by Chase Stallo
Freestone 450 Moto 1 Report
Saturday, May 26, 2012 | 3:05 PM
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PrintThe second round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships has kicked off deep in the heart of Texas at Freestone Raceway. With temperatures hovering around 90 degrees, riders were handed a breath of fresh air from the typically very hot and very humid Texas heat.
Bringing back memories of his breakout ride at Freestone in 2010, JGR Yamaha’s Kyle Regal blasted out of the gate grabbing the early lead. But it was short lived as the Texas resident grabbed too much throttle and slid out leaving the gate open for Nico Izzi, Ryan Dungey and James Stewart.
Riding with a fist full of momentum following a dominate opening round victory at Hangtown Stewart quickly pounced on Dungey moving into second, and then set his sights on Izzi. Stewart blasted around the outside to grab the lead and looked to make Freestone “The James Stewart Show” early in the moto. But Stewart would quickly find company up front in the form of Ryan Dungey.
As the laps began to tick away the gap between Stewart and Dungey began to narrow. With less than a minute plus two to go Dungey really began to apply the pressure, giving Stewart everything he could handle and more. Dungey had closed the gap to within a second as the white flag swirled, but was unable to threaten Stewarts lead on the final lap.
Dungey gave Stewart fits down the stretch, and any questions of Stewart being in shape and in form have now been put to rest as he outlasted a strong charge from Dungey to claim the moto 1 win. Jake Weimer made a late charge to claim third.
Although he was unable to hold on to the early lead Nico Izzi put in a very impressive performance in moto 1 with a career-high fourth place finish. Mike Alessi, Josh Grant, Broc Tickle, Ryan Sipes, Tommy Hahn and Andrew Short finished out the top ten.
Other Notes:
- JGR Davi Millsaps suffered a crash in practice earlier this week and had to pull out of the race after qualifying due to internal injuries.
- Rookie Cole Thompson, who raced the Lites class in Supercross, made his 450 outdoor debut at Freestone. The Canadian finished an impressive 19th in his first moto of the year.
450 Moto 1 Overall
- James Stewart
- Ryan Dungey
- Jake Weimer
- Nico Izzi
- Mike Alessi
- Josh Grant
- Broc Tickle
- Ryan Sipes
- Tommy Hahn
- Andrew Short
- Matt Lemoine
- Michael Byrne
- Brett Metcalfe
- Justin Brayton
- Jimmy Albertson
- Kevin Rookstool
- Robby Kiniry
- Les Smith
- Cole Thompson
- Austin Howell
- Billy Laninovich
- Derek Anderson
- Vince Friese
- Justin Sipes
- Kyle Regal
- Ben LaMay
- Jason Thomas
- Heath Harrison
- Robert Lind
- Drew Yenerich
- Cole Martinez
- Dusty Pipes
- Jake Loberg
- Dakota Kessler
- Tyler Livesay
- Dustin Kendall
- Preston Mull
- Trevor Ivey
- Josh Greco
- Dillon Huddleston
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Go Stewie!
Once again.......That Race had me on the edge on my seat and Yelling Curses lol YEAH Js7.......PS. What up with #5 and Lapped riders....if thats his case he'll never win motos..But i got respect for him still
good charge by Dungey but like last week Stewart seemed unphased...looked like he said ok ill let you use that energy up geting to me then ill just manage it to the flag. As always the second moto will be the test...lets hope they fill Stewarts.tank at the line after the sight lap...dont want what happened to Dungey happening again...
I'm sure James felt in control.Poor ol Dungey he just can't pass.It doesn't matter if it a lapper or JS7.The track is in much better shape than last year.Cycle new had a great story with Karrie Combs and she said that MX Sports keeps notes and try to make improvements every year.Well I for one believe her.I also love the narrating by Emig and Weeg.Those guys are halarious.I sure do miss Erin's big ol t smiles.
@Jmantatto What did you say that for..........We all love dungey, but that comment was Unnecessary
GO DUNGEY
Ok I just got in had to check the results of the first moto. Helped a frien at his bike shop with a Bikini Bike wash, band anf cookout this am. After reading the race report I gotta go to ALI-SORTS and whatch the first moto. I looks like it was a good one. Too bad Regal did not make the first turn! I have done that myself before?????First turn ? What the heck Im not gtonna slow down just make it somehow???? Gee it never worked for me either???
