James Stewart managed to take the win for the second week in a row in Dallas. Stewart took it ahead of Dungey and Barcia. The leader in the standings Villopoto just missed out on the podium. In the East Coast Lites it was “Rookie” Adam Ciancairulo who immediately surprised and took his first supercross of his career.
SX450
The holeshot was for Ryan Dungey ahead of James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto. Justin Barcia also had a good start this time and immediately moved up to third place. In contrast, Stewart immediately put pressure on leader Dungey from the opening lap. At the end of the third lap, Stewart took the lead from Dungey. Meanwhile, we also got Brayton in third place ahead of Barcia, Roczen and Villopoto. At the front, Stewart completed one fast lap after another, quietly moving further away from Dungey. There was a battle for fifth place between Roczen and Villopoto. Halfway through the race, Villopoto finally managed to get past the German and look for fourth man Brayton. With seven laps to go, Brayton made a small mistake and it was immediately punished by Villopoto and Roczen. With five laps to go, Dungey started to make up some ground on leader Stewart. But James Stewart had everything under control and took his second win of the season. So Dungey came second and in third place we got Justin Barcia who took his first podium place this season. Ryan Villopoto ultimately finished fourth ahead of Brayton and Roczen.
450SX – Dallas
1. James Stewart, Suzuki
2. Ryan Dungey, KTM
3. Justin Barcia, Honda
4. Ryan Villopoto, Kawasaki
5. Justin Brayton, Yamaha
6. Ken Roczen, KTM
7. Broc Tickle, Suzuki
8. Wil Hahn, Honda
9. Josh Hill, Suzuki
10. Andrew Short, KTM
Standings after 7 races:
1. Ryan Villopoto, Kawasaki, 144
2. Ken Roczen, KTM, 132
3. James Stewart, Suzuki, 130
4. Ryan Dungey, , KTM, 116
5. Justin Brayton, Yamaha, 114
6. Chad Reed, Kawasaki, 111
7. Justin Barcia, Honda, 109
8. Andrew Short, KTM, 83
9. Wil Hahn, Honda, 65
10. Broc Tickle, Suzuki, 63
SX250
“Rookie” Adam Ciancairulo immediately grabbed the holeshot ahead of his teammates Davalos and Baggett in his very first supercross. Martin Davalos immediately took the lead from Cianciarulo in the opening lap. Mitch Payton's team was therefore nicely in the top three. On the fourth lap leader Martin Davalos crashed and Cainciarulo regained the lead. Experienced Blake Baggett tried to put pressure on Rookie Cainciarulo before taking the lead. But Rookie Adam Cainciarulo did not succumb and even pulled away from Baggett by three seconds to win his first ever supercross of his career. His training partners Ryan Villopoto and Ken Roczen were even waiting for him after the finish to congratulate him. Second place went to Blake Baggett and Martin Davalos took third place, completing the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki Team party on the podium.
250SX – Dallas
1. Adam Cianciarulo, Kawasaki
2. Blake Baggett, Kawasaki
3. Martin Davalos, Kawasaki
4. Vince Friese, Honda
5. Justin Bogle, Honda
6. Cole Thompson, KTM
7. Blake Wharton, Honda
8. Kyle Cunningham, Honda
9. Alex Martin, Yamaha
10. Mitchell Oldenburg, Honda
Standings after 1 race:
1. Adam Cianciarulo, Kawasaki, 25
2. Blake Baggett, Kawasaki, 22
3. Martin Davalos, Kawasaki, 20
4. Vince Friese, Honda, 18
5. Justin Bogle, Honda, 16
6. Cole Thompson, KTM, 15
7. Blake Wharton, Honda, 14
8. Kyle Cunningham, Honda, 13
9. Alex Martin, Yamaha, 12
10. Mitchell Oldenburg, Honda, 11
Photo: Simon Cudby / Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Team
Text: @Kris…