Villopoto and Wharton win at IndianapolisIn front of 59,872 fans at Lucas Oil Stadium, Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., captured his sixth Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, victory.Motoconcepts Suzuki’s Mike Alessi captured the Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot Award to open the Supercross Class Main Event with Muscle Milk Honda’s Justin Braytonand Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin following in second and third, respectively. A
small mistake by Alessi on Lap 5 allowed Brayton to make a pass into
the lead. On Lap 10, Villopoto, who waited methodically, worked his way
through the pack, passed Yoshimura Suzuki’s Brett Metcalfe for second place. Five laps later, Villopoto passed
Brayton for the lead and rode to victory. Brayton finished second and,
for the second consecutive weekend, JGRMX/Toyota/Yamaha’s Davi Millsaps finished on the podium with a third-place finish. "This was by far the hardest track of the season,” said Villopoto. "It was slick out there, and I had to be on my game. It was tough to make passes on this track.” Editor: JGR/Toyota Yamaha's James Stewart tweeted this well after his Heat Race crash: Im Very sore & will get checked out when I get back to Fl. Bummed 4 my team & fans. Still trying to put what happen last night together. Dan Lamb of Moto Addicts tweeted: In case you were wondering JS7 did pass the Asterisk concussion test and was cleared to ride tonight. It was his call. Supercross Class Results: Indianapolis
Supercross Class Season Standings
Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki’s Blake Wharton won his first Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Main Event of the season. Red
Bull Red KTM’s Ken Roczen led the field through
turn one in the Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Main Event,
winning the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot Award, with Monster Energy/Pro
Circuit/Kawasaki’s Blake Baggett, following in
second. Baggett quickly passed Roczen, but Roczen answered back as he
passed him near the end of the opening lap. On
Lap 5 the race was red flagged due to a crash by Star/Valli/Yamaha’s
Kyle Cunningham. The race was restarted in a staggered format with
Roczen, Baggett and Wharton in the top three positions, respectively.
Current points leader Justin Barcia, who rides for the GIECO Honda team,
restarted in eighth place. After
the restart, Wharton charged his way around Baggett and assumed the
number-two position, and on the same lap Monster Energy/Pro
Circuit/Kawasaki’s Darryn Durham moved into third
place. While leading, Roczen crashed and suffered a mechanical problem
that forced him to re-enter the race in last place. As a result, Wharton
assumed the lead and Durham took over second place. Wharton rode to the
second win of his career and Durham finished in second place for the
second time this season. Barcia rounded out the podium with a third. "I
am lucky to finish where I did tonight,” said Barcia. "It was so slick
out there tonight and tough to get through the corners. It just wasn’t
our night tonight, but we will be back.” "I
am very thankful to everyone that got me here,” said Wharton. "It was a
strange start after the red flag, but it was great for me. I didn’t
look up until I saw the white flag, and once I saw it, I knew I had to
ride smart for one more lap. Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Results: Indianapolis
Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Season Standings
Monster Energy Supercross heads north to Toronto’s Rogers Centre next weekend. |