Daytona SX Super Spoiler Report
Saturday, March 10, 2012 | 11:25 PM
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PrintThe heavy clouds decided to wait until they were over Daytona before they let loose on the Florida speedway. The notoriously rough Daytona track once again turned into a full-on mudder. The officials ended up cutting the Lites Main down to twelve laps and the Sx Main to sixteen.
Once again, Justin Barcia ripped the holeshot in the Lites Main and pulled an early lead. This time, though, no one could be sure if he could throw down the typical start-to-finish up front ride that he has put in previous rounds. The inclement conditions left the door wide open for disaster to strike at any time. Although anything is possible in a mudder such as tonight, starts were as valuable as ever. Barcia barely edged out Blake Wharton on the holeshot with Blake Baggett, Alex Martin, Ken Roczen, Jake Canada, Darryn Durham, Malcom Stewart, and Kyle Cunningham rounding out the top ten. Barcia was able to pull a sizable lead--and Baggett was able to move into second--by the end of the first lap. The two remained out front and fairly consistent, although Blake Baggett took a digger coming out of a corner mid-race. Ken Roczen was able to hold on to third for some time after passing Alex Martin early on, but in the end it was the hard-charging Darryn Durham that would come from seventh and take the podium position from the young German.
As for the SX Main, it would be Davi Millsaps that would grab the holeshot again. His Teammate James Stewart was close behind with Kevin Windham, Marvin Musquin, and Brett Metcalfe rounding out the top five on the start. Ryan Villopoto wasn't able grab the start he was looking for and ultimately paid the price when he pressed the panic button after cross-rutting. He would ride side-saddle through a corner and over the next obstacle before laying it down. Stewart looked to make a move early on for the lead, and did so after Millsaps made a slight mistake on the triple. Villopoto sat back in thirteenth position at this point with thirteen laps to go. He gradually made his was through the pack on the brutal track to seal a fifth place finish. James Stewart had no problem cruising to victory this year, and his teammate Davi Millsaps followed him in second with a season best finish. Kevin Windham was ever so close to making it up to second, but another season best finish would see him at third. Marvin Musquin also finished a surprising fourth.
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the only race i will not watch again on my dvr - i hate mud races
Awesome race! Congrats to all the riders who survived it! I was bummed when I heard it was a mud race ( I normally don't care for them) but really enjoyed it. I'm sure JGR, Dave, and Bubba are pumped as well. Nice job K-dub!
FASTEST MAN ON THE PLANET RV IS RATTLED HA HA
how did matthes know stewart was going to win - i thought all fat people were stupid
matthes is a jedi...a real big jedi.
ha ya rv is rattled... dude gets up in last with mud soaked grips an gloves, races to 5th in 16 muddy ass laps ,,, yeah dude seems really "rattled" to me...
Why so quiet?
Rv's hands never came off the bars.
That's funny, Stewart came from dead last to 5th last year !!
right just rewatched he kept his hands on them the whole time my bad.. still if you guys think this is a race to try an pick at the champ your freakin idiots...
no stewart finished 9th last year
I love mud races, so this ones gonna get saved permanently in the tiro
tivo, god stupid auto correct
it was also not a 16 lap mud race
either
ya but js crashed hard and still got 9th he didnt just fall over
Bagget was on the gas! Glad Barcia got his Daytona win though. Its "Awesome."
Come on mud races are what makes MX/SX exciting, it's not supposed to be a clean and dry sport all the time this is real racing at its finest, it's what separates the men from the boys and women from girls. If you want clean sports watch tennis or basketball! Doing it dirty….this is MX/SX racing at its finest!
I learned the Yamaha's are Mud Dogs but on dry tracks they are Yamahaha's
I learned as an RV fan i detest 5th places but when I look at the 44 point lead its like taking an aspirin.
I learned that Baggett has some kind of super speed when he gets motivated, that was king Barcia he was waxing on.
I leaned that Ken has nothing for the USA boys at this stage in his career.
@scrubnuts ...nothing but stalker hate from you , should have known....even when the guy rides a clean race ,doesn't crash and wins you can only come up with the same OLD tired hateful sh*t. The bike is OBVIOUSLY getting better and it shows. Nice ride in horrible conditions....glad RV got his self together and didn't lose to many points. Rattled ? he got 5th not last. If and when it gets down to 5 pts he'll get rattled. JB 20 AWESOME what a great ride and was lucky Baggett did'nt run him down cause that dude was haulin it and his mud skills look AWESOME. Great ride for Durham also. Was bummed to hear #5 and 22 will be out so long.
People are trying to bash RV? How could you bash anyone that raced tonight, let alone RV? We were at home dry and comfortable, and they were slippin' and slidin' every which way, getting soaked in the pouring rain and pretty much everyone put on an Iron man effort. Props to everyone!
People are trying to bash RV? How could you bash anyone that raced tonight, let alone RV? We were at home dry and comfortable, and they were slippin' and slidin' every which way, getting soaked in the pouring rain and pretty much everyone put on an Iron man effort. Props to everyone!
Sorry for double post.
Now we know RV's secret, his right hand is glued to the throttle AND wide open.
man i hate this mud races not because rv scoring 5th i dont know they go so slow not doing the jumps i hate it congrats to james and millsaps i just wish this week goes fast so in no time its saturday again at indy
It was great to see Millsaps riding so fast as well. Davi has worked his ass off to get in shape and it seems to be paying off. Kyle Regal had a great qualifier as well. Is he 22motosports replacement rider?
Mitch has to be happy with his teams performance this week. They put in quite a charge when very few could.
@canscrubnutin...you are just lookiin for a fight on here , It was a well deserved win for JS ... And I dont recall him talking alot of crap about his bike ... you make things up , to suit your own agenda , You have to be in it to win it , Who lawn darted this year ....RD CR TC ...
I's surprised the article didn't talk more about Bagget. He was catching Barcian and fell. Then caught him again (or darn near). That was a great effort. Had he not fallen over......who knows.
@Preston. If you have been watching the sport for the last two years you would know that JS is the "King" of all lawn darts. It just so happens that when he crashes he manages not to get hurt which is beyond me. But i do agree it was a deserved win for him.
@scrub this. You seriously think cause JS won a single race that is "magic is back. "
WOW! That is too funny.
major respect for anyone out there last night. I had to laugh out loud watching Villopoto trying to get on his bike with the throttle wide open, no disrespect, it just looked funny. I could see myself doing it, only I probably couldn't have done a full lap in that mess. It was still a very entertaining race to me, some on here were talking like without certain riders, it wasn't worth watching. I think we forget how good even the "slow" guys are.
On a side note, I believe Barcia shattered the record for most use of the word "awesome" in a single broadcast. It's the new "superpumped"
js is going to win every race from now cr rd done
every body complains about js why is that. is it bc hes black or what. or is it because he so damm fast 43 wins yaaaa
cr took him self oyt of the outdoors now supercross hes like a lawn dart ha ha ha
Stewart could have won on a bone stock yz 426 last night!!!! A Mud race is 95% rider! Even a new yamaha can't mess up in a mud race..