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U.S. Open Night Two Race Report

October 11, 2009 3:41am | by: Steve Cox
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There’s a little added pressure when you’re running the number-one plate. There’s even more when you’re in the race debut of your biggest sponsor’s biggest new product. James Stewart had both of these this weekend. Running the number-one plate on his 2010 Yamaha YZ450F, Stewart had to overcome those two things, the tight track, some aggressive competitors, and more to take home the 2009 Rockstar Energy Drink U.S. Open of Supercross Championship.

Head To Head

  • The first head-to-head race tonight ended up being James Stewart vs. Nick Wey. Wey tried to put up a fight, but...
  • Ezra Lusk put up a fight in his head-to-head race against Josh Hansen. Lusk ended up making the main and finishing eighth in his first race in five years.
The night started with the head-to-head racing, and it’s not like the head-to-head racing you might be used to. Unlike the McGrath Invitational a few years ago, where the top 16 racers were put head-to-head in an elimination challenge to determine an overall winner, the head-to-head action at the U.S. Open featured the top 10 riders in qualifying from the morning practices, and after a rider’s number was drawn, he would then draw another number, which would be his competitor.

This created five separate one-lap races (or, in tonight’s case, almost two laps, because of where the finish line was located relative to the starting line), and the winner of each race got a one-point bonus toward the weekend’s total.

This created some good racing, but besides the five points handed out, results weren’t really tabulated for this portion of the evening.

Suffice it to say, though, that James Stewart, for the second night in a row, won his head-to-head matchup (against Nick Wey tonight).

Wrench Race

  • The top nine wrenches go at it.
  • Matt Jory pushes his rider's bike to victory.
For the second night in a row, another bonus point went to the rider whose mechanic could change a rear wheel the fastest and then push his bike down across the line on the start straightaway. Last night’s winner, Carlos Rivera, is Davi Millsaps’ mechanic, and Millsaps was second in the race, putting him one point closer to Stewart in the overall standings.

The eligible riders in the wrench race were the nine riders who qualified for the main event directly from their heat races (three from each of three races), and Millsaps only got a berth in the second-night event with a last-lap pass on Heath Voss for third in the final heat of the night.

However, it ended up not mattering toward his total, as it was Lucas Oil/TLD Honda’s Matt Jory, the mechanic for Chris Blose. So Blose got an extra point toward his total.

85cc

  • Adam Cianciarulo (1) didn't get the best of starts on night two.
  • Chris Alldredge (8) held off Cianciarulo (1) at the finish.
  • Thomas Covington was third on the night and overall.
Heavy favorite Adam Cianciarulo won the Friday-night 85cc event without being challenged much, although Yamaha-mounted Chris Alldredge was never too far behind. Tonight, however, Alldredge grabbed the early lead while Cianciarulo was coming through the pack.

Alldredge held on tight to the lead and, although Cianciarulo caught him with a few laps to go, he couldn’t do anything with the speedy Yamaha pilot and was forced to settle for second, both in the moto and overall.

Alldredge took the Golden Boot for first place in the 85cc class over Cianciarulo and Thomas Covington.

Main Event

Last night’s third-place finisher Dan Reardon of the GEICO Powersports Honda team took the holeshot at the beginning of the main event, but it wasn’t long before Monster Energy Kawasaki’s last-minute entry Ryan Villopoto grabbed the lead. While Villopoto led, Reardon soon had his hands full with San Manuel Yamaha’s Stewart.

  • Dan Reardon (122) got the holeshot in the main event.
  • Ryan Villopoto (2) passed Reardon (122) for the lead in the second turn.
  • James Stewart (1) came from the back and chased down the two leaders.
  • Villopoto led while Stewart tried to pass Reardon.
  • Reardon (122) held off Stewart (1) for a few laps.
  • Eventually, Stewart (1) caught Villopoto (2) and applied the pressure.
  • Once Stewart (1) took the lead, Villopoto (2) tried to pass him back and collided with him, but Stewart pulled away anyway.
  • Davi Millsaps came from way behind for third, passing Reardon in the late going.
  • Stewart took the win for the second night in a row.
  • The overall US Open podium of Dan Reardon (left), Davi Millsaps (right) and James Stewart (center).
It took quite a few laps for Stewart to get by Reardon, and in the mean time, Villopoto was getting away. At one point, Stewart even miscalculated a corner entry and rammed Reardon pretty hard trying to get by after the whoops. Eventually, he made it past, but at that point, Villopoto had a full straightaway on him.

Stewart immediately started pushing forward to get up to Villopoto, and he eventually caught the Kawasaki rider. After making a pass stick, Villopoto made the same mistake Stewart did, in the same corner, and rammed his rival, but Stewart held the lead.

Stewart led the rest of the race, pulling away, while Villopoto (who admitted he was tired, with only a limited time on the bike) finished second, and Reardon ended up fourth when he lost the third spot to Millsaps late in the race, fearing he may have a flat front tire.

Overall, Stewart ($100,000 purse) took it for the second year in a row over Millsaps ($35,000) and Reardon ($20,000).

Saturday Night Open Class Results
1. James Stewart, Yamaha
2. Ryan Villopoto, Kawasaki
3. Davi Millsaps, Honda
4. Dan Reardon, Honda
5. Michael Byrne, Suzuki
6. Matt Boni, Honda
7. Nick Wey, Yamaha
8. Ezra Lusk, Suzuki
9. Tyler Bowers, Yamaha
10. Chris Blose, Honda

Overall Open Class Results
1. James Stewart, Yamaha, 53
2. Davi Millsaps, Honda, 44
3. Dan Reardon, Honda, 40
4. Ryan Villopoto, Kawasaki, 31
5. Michael Byrne, Suzuki, 27
6. Nick Wey, Yamaha, 27
7. Tyler Bowers, Yamaha, 27
8. Chris Blose, Honda, 26
9. Matt Boni, Honda, 25
10. Matt Georke, Yamaha, 18

Saturday Night Alpinestars 85cc Mini Invitational
1. Chris Alldredge, Yamaha
2. Adam Cianciarulo, Kawasaki
3. Thomas Covington, Kawasaki
4. Colton Ford, KTM
5. Brandan Leith, KTM
6. Keith Tucker, Yamaha
7. Troy Graffunder, Yamaha
8. Cole Heath, Yamaha
9. Jesse Masterpool, Suzuki
10. Daniel Baker, KTM
11. Nick Gaines, Kawasaki
12. Andrew Pierce, Kawasaki
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