Reliant Ryan!
By TMX Archives on 14th Apr 10
FOLLOWING a brief break over the Easter period, the Monster Energy AMA Supercross and FIM World Championships headed to Houston Texas for the 13th round of the series where Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto secured his seventh win of the series in a hope of realing in series leader, Ryan Dungey.
Over 44,500 eager fans piled into Houston's Reliant Stadium to see what the next part of the AMA Supercross had in store, and they weren't disappointed as Villopoto stormed to a flag to flag victory in the Main event.
As the gate dropped it was Villopoto who stormed into the first corner to claim the Spike Holeshot Award, with Suzuki's Ryan Dungey a close second and Yamaha's Josh Hill third. Villopoto didn't stick around for long though as he quickly began to stretch a gap over the trailing pack.
AMA & WORLD SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 13 Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas, USA
SUPERCROSS CLASS: 1 Ryan Villopoto (Kaw), 2 Kevin Windham (Hon), 3 Ivan Tedesco (Yam), 4 Chad Reed (AUS - Kaw), 5 Ryan Dungey (Suz), 6 Thomas Hahn (Suz), 7 Davi Millsaps (Hon), 8 Andrew Short (Hon), 9 Justin Brayton (Yam), 10 Josh Hill (Yam), 11 Nick Wey (Kaw), 12 Manuel Rivas (E - Kaw), 13 Kyle Chisholm (Yam), 14 Michael Byrne (AUS - Kaw), 15 Matt Boni (Hon), 16 Kyle Regal (Yam), 17 Josh Demuth (KTM), 18 Jason Thomas (Suz), 19 Chris Blose (Hon), 20 Jason Lawrence (Yam).
SERIES STANDINGS after 13 (of 17) rounds: 1 Dungey 277 points, 2 Villopoto 265, 3 Hill 217, 4 Millsaps 203, 5 Windham 201, 6 Tedesco 179, 7 Brayton 176, 8 Wey 141, 9 Hahn 128, 10 Chisholm 123, 11 Byrne 117, 12 Canard 103, 13 Blose 88, 14 Short 82, 15 Langston 67, 16 Thomas 64, 17 Stewart 51, 18 Boni 51, 19 Lawrence 43, 20 Rivas 32,
SUPERCROSS LITES (East): 1 Christophe Pourcel (F - Kaw), 2 Blake Baggett (Suz), 3 Justin Barcia (Hon), 4 Brett Metcalfe (AUS - Hon), 5 Martin Davalos (Yam), 6 Kyle Cunningham (Hon), 7 Ryan Sipes (Yam), 8 James Decotis (Hon), 9 Dean WILSON (GB - Kaw), 10 Troy Adams (Suz), 11 Justin Sipes (Kaw), 12 Michael Willard (Hon), 13 Kyle Keylon (Suz), 14 Steven CLARK (GB - Suz), 15 Adam CHATFIELD (GB - Kaw), 16 Matthew Lemoine (Suz), 17 Vince Friese (Yam), 18 Sean Lipanovich (Hon), 19 Kyle Gills (Kaw), 20 Tougher Ingalls (Yam).
SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Christophe Pourcel 159 points (CHAMPION), 2 Stroupe 126, 3 Barcia 122, 4 Metcalfe 113, 5 Baggett 102, 6 Ryan Sipes 91, 7 WILSON 83, 8 Cunningham 66, 9 Davalos 65, 10 Adams 58, 11 Willard 52, 12 Decotis 51, 13 Lemoine 48, 14 Friese 44, 15 Izzi 41, 16 Futrell 41, 17 CHATFIELD 38, 18 CLARK 34, 19 Kilbarger 34, 20 Moss 33,
NEXT ROUND: April 17 Edward Jones Dome, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010