2012 Monster Energy Supercross Season - Toronto
Sunday 25 March: Villopoto wins again with seventh victory of 2012 Monster Energy Supercross Season in Toronto. Barcia grabs fifth win in Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class.
The 12th race of Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, hosted 47,010 Canadian enthusiasts on Saturday night, to boast its largest crowd to date inside the Rogers Centre.
Monster
Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto captured his
series-leading seventh win of the season to extend his points lead and
inch closer to defending his Supercross Class title.
As
the gate dropped on the Supercross Class Main Event, Team Honda Muscle
Milk’s Justin Brayton grabbed the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot
Award with Villopoto and Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX’s Davi Millsap in tow. Brayton led the opening lap of competition,
but Villopoto made what would be the winning pass a short time later.
Once
he took over the lead, Villopoto quickly pulled away. However, a slight
bobble in the whoops on Lap 3 allowed Brayton to close in briefly, but
Villopoto rebounded and laid down the quickest laps of the evening. He
took the checkered flag over nine seconds ahead of the field.
"Out
of the first turn, it was just me and Brayton right off the bat,” said
Villopoto. "I made some pretty big mistakes in the whoops. They were
tough. We’ll go to Houston, where I think there’s a chance to wrap up
the title. That’s the plan.”
Brayton
recorded his second consecutive runner-up effort, while GEICO Honda’s
Kevin Windham, of Centreville, Miss., made an impressive climb from a
fifth-place start to grab the final spot on the podium in third.
Villopoto now holds a 79-point lead over Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn.
Supercross Class Results: Toronto
- Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki
- Justin Brayton, Murrieta, Calif., Honda
- Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda
- Davi Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha
- Jake Weimer, Wildomar, Idaho, Kawasaki
- Marvin Musquin, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
- Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla., Kawasaki
- Broc Tickle, Holly, Mich., Kawasaki
- Robert Kiniry, Holland Patent, NY, Yamaha
- Wil Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda
Supercross Class Season Standings
- Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki – 271
- Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., KTM – 192
- James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha – 177
- Davi Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha – 169
- Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda – 166
- Justin Brayton, Murrieta, Calif., Honda – 165
- Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Kawasaki – 150
- Brett Metcalfe, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Suzuki – 145
- Mike Alessi, Hilliard, Calif., Suzuki – 136
- Chad Reed, Dade City, Fla., Honda – 128
Supercross
Lites Class
GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia, raced to
his fifth win in six races of the Eastern Regional Championship.
In the Supercross Lites Class Main Event, Barcia was the first out of the gate to grab the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot
Award, while Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen and
Eleven10 Mods Honda’s Alex Martin followed. Roczen
took advantage early, moving past Barcia on the opening lap and setting
a quick pace early.
The
duo followed one another through the first few laps before Barcia took
an inside line on Lap 3, making contact with Roczen in the process and
pulling away. Behind them, an exciting battle for third ensued between
Martin, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Darryn Durham and Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki’s Blake Wharton. After a three-wide battle, Durham assumed the spot, but fell just
a few laps later, allowing Wharton to take over the position.
Once
out front, Barcia continued to pull away from the field, winning by
over seven seconds. Roczen went unchallenged en route to a second-place
finish, while Wharton held on for third.
Right
now I couldn’t be (happier),” said Barcia. "I got my first win here two
years ago. My GEICO Honda was hooking up great. This track was really
tough tonight. You had to be really smart and really smooth. I made a
great pass for the lead and kind of just rode my own race from there.”
Barcia extended his lead in the Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class standings to 28 points over Wharton.
Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Results: Toronto
- Justin Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda
- Ken Roczen, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
- Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Suzuki
- Jake Canada, Sun City, Calif., Honda
- Darryn Durham, Butler, Pa, Kawasaki
- Alex Martin, Millville, Minn., Honda
- Tommy Weeck, Menifee, Calif., Honda
- Justing Bogle, Cushing, Okla., Honda
- Matthew Lemoine, Collinsville, Texas, Kawasaki
- Jeffrey Gibson, Blacklick, Ohio, Honda
Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Season Standings
- Justin Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda – 145
- Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Suzuki – 117
- Darryn Durham, Butler, Pa., Kawasaki – 114
- Ken Roczen, Murrieta, Calif., KTM – 102
- Jake Canada, Sun City, Calif., Honda – 90
- Blake Baggett, Grand Terrace, Calif., Kawasaki – 86
- Justin Bogle, Cushing, Okla., Honda – 74
- Malcolm Stewart, Haines City, Fla., KTM – 50
- Alex Martin, Millville, Minn., Honda – 50
- Matthew Lemoine, Collinsville, Texas, Kawasaki – 46
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