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Steel City Happenings: Motocross Lites Class
With his overall win at Steel City, Monster Energy Pro Circuit
Kawasaki’s defending AMA Motocross Lites Champ Ryan Villopoto
took over the points lead with two rounds remaining. Previous
point’s leader Ben Townley now trails RV by six points in the
championship. Not only did Townley finish second on his Monster
Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki, teammates Brett Metcalfe and
Austin Stroupe finished third and fourth!
Green
“I got a good jump off the gate; then at the last second saw a
green bike out of the corner of my eye. He just clipped my bars,
or clipped something and put me down – pretty much a lot of
people. Ben was one of them (to go down) so that made it
interesting” said Villopoto about the big pile up in turn one of the
first moto.
Almost There
Talking about this point in the AMA Motocross series Villopoto
would comment “you know it’s tough, it doesn’t matter when it is;
but in the beginning of the season you are fresh - now we are all
kind of run down.”
MXON
We should be good; being that we are over here on our soil, it
should make it easier on us; we don’t have that long flight that we
have to do. We all know the track and it will be new to them – so
I think that we have the upper hand a little bit” added Ryan about
the upcoming Motocross of Nations at Budds Creek.
The Domino Effect
"Talking about the start of his weekend, Monster Energy Pro
Circuit Kawasaki rider Ben Townley would say “I felt really
comfortable on the track on Saturday; and then I really loved it
when it rained. At the start (of moto one) it was like a domino
effect; I knew that I would just have to put my head down and
work as hard as I could. Then when I was trying to start my bike
I saw that Ryan was also down – that made it a little bit better”
said Townley about his crash in turn one of the first moto.
Ben’s Bad Choice
"I made a bad decision on the front tire for the second moto, and
it didn’t feel good all moto; I was really struggling with the fron
end – so I have to get that right for the next few rounds. But I felt
my speed was good; after the first moto I was ready to go for a
win” added Ben. click on ozzy go to the full story on
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