US Supercross Lites East Series
By TMX Archives on 17th Mar 08
MDK KTM Factory rider Martin Davalos takes home a podium finish at the Minneapolis Supercross. MDK KTM Lites team rider Ryan Sipes picked up a hard earned fifth.
Although the night ended well for Davalos and Sipes it wasn't as pleasant forMDK KTM Lites team rider Matt Goerke. Goerke was in good position to qualify inthe first Lites Heat of the night when he suffered an unfortunate crash andDNF'd the moto. He came back in the LCQ but had worse luck and was not able toqualify into the main event.
The second Lites Heat had Davalos and Sipes out front early. At one pointDavalos was in 2nd with Sipes behind in 3rd. Unfortunately, Davalos crashedaround the halfway mark and remounted in 8th. With the laps left he worked hisway back into 5th qualifying into the main. Sipes had a few rough moments in theheat as well but was still able to transfer into the main with an 8th placefinish.
In the Lites main event the fans again saw Davalos grab another good startcoming around the first turn in 4th. Sipes was able to salvage a mid-pack startand had to begin to pick riders off quickly to move through the pack and uptoward the leaders. Davalos rode an impressive race moving into third placearound the sixth lap. Meanwhile, the hard charging bike of Trey Canard was hoton his tail. Davalos and Canard battled for the last nine laps back and forth.The crowd was on their feet as they stayed within half a bike length of oneanother for the entire last half of the race. When the checkered flag droppedDavalos held off Canard and finished third overall for the night. Furthermore,Sipes showed incredible speed and strength as he had moved up behind the twoearning a hard fought 5th place for the night. Sipes now sits third in overallpoints and Davalos moves into fifth.
Results
1 2 Ryan Villopoto Kawasaki
2 20 Joshua Grant Honda
3 577 Martin Davalos KTM
4 48 Trey Canard Honda
5 57 Ryan Sipes KTM
Standings
1 48 Trey Canard Honda 93
2 2 Ryan Villopoto Kawasaki 69
3 57 Ryan Sipes KTM 67
4 341 Nico Izzi Suzuki 54
5 577 Martin Davalos KTM 53
18 41 Matthew Goerke KTM 22