Ryan Dungey Maintains Lites Points Lead after San Francisco Mudfest

In spite of soggy conditions, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory
Racing’s Ryan Dungey walked away from this weekend’s
Supercross Lites race at San Francisco’s AT&T Park with a
healthy points lead in the championship. The young rider
finished second in his heat race and seventh in the shortened
10-lap main. Although he’d gotten a good start in the main on
his Rockstar Makita Suzuki RMZ250, Dungey hit a downed bike
and then went down himself. After re-starting his Suzuki,
however, Dungey quickly regained his composure and battled
his way up to at top-10 finish. He currently leads the
championship by almost 20 points.

In the Supercross class, Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Mike Alessi
did well in his heat race by finishing second, however, the
weather conditions hurt Alessi in the shortened, 15-lap main.
He struggled and finished 15th. Teammate David Vuillemin was
having a good ride in the main event for the first few laps, but
then his knee popped out and he had to pull out of the race.

Ryan Dungey: “We got a bit of rain and only got one short
practice. Going into the heat race, we got second and that was
good. In the main, they cut off five laps from that. I got a
pretty decent start but made a mistake and went off the track,
but got back on and was charging hard. I was running in fourth
and came across a lapper’s bike. I didn’t even see it, I doubled
right into it. I was just thankful that I got right up. I got seventh
but I feel like I rode well, besides those mistakes. I’m just a
little bummed about tonight – if we’d had five more laps, I
could have maybe gotten a top-five finish. But I’m feeling
positive going into Anaheim, we’re going to take care of
business.”

Mike Alessi: “We only had one practice and it was OK. It was
really muddy, and we struggled a bit but we made the bike
better for the heat race. I got a great start in the heat race and
ran second almost the whole race. At the main, it started
pouring down rain and, it’s hard to imagine, but it was the worst
rain I’d ever seen. The track just became a slop-fest. I got a
great jump at the start, but then I spun really bad because of
the rain and ended up 10th or 11th. Then I made a small
mistake and went down. I ended up 15th and that’s not where I
should have been, I think I should have been third or fourth but
things just didn’t go my way. We’ll move on and get ready for
next week at Anaheim.” full story on teamsusuki.com
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