by Chase Stallo
450 Moto 1 Report: Unadilla
Saturday, August 13, 2011 | 1:20 PM
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PrintIt took all of one straight away for Justin Barcia to make an impact in his first race aboard a 450. The native New Yorker rocketed out of the gate to grab the holeshot in moto one over Christian Craig and Ryan Dungey. Barcia was able to build a lead early in front of his home town fans, but could he make it last?
Points leader Ryan Villopoto was on the rails early as he made aggressive passes on Dungey and Craig to move his way into second behind Barcia. Meanwhile Chad Reed, fresh of his worst performance of the year at Washougal, was buried in eighth.
As the laps ticked away so did Barcia’s lead. Villopoto slowly reeled in the leader and muscled his way around Barcia at the half-way mark for the lead. That would be the last anyone would see of RV as he cruised to the moto one victory.
Late in the race Dungey was able to track down Barcia to gain valuable championship points and salvage a chance for the overall. Barcia would round out the podium in his first race in the 450 class, with Reed taking home fourth. Jake Weimer, Brett Metcalfe, Mike Alessi, Justin Brayton, Christian Craig and Kyle Regal would round out the top-ten.
450 Overall
- Villopoto
- Dungey
- Barcia
- Reed
- Weimer
- Metcalfe
- Alessi
- Brayton
- Craig
- Regal
- Canada
- Albertson
- Spangler
- Wey
- Friese
- Aspegren
- Shane Sewell
- Dietrich
- Simmonds
- Noren
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Barcia beats Reed, I love it!!! But what is up with man-made jumps at 'Dilla? Is nothing sacred???
Great race, Dungey in moto 2 for the overall!
Can someone pleeeaaase kidnap Erin Bates and hide her for the rest of the year!? I swear if I watch another one of here interviews i'm going to stick needles in my eyes!!! Here you go Erin, you can use this as your close, it's free advise.
" Gret ride, congratulations on making the podium, good luck in the next race, back to you Weege". WTF is so hard about that?
Dang,that did not go how I thought it would at all.I think this is the only moto that BamBam hasn't crashed in.Hell if BB Gun had moved up he would of killed the big three.That new modern bike that Villomoto rode seems to of helped out.It had to be better than that 5yr old antique he's been having to ride.Looks like he might of ate a few steaks and tators over the break.He didn't look as winded at the end of the moto.WTF happened to my boy Chadwick.
The Wall?? Really??? It's Screw U dammit, come on, are we really that PC now?
Barcia takes points and podium from Reed. Interesting strategy "TEAM" Honda.
Got to give it up to Bam Bam, he looked great! He rides that 450 like a wild child still. RV was on fire and he looks a lot better after that break.
Kawasaki and the AMA Rule book need to get together. The are cheating by running a model bike that is not even suppose to be out there. This is the 2011 motocrosss national not the 2012. That is their only way to win is to cheat.
2012 Kawis are available to the public so I don't see how that is cheating
@Neil Your not gonna be THAT guy are you?
Neil, I agree. The AMA wont let Husky or TM run their current models, why does Kawi get to run next year's bikes?? Money?? Hmmmm.....
the rules are and have been for years that once a production bike has 400 or more available to the public, that bike can be used in ama races. Langston and many others have done it in the past . It is in no way cheating and it has nothing to do with $$. It simply has to be a current production bike. GO RV, GO BB, GO RD !!!!!! US MXON TEAM !!!!
Even though I can't stand pro-circuit with their one-race only $35k 250f motors, how good is Wilson going to be on a 450? He will be a "Monster!!"
Yes that are the rules.
Neil - this site isn't for crybabies, this is for moto enthusiasts, and that was a dam fine moto we just got to watch. RV looked awesome, he earned it. Instead of crying why don't you go buy a 2012 KX, maybe your nuts will drop.
What's up with the crowd at dilla today? Looks like about half what it used to be for the 250 GP's back in the '80's. Open spots to sit on the hill? Never would have found one back then....
This aint Dilla no more or Reed would have done better. I liked the vid that CR5000AF showed that is motocross!!! How many of you have riden somthing like that????
PS: bagget if a frog had wings he would not crash lol
I'm looking forward to the 2nd moto to see if Villo ate some rare red meat during the break. You know Dungey is frothing at the mouth thinking the 2nd moto is his to win.
Stoked that Bam Bam podiumed in his first 450 race, but I think somebody at Honda will put their arm around him between motos and say, "You know, Chad needs points..."
It would be cool if Blake Baggett can eventually move up to 450s and go as fast as his potential, but what's the likelihood of that happening? Interesting to think about.
I want to know why RV always says "I can't thank... blah blah blah." Why not? Poor vocabulary? Court injunction prohibiting it? Go ahead, RV... thank them!
Man some of the little girls on here whining about the '12 model bikes..... does it really matter? These bikes that villopoto are running are nothing compared to a production bike so do you really think a year newer model is going to change much on a full on factory race bike? PuXXy go cry somewhere else this is Motocross....
Yeah they met the rule obligation. Used to be at least 400 models had to be made available for public sales before that model could be ridden in a national. Each MFG has a gimme for developement I.E. Doug Henry on YZF400 back in the 90's. When I was riding Husqvarna in 99/2000, they barely made the rule and actually one of my team mates bailed on his deal because it was getting close to SX time and he was gonna be stuck if they didn't meet the requirements. He went and rode Yamaha's but Husky did end up make the limit.
