Raptor Titanium 2012 International Motocross and Round 9 of 2012 AMA SX Results: Wins at Hawkstone Park, Lacapelle-Marival and Spanish MX Championship Albaida and another win for Ryan Dungey at Atlanta in the 450 Supercross class!

It was another super successful weekend for our sponsored riders all over Europe and in the US this weekend as Raptor Titanium sponsored riders took wins at the 2012 pre-season events at Hawkstone Park International MX, International MX Lacapelle-Marival, a podium place at the Spanish MX championship Albaida and wins in both 450 Supercross Main Event and 250 East Lites Class in the AMA SX in Atlanta on Saturday night!

Hawkstone Park 2012 International MX

Rockstar Energy Suzuki's Clement Desalle was unbeatable at Hawkstone Park at the weekend as he swept to victory in both MX1 races, though Kawasaki Racing Team and Raptor Titanium's Gautier Paulin didn't make it easy for him all afternoon as they had some really great close races, with the rest of the field always battling amongst themselves in their wake. The superfinal saw Desalle shift up another gear though as Paulin had a bad start and Desalle cut his way up through path in a very impressive Superfinal performance, almost catching Monster Energy Factory Yamaha and Raptor Titanium's Arnaud Tonus on the YZ250F. KTM Red Bull UK and Raptor Titanium's Kevin Strijbos had a quiet but unassumingly fast day as he bagged an overall fourth for the day, and Yamaha and Raptor Titanium's Shaun Simpson had an excellent first race coming in third behind Desalle and Paulin, but had problems in the second race and the Superfinal, however looked very quick indeed in the run up the World and British Championships.

MX1 Class Overall Result

1. Clement Desalle SUZ
2. Gautier Paulin KAW
3. Xavier Boog KAW
4. Kevin Strijbos KTM
5. Shaun Simpson YAM

It was all about Monster Energy Factory Yamaha and Raptor Titanium's Arnaud Tonus in the MX2 Class as he cruised to victory in all three races, never losing first place all day. The Swiss looks in excellent form in the run-up to the World and British Championships now. KTM Red Bull UK and Raptor Titanium's Elliot Banks-Browne also looked in good form as he took a third in the first MX2 race, before mechanical problems with his ignition ruled him out of contention in the second MX2 race.

MX2 Class Overall Result

1 Arnaud Tonus YAM
2 Jake Nicholls KTM
3 Glenn Coldenhoff
4 Harri Kullas SUZ
5 Neville Bradshaw

Superfinal Result

1 Arnaud Tonus
2 Clement Desalle
3 Mattis Karro
4 Marc De Reuver
5 Jake Nicholls


Lacapelle-Marival

The Raptor Titanium sponsored Pro Circuit Monster Energy CLS Kawasaki race team dominated another event in France this weekend as Christophe Pourcel took two wins and a second at the event, with Tommy Searle securing two thirds and a second place at the pre-season event in the run up to the World Championship GP season.

MX3 and Raptor Titanium sponsored ace Julian Bill also had an excellent day's racing as he put in a second, fifth and fourth finishing positions throughout the day, even beating Searle in the first race and securing an overall fourth place.

LS Honda Racing's Ken De Dycker put in a consistent performance as well as he comes back from injury last season in preparation for another go at the MX1 World Title in 2012 with an overall sixth place at Lacapelle.


Spanish MX Championship Albaida

LS Honda Racing and Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Jonathan Barragan put in a fantastic performance as he landed a third place podium finish in his home country in Spain, despite suffering with a serious injury to his hand sustained only ten days previously.


AMA Supercross, Round 9 - East Lites Class

It was another convincing victory from Geico Honda and Raptor Titanium's Justin Barcia cruised to his second win in a row, claiming the holeshot and never looking back from there.
KTM Red Bull USA and Raptor Titanium's Ken Roczen seemed to be held up at the gate and struggled to make his way up through the field, however still securing a respectable sixth place.

