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
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