Bam Bam: Not looking any worse for the wear after smacking his face at A2, Justin Barcia was back in action in Oakland (and promptly got taken out in a second turn pile-up).
Practice crashes:
Lots of riders went down in practice in Oakland including James
Stewart, Akira Narita, Travis Baker, Christian Craig, Zach Osborne, Kyle
Chisholm and Trey Canard. All of them rode away—except Narita, who was
looked at by the medical crew.
Last week's injuries: Ryan
Sipes and Michael Leib both broke bones in last week’s first turn
crash. Sipes hopes to be back by San Diego in three weeks, but Leib will
be out until the 250 West resumes after the 250 East starts.
Kevin Windham on retiring: “The love of the crowd was enough to keep me going forever, but my mind wasn’t into it. The writing was on the wall.”
450 timed qualifiers:
James Stewart set fast time with 55.14. Ryan Dungey was second at
55.33, Ryan Villopoto third at 55.62, Trey Canard fourth (55.71) and
Chad Reed fifth (55.75). Jake Weimer has the flu and was back in 11th
(56.86), just behind 10th place Justin Barcia (56.56). Weimer's flu got worse
after practice and decided to sit the race out.
450 Non-qualifiers:
Kevin Rookstool just missed the cut in 41st (but got kicked up to the
night show when Jake Weimer pulled out). Also on the the sidelines were
Teddy Parks, Chris Howell, Deven Raper and Guillaume Darriet. There were
only 50 riders trying to make the show.
Josh Hansen: No
show. Josh is sick. He was sick with the flu last week and failed to
make the night show. But, his team was working for another rider this
week...
Andrew Short: Andrew Short was pitting out of Mike
Kranyak’s old San Manuel Indian Casino truck (that was being used by
Josh Hansen before). Short says that he got bikes from a friend in Texas after
the McBrooks team folded. They were plain-wrap CRF450’s with no sponsor
logos.
250 timed qualifiers: No surprise that Ken Roczen
set the fastest time in 250 West practice (56.16 seconds), but Jason
Anderson and Zach Osborne were surprises as they pushed Eli Tomac back
to fourth overall. The remainder of the top ten was Davalos (fifth),
Rattray, Cunningham, Seely, Malcolm Stewart (ninth) and Jake Canada.
250 Non-qualifiers: Riders
who didn’t get to the night show included Broc Shoemaker, Matas Inda,
Cody Young and David Pulley. 58 riders tried for the 40 spots in the 250
night show.
450 Main: Ryan Villopoto raced to his second-consecutive Supercross win at the Oakland County Coliseum before a crowd of 46,896. Villopoto got the holeshot Award with Justin Brayton and Davi Millsaps in second and thirdy. A huge crash in turn two collected Chad Reed, James Stewart and Justin Barcia. Reed continued, but Stewart and Barcia retired. Villopoto developed an unchallenged lead quickly and Millsaps moved to second and held it to the end. Ryan Dungey finished third.
Ryan said: “The points race is what we are going after, and winning the holeshot gives you a great advantage. We made some changes to the bike today that I think really helped us out there tonight, so hats off to my team. It is a long season, and we are going to keep plugging away.”
250 Main: The news wasn’t about Ken Roczen’s win, because after three second place finishes it was obvious he would hit the top step eventually. And his chance came when Eli Tomac got a bad start and then crashed on the first lap. Eli got up in 18th and crashed a second time. His night was over, while Cole Seely tried to spoil Ken Roczen’s party. Roczen finally passed Seely on lap 11 of the 15 lap race. Jason Anderson finished third. Roczen has an 11-point lead in season point standings over Seely. Tomac is 15 points back.
Kenny said: “I am so happy with this win tonight. There was a lot of bar banging on that opening lap, but I charged hard and got out front. I am excited to bring this momentum back to Angel Stadium next weekend.”
