The racing was seriously fast and exciting at the opening round of the 2012 AMA Pro Motocross Championship at Hangtown, Sacramento last weekend. Motocross and supercross veteran and legend James Stewart had a storming come-back from his chequered 2012 Supercross season with the JGR Yamaha team, but looks to be right back on form now after taking both moto wins convincingly on his new Yoshimura Suzuki. Raptor Titanium's Ryan Dungey of KTM Red Bull USA kept Stewart within striking distance however, coming second leaving his points deficit at only 8 points going into the second round at Freestone Freeway, Texas next week.
The first 450 moto saw Stewart ease out an early advantage after Dungey got a bad start getting caught in the first corner and had to battle his way up to third from there as Stewart and his former team-mate Davi Millsaps had sprinted out to an un-catchable 1st and 2nd place in the first race. The second 450 moto saw Dungey get a much better start, however was soon passed by Stewart early in the race. Dungey kept the pressure on the Suzuki rider for much of the race, but when the two reached back-marker traffic Stewart was able to navigate his way through more efficiently and seized control of the race, giving him back-to-back wins in his first outdoor motocross for years. Raptor Titanium's Mike Alessi of Motoconcepts Suzuki claimed 3rd on the overall podium, and our sponsored riders Josh Grant of Jeff Ward Racing Kawasaki was 9th and Nico Izzi of Star Valli Yamaha was 10th.
In the 250 class it was Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Justin Barcia of Geico Honda, back-to-back East Lites Supercross Champion with both hole-shots of the day. However, he was to come under pressure from his fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Ken Roczen of KTM Red Bull USA and Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Blake Baggett. The first 250 moto was a classic as it came right down to the wire with Baggett passing both Barcia and Roczen on the final few corners of the race to clinch the victory. The second 250 moto was a much more dominant display from Baggett as he closed up on Barcia much sooner to take the lead and ease out a sizeable advantage to take back-to-back races and the overall win. Raptor Titanium sponsored riders Justin Barcia and Ken Roczen got 2nd and 3rd on the overall podium respectively, with our sponsored riders getting 2nd to 12th place in the overall results.
450 Motocross Results
1. James Stewart 1/1 SUZ
2. Ryan Dungey 3/2 KTM
3. Mike Alessi 7/3 SUZ
4. Andrew Short 5/4 HON
5. Brett Metcalfe 4/5 SUZ
6. Broc Tickle 6/7 KAW
7. Davi Millsaps 2/14 YAM
8. Jake Weimer KAW
9. Josh Grant KAW
10. Nico Izzi YAM
11. Kyle Chisholm KAW
12. Rob Kiniry YAM
13. Jim Albertson SUZ
14. Tom Hahn HON
15. Matt Lemoine KAW
16. Vince Friese SUZ
17. Sean Collier HON
18. Ryan Sipes YAM
19. Justin Brayton HON
20. Nick Wey KAW
250 Lites Results
1. Blake Baggett 1/1 KAW
2. Justin Barcia 3/2 HON
3. Ken Roczen 2/3 KTM
4. Ivan Tedesco 6/5 KAW
5. Eli Tomac 4/10 HON
6. M Davalos 14/4 SUZ
7. K Cunningham YAM
8. J Anderson SUZ
9. Marvin Musquin KTM
10. Wil Hahn HON
11. J Canada HON
12. B Wharton SUZ
13. T Baker HON
14. G Swanepoel YAM
15. J Bogle HON
16. Jessy Nelson HON
17. K Peters YAM
18. H Hewitt SUZ
19. AJ Catanzaro KTM
20. S Sewell KTM
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