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Millsaps Wins San Diego
Davi Millsaps took his
first win in nearly two years with a dominating performance at the
fifth round of 2010 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship Series
in San Diego. The Red Bull Honda rider passed Monster Energy Kawasaki’s
Nick Wey on the third lap of the 20-lap final and never looked back.
“This is amazing,” said Millsaps. “Especially to have my whole crew
here for this race. They’ve been behind me through all the bad times,
and they just kept telling me I could win, and I was glad to finally
get it for them.”
The Qualcomm Stadium course was soft and rutted after off-and-on
showers fell in the San Diego area for most of the day. As usual, the
Dirt Wurx crew did an unbelievable job of salvaging the situation, but
deep ruts still developed in a few of the corners and the course was
treacherously slippery.
Josh Hill took advantage of a crash by Red Bull Honda’s Andrew Short
to move into third place and then passed Valli Motosports Yamaha’s Ivan
Tedesco with two laps to go to claim his third-straight runner-up
finish of the season. Hill said he felt he might have been able to
catch Millsaps if he had started his charge a little earlier.
“I was just too tentative at the beginning,” said Hill. “If I could
have got going just five laps sooner I might have been able to win it.
I’m learning every single weekend and I’m getting faster each time I go
out. It’s going to end up being an exciting year.”
Tedesco held on for third, his first podium of the year.
“To get up on the box you gotta push the envelope, and I got
squirrelly a few times out there,” said Tedesco. “Luckily I didn’t go
down, and I ended up on the podium. I’m stoked to be up here. It’s
definitely better than the last few weeks. Hopefully, I can get some
momentum off this.”
After three-straight podiums to start the season, series points
leader Ryan Dungey finished off the box for the second race in a row.
After sliding out in the first turn and then crashing again before the
end of the opening lap, the Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider still managed
to work his way up into six by the end of the race but saw his 16-point
lead in the series standings shrink to just four points over Hill.
Last week’s winner Ryan Villopoto also got a bad start, but was able
to salvage a fourth on his Monster Energy Kawasaki and sits in third
overall, 10 points down from Dungey.
Jake Weimer is four out of five in the Lites division this year.
In the AMA Supercross Lites class, Monster Energy Pro Circuit
Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer claimed his fourth win in five starts, passing
GEICO Powersports Honda’s Trey Canard on the first lap of the race to
take the lead and then holding on to the finish.
Canard went down
during the pass, allowing teammate Blake Wharton to inherit the
runner-up position. Wharton went down a little later, leaving second to
Star Racing’s Max Anstie. Anstie actually challenged Weimer for the
lead at the midway point of the race, but was held up by a lapper and
dropped off the pace. On the final lap, Anstie went down, leaving Troy
Lee Designs Honda teammates Cole Seeleyy and Wil Hahn with second and
third.
“Yeah it was a good night,” said Weimer. “I was able to get a good
start right behind Canard, and unfortunately he went down. I was able
to get by, and I just tried to be consistent from there. The track was
definitely tricky but it held up well.”
Supercross Results
AMA Supercross Class Results: San Diego
- Davi Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Honda
- Josh Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha
- Ivan Tedesco, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha
- Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki
- Justin Brayton, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha
- Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki
- Tommy Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Suzuki
- Grant Langston, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha
- Nick Wey, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki
- Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla., Yamaha
AMA Supercross Class Season Standings
- Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 105
- Josh Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha, 101
- Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 95
- Davi Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Honda, 82
- Ivan Tedesco, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha, 77
- Justin Brayton, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha, 72
- Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda, 69
- Kevin Windham, Centerville, Miss., Honda, 66
- Tommy Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Suzuki, 56
- James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha, 51
Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites Class
Results: San Diego
- Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Kawasaki
- Cole Seely, Newbury Park, Calif., Honda
- Wil Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda
- Max Anstie, Hemet, Calif., Yamaha
- Broc Tickle, Holly, Mich., Yamaha
- Trey Canard, Shawnee, Okla., Honda
- Phil Nicoletti, Bethel, N.Y., KTM
- P.J. Larsen, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
- Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Honda
- Chris Gosselaar, Spring Valley Lake, Calif., Honda
Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites Class
Season Standings
- Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Kawasaki, 122
- Trey Canard, Shawnee, Okla., Honda, 96
- Wil Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda, 94
- Broc Tickle, Holly, Mich., Yamaha, 78
- Cole Seely, Newbury Park, Calif., Honda, 76
- Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Honda, 71
- Max Anstie, Hemet, Calif., Yamaha, 63
- Josh Hansen, Elbert Colo., Kawasaki, 56
- Jeff Alessi, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha, 45
- Ryan Morais, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki, 42
Source: www.amasupercross.com
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