I don't know how you can say it's cheating tho, Any MFG that releases it's bikes early enough can do it and If you ask me, changing bikes when you have a 1 point lead in THE championship is questionable. It could go backwards just as easily as anything else. Looks like it didn't hurt tho.
Everybody has been talking about how Reed, Dungey and Villo and the National in general are much more competitive than the guys in GP's, then Barcia moves up to the 450cc after actually having done little in the 250cc and he dominates the first part of the race and finished third. This makes me think, what could Roczen do? Also, the gaps between the best first riders and the others is way too much in my opinion.
Man moto 2 is upon us, cool as hay that we get to watch live! May the best man overall, next time i'm this pumped to watch TV will be round 10! Will Bam Bam completely ruin CR's day by stealing more points??? I hope not. MX rules!
@Neil do you really think if Kawasaki was running the 2011 model it would make that much of a difference?
@manes.......Barcia grew up racing at Unadilla and Southwick. I doubt he'd ride the 450 quite as well at most other tracks in his first outing. On another note, the whole 2012 KX450F thing is really just a marketing ploy. I'm sure it is an improvement over the 2011, but what Weimer and Villopoto are racing aren't what you get from a dealership. RV would've done just as well on his old bike.
That BARCIA kid is tough as nails..., 2nd Moto 'get-off' was pretty hard.
But he keeps getting up and coming back for more.
Becoming a fan of #17.
Why can't they show the top 40 results?? is it that hard? I would like to see what locals did in the moto's, is that too much to ask for Racer X!? Am I crying and complaining? yes I'am...its Effing annoying. Trying to do a Google search for a top 40 is showing nothing this early...so please Racer X, with a cherry on top, show the damn top 40 results!!!
@padre manes, the difference between MX2GP and AMA 250? musquin! world champion in 2009 and 2010 (ahead roczen) and only 22th into the 2011 AMA 250 championship! 22th!!!!!! if you hate AMA and love GP, why you coming here every day? you can’t post on mxlarge Mo-Fu? democracy is here on racerx boy not in Europe! now that you see you are totally wrong about musquin results, you talk about roczen? MORON
Gertrudina de la jennania, you are not even American so shut up illiterate and go to school, you are the only one here who can't read and write. Stupid people like you who just look at the numbers will never understand anything, Musquin just came back from a double injury, go back to Mongolia MORON
US Amateur Justin Bogle faster than the current two time mx2 world champion Musquin, who are the clowns? Americans or Europeans?
Mongolians also kick europeans ass! Genghis Khan !!! :)
you talk too much, no culture at all, nothing, go back to the mental hospital and shut your mouth for good, illiterate and stupid.
Aw would you two stop it,Handbags at 50 paces? Bit gutted for CR,Really wanted him to step up an win the championship.
@ padre manes, off course Genghis Khan can't be real for the Europeans, poor losers :), that's the reality of europeans, they put into mental institution (or in jail) everybody who didn't follow their falses propagandas!
before A1 I predict 1. Villo, 2. Reed, 3. Dungey, for the SX championship, before Hangtown I predict 1.Villo, 2. Dungey, 3. Reed for the MX championship, before the first gp, I predict 1. Roczen, 2. Herlings, 3. Searle in mx2 and in mx1 1. Cairoli, 2. Dessale, 3. Philipaerts ... 11/12, not bad at all ...
padre manes 2011 prediction: AMA MX & SX 450: 1. Pourcel - AMA MX & SX 250: 1. Musquin .... MORON!!!
http://www.allisports.com/motocross/race-results
2012 Kawasaki.....Villopoto isn't riding it, he's riding a million dollar bike carved from unobtanium....I'm sure that his bike being a 2012 was a marketing ploy and not the difference maker at the end of the day.
MXLORD327 - Unadilla looked half full? I've been going there for over 35 years and today's crowd was the largest I can ever recall. Paid attendance was announced at over 28,000 people! I was there today and the place was PACKED and the racing was awesome!!
@ jairtime,doesnt look like honda put their arm around barcia and told him that chad needs points,,ha ha ha!!!!!,,,maybe they told chad he needs points,,,,what did you want barcia to do? pull over untill chad went by???,,barcia rode great today and i bet from 4th back are feelin a bit dejected right now,,
Mental retarded Gertrudina, think and dream about some other dude, you're not my kind, retarded
@jd232 - Just looking at it from tv instead of being there like I wish I could have been, maybe the perspective is different, but it looked way more empty than it used to be. At the MXdN IN '87 even in the pouring rain there was not an open spot to sit on the back hill, forget about on either side of gravity cavity. Just my observation though....
About all the morons whining about the rest of us complaining about Kawi running '12's, There are dozens of small manufacturers, especially in europe that make awesome bikes that MX Sports and the AMA will not let compete, but they let a multi-billion dollar mfg run next years bikes. Why?? What are they afraid of, losing money??? I loved going to the old USGP and drooling over the works bikes, Why are the Japanese manufacturers so afraid of the small hand-built bikes from Germany and Italy??? Ask yourself that.
@padre manes the Mo-Fu, untill you stop your stupids (and falses) euro propaganda here into an US website; I will keep you tracked down and bring you back to your placeI, if you hates americans and love europeans stay into your awfull euro websites, MORON. sorry for my bad English
@Manes, you asked for it. You did it too yourself. YOU made this into a AMA V/S GP arguement shooting off your mouth. Just comment on the great racing and go on. Everybody knows that Barcia raced Unadill and Southwick his entire life, those two are his home tracks. Learn a little something about what is going off before making a fool of yourself. And to answer your question, Roczen would be alright. He did get a top ten in supercross in the 450's.