With all the success of Raptor Titanium sponsored riders in Bulgaria at the World MX GP this weekend it is with great pleasure we write with equally successful news State-side as our sponsored teams and riders got 1, 2 and 3 in the 250 Lites Class Main Event and a second for Ken Roczen in his first ever Supercross Class Main Event aboard the 350SX-F KTM on Saturday night.
250 West 15 lap Main Event
With the perfect track conditions and high anticipation the West series kicked off again with the crowd at fever pitch by the time the gate dropped for the 250 Lites Class Main Event. Raptor Titanium riders Eli Tomac of Geico Honda and Ryan Sipes of Star Valli Yamaha battled exiting the first corner with Sipes easing out the advantage at the end of the first lap, with Tomac in second and Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Dean Wilson in third. In lap 2, Wilson passed Tomac to take second place with Sipes sprinting off to a sizeable lead. At this point Marvin Musquin was in ninth, but not for long as he was about to have a storming race from the middle of the pack right up to second position.
Lap 8 saw Tomac have a nasty collision with Wilson, sending the Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider tumbling to the ground, with Tomac managing to stay aboard his Geico Honda machine. At this point, Tomac was back up to second with fellow Geico Honda Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Will Hahn in third. Musquin was scything his way through the field up to sixth position, with Wison behind him after his fall.
By lap 14 Musquin had got up to third place and was dicing with Tomac, and not to be denied, passed the Geico Honda man to move up from ninth to second place, an incredible performance from the Raptor Titanium sponsored KTM Red Bull USA rider.
Ryan Sipes took the win, with Marvin Musquin in second and Eli Tomac in third to round off an all-Raptor Titanium sponsored rider podium.
250 Lites West Results
1. Ryan Sipes YAM
2. M Musquin KTM
3. Eli Tomac HON
4. Cole Seely HON
5. Will Hahn HON
6. Jason Anderson SUZ
7. Dean Wilson KAW
8. B Laninovich HON
9. Travis Baker HON
10. Vince Friese HON
11. S Champion HON
12. Kyle Beaton KAW
13. K Rusk HON
14. M Davalos SUZ
15. T Ingails HON
16. Beau Hudson KAW
17. Matt Moss KTM
18. Erik Meusling HON
19. P Tilford HON
20. Myles Tedder KAW
450 Supercross 20 lap Main Event
Former KTM Red Bull USA rider Andrew Short took a storming holeshot on his Honda, with Raptor Titanium's Ken Roczen in second and Monster Energy Kawasaki's Jake Weimer third. Roczen's team-mate and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Ryan Dungey sat in fifth place, his first race after coming back from a collarbone injury. The 2012 Champion Ryan Villopoto fell at the first corner and limped from the track with a leg injury.
Roczen pressured Short from lap 1, but the more experienced Supercross rider managed to hold off the prodigal talent of Roczen, their battle meaning they pulled away from the rest of the field early on. The dicing was classic Supercross from start to finish as they passed each other almost every corner on some laps.
There was a breath-holding moment on lap six as Dungey went down, however he quickly recovered getting straight back on and not losing a single place.
Towards the end of the race Andrew Short managed to create a slender lead over Roczen and retained it until the chequered flag and his first ever Supercross Main Event win! Dungey managed to hang to sixth with an impressive return to racing.
Supercross Results
1. Andrew Short HON
2. Ken Roczen KTM
3. Jake Weimer KAW
4. Justin Brayton HON
5. Davi Millsaps YAM
6. Ryan Dungey KTM
7. Mike Alessi SUZ
8. Broc Tickle KAW
9. Weston Peick YAM
10. Nick Wey KAW
11. Kyle Chisholm KAW
12. R Kiniry YAM
13. Justin Sipes KAW
14. Chris Blose KAW
15. Matt Goerke SUZ
16. Tyler Bowers KAW
17. Kyle Regal KAW
18. Josh Grant KAW
19. R Villopoto KAW
20. Brett Metcalfe SUZ
250 Lites West Points
Eli Tomac 134
Dean Wilson 130
Cole Seely 119
Marvin Musquin 111
Ryan Sipes 78
Nico Izzi 78
Matt Moss 77
Travis Baker 75
Jason Anderson 73
B Laninovich 70
Supercross Points
Ryan Villopoto 323
Davi Millsaps 222
Justin Brayton 219
Ryan Dungey 207
Jake Weimer 191
James Stewart 178
Mike Alessi 176
Brett Metcalfe 173
Kevin Windham 166
Broc Tickle 146
Kyle Chisholm 139
Chad Reed 128
Andrew Short 100
Nick Wey 97
Josh Hansen 89
Bobby Kiniry 79
Weston Peick 77
Matt Goerke 64
Josh Grant 61
Marvin Musquin 59
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