Practice and qualifying are complete here in Toronto, which is the longest track of the tour (excluding Daytona, a much different style of venue). And while the track is known for usually being soft and rutted, it’s much drier and more hard packed than in previous years. Hopefully this leads to more racing and less basic survival, although Toronto has hosted some good one ones in the past, so maybe it won’t matter.
This just in! Ryan Morais had a big crash early in practice today and will not race. Bummer there, but it doesn't look like his injuries are super serious. Scratch the back row start for the evening. 22 riders, 22 gates.
In Lites, Christophe Pourcel was the man again, blitzing to a 57.559, nearly a second ahead of Ryan Sipes’ 58.544. Sipes has been fast all season, as he edged Austin Stroupe’s 58.593, Dean Wilson’s 59.014 and Jake Moss’ 59.440. Martin Davalos, Matt Lemoine, Kyle Cunningham, Justin Barcia and Michael Willard rounded out the top ten, while regular favorite Brett Metcalfe struggled with the 13th spot.
SPEED airs tonight’s race live at 7:00 p.m. EST, and you can follow along @racerxonline on twitter (but be careful, if TV runs on delay, Twitter will spoil the action for you. Unfollow us for the evening if you’re worried about that). And the Supercross Live! Webcast rolls on via supercrossonline.com too. Tonight’s show features interviews with Josh Hill, Larry Brooks, Dean Wilson, Austin Stroupe, Ivan Tedesco and Justin Barcia, as well as two spectacular hosts (one who is really, really good).
This just in! Ryan Morais had a big crash early in practice today and will not race. Bummer there, but it doesn't look like his injuries are super serious. Scratch the back row start for the evening. 22 riders, 22 gates.
In Lites, Christophe Pourcel was the man again, blitzing to a 57.559, nearly a second ahead of Ryan Sipes’ 58.544. Sipes has been fast all season, as he edged Austin Stroupe’s 58.593, Dean Wilson’s 59.014 and Jake Moss’ 59.440. Martin Davalos, Matt Lemoine, Kyle Cunningham, Justin Barcia and Michael Willard rounded out the top ten, while regular favorite Brett Metcalfe struggled with the 13th spot.
SPEED airs tonight’s race live at 7:00 p.m. EST, and you can follow along @racerxonline on twitter (but be careful, if TV runs on delay, Twitter will spoil the action for you. Unfollow us for the evening if you’re worried about that). And the Supercross Live! Webcast rolls on via supercrossonline.com too. Tonight’s show features interviews with Josh Hill, Larry Brooks, Dean Wilson, Austin Stroupe, Ivan Tedesco and Justin Barcia, as well as two spectacular hosts (one who is really, really good).