250 Lites East Results

1. J. Barcia HON
2. B. Baggett KAW
3. J. Bogle HON
4. B. Wharton SUZ
5. D. Durham KAW
6. K. Roczen KTM
7. K. Cunningham YAM
8. H. Hewitt SUZ
9. J. Canada HON
10. S. Sewell KTM
11. L. Vincent KTM
12. PJ Larsen KTM
13. M. Lemoine KAW
14. L. Smith KTM
15. S. Rife HON
16. L. Kilbarger HON
17. D. Herrlein HON
18. A. Pellegrini SUZ
19. A. Politelli HON
20. B. Ripple HON

250 Lites East Points

J. Barcia 50
D. Durham 38
B. Wharton 36
K. Roczen 35
B. Baggett 28
J. Bogle 27
J. Canada 26
H. Hewitt 22
P. Larsen 22
L. Vincent 21
P. Nicoletti 16
M. Stewart 15
K. Cunningham 14
C. Thompson 12
L. Smith 12
S. Sewell 11
A. Martin 10
M. Lemoine 10
A. Politelli 10
A. Pellegrini 7


AMA Supercross, Round 9 - 450 Main Event

Another super ride for KTM Red Bull USA and Raptor Titanium's Ryan Dungey as he got second out of the gate behind newcomer to the 450 class Cole Seely, who held him off very well until lap 8 when the more experienced KTM rider took an authoritative pass on the Factory Honda rider into the lead, where he managed to hold off a rampant Villopoto to the chequered flag.

Ryan Dungey

Villopoto and Stewart both managed to work their way back up to second and third respectively after bad starts.

Congratulations also to Geico Honda and Raptor Titanium's Kevin Windham on his 200th round of AMA SX!

Supercross Results

1. R. Dungey KTM
2. R. Villopoto KAW
3. J. Stewart YAM
4. D. Millsaps YAM
5. J. Brayton HON
6. C. Seely HON
7. J. Weimer KAW
8. K. Windham HON
9. B. Metcalfe SUZ
10. N. Wey KAW
11. K. Chisholm KAW
12. M. Alessi SUZ
13. M. Goerke SUZ
14. R. Kiniry YAM
15. J. Hansen KAW
16. B. Tickle KAW
17. K. Partridge KAW
18. J. Alessi SUZ
19. J. Sipes KAW
20. W. Peick KAW

Supercross Points

Ryan Villopoto 180
Ryan Dungey 170
James Stewart 136
Chad Reed 128
Jake Weimer 106
Kevin Windham 105
Justin Brayton 96
Davi Millsaps 94
Mike Alessi 90
Josh Hansen 86
Kyle Chisholm 77
Andrew Short 59
Broc Tickle 59
Nick Wey 55
Kyle Patridge 29
Weston Peick 25
Robert Kiniry 24
Ivan Tedesco 21
Matt Goerke 17
Cole Seely 15

Hells Gate Extreme Enduro - A first and second for Walker and Jarvis in Italy!

In the 9th running of Fabio Fasola's Hells Gate Extreme Enduro KTM and Raptor Titanium sponsored rookie Jonny Walker made a serious attempt to win this prestigious event, however just couldn't get the better of the ultra-cool D3 Racing and Raptor Titanium sponsored Graham Jarvis, who utilized his vast experience to maintain astonishing consistency throughout the event.

The was weather more favorable than of recent and what could have been expected, but still the IL Ciocco resort mountain had enough snow and ice to challenge the worlds best extreme riders, race day would see mild temperatures with some sunshine.

Having made his debut one year earlier and gaining a top 10 finish Jonny was fortunate to have earned a seeded starting position, being number 4. The qualifying race started at 07.00 hours Saturday morning, still in the dark our Trailtech lights were needed on the first lap, 5 laps of just over 1 hour each would be the order with a special test on each lap except the opening lap.

The circuit had no real challenges for Jonny and he rode without risk or using unnecessary energy, trying to save himself and the bike for the night race. Jonny made light work of the special tests and rode well within his ability to make 4 safe results, his only issue was catching the slower riders in front, but at the end of the morning session he had a clear 40 second advantage over 2nd placed Jarvis. From the morning race the top 30 from 100 starters would qualify for the night stage, first place gave Jonny pole position for the Hells
Gate Extreme Enduro.

The end of the morning Enduro had just over 20 minutes to service the bike, fit new tyres and fit the special lights for the night . Jonny as expected took the holeshot and controlled the race at the front for most of the lap climbing up the mountain, on the decent he made a mistake and Jarvis passed and then when he dropped into one of the long steep river decents he found that his bike kept stalling because of the slow speeds, the tickover was just to low although had been fine for the faster morning race it was now a small but costly interference, after the first lap he was trailing Jarvis by 90 seconds.

OMidway through the 2nd lap Jonny crashed off the track down a very steep banking and got the bike so stuck that he thought his race was over, eventually he managed to get back up to the course but it had cost him more than 3 minutes. Now trailing Jarvis by over 4 minutes he made a pitstop for fuel and to adjust the carb, on lap 3 he set off with more confidence and managed to gain back more than 2 minutes on Graham.

