Kevin Windham wins first AMA Toyota Motocross in two years - amamotocross.com

Townley Closes Points Chase in AMA Motocross Lites With Win at Unadilla

Honda’s Kevin Windham picked up his first win in over two years
at the Monster Energy Nice N Easy Pro Nationals Presented by
Renegade Haulers, round six of the AMA Toyota Motocross
Championship Presented by FMF. Kawasaki’s Ben Townley was
the winner in AMA Motocross Lites action at the Unadilla Valley
Sports Center.

Windham opened the day with a win in the first moto and followed
it up with a strong ride to a third place finish, earning him the
overall victory, the 28th of his career. Kawasaki’s Timmy Ferry
earned second place overall (5-1) with a come-from-behind win in
moto two to finish second ahead of Honda’s Andrew Short (6-2).

“I’ve been known through my career to have a lot of throttle
control, which you need at this track,” said Windham. “I come into
some of these hard-packed tracks with added confidence. I was
riding behind Andrew (Short) and we were kind of closing in, but
toward the end I kind of broke out the calculator and started
doing the math and knew I could get the win.

The day got off to a poor start for Kawasaki’s James Stewart, who
crashed in the morning’s first practice, and was forced to sit out
the remainder of the day. Stewart will be evaluated by his doctor
this week and his status is uncertain for next week’s race.

Townley was put to the test in the second moto as the likeable
New Zealand transplant needed to fight back to moto earn the
overall victory. After an early-race crash, Townley set his sights
on the Suzuki of Ryan Dungey, who was in second and in position
for his first-ever overall win.

Townley worked his way through the field and pushed up to finish
third, and combined with his first moto win, walked away with his
third overall win of the season. Dungey was third with a 2-2 moto
finish, while Yamaha’s Jason Lawrence was third (4-4).

Australian Andrew McFarlane had his best result this year with 5th
overall and moves to ninth in the standings.

The AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF
heads west next weekend to Lakewood, Colo., for the Toyota
Trucks Pro Motocross Nationals Presented by Division 7 on July
21-22.