Reed and Tomac get their first wins of the season | Photo by: Frank Hoppen Supercross class start |
TwoTwo Motorsports’ Chad Reed, of Dade City, Fla., won the Supercross Class main event at tonight’s Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, at Dodger Stadium before 35,741 fans, marking his first win of the season. GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac, of Cortez, Colo., also captured his first Western Regional Supercross Lites Class main event win of the season. After winning the Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer, of Wildomar, Calif., held the lead position until being passed by Reed on Lap 6. Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., made a pass on Weimer for second place, and during the pass, Weimer crashed, falling to 14th place.
Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, who won last weekend’s race in Phoenix, settled into fourth place behind Stewart. Dungey was able to capitalize on a crash by Stewart on Lap 12 as he took over the number three position.
Reed earned his 41st Supercross Class main event and third consecutive podium finish of the season. Dungey, who finished second, has also been on the podium at every race this season and now sits in the points lead. Stewart finished a season-best third place.
“I have been trying to figure out what I have been doing wrong this year,” said Reed. “I switched to a tire that I used last year and it worked. I am going to keep trying to get better each week. I will take the good with the bad and keep moving forward.”
In the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class main event, Tomac quickly passed Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot winner Martin Davalos, of the Rockstar Suzuki team, shortly after turn one and rode flawlessly for the next 15 laps. On lap 6, Monster Energy Yamaha’s Zach Osborne, of Chesterfield, S.C., passed Davalos, for the number two position. While riding in third place, Davalos crashed and lost several positions before reentering the race.
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson, who won last weekend’s main event in Phoenix, passed Osborne on lap 12, where he would finish. Wilson currently sits in second place. Osborne earned a career-best third-place finish.
Tomac’s win marked the third of his career, and he is now the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class points leader, one point ahead of Wilson.
“I was able to sneak into the lead and ride 15 solid laps,” said Tomac. “It’s a night and day difference when you get a good start. I should have been getting starts like this all season.”
Racing resumes next Saturday at Oakland’s O.com Coliseum. Supercross class
1. Chad Reed (Honda), 20 laps
2. Ryan Dungey (KTM), +2.968
3. James Stewart (Yamaha), +8.503
4. Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki), +9.113
5. Brett Metcalfe (Suzuki), +22.881
6. David Millsaps (Yamaha), +24.509
7. Joshua Hansen (Kawasaki), +28.304
8. Broc Tickle (Kawasaki), +34.226
9. Kevin Windham (Honda), +39.082
10. Mike Alessi (Suzuki), +40.558
11. Jake Weimer (Kawasaki), +47.698
12. Kyle Chisholm (Kawasaki), +1 Rnd.
13. Nicholas Wey (Kawasaki), +1 Rnd.
14. Andrew Short (Honda), +1 Rnd.
15. Weston Peick (Kawasaki), +1 Rnd.
16. Kyle Partridge (Kawasaki), +1 Rnd.
17. Joshua Grant (Kawasaki), +18 Rnd.
18. Ivan Tedesco (Kawasaki), +19 Rnd.
DNS Trey Canard (Honda)
DNS Ryan Morais (Yamaha)
Supercross ​Lites (West)
1. Eli Tomac (Honda), 15 laps
2. Dean Wilson (Kawasaki), +15.498
3. Zachary Osborne (Yamaha), +16.631
4. Tyla Rattray (Kawasaki), +18.159
5. Jason Anderson (Suzuki), +31.171
6. Max Anstie (Honda), +33.865
7. Michael Leib (Honda), +36.497
8. Matt Moss (KTM), +39.326
9. Martin Davalos (Suzuki), +42.248
10. Billy Laninovich (Honda), +44.171
11. Nico Izzi (Yamaha), +50.789
12. Ryan Sipes (Yamaha), +53.037
13. Vince Friese (Honda), +55.086
14. Teddy Maier (Honda), +58.320
15. Cole Seely (Honda), +1 Rnd.
16. Scott Champion (Honda), +1 Rnd.
17. Nick Paluzzi (Kawasaki), +1 Rnd.
18. Gavin Faith (Honda), +1 Rnd.
19. Marvin Musquin (KTM), +3 Rnd.
20. Travis Baker (Honda), +14 Rnd.
Championship Supercross class
1. Ryan Dungey (KTM), 67 Pts.
2. Chad Reed (Honda), 63
3. Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki), 63
4. Jake Weimer (Kawasaki), 48
5. James Stewart (Yamaha), 48
6. Kevin Windham (Honda), 43
7. Brett Metcalfe (Suzuki), 38
8. Andrew Short (Honda), 36
9. Joshua Hansen (Kawasaki), 36
10. David Millsaps (Yamaha), 28
11. Mike Alessi (Suzuki), 28
12. Justin Brayton (Honda), 25
13. Kyle Chisholm (Kawasaki), 25
14. Broc Tickle (Kawasaki), 22
15. Ivan Tedesco (Kawasaki), 21
16. Trey Canard (Honda), 14
17. Nicholas Wey (Kawasaki), 10
18. Chris Blose (Kawasaki), 9
19. Kyle Partridge (Kawasaki), 9
20. Ryan Morais (Yamaha), 6
Championship SX-​Lites West
1. Eli Tomac (Honda), 63 Pts.
2. Dean Wilson (Kawasaki), 62
3. Tyla Rattray (Kawasaki), 60
4. Cole Seely (Honda), 47
5. Zachary Osborne (Yamaha), 47
6. Jason Anderson (Suzuki), 44
7. Marvin Musquin (KTM), 42
8. Max Anstie (Honda), 32
9. Nico Izzi (Yamaha), 32
10. Billy Laninovich (Honda), 27
11. Ryan Sipes (Yamaha), 25
12. Michael Leib (Honda), 24
13. Matt Moss (KTM), 23
14. Travis Baker (Honda), 23
15. Vince Friese (Honda), 21
16. Teddy Maier (Honda), 21
17. Martin Davalos (Suzuki), 15
18. Wil Hahn (Honda), 13
19. Scott Champion (Honda), 10
20. Bruce Rutherford (Honda), 8 |