Ryan's Rock'ing
By TMX Archives on 3rd Mar 10
ROCKSTAR Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey re-claimed his grasp on the Monster Energy AMA Supercross and FIM World Championships after he took his third championship win at round eight of the series inside Atlanta's legendary Georgia Dome. Title contender Ryan Villopoto had a disastrous night with a big crash and could only grab two points after finishing in 19th overall.
Meanwhile, in the second round of the AMA Supercross Lites-East, Scottish born Dean Wilson was on top form to claim fourth overall following a nail-biting night where he dominated for the opening nine laps.
The night was electric as nearly 70,000 avid fans witnessed Dungey, the Suzuki rider, show that he was not going to let Villopoto stretch his lead in the series. As the gate dropped Dungey shot out of the gate to claim the holeshot award, followed by Honda's Trey Canard and Kawasaki's Villopoto. As the race progressed Dungey fought hard to open up a lead, but Canard, Villopoto and Ivan Tedesco hit back, not letting him out of sight.
AMA & WORLD SUPERCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 8 Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
SUPERCROSS CLASS: 1 Ryan Dungey (Suz), 2 Trey Canard ( Hon), 3 Davi Millsaps (Hon), 4 Ivan Tedesco (Yam), 5 Justin Brayton (Yam), 6 Josh Hill (Yam), 7 Michael Byrne (AUS - Kaw), 8 Jason Lawrence (Yam), 9 Grant Langston (ZA - Yam), 10 Nick Wey (Kaw), 11 Chris Blose (Hon), 12 Kyle Chisholm (Yam), 13 Matt Boni (Hon), 14 Kevin Windham (Hon), 15 Jason Thomas (Suz), 16 Heath Voss (Hon), 17 Weston Peick (Yam), 18 Dan Reardon (Yam), 19 Ryan Villopoto (Kaw), 20 Kyle Partridge US - Kaw).
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 (of 17) rounds: 1 Dungey 170 points, 2 Hill 150, 3 Villopoto 147, 4 Millsaps 134, 5 Brayton 121, 6 Tedesco 115, 7 Windham 113, 8 Wey 85, 9 Byrne 71, 10 Short 69, 11 Chisholm 69, 12 Langston 66, 13 Hahn 61, 14 Blose 60, 15 Stewart 51, 16 Thomas 37, 17 Iziord 32, 18 Lawrence 28, 19 Reardon 25, 20 Canard 23,
SUPERCROSS LITES (East): 1 Christophe Pourcel (F - Kaw), 2 Austin Stroupe (Suz), 3 Brett Metcalfe (AUS - Hon), 4 Dean WILSON (GB - Kaw), 5 Blake Baggett (Suz), 6 Vince Friese (Yam), 7 Matthew Lemoine (Suz), 8 Jake Moss (AUS - Suz), 9 Levi Kilbarger (Hon), 10 Kyle Cunningham (Hon), 11 Kyle Regal (Yam), 12 Nico Izzi (Yam), 13 Michael Willard (Hon), 14 Adam CHATFIELD (GB - Kaw), 15 Ryan Sipes (Yam), 16 Taylor Futrell (KTM), 17 James Decotis (Hon), 18 Justin Barcia (Hon), 19 Alex Martin (Hon), 20 Kyle Keylon (Suz).
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 8) rounds: 1 Pourcel 50 points, 2 Stroupe 44, 3 Metcalfe 36, 4 WILSON 33, 5 Baggett 26, 6 Regal 24, 7 Barcia 23, 8 Moss 22, 9 Izzi 22, 10 Kilbarger 20, 11 Friese 19, 12 Sipes 18, 13 Lemoine 14, 14 CHATFIELD 14, 15 Willard 13, 16 Davalos 12, 17 Cunningham 11, 18 Adams 11, 19 Sipes 6, 20 Futrell 6,
NEXT ROUND: March 6 Daytona Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
Austin Stroupe heads Scot Dean Wilson, who finished fourth in the Lites after leading for nine laps.