chisholm (Yam), 12 Thomas Hahn (Suz), 13 Nick Wey (Kaw), 14 Jason Thomas (Suz), 15 Chris Blose (Hon), 16 Grant Langston (ZA - Yam), 17 Fabien Iziord (F - Kaw), 18 Manuel Rivas Gomez (Kaw), 19 Justin Keeney (Kaw), 20 Austin Stroupe (Suz) .
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 17) rounds: 1 Dungey 72 points, 2 Hill 57, 3 Villopoto 52, 4 Short 52, 5 Stewart 51, 6 Windham 51, 7 Tedesco 43, 8 Brayton 41, 9 Millsaps 37, 10 Hahn 30, 11 Wey 25, 12 Chisholm 19, 13 Stroupe 18, 14 Byrne 18, 15 Langston 14, 16 Thomas 14, 17 Rivas Gomez 13, 18 Iziord 11, 19 Blose 11, 20 Aranda 8,...
SUPERCROSS LITES (West): 1 Jake Weimer (Kaw), 2 Wil Hahn (Hon), 3 Trey Canard (Hon), 4 Josh Hansen (Kaw), 5 Cole Seely (Hon), 6 Gautier Paulin (F - Yam), 7 Max ANSTIE (GB - Yam), 8 Blake Wharton (Hon), 9 Travis Baker (Yam), 10 Broc Tickle (Yam), 11 Robert Kiniry (Suz), 12 Jeff Alessi (Yam), 13 Antonio Balbi (E - Kaw), 14 Sean Borkenhagen (KTM), 15 Ryan Clark (Hon), 16 Christopher Gosselaar (Hon), 17 Hunter Hewitt (Suz), 18 Tanner Reidman (Hon), 19 Jeffrey Mann (Kaw), 20 Jake Canada (Kaw).
SERIES STANDINGS (West) after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Weimer 75 points, 2 Canard 56, 3 Hahn 56, 4 Wharton 51, 5 Morais 42, 6 Tickle 42, 7 Seely 38, 8 Hansen 32, 9 ANSTIE 32, 10 Paulin 30, 11 Kiniry 30, 12 Alessi 28, 13 SEARLE 27, 14 Baker 23, 15 Borkenhagen 21, 16 Nicoletti 16, 17 Clark 15, 18 Hewitt 14, 19 Gosselaar 12, 20 Balbi 8,...
NEXT ROUND: January 30 – AT&T Park, San Francisco, California, USA.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010
Austin Stroup only just managed to get in the points.