Ferry Wins First in Six Years at AMA Toyota Motocross in Washougal

Kawasaki’s Timmy Ferry, of Largo, Fla., picked up his
first win in six years before a crowd of 26,342 at the
Unbound Energy National Presented by Snap-on,
Scott USA and Yamaha, round eight of the AMA
Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF.

New Zealander Ben Townley claimed his fourth AMA
Motocross Lites overall victory of the season aboard
a Kawasaki.

Ferry used two second-place finishes and some
fortunate happenings in the close of the second moto
to capture his first overall victory since a 2001 win at
Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Calif. With
Yamaha’s Grant Langston, of Clermont, Fla., safely
out front in moto two, Ferry’s Kawasaki teammate
James Stewart was in position to capture the overall
win before a late-race crash ended his day and handed
the win to Ferry.

Langston, who finished fourth in the first moto, wound
up finishing second overall while Honda’s Andrew
Short, of Smithville, Texas, was third with a 3-4 moto
finish. Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., was carted off the
track by the medical crew with an apparent injured
knee. His status was unknown at the time of this
release.

“I was doing the math (on who was going to win the
overall) as we were getting close to the end but still
didn’t realize that I had won when we came off the
track,” said Ferry, who now trails Stewart by just
seven points in the AMA Motocross class standings.
“(The point’s race) is definitely something to think
about now. I’ve never been in this position before
but I’m confident and looking forward to the final
four races of the season.”

Townley, who resides in Tallahassee, Fla., during
the season, out dueled local hero and Kawasaki
teammate Ryan Villopoto to claim his third
consecutive win of the season with a 2-1 moto finish.
After wining the first moto, Villopoto, of Poulsbo,
Wash., was in position for the overall win before a
terrible start in moto two placed him at the back of
the pack while Townley sprinted to the lead.

Villopoto (1-3) turned in an inspired ride but could
never catch Townley and wound up finishing second
overall. Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn.,
finished third with a 3-2 moto finish. Townley now
leads Villopoto by two points, 357 to 355, in the AMA
Motocross Lites standings.

The AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented
by FMF will break for one week before heading to
Millville, Minn., for the Honda Spring Creek Pro
National Presented by Unbound Energy and Scott USA,
on August 11-12. AMAMotocross.com 7-29-2007