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SX: Villopoto Powers Into Home Race
Ryan Villopoto arrives in his home state having already taken nine victories on the season and locked up the '12 Monster Energy Supercross title.
Monster Energy Supercross' Ryan Villopoto (Photo: Hoppenworld.com)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Seattle round of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship will air on SPEED Saturday, April 21 at 10:30pm ET. #SXonSPEED
After becoming the first rider in history to clinch the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, with three races remaining on the schedule, Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., returns to his home state Saturday night at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field for the 15th stop of the 2012 season.
Media day is Thursday, April 19, from Noon-2:00 p.m., featuring Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, inside the CenturyLink Field Press Box.
Villopoto, who won the first Supercross Class race of his career in Seattle in 2009, dominated the 20-lap Main Event in New Orleans last weekend to secure his ninth win of the season. After winning the Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot Award, Villopoto led Foremost Insurance/Motosport.com Kawasaki’s Nick Wey, of Dewitt, Mich., and Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer, of Rupert, Idaho, in the early stages of the opening lap.
“The track was tough, so the bike was a big key,” said Villopoto, who is in the midst of a four-race winning streak. “The track was breaking down and it had a lot of ruts, so it was easy to get caught off guard. You had to stay on your toes and try to log consistent laps. I’m looking forward to returning home this week (in Seattle).”
As Villopoto’s lead continued to extend, the battle for the remaining spots on the podium ensued, as Jeff Ward Racing Kawasaki’s Josh Grant, of Corona, Calif., and MotoConcepts Suzuki’s Mike Alessi, of Hilliard, Fla., were both in search of their first top-three efforts of the season. Grant set a strong pace in second after a good start, keeping a consistent gap over third. Alessi, however, wasn’t as fortunate, making contact with a lapped rider while running third on Lap 16, falling to the ground. That allowed Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Brayton, of Murrieta, Calif., to grab the final spot on the podium.
Grant’s runner-up effort was his best finish since winning the opening race of the 2009 Monster Energy Supercross season and also signified the inaugural podium finish for the first-year Jeff Ward Racing team.
After an eight-race hiatus, the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Championship is set to resume this weekend in Seattle as Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson, of Murrieta, Calif., brings a two-point lead over GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac, of Cortex, Colo. Wilson set the stage for this weekend’s race after taking advantage of Tomac’s horrific crash in San Diego that forced him to withdraw from the Main Event. In turn, this erased the 22-point lead Tomac had over Wilson heading into San Diego.
"We've made (the championship chase) interesting, which is something we didn't want to do, but we've got plenty of time to recover and rest now so that's what we'll do," Tomac said. "We'll reload and get ready for the last three races. I'm not going to change anything I've been doing because it's been a great season so far. We just had some unfortunate luck in San Diego."
After becoming the first rider in history to clinch the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, with three races remaining on the schedule, Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., returns to his home state Saturday night at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field for the 15th stop of the 2012 season.
Media day is Thursday, April 19, from Noon-2:00 p.m., featuring Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, inside the CenturyLink Field Press Box.
Villopoto, who won the first Supercross Class race of his career in Seattle in 2009, dominated the 20-lap Main Event in New Orleans last weekend to secure his ninth win of the season. After winning the Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot Award, Villopoto led Foremost Insurance/Motosport.com Kawasaki’s Nick Wey, of Dewitt, Mich., and Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer, of Rupert, Idaho, in the early stages of the opening lap.
“The track was tough, so the bike was a big key,” said Villopoto, who is in the midst of a four-race winning streak. “The track was breaking down and it had a lot of ruts, so it was easy to get caught off guard. You had to stay on your toes and try to log consistent laps. I’m looking forward to returning home this week (in Seattle).”
As Villopoto’s lead continued to extend, the battle for the remaining spots on the podium ensued, as Jeff Ward Racing Kawasaki’s Josh Grant, of Corona, Calif., and MotoConcepts Suzuki’s Mike Alessi, of Hilliard, Fla., were both in search of their first top-three efforts of the season. Grant set a strong pace in second after a good start, keeping a consistent gap over third. Alessi, however, wasn’t as fortunate, making contact with a lapped rider while running third on Lap 16, falling to the ground. That allowed Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Brayton, of Murrieta, Calif., to grab the final spot on the podium.
Grant’s runner-up effort was his best finish since winning the opening race of the 2009 Monster Energy Supercross season and also signified the inaugural podium finish for the first-year Jeff Ward Racing team.
After an eight-race hiatus, the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Championship is set to resume this weekend in Seattle as Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson, of Murrieta, Calif., brings a two-point lead over GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac, of Cortex, Colo. Wilson set the stage for this weekend’s race after taking advantage of Tomac’s horrific crash in San Diego that forced him to withdraw from the Main Event. In turn, this erased the 22-point lead Tomac had over Wilson heading into San Diego.
"We've made (the championship chase) interesting, which is something we didn't want to do, but we've got plenty of time to recover and rest now so that's what we'll do," Tomac said. "We'll reload and get ready for the last three races. I'm not going to change anything I've been doing because it's been a great season so far. We just had some unfortunate luck in San Diego."
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