Salt Lake City Super Spoiler Report
Sunday, April 29, 2012 | 12:10 AM
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A look at the results tonight will say that Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey took the win, but that doesn’t at all explain how close the race for the victory was. For most of the race, it looked like Dungey didn’t have a shot, in fact. Davi Millsaps grabbed the holeshot on his JGR Toyota Yamaha, while Dungey started second but was quickly passed by Jake Weimer. Weimer was riding well and kept Millsaps honest, with Dungey starting to put things together after a few laps. Then Dungey got inside of Weimer on the start straight and started the game of cat and mouse, standing Weimer up a bit to take second. Weimer wasn’t happy and rode Dungey high in the next turn, and then did it again in the next and knocked Dungey down. Meanwhile, Millsaps had built a 3.5 second lead by the halfway mark.
Then Dungey got fired up. He started clicking off hard, fast laps, closing back in on Weimer after the knockdown. Everyone braced for a Dungey revenge pass, but he didn’t need it when Weimer left the door open in a 90 degree turn, allowing Dungey to take the inside and take second in a clean pass.
Dungey closed on Millsaps, but it appeared he wouldn’t have time to catch him for the win, until Millsaps started to get jacked by lapped traffic. Then, on the 18th lap, Millsaps made a huge mistake in a rhythm lane, and Dungey shot past to steal the lead just before the white flag came out. And with that, the Minnesota man was on his way to his third win of the year.
Millsaps took second—surely disappointed after leading 18 laps—while Monster Energy Kawaskai's Weimer, Honda Muscle Milk's Justin Brayton and Motoconcept's Mike Alessi rounded out the top five.
Main Event
1. R. Dungey
2. D. Millsaps
3. J. Weimer
4. J. Brayton
5. M. Alessi
6. B. Tickle
7. A. Short
8. J. Grant
9. R. Kiniry
10. T. Bowers
11. M. Goerke
12. W. Peick
13. N. Wey
14. G. Faith
15. J. Thomas
16. C. Blose
17. K. Chisholm
18. J. Albertson
19. K. Regal
20. B. Metcalfe
Heat 1
1. J. Weimer
2. A. Short
3. B. Tickle
4. M. Alessi
5. K. Regal
6. B. Metcalfe
7. G. Faith
8. K. Chisholm
9. J. Thomas
10. J. Grant
11. P. Mull
12. A. Enticknap
13. C. Gilmore
14. C. Howell
15. K. Urquhart
16. B. Ripple
17. M. Akaydin
18. D. Vawser
19. C. Schlacht
20. B. Hall
Heat 2
1. D. Millsaps
2. J. Brayton
3. R. Dungey
4. T. Bowers
5. M. Goerke
6. J. Albertson
7. C. Blose
8. N. Wey
9. W. Peick
10. R. Kiniry
11. A. Politelli
12. J. Sipes
13. M. Horban
14. A. Ray
15. J. Potter
16. J. Oswald
17. J. Odriscoll
18. R. Clark
19. G. Crater
20. R. Noftz
LCQ
1. R. Kiniry
2. J. Grant
3. J. Sipes
4. R. Clark
5. M. Horban
6. A. Enticknap
7. C. Gilmore
8. A. Politelli
9. P. Mull
10. G. Crater
11. J. Oswald
12. C. Howell
13. A. Ray
14. B. Ripple
15. K. Urquhart
16. J. Odriscoll
17. M. Akaydin
18. J. Potter
19. D. Vawser
20. R. Noftz
21. B. Hall
22. C. Schlacht
The Lites class was a shocker right off the bat. Jason Anderson plowed into Ryan Sipes in the first turn….of the parade lap. It was a hard hit, but both riders got up, and then Anderson pulled the holeshot in the main and immediately started pulling away!
Meanwhile, Dean Wilson, sore shoulder and all, moved up into second, ahead of Marvin Musquin and Martin Davalos. But soon Wilson’s title rival, Eli Tomac, was on the move, charging from about 7th to challenge the leaders. Davalos tried a move on Musquin and couldn’t triple, allowing Tomac to swoop past him. Moments later, Tomac pulled a slick move on the inside of the start sweeper to get past Musquin. That put him into third, then Wilson made a few mistakes, allowing Tomac to close and set up a title battle. A few laps later, Tomac made a clean pass on the inside to take over second.
At one point, Anderson had a lead of 5.2 seconds, but in the second half of the race, he began to falter, making big mistakes and allowing the Tomac/Wilson battle to close in. Tomac executed a quick pass to take the lead.
Then, suddenly, the title picture changed completely when Wilson, running third, swapped in the whoops before the finish and crashed hard. Already ailing, that knocked him out of the race, and suddenly, surprisingly, Tomac was in position to wrap up the championship. A few laps later, he won the race, and combined with Wilson’s 19th-place finish (and a DNS for Cole Seely, who crashed out in practice), GEICO Honda's Tomac had suddenly clinched the 2012 Lites West Championship!
