Yoshimura Suzuki San Diego Recap

SAN DIEGO, CA – At this past weekend’s round six of the 2012 AMA/FIM Supercross series, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Brett Metcalfe was truly in his element. Australian Metcalfe not only captured his first main event holeshot at the Qualcomm Stadium Supercross in San Diego, CA, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider also raced his RM-Z450 to an outstanding fourth-place finish. This excellent result marks Metcalfe’s best result of the season and also moves him up in the overall championship points standings.

The Yoshimura Suzuki squad came into the San Diego event primed and ready to race. After putting in plenty of grueling prep hours during the week, their setup was perfect and Metcalfe was eager for competition. All of this was obvious in Saturday night’s event, where Metcalfe started the night strong by finishing third in his heat race. He went on to get the holeshot in the 20-lap main event on his Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450 and then put his head down and brought home his season’s best finish.

“It was a good night,” said Metcalfe. “We were able to put in some work this week and get the set-up back to what we were comfortable with and what we know works. The Yoshimura Suzuki RMZ-450 really worked great all weekend. I was still a little bit off in practice, but in the heat races and the main, I came through. I got good starts, which helped out, and I was able to ride strong. I qualified third in the heat race and got a good gate pick, so I got where I wanted to be, and ripped the holeshot. That was my first holeshot of the year, so I’m really pumped with that. I rode solid, and I rode as hard as I could, and we got a fourth.”

Armed with such a positive performance, Metcalfe and the Yoshimura Suzuki crew are enthusiastic about next weekend’s race in Texas. Said Metcalfe: “Dallas is next weekend and I’m looking forward to that. It’s always a really tough, technical track and I’m looking forward to keeping the momentum going.”

Team Yoshimura Suzuki Racing’s next event is the seventh round of the 2012 AMA/FIM Supercross Championship on Saturday, February 18th, at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, TX.

 

San Diego Supercross Class Results:

1.  Ryan Villopoto

2.  Chad Reed

3.  Ryan Dungey

4.  Brett Metcalfe

5.  Josh Hansen

6.  Justin Brayton

7.  David Millsaps

8.  Kyle Chisolm

9.  Mike Alessi

10. Nick Wey

 

2012 Supercross Class Standings:

1.  Ryan Villopoto – 133

2.  Chad Reed – 127

3.  Ryan Dungey – 123

4.  James Stewart – 101

5.  Kevin Windham – 78

6.  Brett Metcalfe – 75

7.  Jake Weimer – 72

8.  David Millsaps – 70

9.  Justin Brayton – 68

10. Josh Hansen – 64