by Chase Stallo
450 Moto 1 Report: Southwick
Saturday, August 27, 2011 | 2:00 PM
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PrintThe Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship is back and it brought a hurricane with it. With the eye of the storm hovering over the east coast, round ten of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship kicked off at Southwick.
With just three rounds remaining in the series—Southwick, Steel City and Pala—Ryan Villopoto and Ryan Dungey came into Southwick separated by a mere seven points, with Chad Reed hanging on by a thread—twenty-five points back—and in dire need of an overall.
Dungey was looking to make a statement early as he grabbed the holeshot over teammate Brett Metcalfe, Mike Alessi, Villopoto, Justin Barcia, and Chad Reed. With championship pressure mounting Dungey remained calm, cool and collected in the face of adversity.
Villopoto would charge early, forcing his way around Alessi and Metcalfe, but could not make up any ground on Dugey as the Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider was looking to gain valuable championship points.
In the intro we mentioned that Chad Reed was hanging on by a thread, well that thread was cut down at Southwick. Reed was running in fifth place at the halfway mark when his bike seized up and prematurely ended his day, and more than likely his championship aspirations. Hondas bad luck wouldn’t end there as Justin Barcia also had bike problems and had to pull out while running third.
Villopoto would make a hard charge on the final lap to close within a second of Dungey, but Dungey would shut the door down the stretch to take home the moto one win. Villopoto would finish second with Metcalfe rounding out the podium.
Other notables:
- Reigning Canadian MX1 champion Colton Facciotti made quite the impression at Southwick, taking home a fifth place finish in his first race of the season.
- Local hero John Dowd looks to keep his number streak alive, and after a ninth place finish in moto one that streak looks to continue.
- Another Southwick local, Michael Scottile, backed up his shocking first place finish in practice with an 18th, after taking a soil sample early. While fellow Southwick native Robert Marshall finished 10th.
- Kyle Chisholm finished 11th in first race back.
450 Moto 1 Results
- Dungey
- Villopoto
- Metcalfe
- Alessi
- Facciotti
- Weimer
- Brayton
- Smith
- Dowd
- Marshall
- Chisholm
- Keylon
- Travis Sewell
- Wey
- Byrne
- Vallee
- Shane Sewell
- Scottile
- McDade
- Albertson
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nice to see canadian colton faciotti do well the guy has lots of talent
Way to go Dungey and Metcalfe. Do it again in Moto 2.
Hells yah Dungey!!! Way to go! Good luck second Motos!!
HA HA al you reed fans everybody go get ya a honda over rated
Dungy is a stud, I like his style of always staying positive regardless how he places and how he is proving he is a title contender. The "Junk Yard Dog" placing 9th in moto 1 says a lot for how tough he is and how he can still ride as fast as the leaders at almost twice their age. Too bad for Chad Reed, he has impressed me with his guts and determination.
Just got done whatching it on ALI SPORTS, what a drag it is for Reed. Glad Dowd made his statemen for us old guys. Glad for Yamaha and SWanapool(sp) sorry. Iam surprized any of the Pro Circuit bikes finished? Honda did not do thier homework. What is the second moto gonna be like? Ya I have raced in conditions worse than that but it was getting tough on both man and machine.
Poor Chad. He was putting together such a great season only to be cut down. It was so good to see three guys at the top that are truly worthy of respect. Its a nice refresh.
Shit yeah! Go Dungey, need a 1-1 today! Do it!
What about rookie B-Val getting a 16th? I think that's more "notable" than Sotille getting an 18th!
Poor Dungey
man, southwick is hell on the hondas. Metty and Shorty last year. Barcia and Reed this year.
RV2 for moto 2!!! he hunted down Dungey in that moto and with one more lap, he could have had it.
And James Stewart invents the scrub , and changes motocross forever , thank god for James
@BillC are you done giving RV his post-moto blow jay yet?
Missed the entire event today but just wanted to say that having not been a Reed fan ever before, I was really bummed to hear what happened today. After his huge crash a few weeks ago, the guy is an animal and I really wanted to see him in the hint for a title right down to the last moto.
Good to see RV and Dungey so close. Both riders are incredible and very good ambassadors for the sport.
@Welker, I am always surprised when a Kawi finishes at the Wick. How many did JS7, RV, CP, etc grenade there. Surprised that the Hondas were the ones having trouble this year. That is pretty uncharacteristic of them.
@tete------Nobody cares.........................really....
@Redneck.... tete was just mocking the video blurb of what fuel showed of Southwick and when bubba invented the scrubba...... im sure it was sarcasm.
Nice to see Canadian with respectable finishes.
Faciotti with a 5th for 11th OA
T. Medaglia with a 12thOA i believe