by Chase Stallo
450 Moto 1 Report: RedBud
Saturday, July 2, 2011 | 3:00 PM
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PrintComing into the half-way mark of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship three riders had separated themselves from the rest of the pack. Chad Reed, Ryan Dungey and Ryan Villopoto had pushed themselves to the limit and beyond early in the season.
But it was Villopoto’s teammate Jake Weimer who would rocket out of the gate and grab the holeshot over Davi Millsaps and Reed. Weimer’s time up front was short lived as he was gobbled up early by Millsaps, Reed and Dungey. Weimer’s troubles would not end there as he would have mechanical troubles later in the race resulting in a DNF.
Meanwhile Villopoto was having problems of his own as he tangled with Tommy Hahn off the start, and went down hard, resulting in Hahn having to pull out of the race with an undisclosed injury and Villopoto rounding the first lap in 37th.
Up front it was JGR’s Davi Millsaps setting the pace early with Reed and Duney following suit. Dungey’s teammate Brett Metcalfe was able to get around Weimer for fourth early but the top three had already began to separate themselves from the pack.
Millsaps was able to resist the advances of Reed and Dungey early, but finally succumb to the pressure at the half-way point as both Reed and Dungey were able to skate by the leader. Reed looked to have the moto wrapped up after getting by Millsaps but Dungey was relentless and tracked down Reed late in the race.
Dungy would hound Reed all the way to the finish line, but Reed was able to hang on for the dramatic moto one win. Millsaps would take third with Metcalfe and Brayton taking home fourth and fifth respectfully. Ryan Villopoto would charge all the way to the finish to take home 9th, but lost valuable championship points to Reed and Dungey.
450 Moto 1 Results
- Reed
- Dungey
- Millsaps
- Metcalfe
- Brayton
- Short
- Grant
- Alessi
- Villopoto
- Craig
- Canada
- Windham
- T. Sewell
- Wey
- Albertson
- LaMay
- Simmonds
- Keylon
- Rookstool
- S. Sewell
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C'MON Dungey!
Holeshot
Reed and Dungey classic last lap effort. Can't wait for moto 2. Good job for Millsaps, just getting stronger. This is not 1 moto potos weekend, hopefully he is alright . Ryan made such great efforts after that crash, my hat is off to him.
Short sure did good at a track that would definitely favor the power of a 450.
Finished ahead of alot of Factory riders and heavy hitters.
Awsome job by Justin Brayton, only his 3rd race of the season. Badass Iowa kid!!
Sweet Race,
Congrats to Millsaps on 3rd,, I wonder how he pulled it off on the crappy yamaha...lol
shoot if he was on a Kawi then he would have won by like an hour...
It does piss me off that Villopoto took Hahn out on the start. Hahn had good results at Colorado and has been showing good speed. Now this will hurt Tommy in the champinship ponts.
loloz, no millsap's bike is a good bike. Just 'cause you want to believe stewarts bs about how he didn't win the championship because of his bike, your ignorant. He didn't win because reed, villopoto, and dungey were better than he was. Speaking of villopoto he didn't take hahn out, they tangled and both went down end of story. And Hahan wasn't even close in the championship point's, but villopoto was ignorant arse.
Dude he was referring to pourcel.
Awesome again Chad do it again.
From what I witnessed, it sure looked like it was Villopoto's fault, so we agree to disagree.
HAHN JUST LIKES FALLING DOW SO HE CAN GET INTERVIEWED IN THE MECHANICS AREA.
Again...the REAL pros getting it done. Whilst the morons of motocross suck up the sun...in the Florida sun! (Or the udder Yamaha arse-hole from France) And, looking good Mr.Alessi and Mr Short! Glad to be here to witness this!
Oh WOW! So le me get ths straight, Tommy Hahn throw himself into Villipoto so he can put a move on Erin! Thats a hard and painful way to be picking up on chicks! If thats the case, lets see how many guys end up in the mechanics area in the 2nd moto. ha ha!
Its official, jairtime suks IS Whatever, under a different name. Whatever is from Iowa, and look at jairtime suks last comment on Brayton being a Badass Iowa kid!! Give it up whatever/jairtime siks, your game is over!! Now quit being a coward and man-up..
@jairtime suks how was it Villopoto's fault? It seemed that it was just a incedent that sometimes happens off the start, like about 40 other riders trying to get the best start possible and Villopoto and Hahn were going for the same line and they collided. I like Villopoto and Hahn and it's a bummer that it happened cause i'm Villopoto would have been up there and Hahn would have probably been top 5 and battling for top 3 but like I said it's probably just a racing deal. So don't blame it on other riders when you can barely see what happened.
Its official, jairtime suks IS Whatever, under a different name. Whatever is from Iowa, and look at jairtime suks last comment on Brayton being a Badass Iowa kid!! Give it up whatever/jairtime siks, your game is over!! Now quit being a coward and man-up..
Sub-Came Was this reporter? texting it in. Is there no honor in journalism.
Sub-Came Was this reporter? texting it in. Is there no honor in journalism.
It was obviously a mistake that they fixed you tool. And if you are going to call someone out on grammar, be able to use it yourself.
"Was this reporter? texting it in. Is there no honor in journalism."
Shouldn't the question mark end the sentence? Nice one D-BAG
What a tool box you are, Dang nabbit ! Next time I will point out intended sarcasm. Are you another tough guy sitting behind the computer?
What a tool box you are, Dang nabbit ! Next time I will point out intended sarcasm. Are you another tough guy sitting behind the computer?
No. But you are obviously a dork that sits behind there computer and bashes on someone for a little mistake. These reports are probably written in about 5 minutes and under deadline. So take you SARCASM and go somewhere else.
@Whatever/jairtime suks, Rv DID NOT take out Hahn at the start as you said. First off, the crash wasnt at the start, it was at the bottom of the "ski jump, " which is a good 5 or six turn from the start. And they just came together, a racing incident, no big deal..
Wow!!!!!!! Looks like the Springer Show above is starting to heat up!
You are right czmark. Can't we all just get along??
Funny how james stewart is not mentioned in the article but yet his name still finds a way to come up...
His name comes up because we wish he would GO AWAY because us real racers hate what he is doing to the sport !!!