250 Moto 1 Report: RedBud
Saturday, July 2, 2011 | 1:55 PM(Editor’s Note: The 250 class is being run first today)
A week ago in the thin air of Colorado Justin Barcia looked poised to break the Pro Circuit dominance of the 250 class, but the duo of Dean Wilson and Blake Baggett pressured Barcia into making a mistake and that was all she wrote for the GEICO Honda rider.
A tough race at Thunder Valley wouldn’t restrain the fiery wild child from New York, as Barcia would once again lead the field into the first turn. DNA Star Racing’s Ryan Sipes would follow with Barcia’s teammate Lance Vincent in tow.
Series point’s leader Dean Wilson got off to a quick start, getting around Vincent early for third but had company in the form of Blake Baggett who was making a hard charge through the pack. Barcia would jump out to a six second lead early over Sipes with Wilson and Baggett going bar to bar for third.
Just when it looked like Barcia would be the first to break the PC vice grip on the 250 class he would take a nasty digger, giving way to Sipes. Barcia would suffer another crash later in the race and finished a disappointing 30th.
It was all Blake Baggett late in the race as he was able to bully his way around Wilson, and Sipes to take the lead. That would be the last Wilson and Sipes would see of El Chupacabra as he cruised to the moto one win. Wilson would take second with Sipes taking home third. Kyle Cunningham finished just off the podium in fourth, Tyla Rattray would bounce back from a horrendous start to finish fifth with Darryn Durham, Broc Tickle, Wil Hahn, Cole Seely and Lance Vincent rounding out the top ten.
250 Moto 1 Results:- Baggett
- Wilson
- Sipes
- Cunningham
- Rattray
- Durham
- Tickle
- Hahn
- Seely
- Vincent
- Davalos
- Baker
- Champion
- Audette
- Smith
- Clark
- Swanepoel
- Moore
- Browning
- Hackley Jr.
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I can't buy a start but guess what.... HOLESHOT!
Blake Machine is a baggett.
If Cunningham doesn't win I am always glad to see him up there.
Also good to see P.C. still dominating anything the Gieco Honda team has this year!! Yeah, woooohoooo
What happened to Tomac?
Mookie not in the top 20?
I think Tomac was injured in practice. Not sure if he'll ride second moto.
M. Stewart crashed, possibly as a result of engine troubles. He'll be back next moto.
@MookieIsOverrated - Not entirely true. Seems the fact that he rode so little as an amateur and occasionally runs up front is also an interesting angle.
On the podcast, they're right when they say that Malcolm being the brother of James Stewart is both good and bad. He can get a lot of learning in in a short amount of time, skill-wise, hence why he's doing as well as he is. On the other hand, only time and practice can breed consistency, which is what he most needs right now.
Either way, both Stewarts being crash-prone is no coincidence.
Wha? Where'd his comment go?
jairtime suks sucks
Love the holeshot's screenname: Love2smell2stroke