DAVI MILLSAPS ON TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF
450 CLASS
450 HEAT ONE RESULTS
1. Davi Millsaps
2. Ryan Dungey
3. Trey Canard
4. Justin Barcia
5. Josh Grant
6. Justin Brayton
7. Andrew Short
8. Matt Lemoine
9. Vince Friese
10. P.J. Larsen DNQ
450 HEAT TWO RESULTS
1. Ryan Villopoto
2. James Stewart
3. Mike Alessi
4. Matt Goerke
5. Kyle Chisholm
6. Chad Reed
7. Bobby Kiniry
8. Les Smith
9. Cedric Soubeyras
10. Cody Gilmore DNQ
450 LAST CHANCE RESULTS:
1. Broc Tickle
2. Jimmy Albertson
3. Tevin Tapia DNQ
4. Antonio Balbi DNQ
5. Kyle Partridge DNQ
6. Dan McCoy DNQ
7. Chris Blose DNQ
8. Weston Peick DNQ
9. Kevin Rookstool DNQ
10. Adam Enticknap DNQ
RYAN VILLOPOTO ON THE OAKLAND TRACK
OAKLAND RESULTS: 450 CLASS
1. Ryan Villopoto
2. Davi Millsaps
3. Ryan Dungey
4. Trey Canard
5. Mike Alessi
6. Andrew Short
7. Matt Goerke
8. Broc Tickle
9. Vince Friese
10. Justin Brayton
Other notables: 11. Jimmy Albertson; 12. Chad Reed; 16. Josh Grant; 17. Cedric Soubeyras; 18. Matt Lemoine; 19. James Stewart; 20. Justin Barcia.
CURRENT AMA 450 SUPERCROSS POINTS
(After 4 of 17 races)
1. Davi Millsaps (Suz).............85
2. Trey Canard (Hon)..............78
3. Ryan Villopoto (Kaw)...........73
4. Ryan Dungey (KTM)............68
5. Chad Reed (Hon).................65
6. Andrew Short (Hon).............58
7. Jake Weimer (Kaw)..............47
8. Justin Brayton (Yam)............42
9. Justin Barcia (Hon...............41
10. Matt Goerke.......................39
Other notables: 11. James Stewart (36); 12. Josh Grant (37); 13. Broc Tickle (35); 17. Weston Peick (22); 18. Kevin Windham (21).
250 WEST CLASS
Ken Roczen—Oakland 250 Supercross winner.
250 WEST HEAT ONE RESULTS:
1. Jessy Nelson
2. Tyla Rattray
3. Jason Anderson
4. Coel Seely
5. Jake Canada
6. Christian Craig
7. Eli Tomac
8. Jean Ramos
9. Chris Plouffe
10. Max Anstie DNQ
250 WEST HEAT TWO RESULTS:
1. Ken Roczen
2. Zach Osborne
3. Martin Davalos
4. Kyle Cunningham
5. Malcolm Stewart
6. Austin Politelli
7. Travis Baker
8. Joe Savatgy
9. Dillan Epstein
10. Josh Cachia DNQ
250 LAST CHANCE RESULTS:
1. Josh Cachia
2. Killy Rusk
3. Scott Champion DNQ
4. Chad Gores DNQ
5. Aaron Siminoe DNQ
6. Max Anstie DNQ
7. Daniel Meynet DNQ
8. Blake Savage DNQ
9. Dalton Carlson DNQ
10. Travis Bell DNQ
KEN ROCZEN ON HOW HE WON
OAKLAND RESULTS: 250 WEST
1. Ken Roczen
2. Cole Seely
3. Jason Anderson
4. Martin Davalos
5. Malcolm Stewart
6. Joey Savatgy
6. Christian Craig
7. Kyle Cunningham
8. Austin Politelli
9. Christian Craig
10. Zach Osborne
Other notables: 11.Tyla Rattray; 13. Jessy Nelson; 17. Kade Mosig; 16. Josh Cachia; 19. Jake Canada; 20. Eli Tomac.
CURRENT AMA 250 WEST SUPERCROSS POINTS
(After 4 of 9 races)
1. Ken Roczen (KTM)...............91
2. Cole Seely (Hon)..................80
3. Eli Tomac (Hon)....................76
4. Zach Osborne (Hon).............58
5. Jason Anderson (Suz)..........52
6. Kyle Cunningham.................49
7. Martin Davalos (Kaw)...........48
8. Christian Craig (Hon)............47
9. Malcolm Stewart...................45
10. Tyla Rattray (Kaw)..............45
Other notables: Other notables: 11. Jessy Nelson (38); 13. Ryan Sipes (31); 14. Austin Politelli (26); 15. Max Anstie (26); 16. Travis Baker (23).
A RECAP OF THE NIGHT IN OAKLAND
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