The pace hots up
By TMX Archives on 18th Feb 10
Just three points in it as Villopoto storms to victory...
The chase is really on in the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, and FIM World Championships, after a flag to flag victory for Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto in the main event at Anaheim 3. The win sees Villopoto move into third on the series leaderboard, just three points behind current joint leaders Ryan Dungey and Josh Hill.
For round six, the series returned to the Angel Stadium, Anaheim, and in front of over 34,000 fans, Villopoto put in an awesome performance. After gaining the holeshot award, the Kawasaki rider just got stronger and stronger throughout the 20 lap event, never looking back as he eked out a lead to bag his second win of the series.
AMA & WORLD SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 6 Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California, USA
SUPERCROSS CLASS: 1 Ryan Villopoto (Kaw), 2 Josh Hill (Yam), 3 Kevin Windham (Hon), 4 Ryan Dungey (Suz), 5 David Millsaps (Hon), 6 Justin Brayton (Yam), 7 Kyle Chisholm (Yam), 8 Michael Byrne (A - Kaw), 9 Dan Reardon (Yam), 10 Nick Wey (Kaw), 11 Ivan Tedesco (Yam), 12 Chris Blose (Hon), 13 Grant Langston (ZA - Yam), 14 Jarred Browne (Kaw), 15 Fabien Izoird (F - Kaw), 16 Cyrille Coulon (F - Kaw), 17 Justin Keeney (Kaw), 18 Weston Peick (Yam), 19 Jason Thomas (Suz), 20 Matt Boni (Hon).
SERIES STANDINGS after 6 (of 17) rounds: 1 Dungey 123 points (2 wins), 2 Hill 123, 3 Villopoto 120 (2 wins), 4 Millsaps 98 (1 win), 5 Tedesco 87, 6 Brayton 87, 7 Windham 86, 8 Short 69, 9 Wey 61, 10 Hahn 56, 11 Chisholm 53, 12 Stewart (1 win) 51, 13 Byrne 49, 14 Langston 35, 15 Blose 35, 16 Izoird 32, 17 Thomas 27, 18 Reardon 20, 19 Coulon 20, 20 Stroupe 18,
SUPERCROSS LITES (West): 1 Trey Canard (Hon), 2 Broc Tickle (Yam), 3 Wil Hahn (Hon), 4 Blake Wharton (Hon), 5 PJ Larsen (KTM), 6 Phillip Nicoletti (KTM), 7 Travis Baker (Yam), 8 Jake Weimer (Kaw), 9 Antonio Balbi (Kaw), 10 Jeff Alessi (Yam), 11 Ryan Clark (Hon), 12 Sean Borkenhagen (KTM), 13 Hunter Hewitt (Suz), 14 Eric McCrummen (Hon), 15 Robert Kiniry (Suz), 16 Christopher Gosselaar (Hon), 17 Josh Hansen (Kaw), 18 Tanner Reidman (Hon), 19 Tiger Lacey (Kaw), 20 Hugo Dagod (F - KTM).
SERIES STANDINGS after 6 (of 8) rounds: 1 Weimer 135 points, 2 Canard 121, 3 Hahn 114, 4 Tickle 100, 5 Wharton 89, 6 Seely 76, 7 ANSTIE 63, 8 Hansen 60, 9 Nicoletti 56, 10 Alessi 56, 11 Baker 54, 12 Kiniry 44, 13 Morais 42, 14 Hewitt 35, 15 Balbi 33, 16 Ryan Clark 32, 17 Gosselaar 31, 18 Paulin 30, 19 Borkenhagen 30, 20 Larsen 29, 21 SEARLE 27,
NEXT ROUND: February 20 Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
FOR FULL STORY, SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Josh Hill fought hard all the way to catch Villopoto but didn't quite have the pace and had to settle for second place yet again.