LETS RACE!!!!
Stewart silencing the haters like a champ! hahaha
Ryan, Ryan , Ryan......come on man.....make it happen! Sorry to say it but you all know that Reed, Villopoto, Carmichael......would`ve at least forced a wheel in a few times to see what happens......the KTM looks improved this week, more stable....the Zook looks good as always but JS got a little loose a couple of times on the last laps....but he held on and made it happen.....great ride by JS but I think if they both get good starts in moto two I think RD gets the overall.
@Ripdown ... Dungey got a better start than Stewart in Moto 1, therefore Stewart beat Dungey regardless of them both having good starts. Not saying Dungey can't beat him but I don't think it's a matter of them both having a good start.
hahaha oh where are all the haters now.....
Who Thinks Dungey and Stewart will swap Positions Next Moto????
Also have That Feeling in my Gut that Dungey will Have a Problem dealing with Traffic AGAIN,,,,,,,,His Problem with Traffic is like Stewarts problem with YZ's
Hey Dungey. Stop taking that outside sweeper. Once you realized it by the end of the race it was too late.
I guess it comes down to Dungey caring if he's down 14 points or 8. The way James is riding Dungey's going to have to put on some strong moves to pass him. 8 points is a lot easier to make up then 14 when you don't have another rider out there that's going to challenge James for 1st or 2nd.
Dungeys doing just fine!
I like Dungy but it is getting frustrating to watch him race.He should have passed Izzi in 2 turns not 2 laps and not let Stewart get that gap.Maybe his bike sucks but he will never say it.Either way he needs to get more aggressive.And Thomas still took too long to get out of the way.They need a rule for no passing by lappers under the blue flag then maybe they will move out of the main lines.
Dungey this is how Ricky did it everytime. Hed get the start and straight up HAMMER it for the 1st 15 to 20 minutes until stewart was way behind and he could just go solid from there on. Or u could go Villopoto and literally hang by the tips of ur fingers and have your but on the rear fender while the throttle is twisted upside down and hit the wall jump because losing is the worst thing on the planet. But Id go Carmichael style, theres only 1 RV
Good race! So when is Ryan goin get tough? I taught for sure he would have shown James a wheel or two. Also the lappers, James finds his way around them with no problem. Ryan not only rides behind them, he has to bump into one. If Ryan doesn't start finding better line choices, it will be a long and frusrating summer.
Stoked for Izzi, dude ties Doug Dubach for the worst early career luck with his knees, Doug would have been in the record books if he had knees. And what about Grant? Slowly rebounding like a veteran chess player, Wardy has to be happy with his progress.
see username!!!hahahaha
Im a HUGE Stewart fan as well as a HUGE MX SX fan what I dont get is why you guys always make excusses when Dungy gets beat. If it was RV you would say he did a good job RV just faster but its Stewart so you say oh it was the lapers , well lapers wernt there the first 20 min of the race, or he needs a better start ...UH if you didnt see it Stew. got a 3rd place start and was one behind DUNG.... Bottom line for you hatere Dungy whom I like as well just got beat last 3 motos plain and simple he got beat!!! Thats why there is a number 1 plate cause the rest of the guys just got BEAT , if stewart looses next moto guess what HE JUST GOT BEAT! Its life stop makeing excusses.....
I really thought Bubba might not be comminted to this racing thing anymore, I stand corrected, and admire J/S for his wins. Us mortals must put everything into it to even make the gate, Bubba could do that on a hangover,....but to win.....ya gotta have some intestinal fortitude, and really want it bad. Im impressed and stand corrected,.....This Blake Bagget cat is also impressing me, on Eli, kinda knew he's be out front. Barcia mailing it in till he rides a 450? er what? Wharton, stop smokin weed, w/ slash. (im kidding) but.........
Kawi567, theres only one GOAT as well
Going to be a long boring summer of racing, at least I know I dont have to worry about missing anything by not staying up till midnight to watch moto 2 on NBC.
BIG JS7 FAN AND RD 5. good race,dunge needed better lines though.yep JS7 IS IN SHAPE. PERIOD.STOP THE NONSENSE.