Oakland-Alameda stadium all lit up. Hoppenworld.com
Team San Manuel/Yamaha’s James Stewart won his second Monster Energy AMA Supercross race at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum before 44,394 fans and moved into the points lead. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Broc Tickle captured his first Western Regional Supercross 250 class race of the season. It is Stewart's 39 victory in Supercross which moves him into sole possession of third overall in total wins. Jeremy McGrath and Ricky Carmichael are ahead of him. McGrath has 72 wins (33 more than Stewart).
Ryan Dungey got passed in the final ten feet.
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto edged out TwoTwo Motorsports’ Chad Reed, for the holeshot in the Supercross class main event. Defending class champion Ryan Dungey started third and was quickly passed by Stewart. On lap two, Villopoto crashed, handing the lead to Stewart. Stewart led the next 18 laps en route to his second race win of the season. On the last corner of the race Reed passed Dungey for second place.
“"I think the biggest thing for me was rebounding after a day like today,” said Stewart, who crashed hard in practice and notched Yamaha’s win first in what was only the fourth Supercross event in Oakland. “It was a rough day, for sure, and I’m not going to be mad that I’m in the points lead! I just want to keep it going and try to make it happen. I want to give-it-up to my team today; they did an awesome job of rebuilding the bike a few times and kept the attitude good. We’ll just keep on rolling from here. This is a great win for me and the team. It’s a long season and it’s all about winning a championship. The rain tonight made it a little difficult, but I am glad I came out on top.”
Under Mike Alessi's contract, he doesn't have to race Supercross if he doesn't want to. It's official after Oakland—he doesn't want to. Will he keep going? Hoppenworld.com
THE 250 WEST
Ken Roczen had his best chance to win at Oakland, but he got got. Hoppenworld.com
Despite the heavy rain that fell just before the start of the 250 West class main event, Geico Honda’s Eli Tomac grabbed won the holeshot with Red Bull/KTM’s Ken Roczen and Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Josh Hansen in tow. Tomac spun out on lap three, giving the lead to Roczen. On laps four and five, Roczen and Hansen traded positions until near the end of lap five when Hansen secured the lead.
Tickle also passed Roczen on lap five and moved into the lead on lap eight. Roczen went down on lap nine, dropping several positions while Tomac moved into third. Hansen finished second and Tomac held on for third, marking the second podium of his career.
“I was so focused out there tonight,” said Tickle. “I knew it was going to be really slick out there, so I tried to ride smooth and take it lap by lap.”
Hansen leads Tickle in championship points 88 to 87.
Dungey, Stewart and Reed hoist the gaudy spoils of the Oakland war while their sisters share the moment with them.
450 Class Results: Oakland
1. James Stewart.......Yamaha
2. Chad Reed............Honda
3. Ryan Dungey.........Suzuki
4. Ryan Villopoto.......Kawasaki
5. Brett Metcalfe........Suzuki
6. Trey Canard..........Honda
7. Kevin Windham.....Honda
8. Davi Millsaps........Yamaha
9. Andrew Short........KTM
10. Ivan Tedesco......Kawasaki
450 Season Standings
1. James Stewart......92
2. Ryan Villopoto.......90
3. Ryan Dungey........78
4. Trey Canard......... 71
5. Chad Reed.......... 70
6. Brett Metcalfe.......55
7. Andrew Short.......49
8. Kevin Windham... 46
9. Justin Brayton......39
10. Kyle Chisholm....39
250 West Results: Oakland
1. Broc Tickle...............Kawasaki
2. Josh Hansen............Kawasaki
3. Eli Tomac.................Honda
4. Ken Roczen..............KTM
5. Tyla Rattray.............Kawasaki
6. Ryan Morais............Suzuki
7. Kyle Cunningham...Yamaha
8. Jimmy DeCotis........Honda
9. Bruce Rutherford.....Kawasaki
10. Ryan Marmont.......KTM
250 West Season Standings
1. Josh Hansen..........88
2. Broc Tickle..............87
3. Ryan Morais...........70
4. Eli Tomac................69
5. Cole Seely...............60
6. Tyla Rattray.............58
7. Ken Roczen............49
8. Martin Davalos........45
9. Kyle Cunningham....44
10. Jimmy DeCotis..... 40
