Salt Lake City Super Spoiler Report
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