A warm and sunny day greeted motocross enthusiasts as they streamed into Budds Creek for Round 5 of the 2012 AMA Motocross Championship.
250 Lites Class
Geico Honda and Raptor Titanium sponsored SX Champions Justin Barcia and Eli Tomac were on top in qualifying, with Raptor Titanium sponsored Ken Roczen of KTM Red Bull USA in third.
The first moto got off to flying start for Roczen as he seized the holeshot ahead of Barcia and the two started to pull away from the rest of the pack very early on. Pro Circuit Kawasaki and series points leader Blake Baggett sat in third, waiting to strike in one of his characteristic late charges towards the end. Behind Baggett were Tomac and Roczen's team-mate Marvin Musquin. On the 12th lap, Roczen had an awful run of luck and surrendered both the lead and second place to Barcia and Baggett and was forced to settle for third in the opening moto, with Barcia taking the victory and Baggett in 2nd. Musquin came in 4th, with Tomac in 5th.
Moto 2 saw former Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Ivan Tedesco grab the holeshot before quickly being passed by Roczen and Musquin before crashing out. Once again, however, Baggett sat not too far behind the action at the front and waited for the opportunity to pounce on the leader and claim victory, clinching the victory from a very hard-done-by Roczen who was held up by lapped traffic to settle for 2nd and Tomac came in 3rd.
250 Lites Results
1. Blake Baggett 2/1 KAW
2. Ken Roczen 3/2 KTM
3. Justin Barcia 1/5 HON
4. Eli Tomac 5/3 HON
5. Marvin Musquin 4/4 KTM
6. Jason Anderson 7/6 SUZ
7. Wil Hahn 6/7 HON
8. Jake Canada 13/8 HON
9. T Baker 12/10 HON
10. P Nicoletti 14/9 HON
11. Jessy Nelson HON
12. Blake Wharton SUZ
13. Gareth Swanepoel YAM
14. Ivan Tedesco KAW
15. Alex Martin HON
16. Malcolm Stewart KTM
17. Kyle Cunningham YAM
18. Hunter Hewitt SUZ
19. Dakota Tedder KAW
20. Kelian Rusk HON
450 Motocross Class
It was Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Ryan Dungey of KTM Red Bull USA's day to lose as he came to Budds Creek with two back-to-back overall wins in the previous rounds after the demise of a rampant James Stewart in the series.
The first moto saw factory Honda man Justin Brayton claim the holeshot, but Dungey soon moved into the lead and made it look easy as he controlled the race from that point onwards, with Raptor Titanium's Mike Alessi of Motoconcepts Suzuki in 3rand Ryan Sipes of Star Valli Yamaha in 7th.
Alessi took the holeshot in the second moto ahead of Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Broc Tickle who is making an impressive comeback from injury. Dungey soon got to grips with both of them though and raced easily to victory once again, remaining unchallenged by the rest of the field.
450 Motocross Results
1. Ryan Dungey 1/1 KTM
2. Broc Tickle 2/2 KAW
3. Mike Alessi 4/3 SUZ
4. Jake Weimer 3/4 KAW
5. Justin Brayton 5/8 HON
6. Brett Metcalfe 8/6 SUZ
7. Josh Grant 10/5 KAW
8. Davi Millsaps 9/7 YAM
9. Andrew Short 6/10 HON
10. Ryan Sipes 7/11 YAM
11. Kyle Chisholm KAW
12. Jimmy Albertson SUZ
13. Kyle Regal YAM
14. Michael Byrne SUZ
15. Matt Lemoine KAW
16. B Laninovich HON
17. Cole Thompson HON
18. Les Smith KTM
19. Ben Lamay YAM
20. Robert Marshall KTM
250 Lites Points
Blake Baggett 222
Justin Barcia 209
Eli Tomac 200
Ken Roczen 200
Marvin Musquin 153
Wil Hahn 130
Jason Anderson 106
Blake Wharton 102
Ivan Tedesco 99
K Cunningham 96
Jake Canada 95
Jessy Nelson 88
Travis Baker 82
Gareth Swanepoel 74
Alex Martin 55
Malcolm Stewart 48
Kyle Peters 45
Martin Davalos 40
Zach Freeberg 40
Hunter Hewitt 36
450 Motocross Points
Ryan Dungey 236
Mike Alessi 182
Jake Weimer 179
Andrew Short 154
Brett Metcalfe 142
Broc Tickle 134
James Stewart 116
Josh Grant 111
Nico Izzi 95
Justin Brayton 93
Ryan Sipes 86
Davi Millsaps 85
Kyle Chisholm 84
Michael Byrne 75
Matt Lemoine 56
Jimmy Albertson 46
Kyle Regal 39
Tommy Hahn 39
B Laninovich 37
Vince Friese 34
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