Three Questions with Ryan Villopoto and Practice Update - amamotocross.com

What else can be said about Ryan Villopoto that you don’t already know?
The two time AMA Motocross Lites Champion, and member of last year’s
winning USA MXON team is back again, and ready to prove once gain
that he is the man to beat in the Motocross Lites/MX2 class at Budds Creek.

First Ryan, congratulations on your second AMA Motocross Lites
Championship – talk for a minute about what this second title means?

Oh, it means a lot to me. Winning the first one, and then coming back and
winning the second one against someone that was racing so hard and just as
good as I was, made it even better. We both really wanted it, and both
battled hard all season – so it meant a lot to come out with it at the end.

How do you feel about this event, your second MXON, being here at Budds
Creek?

It should be awesome; hopefully we can bring to the table the same things
that the guys over in Europe bring. For sure we have one of the best teams,
and I want to be up on top again.

You are generally referred to as the Lites rider to beat; who else do you
think will be running at the front?

Well obviously Ben; we did it all this year. I know that Cairoli was fast last
year, and he should be this year too – us three for sure!

Practice Update: Later in morning practice, Villopoto would set the best lap
time in the MX2 (Motocross Lites) class; Carmichael and Ferry would then
do the same in the MX1 (Motocross) and MX3 (Open) classes. New
Zealand's Ben Townley and Darryl Hurley would both crash hard in
practice. Townley eventually got up and returned to finish practice on his
spare bike, but I am afraid that Hurley could be done for the weekend.
photo from MX Weekend Window