Going into the 4th lap less than 2 minute separated the pair and at the end of the lap when he stopped for his second and final pitstop it looked possible that Jonny may catch Graham if he continued his pace, but Jarvis also responded and upped his game. The course being as brutal as ever was also quite fast which meant the leading riders pulled out quite a large lead early on, Walker and Jarvis set a pace that no other riders could follow, this meant that many riders would time out at the checkpoint, because if you fall 30 minutes behind the leader it is thank you and Ciao !!, With only a handful of riders still in the race and darkness closing in the organisers decided that 5 laps would be enough, just 4 riders started the last lap !!

Result Overall morning race

1. Jonny Walker SHR KORR KTM 300 EXC
2. Graham Jarvis Husaberg 300 TE
3. Alesandro Botturi KTM 250 EXC

Hells Gate Extreme Enduro

1. Graham Jarvis Husaberg 300 TE
2. Jonny Walker SHR KORR KTM 300 EXC
3. Xavier Galindo Husaberg 300 T

Justin Barcia back in style as he takes first East Lites Main Event of the year!

250 East 15 lap Main Event

Darryn Durham took the opening holeshot of the East Lites series, inching ahead of Raptor Titanium sponsored Rockstar Energy Suzuki's Blake Wharton.

Wharton faultered and the Raptor Titanium and GEICO/Honda duo of Justin Bogle and Justin Barcia quickly took his place, inching up on Durham.

Barcia would eventually use his typical agressiveness on his teammate to take over first place and go for the lead. Meanwhile, it was great to see the World FIM MX2 Champion back in action as Raptor Titanium's Ken Roczen recovered from a slow start to begin pressuring Bogle as well.

On lap six, Barcia was finally able to position himself for a pass attempt on Durham after the first rhythm, but Durham countered at the next corner and Barcia was unable to clear the first triple. For several laps, the pair continued to battle until Barcia was finally able to make the pass stick, taking over first place.

In the battle for third, Raptor Titanium's Roczen and Bogle had been dicing for several laps before Roczen made a pass that stuck and secured a fantastic starting third place for the KTM Red Bull USA team. He was flying so much he nearly managed second, but Durham held him off to the end, but still a great result for the world champion. Raptor Titanium and Rockstar Energy Suzuki's Blake Wharton also managed a great fourth place to kick off his 2012 SX season.

Meanwhile, Geico Honda and Raptor Titanium's Justin Barcia took the win in emphatic style and opened the East Series in great fashion!

Supercross 20 lap Main Event

Raptor Titanium's Jeff Alessi got the holeshot in the Main Event but it did not take long for Ryan Villopoto and Chad Reed to take over the lead positions.

From there the duo would begin to break away from the rest of the pack. Further back, James Stewart had a mid pack start and on the second lap, he stalled his machine after the whoop section. He was taken out of major contention as his team mate Millsaps crashed into the back of him as he was getting his machine going again.

Up front, Villopoto and Reed continued to battle. Reed seemed poised to make his move at times, but would then lose a few feet to Villopoto depending on the section. Going into the sand section, Reed had been a bit faster than Villopoto, and looked poised to make a pass attempt until coming up short on a tricky but small triple that sent him over the bars and out of the race.

Ryan Dungey did not get the best of starts, however he slowly worked his way up through the pack. Mike Alessi proved to be a tough competitor, as Dungey, who has finished no worse than fourth this whole year so far, struggled to make a pass work on the number 800. He was eventually able to make his way past and then go after Jake Weimer who had been riding alone in second since Reed's crash.

In the closing laps, Dungey had closed in on Weimer. On lap 18 he attempted a pass, but it didnt work. On the next and final lap, he was finally able to make it stick in an aggressive move on Weimer. At the finish Villopoto nailed his third win in a row ahead of Dungey, Weimer, Mike Alessi, and a fantastic fifth for Raptor Titanium and Hart and Huntington Kawasaki's Josh Hansen.

250 Lites East Results

1. Justin Barcia HON
2. D. Durham KAW
3. Ken Roczen KTM
4. B. Wharton SUZ
5. P. Nicoletti HON
6. M. Stewart KTM
7. J. Canada HON
8. PJ Larsen KTM
9. C. Thompson HON
10. L. Vincent KTM
11. A. Martin HON
12. H. Hewitt SUZ
13. A. Politelli HON
14. J. Bogle HON
15. B. Baggett KAW
16. Les Smith KTM
17. A. Pellegrini SUZ
18. Sean Hackley KTM
19. M. Lemoine KAW
20. K. Cunningham YAM

