Report | Supercross Race (Round 6 – Houston)
A Texas-sized jam filled the stadium in Houston Saturday night for an essence of Supercross activity, and that is precisely what the 45,000+ available got. In the opening race of the Supercross Lites Eastern Regional Championship, GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia got off to an extraordinary begin and demonstrated he has what it takes to complete the process of, holding off Dean Wilson to get the win. It was another mind blowing appear in the headliner with early show, lead changes, huge names floundering and a new kid on the block phenom getting his initially checkered banner! By the end of the night, the scene of the general focuses pursue had moved and it is by and by an open field with a title ready for whoever gets there first.
As the door dropped in the headliner, the column of dirtbike protective caps bursted forward toward an unusally tight first turn. It was this fastener corner that caused a noteworthy accident of riders enthusiastic for the holeshot, including focuses pioneer James Stewart and Aussie extraordinary Chad Reed. With two of the prime-clocks down right on time, it rapidly turned into a four man race to the complete, with swarm fave Kevin Windham getting a charge out of the early lead. However Windham would in the long run have a terrible fall, putting him out of the race and offering approach to ruling champ Ryan Dungey and freshman sensation Trey Canard, who both put on a gigantic forward and backward exertion towards the end goal. At last, Canard hung on and won his first arrangement triumph with Dungey simply behind him for a genuinely necessary second.
It was a mixed night for Ryan Villopoto, who became involved with the main turn and was pursuing twelfth the principal lap. Yet, he dashed hard and consistent, and got himself to another platform with a hard-battled third place. It was that exertion that gained him the general focuses lead before the night’s over, as it was an extremely tought night for James Stewart. In the wake of being amidst the accident on the principal turn, Bubba was at that point raising the back. And after that, while attempting to get once again into the race, he arrived individually Jason Thomas, basically finishing both of their evenings. A bad news for Bubba, who now sits second by and large in the standings. Look at it:
Supercross Results
1. Trey Canard HON
2. Ryan Dungey SUZ
3. Ryan Villopoto KAW
4. Davi Millsaps YAM
5. Andrew Short KTM
6. Chad Reed HON
7. Ken Roczen KTM
8. Brett Metcalfe SUZ
9. Ivan Tedesco KAW
10. Mike Alessi KTM
11. T Hahn YAM
12. N Wey YAM
13. J Brayton YAM
14. W Peick YAM
15. James Stewart YAM
16. Kyle Regal YAM
17. V Friese YAM
18. C Blose KAW
19. Kevin Windham HON
20. J Thomas SUZ
Supercross Points
Ryan Villopoto 132
James Stewart 123
Trey Canard 112
Chad Reed 105
Ryan Dungey 101
Andrew Short 80
Brett Metcalfe 80
Justin Brayton 65
Davi Millsaps 62
Kevin Windham 61
Ivan Tedesco 60
Kyle Chisholm 46
Scratch Wey 44
Kyle Regal 43
Chris Blose 34
Mike Alessi 31
Weston Peick 22
Matt Boni 20
Thomas Hahn 17
Jason Thomas 15
250 Lites East Results
1. Justin Barcia HON
2. Dean Wilson KAW
3. Blake Baggett KAW
4. Ryan Sipes YAM
5. Ian Trettel SUZ
6. Blake Wharton HON
7. Jason Anderson SUZ
8. L Vincent HON
9. Matt Lemoine KAW
10. Alex Martin HON
11. C Gosselaar SUZ
12. S Rife HON
13. G Audette YAM
14. Malcolm Stewart SUZ
15. Nico Izzi HON
16. A Catanzaro HON
17. T Futrell HON
18. PJ Larsen KTM
19. L Kilbarger HON
20. D Durham HON
250 Lites East Points
Justin Barcia 25
Dignitary Wilson 22
Blake Baggett 20
Ryan Sipes 18
Ian Trettel 16
Blake Wharton 15
Jason Anderson 14
L Vincent 13
Matt Lemoine 12
Alex Martin 11
C Gosselaar 10
S Rife 9
G Audette 8
Malcolm Stewart 7
Nico Izzi 6
A Catanzaro 5
T Futrell 4
PJ Larsen 3
L Kilbarger 2
D Durham 1
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