Dungey wins finale in Las Vegas - Barcia wins East/West shootout
Sunday 06 May: Ryan Dungey Scores 4th win of 2012 Monster Energy Supercross Season at Season Finale in Las Vegas. Justin Barcia wins the Dave Coombs (Senior) East/West shootout.
Red
Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey won his fourth Monster
Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race tonight in front
of a sold-out crowd of 39,509 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
MotoConcepts’ Mike Alessi captured the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot
Award to start the Supercross Class Main Event. Dungey didn’t wait long
to make his move on Alessi to take the lead on Lap 1. Yoshimura
Suzuki’s Brett Metcalfe moved into second
place on Lap 2, passing Alessi, and on the following lap, Monster Energy
Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer found his way into third
place.
Weimer
advanced into second place on Lap 6, while JGRMX/Toyota/Yamaha Davi
Millsaps secured third place and set his sights on Weimer. Weimer and
Millsaps mixed it up on Lap 7, trading places for second place with
Weimer holding the position. Millsaps finally made the pass on Weimer on
Lap 10 and rode to a second place finish. Dungey won with an 8 second
margin of victory and Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Brayton finished third.
Millsaps finished second in the season point standings and Dungey finished third.
"After
the Heat Race, we made a change to the bike that really helped out in
the Main Event,” said Dungey. "The track was hard-packed tonight and a
little tough. I am really happy that I could get this win for the KTM
team.”
Team
Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Brayton won the second annual Brett Michaels
Rock Hard-Ride Hard Award and received a $10,000 bonus.
Supercross Class Results: Las Vegas
- Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., KTM
- Davi Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha
- Justin Brayton, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Honda
- Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Kawasaki
- Joshua Grant, Corona, Calif., Kawasaki
- Nico Izzi, Menifee, Calif., Yamaha
- Mike Alessi, Hilliard, Fla., Suzuki
- Weston Peick, Wildomar, Calif., Yamaha
- Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda
- Nick Wey, DeWitt, Mich., Kawasaki
Supercross Class Season Standings
- Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 323
- Davi Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha, 266
- Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., KTM, 257
- Justin Brayton, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Honda, 257
- Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Kawasaki, 229
- Mike Alessi, Hilliard, Fla., Suzuki, 206
- James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha, 178
- Brett Metcalfe, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Suzuki, 177
- Broc Tickle, Holly, Mich., Kawasaki, 171
- Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda, 166
Supercross Lites and East/West Shootout.
After leading
wire-to-wire, GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia won the final stop of the Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class
Championship. Barcia’s teammate Eli Tomac also led
all 15 laps of the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Main Event,
winning his fifth race of the season.
Barcia
capped off his championship-winning Eastern Regional Supercross Lites
Class season by winning the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot Award before
leading all 15 laps of the Main Event en route to his sixth victory of
the season. Barcia clinched the championship earlier this year at the
New Orleans stop.
Behind
Barcia, Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen assumed the
second-place position with Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Blake
Baggett in tow, where they would finish.
Following
Barcia’s win, he made the announcement that he will ride for the Team
Honda Muscle Milk squad next year, and the first time he will race for
the new team will be at the Monster Energy Cup at Sam Boyd Stadium on
October 20.
"This
is a dream come true, and I am looking forward to racing for Team Honda
Muscle Milk,” said Barcia. "I am happy to close out the season with a
win; the track was difficult for me out there, but I was able to keep it
together.”
Tomac opened the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class
Main Event by placing his GEICO Honda across the Nuclear Cowboyz
Holeshot line with Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki’s Martin Davalos and his teammate Jason Anderson following in second and third, respectively.
On
Lap 3, Anderson moved into third place, passing Davalos, but moments
later made a mistake that allowed Davalos to take back second place and
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson to move into third.
Wilson passed Davalos on Lap 5 to take over the number-two position.
GIECO Honda’s Wil Hahn, of Decatur, Texas moved around Davalos on Lap
11. Wilson finished second and Hahn finished third.
"This
shows that GEICO Honda has done a great job this year with us winning
both Supercross Lites Class titles and Wil [Hahn] finishing third
tonight,” said Tomac.
The
dominant performance by the GEICO Honda team set the stage for the 10
lap Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout. Once again, Barcia won the
Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot Award, and he was trailed by Davalos and Tomac.
On
Lap 3 Davalos took advantage of a mistake by Barcia to move into the
lead. Two laps later, both Barcia and Tomac moved around Davalos. Barcia
was able to hold off the hard charging Tomac for the win. Tomac
finished second and Davalos was third.
Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Results: Las Vegas
- Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Honda
- Dean Wilson, Menifee, Calif., Kawasaki
- Wil Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda
- Martin Davalos, Cairo, Georgia, Suzuki
- Jason Anderson, Edgewood, N.M., Suzuki
- Marvin Musquin, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
- Matt Moss, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
- Ryan Sipes, Ekron, Ky., Yamaha
- Scott Champion, Sun City, Calif., Honda
- Landen Powell, South Jordan, UT, Honda
Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Season Standings
- Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Honda, 184
- Dean Wilson, Menifee, Calif., Kawasaki, 154
- Marvin Musquin, Murrieta, Calif., KTM, 142
- Cole Seely, Murrieta, Calif., Honda, 119
- Jason Anderson, Edgewood, N.M., Suzuki, 111
- Matt Moss, Murrieta, Calif., KTM, 106
- Ryan Sipes, Ekron, Ky., Yamaha, 96
- Martin Davalos, Cairo, Georgia, Suzuki, 89
- Billy Laninovich, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 85
- Nico Izzi, Menifee, Calif., Yamaha, 78
Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Results: Las Vegas
- Justin Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda
- Ken Roczen, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
- Blake Baggett, Grand Terrace, Calif., Kawasaki
- Malcolm Stewart, Haines City, Fla., KTM
- Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Suzuki
- Kyle Cunningham, Aledo, Texas, Yamaha
- Hunter Hewitt, Corona, Calif., Suzuki
- Jake Canada, Sun City, Calif., Honda
- Matthew Lemoine, Collinsville, Texas, Kawasaki
- Kyle Peters, Greensboro, NC, Yamaha
Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Season Standings
- Justin Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda – 210
- Ken Roczen, Murrieta, Calif., KTM – 165
- Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Suzuki – 158
- Blake Baggett, Grand Terrace, Calif., Kawasaki – 148
- Darryn Durham, Butler, Pa., Kawasaki – 143
- Jake Canada, Sun City, Calif., Honda – 131
- Justin Bogle, Cushing, Okla., Honda – 117
- Kyle Cunningham, Aledo, Texas, Yamaha – 85
- Matthew Lemoine, Collinsville, Texas, Kawasaki – 78
- Alex Martin, Millville, Minn., Honda – 77
Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout
1. Justin Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda
2. Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Honda
3. Martin Davalos, Cairo, Georgia, Suzuki
4. Ken Roczen, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
5. Marvin Musquin, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
6. Wil Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda
7. Ryan Sipes, Ekron, Ky., Yamaha
8. Malcolm Stewart, Haines City, Fla., KTM
9. Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Suzuki
10. Matt Moss, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
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