Cool conditions with little rain promised great racing action that didn't disappoint at the weekend at Round 10 of the 2012 AMA Motocross Championship as our sponsored team KTM Red Bull USA had their most successful outing ever with Ryan Dungey cementing the 450 title for the second time in his career and the first ever US title for KTM, Ken Roczen taking his first ever race win in the US and Marvin Musquin taking his first ever overall win in the US with a 2-3 result.
250 Lites
Qualifying fastest, Musquin looked good from the get-go, putting in a superbly consistent performance to grind out the overall win.
Race one saw Raptor Titanium sponsored newcomer Zach Bell of the Geico Honda team holeshot, with series points leader Blake Baggett in second and rival and Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Justin Barcia in third. Capitalizing on a mistake by Baggett, Roczen quickly zoomed into second place and put the pressure on Bell for the lead, with Musquin moving up fast as he also passed Baggett for third place. Soon the two orange riders had first and second place and were on track for a historic KTM 1-2 in the Lites Class in AMA Motocross, crossing the line in emphatic style to cement the result. Rockstar Suzuki and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored men Blake Wharton and Jason Anderson took 4th and 5th behind Baggett.
Race two saw another Geico Honda out front early on as Barcia grabbed the holeshot, followed by team-mates Justin Bogle and Zach Bell. It was a Raptor Titanium sponsored rider infested field up front as Musquin sat in fourth, Eli Tomac in fifth, Wil Hahn in sixth and Martin Davalos in seventh. Tomac then made an astonishing charge up the pack, soon getting on Barcia's back wheel, making a clean pass and sealing yet another victory for the Raptor Titanium sponsored Geico Honda man this year and cementing a Raptor Titanium 1-2-3 on the box overall. Musquin took 3rd behind Barcia to get the overall victory, with Bogle in 4th, Baggett in 5th and winner of race one Ken Roczen in 6th.
250 Lites Results
1. Musquin Musquin 2/3 KTM
2. Eli Tomac 6/1 HON
3. Ken Roczen 1/6 KTM
4. Justin Barcia 7/2 HON
5. Blake Baggett 3/5 KAW
6. Justin Bogle HON
7. Wil Hahn HON
8. Jason Anderson SUZ
9. Martin Davalos SUZ
10. Jessy Nelson HON
11. Blake Wharton SUZ
12. Jake Canada HON
13. Malcolm Stewart SUZ
14. Zach Bell HON
15. T Baker HON
16. C Thompson YAM
17. Ryan Sipes YAM
18. A Martin HON
19. D Tedder KAW
20. J Hayes KTM
450 Motocross Class
Ryan Dungey made history this weekend, taking his second 450 Motocross Class title in his career and KTM's first ever Motocross title in the USA.
With his closest rival in the championship and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Mike Alessi scoring 10th overall on the day and Dungey taking yet another overall victory with a 1-1 score, nobody is now close enough on points to catch Dungey making him the champion-elect this year and much deservedly so.
The fastest man at the beginning of the season James Stewart had an awful weekend, having more crashes and scoring 15th overall.
Jeff Ward Racing Kawasaki and Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Josh Grant scored a solid 5th overall, ahead of fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored man Nico Izzi of the Star Valli Yamaha team who was 6th overall. Grant's team-mate Kyle Chisholm took overall 9th.
Motocross Results
1. Ryan Dungey 1/1 KTM 2012 AMA MOTOCROSS CHAMPION
2. Broc TIckle 2/4 KAW
3. Andrew Short 4/3 HON
4. Davi Millsaps 3/5 YAM
5. Josh Grant 5/6 KAW
6. Nico Izzi YAM
7. Tyla Rattray KAW
8. Phil Nicoletti HON
9. Kyle Chisholm KAW
10. Mike Alessi SUZ
11. Kiniri YAM
12. Justin Brayton HON
13. Vince Friese SUZ
14. A Howell SUZ
15. James Stewart SUZ
16. B LaMay YAM
17. R Marshall KTM
18. K Regal YAM
19. D Anderson KAW
20. J Wentland KTM
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