Back
Cairoli Wins American GP, Townley
Wins Race 2
SAN BERNARDINO (CA, USA), 30 May 2010 –
Antonio Cairoli in the MX1 class and Marvin Musquin in the MX2 took
victory at this successful USA Grand Prix comeback to Glen Helen
Raceway, hosting the hottest Grand Prix of the year so far with high
temperatures all over the weekend.Cairoli, who won heat one
despite a broken gear lever, topped the podium from home rider Mike
Alessi and Clement Desalle. The Italian continues to lead the MX1
Championship.
MX2 series leader Musquin dominated both heats to top the MX2 podium
ahead of home rider Zach Osborne and Steven Frossard.
In the Veterans’ World Cup Doug Dubach took the overall win with Darryl
King in second and series leader Mats Nilsson in third.
MX1
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1’s Cairoli took an incredible victory of
this USA Grand Prix by winning moto one and taking third in moto two.
What the fans will remember is surely the Italian’s performance in heat
one, when he was leading until he broke the gear lever of his KTM 350
SX-F. Alessi took the chance to move past and get the lead but a gusty
Cairoli made it back to first and took victory despite his bike being
stuck in third gear.
Jägermeister Factory KTM’s Alessi, also onboard the KTM 350, was second
overall. After taking second in moto one, the American battled it out
with Cairoli for third but eventually dropped down to fourth after the
two passed each other several times.
Desalle of Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1 made his comeback to the
podium courtesy of third overall. The Belgian was fifth in moto one but
made up for that in moto two where he took a solid second place behind
winner Townley – in moto one the New Zealander crashed twice and pulled
out.
Kawasaki Racing’s Boog was fourth overall as he put together a sixth and
a fifth place finish in the moto’s. Other Rockstar Teka Suzuki World
MX1 rider Ramon completed the top five.
After a third place in moto one, Nagl crashed in moto two and did not
score points. The runner up in the Championship has now a gap of 41
points from leader Cairoli.
Philippaerts struggled with the track to take only a 15th place overall
and drop down to fourth in the Championship while Desalle is now in
third.
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 40:08.080; ; 2. Mike
Alessi (USA, KTM), +0:00.668; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:08.433;
4. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), +0:17.447; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL,
Suzuki), +0:30.090; 6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:36.188; 7. Steve
Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:40.895; 8. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda),
+0:48.051; 9. Grant Langston (RSA, Yamaha), +0:56.959; 10. Kyle Chisolm
(USA, Yamaha), +0:58.316;
MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Ben Townley (NZL, Honda), 40:44.289; ; 2. Clement
Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:07.997; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM),
+0:09.528; 4. Mike Alessi (USA, KTM), +0:11.313; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA,
Kawasaki), +0:25.269; 6. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:28.412; 7. Davide
Guarneri (ITA, Honda), +0:34.088; 8. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, TM),
+0:36.597; 9. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Aprilia), +0:42.774; 10. Ken de
Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), +0:56.451;
MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 45 points; 2. Mike
Alessi (USA, KTM), 40 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 38 p.; 4.
Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 31 p.; 5. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 29 p.;
6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 29 p.; 7. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda),
27 p.; 8. Ben Townley (NZL, Honda), 25 p.; 9. Kyle Chisolm (USA,
Yamaha), 20 p.; 10. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 20 p.;
MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 259 points; 2.
Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 218 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki),
196 p.; 4. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 184 p.; 5. Ken de Dycker
(BEL, Yamaha), 174 p.; 6. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 173 p.; 7. Xavier
Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 167 p.; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 135 p.; 9.
Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 115 p.; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda),
111 p.;
MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 287 points; 2. Suzuki, 242 p.; 3. Yamaha, 225
p.; 4. Honda, 192 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 183 p.; 6. Aprilia, 90 p.; 7. TM, 75
p.; 8. CCM, 11 p.; 9. Husqvarna, 4 p.;
|