by Chase Stallo
Freestone 250 Moto One Report
Saturday, May 28, 2011 | 4:00 PM
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PrintWell it didn’t take long for the drama to unfold in the 250 class. GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia rocketed out of the gate to grab the early lead over Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin. Barcia’s lead didn’t last long as he grabbed too much front brake and went flying over the bars. Barcia’s bike would land a Mike Tyson upper-cut to Musquin’s chin knocking the Frenchman out of the race. Musquin apparently has a compound fracture of his left thumb after his crash with Barcia.
Last week’s winner Blake Baggett would take the lead after the Barcia melee, but it was short lived as Baggett would take a soil sample of his own, handing the lead over to teammate Dean Wilson.
Behind Wilson it was Nico Izzi, Tyla Rattray, and the DNA Shred Stix duo of Kyle Cunningham and Gareth Swanepoel battling for second. Rattray would make his way around Izzi with Cunningham and Swanepoel following.
Wilson would gain redemption at Freestone after a heart breaking loss last year with a commanding victory in moto 1. Rattray would take the runner-up position with Cunningham rounding out the podium. Swanepoel, and a charging Eli Tomac would round out the top-5. Barcia would rebound and finish ninth, with Baggett charging back to take seventh.
It was a tough day for championship contenders Broc Tickle and Ryan Sipes as both had to pull off before the mid-way point in the race with bike problems.
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thanks for post this here guys!
Crap!
What happened to Tickle's bike??
Damnit.... my favorite SIPES is having a rough start to this season.... Dangit... Its allright buddy you can rebound Keep your head up your the best in my book!
And thats a bummer for Musquin... He was a threat for the title... wish him a speedy recovery and cant wait to see him back on the race track!
Hey Racer X ! Any chance you could show the complete race results instead of just the top twenty.
Its nice to see little Barcia making friends on the track. Who's goin be the next moto? Is he training at the JS7 facility again? Justin "PINBALL" Barcia strikes again and I like this kid. Just needs to smooth it out a little. Sometimes slower is faster. Great ride for Deano and Rattray! Good race for all you guys and the lites riders just don't let up.Looking forward to 2nd moto on speed!
Musquin hit Barcia's wheel HARD. My god, looked like it got him right on the neck, practically. At least he jumped up afterward.
I'm excited to see what Wilson has for Baggett in moto 2, if they both get decent starts again. He's still my pick, so hopefully Blake doesn't steamroll him like last week.
Hope Tomac can get a holeshot and run up front for a bit, too.
I figured before the season that at some point Barcia would come together (on purpose) with the likely faster Marvin. Well, the good news is it was not intentional, just his usual Stewie-like danger to his fellow riders even when he is NOT trying to ram them. Bad news it we we won't get to see MM either at all or at his best. Thanks for nothing.
Justin (Bubba 2.0) Barcia!!
Hey the 250's have one also!
That was a bad crash for Marvin. The way he got nailed by Barcias bike was scary,
made me jump. It looks as though we won't be seeing Marvins potential soon. How about a TV show for Bam Bam? That is 2 races in the row he has lawn darted. Jame has trained him well! Get well Marvin!
you jackbags need to get out of your mom's closet and ride a bike. Barcias fall and bike flying mishap was a fluke. Riding hard and falls down. Big deal, crashing means you are trying hard. He did not take anyone out. His bike flipped into the line of traffic. Bunch of pusswahs all of you!
Crappy deal for Barcia and Musquin... really wanted to see them at the front of the pack. But all these idiots ^^^ the barcia being stewart crap is dumb. There isn't a single rider out there that's out there to take someone else out and take them selves down.
Hey @blake237, nobody is saying he intentionally takes people out, but there are just some guys that bring a larger amount of collateral damage to a race, and Barcia is getting into the same league as JS7.
Too bad for Musquin as he would have been a real threat. Good ride from Wilson!
Thankyou KIWImxer, well said! Also heard Dungey was leading and ran out of gas with 1 1/2 laps to go. Bummer!
Barcia's crash, when u ride on the edge thats what happens sometimes, thats what it takes to win at this level u gotta push it or somebody's gonna ride right by u! Nice ride by Wilson & Rattray! Dungey ran outa gas, really, thats embarrassing for Makita Suzuki, I mean fill up the tank already, wat r u saving by not puttin enough fuel in? a pound or 2, probably just cost him a championship!
ol' ratters an deano got that boy covered.
Baaaaaaaggett Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagget. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaggett. Don't get along with the bike there eh? Perhaps a semi-factory supported suzuki team would do well on ya son? no eh? PC? really? lota hores, I'm mean horsepower on that bike, ya might fall a lot eh?
Darryn Durham has the speed and talent to be on the box consistently !
He just needs better bikes !
He was running top 5 @ hangtown till lapper screwed him up and he went down and was moving thru the pack @ freestone till bike broke and they couldnt get it fixed !
Would love to see him get a factory support ride for rest of season-- maybe valli yamaha, gieco honda, or suzuki city-- all the factory and support teams have money , quit being cheap and ante up, stop lying and blaming the economy when u charging over $8g's for a new 450 !
Darryn and his brother Shane both have speed and skills- just need a hook up !