Main Event
1. E. Tomac
2. J. Anderson
3. M. Davalos
4. W. Hahn
5. M. Musquin
6. M. Moss
7. B. Laninovich
8. T. Ingalls
9. V. Friese
10. S. Champion
11. K. Rusk
12. L. Powell
13. P. Tilford
14. B. Hudson
15. C. Plouffe
16. R. Sipes
17. M. Tedder
18. T. Bright
19. D. Wilson
20. C. Jurin
Heat 1
1. D. Wilson
2. W. Hahn
3. M. Moss
4. R. Sipes
5. C. Plouffe
6. T. Ingalls
7. K. Rusk
8. M. Tedder
9. B. Hudson
10. P. Tilford
11. R. Smith
12. T. Bell
13. M. Alcorn
14. B. Rangel
15. B. Foster
16. J. Hicks
17. B. Nauditt
18. C. Church
19. C. Seely
Heat 2
1. E. Tomac
2. J. Anderson
3. M. Davalos
4. B. Laninovich
5. M. Musquin
6. V. Friese
7. L. Powell
8. T. Bright
9. C. Jurin
10. C. Martinez
11. J. Greco
12. S. Champion
13. E. Meusling
14. B. Gillespie
15. S. Rhinehart
16. D. Schmoke
17. R. Rangel
18. J. Withrow
19. T. Baker
LCQ
1. S. Champion
2. P. Tilford
3. R. Smith
4. T. Bell
5. J. Greco
6. E. Meusling
7. C. Martinez
8. C. Church
9. S. Rhinehart
10. M. Alcorn
11. B. Gillespie
12. B. Rangel
13. D. Schmoke
14. J. Withrow
15. B. Nauditt
16. R. Rangel
17. B. Foster
18. J. Hicks
19. C. Seely
20. T. Baker
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This is a fitting end to a crash filled supercross season, so congratulations to Eli you sure deserved it.
Congrats to Anderson for getting 2nd.
Happy for Tomac, he deserved this title. Also waaay happy for Dungey...crashed was 6 seconds back and then charges for the win!!!! Dungey will be even more on his game next week, and then it's off to the nats!!!! Go Dungey!
DUNGEY!!!!!!!!!! Getting that bike right-slowly. DW: Please concentrate on racing and quit with all the other stuff. Take a page from RD and RV (and Tomac) and just be a racer because you've got as much talent as anyone.
Way to go ET and Dungy!!!!!!!!! Glad to see the pc kawi's fail :D not that I dislike DW, just glad to see KTM and Honda (2 of my favorite bikes) winning. A little disappointed with Jake Weimer....all the big guys get hurt so he should have stepped it up. Riding a KX450 which all the magazines say is the best, teamed w/RV, wearing all the ugly thor gear, come on man, what was stopping you from taking the #2 spot? Then again you choked at the Motocross of Nations a few years ago. Oh well, good for Milsaps on that pos yamaha. OK, all these guys can kick my butt on a moto track, but it's just my 2¢. We still have freedom of speech in this country don't we? Or is the govt. taking that away?
From all the video interviews i have seen, both Tomac and Anderson appaer to be great kids, vell deserved to both.
Sad for Wilson too, no doubt his best is still to come with 22 motorsports 2013!
Ha ha Weimer ...... P****
JimM
Pala374
Won't be watching these races tomorrow. Yawwwwn
Hey Kev why don't you shut the fu#k up. no one crew about your 2 cents, you write way too much sh!t on these posts. these riders are all young kids under a lot of pressure..... go back to work like the rest of us you stupid typical message board loser
Miles Tedder in the lites main 2 weeks in a row...Amazing to see! Im so bummed for Davy Millsaps because he deserves the win, and I think he is the best rider for JGR.
Will somebody please get Kyle Regal off those POS Hart Huntington bikes, Im sure there is a 22 motorsports bike lying around that he could at least get a top 10 on. I saw one on Ebay I think (Test Bike) that I might just go out and buy for him. lol
@cdx56....well this is my 1st post ever. What do you mean "no one crew about your 2 cents" care to explain? crew???
Wilson to 22 = crash filled season... look at ALL the GREATs who have crashed bad on Hondas. More so then any other brand.
Career ending crashes too.
@motodog1977: Read what you just said "Hey Dean Wilson...Ya' freaking Wee-Ner! Who ya gonna blame last nights blunder on? Or, were you again feeling "under the weather"...again? You're nothing more than another whining, crying, b_tching and moaning piece of euro-trash picking up where that cowardly icon, Christophe POOR-Cel.left off."
Your kidding right? This guy has won last years AMA outdoor championship and your going to call him a "piece of euro-trash"!!! He didnt win the SX title but he woke up early to train, probably worked his ass off to throw everything @ it and has someone like you talk shit about him! Wake up early and focus on winning your own local races and you understand .1% of the commitment these boys put into the profession.....moron....
Just watched the 450s on CBS. What was Jake W. thinking? Mega Props to Eli!! ET wins the title! Good for him and FC Honda!! No dis-respect to PC Kawasaki, but its nice to see them lose, underdog thing i guess, but congrats to that team!! Awesome year!! Lots of momentum heading to the Nats!!
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hokTZGO0xCE
SWEET
"Everyone braced for a Dungey revenge pass"
Congrats to Ryan for showing how to handle someone who races you rough...Just repass and move on...Racing is Racing..when the gate drops be prepared for anything to happen and adjust accordingly..Job well done my friend..Shout out to Blake.. hows it going? :]