Supercross 450 Main Event Results

1. R. Villopoto KAW
2. R. Dungey KTM
3. J. Weimer KAW
4. M. Alessi SUZ
5. J. Hansen KAW
6. J. Stewart YAM
7. K. Windham HON
8. B. Metcalfe SUZ
9. J. Brayton HON
10. K. Chisholm KAW
11. B. Tickle KAW
12. Nick Wey KAW
13. K. Patridge KAW
14. R. Kiniry YAM
15. D. Millsaps YAM
16. M. Goerke SUZ
17. G. Faith HON
18. Nico Izzi YAM
19. Jeff Alessi SUZ
20. C. Reed HON

250 Lites East Points

J. Barcia 25
D. Durham 22
K. Roczen 20
B. Wharton 18
P. Nicoletti 16
M. Stewart 15
J. Canada 14
PJ Larsen 13
C. Thompson 12
L. Vincent 11
A. Martin 10
H. Hewitt 9
A. Politelli 8
J. Bogle 7
B. Bogle 6
Les Smith 5
A. Pellegrini 4
S. Hackley 3
M. Lemoine 2
K. Cunningham 1

Supercross Points

Ryan Villopoto 158
Ryan Dungey 145
Chad Reed 128
James Stewart 116
Jake Weimer 92
Kevin Windham 92
Brett Metcalfe 88
Mike Alessi 81
Josh Hansen 80
Justin Brayton 80
Davi Millsaps 76
Kyle Chisholm 67
Andrew Short 59
Broc Tickle 54
Nick Wey 44
Kyle Partridge 25
Weston Peick 24
Ivan Tedesco 21
Robert Kiniry 17
Cody Mackie 14

Dungey claims another third at San Diego

The competition really heated up on Saturday night as our man of the moment Eli Tomac took a tumble in the 250 Lites Main Event and came in last place, surrendering his red plate to Pro Circuit's Dean Wilson; however KTM Red Bull USA and Raptor Titanium's Ryan Dungey put in another super-consistent performance coming in third place in the 450 Main Event retaining third place in the points standings, four points behind the Aussie Chad Reed but needs to stay on his toes if he wants to stay within striking distance of Double 2011 Champion Ryan Villopoto, last year's undisputed champion and the man to beat this year.

450 Main Event Supercross Results

1. R. Villopoto KAW
2. Chad Reed HON
3. Ryan Dungey KTM
4. Brett Metcalfe SUZ
5. Josh Hansen KAW
6. Justin Brayton HON
7. Davi Millsaps YAM
8. K. Chisholm KAW
9. Mike Alessi SUZ
10. Nick Wey KAW
11. Jason Thomas SUZ
12. Cody Mackie KAW
13. Weston Peick KAW
14. R. Kiniry YAM
15. James Stewart YAM
16. K. Windham HON
17. M. Goerke SUZ
18. Broc Tickle KAW
19. K. Partridge KAW
20. Jake Weimer KAW


250 Lites West Results

1. Dean Wilson KAW
2. Cole Seely HON
3. Matt Moss KTM
4. G. Swanepoel YAM
5. Nico Izzi YAM
6. Gavin Faith HON
7. B. Laninovich HON
8. Travis Baker HON
9. Vince Friese HON
10. N. Paluzzi KAW
11. K. Beaton KAW
12. B. Rutherford HON
13. Max Anstie HON
14. Killy Rusk HON
15. M. Davalos SUZ
16. M. Musquin KTM
17. J. Anderson SUZ
18. J. Ramos HON
19. S. Champion HON
20. Eli Tomac HON

Eli Tomac

Mike Alessi

450 Supercross Points Standings
1. R. Villopoto 133
2. Chad Reed 127
3. Ryan Dungey 123
4. James Stewart 101
5. Kevin Windham 78
6. Brett Metcalfe 75
7. Jake Weimer 72
8. Davi Millsaps 70
9. Justin Brayton 68
10. Josh Hansen 64
11. Mike Alessi 63
12. Andrew Short 59
13. Kyle Chisholm 56
14. Broc Tickle 44
15. Nick Wey 35
16. Weston Peick 24
17. Ivan Tedesco 21
18. K. Partridge 17
19. Cody Mackie 14
20. Trey Canard 14


250 West Points Standings

1. Dean Wilson 116
2. Eli Tomac 114
3. Cole Seely 101
4. Marvin Musquin 89
5. Nico Izzi 78
6. Matt Moss 73
7. Zach Osborne 67
8. Travis Baker 63
9. Tyla Rattray 60
10. J. Anderson 58
11. B. Laninovich 57
12. Ryan Sipes 53
13. Max Anstie 53
14. Vince Friese 50
15. Michael Leib 44
16. Martin Davalos 44
17. Gareth Swanepoel 34
18. Gavin Faith 27
19. B. Rutherford 24
20. Teddy Maier 21

Tomac on a roll as he takes third win in a row at Anaheim 2

Round 5, Anaheim, CA - 2012 250 Lites Main Event

It was the Factory Honda ace Cole Seely who jumped out to another great start in front of his hometown crowd, followed closely by Raptor Titanium's Eli Tomac, Marvin Musquin, Nico izzi, and then Pro Circuit's Dean Wilson.

