Eli swings at Hangtown
By TMX Archives on 26th May 10
The Brits began their charges on the 2010 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship with mixed results this weekend at the Rockstar Energy Hangtown Classic in Sacramento. Both British riders, ex-pat Scot Dean Wilson and England's Tommy Searle put in secure performances to finish sixth and ninth respectively in the 250 Class.
In the opening 250 moto, KTM pilot, Tommy Searle was briefly able to put all the disappointments of his AMA Supercross season behind him to claim second behind AMA Eastern Lites champ, Christophe Pourcel. However, in Moto two Searle suffered a heavy crash, landing on his previously injured shoulder. Despite re-mounting, Searle was unable to continue and was forced to retire and took 31st and ninth overall. Meanwhile Kawasaki's Dean Wilson continued the form he produced in the AMA Supercross Lites to secure tenth in his debut AMA Motocross race. He then followed this up fin a fourth in moto two for sixth overall.
After a night of thrills and spills Honda rookie Eli Tomac proved to be the man on form as he claimed the overall, just pushing Christophe Pourcel into second due to a better race two result.
LUCAS OILS AMA NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Sacramento, California, USA
OVERALL 450cc CLASS: 1 Chad Reed (AUS - Kaw) 25+20=45, 2 Mike Alessi (KTM) 18+25=43, 3 Davi Millsaps (Hon) 20+22=42, 4 Brett Metcalfe (Hon) 16+18=34, 5 Josh Grant (Yam) 22+11=33, 6 Ben Townley (NZ - Hon) 15+14=29, 7 Ryan Sipes (Yam) 14+13=27, 8 Ryan Dungey (Suz) 11+15=26, 9 Ken De Dycker (B - Yam) 13+10=23, 10 Andrew Short (Hon) 6+16=22, 11 Ben Lamay (Yam) 8+9=17, 12 Thomas Hahn (US -Suz) 12+4=16,
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 12) rounds: 1 Reed 45 points, 2 Alessi 43, 3 Millsaps 42, 4 Metcalfe 34, 5 Grant 33, 6 Townley 29, 7 Sipes 27, 8 Dungey 26, 9 De Dycker 23, 10 Short 22, 11 Lamay 17, 12 Hahn 16,...
OVERALL 250cc CLASS: 1 Eli Tomac (Hon) 20+25=45, 2 Christophe Pourcel (F - Kaw) 25+20=45, 3 Trey Canard (Hon) 14+22=36, 4 Jake Weimer (Kaw) 18+13=31, 5 Justin Barcia (Hon) 16+14=30, 6 Dean WILSON (GB - Kaw) 11+18=29, 7 Broc Tickle (Yam) 10+16=26, 8 Wil Hahn (Hon) 8+15=23, 9 Tommy SEARLE (GB - KTM) 22+0=22, 10 Tyla Rattray (ZA - Kaw) 13+5=18, 11 Max ANSTIE (GB - Yam) 9+7=16, 12 Martin Davalos (Yam) 5+10=15,...
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 12) rounds: 1 Tomac 45 points, 2 Pourcel 45, 3 Canard 36, 4 Weimer 31, 5 Barcia 30, 6 WILSON 29, 7 Tickle 26, 8 Hahn 23, 9 SEARLE 22, 10 Rattray 18, 11 ANSTIE 16, 12 Baggett 15,...
NEXT ROUND: May 29 – San Bernardino, California, USA.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010
It wasn't to be Ryan Dungey's day at the season opener at the Hangtown Classic as he finished down in eighth place overall. It's early days however in what promises to be an exciting series.