Tomac took the lead in lap 3 after Seely made a mistake and went down, still managing to retain second. Tomac never looked back from this point, and secured another impressive and convincing win, making it three on the bounce and going 22 points clear at the top of the points standings.

250 Race Results

1. Eli Tomac - HON
2. Cole Seely - HON
3. Marvin Musquin - KTM
4. Dean Wilson - KAW
5. Nico Izzi - YAM
6. Michael Leib - HON
7. Matt Moss - KTM
8. Vince Friese - HON
9. Travis Baker - HON
10. Martin Davalos - SUZ
11. Ryan Sipes - YAM
12. K. Rusk - HON
13. Billy Laninovich - HON
14. Bruce Rutherford - HON
15. Gareth Swanepoel - YAM
16. J. Ramos - HON
17. Ryan Marmont - KTM
18. Topher Ingalls - HON
19. Gavin Faith - HON
20. Jason Anderson - SUZ


Round 5, Anaheim, CA - 2012 450 Main Event

It was Factory Honda's Justin Brayton who jumped out to a great start ain the 450 Main Event at Anaheim, but overshot the turn allowing Ryan Villopoto and Chad Reed to slip by. A few mistakes in the whoops behind the lead pack caused some carnage, but out front Reed and Villopoto were in front. By the end of the first lap, Villopoto had moved into first, with Reed in second, followed by Brayton, Millsaps, and Stewart. Stewart, knowing he had the speed to run up front, quickly moved his JGR ahead of teammate of Millsaps, and shortly thereafter overtook Brayton.

As the race neared the halfway point, Stewart was within two seconds of Reed, but did not seem to be gaining on his career-long rival. After a bad start, Raptor Titanium's Ryan Dungey was stuck further back, battling with the likes of Millsaps, who he eventually passed, as well as Brayton who proved to be a challenge for the former SX and MX champion.

Dungey kept his consistency which was the main thing and managed to battle up to a credible fourth place to still stay with the front-runners.

450 Race Results

1. Ryan Villopoto - KAW
2. James Stewart - YAM
3. Chad Reed - HON
4. Ryan Dungey - KTM
5. Justin Brayton - HON
6. Kevin Windham - HON
7. Davi Millsaps - YAM
8. Mike Alessi - SUZ
9. Brett Metcalfe - SUZ
10. Broc Tickle - KAW
11. Jake Weimer - KAW
12. Kyle Chisholm - KAW
13. Nick Wey - KAW
14. Andrew Short - HON
15. Weston Peick - KAW
16. Kyle Partridge - KAW
17. Justin Sipes - KAW
18. Jimmy Albertson - SUZ
19. Jeff Alessi - SUZ
20. Josh Hansen - KAW



250 West Point Standings

1. Eli Tomac - 113
2. Dean Wilson - 91
3. Marvin Musquin - 84
4. Cole Seely - 79
5. Zach Osborne - 67
6. Nico Izzi - 62
7. Tyla Rattray - 60
8. Jason Anderson - 54
9. Matt Moss - 53
10. Ryan Sipes - 53
11. Travis Baker - 50
12. Max Anstie - 45
13. Michael Leib - 44
14. Billy Laninovich - 43
15. Vince Friese - 38
16. Martin Davalos - 38
17. Teddy Maier - 21
18. Gareth Swanepoel - 16
19. Bruce Rutherford - 15
20. Wil Hahn - 13

Supercross Point Standings

1. Ryan Villopoto - 108
2. Chad Reed - 105
3. Ryan Dungey - 103
4. James Stewart - 95
5. Kevin Windham - 73
6. Jake Weimer - 71
7. Andrew Short - 59
8. Brett Metcalfe - 57
9. Davi Millsaps - 56
10. Justin Brayton - 53
11. Mike Alessi - 51
12. Josh Hansen - 48
13. Kyle Chisholm - 43
14. Broc Tickle - 41
15. Nick Wey - 24
16. Ivan Tedesco - 21
17. Weston Peick - 16
18. Kyle Partridge - 15
19. Trey Canard - 14
20. Chris Blose - 9