Smarty’s Moto Wrap for Aug 12, 2014
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The 450 class in the AMA Motocross Championship is continuing to be a ding-dong battle between the KTM duo of Ken Roczen and Ryan Dungey. Dungey dug deep to take another overall victory at Unadilla on the weekend and thanks to the Honda duo of Trey Canard and Eli Tomac running up front Roczen’s points lead has dwindled to just seven points with two rounds remaining.
After what can only be put down as a disastrous couple of years with injuries you have to take your hot off to Trey Canard who took his first moto win for quite some time at Unadilla. See the full 450 and 250 report and points below.
James Stewart didn’t turn up again for whatever reason while Chad Reed has brought his good mate Michael Byrne into the Two Two Motorsport team for remaining rounds of the AMA championships. Reed injured his shoulder during the opening 450 moto at Unadilla and is in doubt for the remaining rounds while Byrne rode to a solid top 20 in the opening moto and was in a good position early in the second moto until his header pipe needed replacing. Great to see Byrne back racing again.
The future of motocross here in Australia is looking strong with yet another Aussie taking a World Junior Motocross Championship thanks to the speed of young Jett Lawrence on his KTM65. Jett convincingly beat the best 65cc riders in the world in the opening moto then backed that up with a smart second place in moto two to take the win while former World 65cc Motocross Champion Caleb Grothues won the opening 85cc final but was unlucky to be hampered by a mud infested second moto to finish a very close second place in the championship. Onya boys, full results below.
The 2014 Conondale Classic was a dead set cracker with several young Pro riders turning up to give the established stars a run for their money but it was multi Australian Motocross and Supercross Champion Glen Bell who manage to take the Pro class win. See the full results below.
Team Belgium for the 2014 Motocross of Nations in Latvia is Jeremy Van Horebeek (MX1), Kevin Strijbos (Open) and Julien Lieber (MX2) while Team USA will be Ryan Dungey, Eli Tomac and Jeremy Martin.
The United States last won the Motocross of Nations way back in 2011 when the event was held in Saint D’Angely, France so they are hungry to regain the top spot on the podium.
Moto Wrap for the weekend of Aug 9/10 includes:
- – Round 10 of the AMA Motocross Championships at Unadilla
- – Round 9 of the Canadian Motocross Championships at Ulverton
- – Round 8 of the AMA National Enduro Championship in Colorado
- – Round 7 of the British Motocross Championships at Drumclog
- – Round 5 of the 2014 WAMX Championship at Hendley Park
- – 2014 Conondale Classic
- – 2014 World Junior Motocross Championships at Lierneux, Belgium
2014 Lucas Oils Pro Motocross Championship – Round 10 – Unadilla
1996 World 500cc Motocross Champion Shayne King and I rushed home from the Conondale Classic on Sunday and after un-packing our gear we sat down to watch the Unadilla round of the AMA Motocross Championship on Youtube and like me King is absolutely amazed with the pace of the current crop of AMA riders.
Unadilla is one of the most challenging tracks on the circuit with high speeds, huge jumps and super deep ruts yet the top riders in each class are riding around at warp speed all moto.
Ryan Dungey really had to knuckle down to win the opening moto ahead of championship leader Ken Roczen and early in the second moto Roczen blew by Dungey as they battled with the fast starting Justin Brayton and Phil Nicoletti but Dungey instantly put a pass back on Roczen and then managed to work his way up to second place behind Trey Canard to gain more points on Roczen.
With two rounds and four races to go this is going to be a sensational battle between Roczen and Dungey while Trey Canard and Eli Tomac simply want to put their Honda’s on the top of the podium and don’t give a crap about the championship. Hang on to your hat folks.
Jeremy Martin is now 66 points in front in the 250 class after another solid showing at Unadilla but it was the former World Motocross Champion Christophe Pourcel who managed his first overall for the year with 1-2 results over Martin’s 3-1.
Cooper Webb lost his second placing in the series to Blake Baggett after his Yamaha failed him for the first time this year in the second moto.
450 Class Overall: 1. Ryan Dungey (KTM) 1-2. 2. Trey Canard (Honda) 4-1. 3. Eli Tomac (Honda) 3-3. 4. Ken Roczen (KTM) 2-4. 5. Justin Brayton (Yamaha) 6-7. 6. Andrew Short (KTM) 5-8. 7. Weston Peick (Suzuki) 10-5. 8. Phillip Nicoletti (Yamaha) 7-9. 9. Brett Metcalfe (Kawasaki) 12-6. 10. Fredrik Noren (Honda) 8-10. 11. Ryan Sipes (KTM) 14-11. 12. Mitchell Oldenburg (Honda) 13-13. 13. Jacob Weimer (Kawasaki) 11-15. 14. Ben Lamay (Yamaha) 15-12. 15. Kellian Rusk (Yamaha) 16-14. 16. Matt Goerke (KTM) 9-38. 17. Broc Schmelyun (Kawasaki) 21-16. 18. Heath Harrison (Kawasaki) 23-17. 19. Evgeny Mikhaylov (KTM) 20-18. 20. Kyle Chisholm (Yamaha) 17-35. 22. Michael Byrne (Kawasaki) 18-34. 39. Chad Reed (Kawasaki) 40-39.
450 Championship Standings After Round 10 of 12: 1. Ken Roczen 447 Pts. 2. Ryan Dungey 440 Pts. 3. Trey Canard 373 Pts. 4. Brett Metcalfe 280 Pts. 5. Eli Tomac 252 Pts. 6. Andrew Short 247 Pts. 7. Weston Peick 244 Pts. 8. James Stewart 226 Pts. 9. Josh Grant 218 Pts. 10. Fredrik Noren 159 Pts. 11. Chad Reed 156 Pts. 12. Justin Brayton 133 Pts. 13. Phillip Nicoletti 131 Pts. 14. Malcolm Stewart 128 Pts. 15. Ben Lamay 127 Pts. 16. Matt Goerke 124 Pts. 17. Jacob Weimer 93 Pts. 18. Christian Craig 61 Pts. 19. Ryan Sipes 58 Pts. 20. Kellian Rusk 57 Pts.
250 Class Overall: 1. Christophe Pourcel (Yamaha) 1-2. 2. Jeremy Martin (Yamaha) 3-1. 3. Marvin Musquin (KTM) 2-5. 4. Justin Bogle (Honda) 5-3. 5. Blake Baggett (Kawasaki) 6-4. 6. Dean Wilson (Kawasaki) 4-6. 7. Joseph Savatgy (KTM) 9-9. 8. Christopher Alldredge (Kawasaki) 13-8. 9. Alex Martin (Yamaha) 12-10. 10. Shane McElrath (Honda) 10-13. 11. Jessy Nelson (Honda) 16-11. 12. Matthew Lemoine (Kawasaki) 15-12. 13. RJ Hampshire (Honda) 11-16. 14. Zach Osborne (Honda) 38-7. 15. Cooper Webb (Yamaha) 7-36. 16. Cole Seely. (Honda) 8-34. 17. Luke Renzland (Yamaha) 18-15. 18. Zachary Bell (Honda) 17-17. 19. Jason Anderson (KTM) 36-14. 20. Kyle Cunningham (Honda) 14-37.
250 Championship Standints After Round 10 of 12: 1. Jeremy Martin 422 Pts. 2. Blake Baggett 356 Pts. 3. Cooper Webb 348 Pts. 4. Marvin Musquin 329 Pts. 5. Christophe Pourcel 321 Pts. 6. Justin Bogle 310 Pts. 7. Jason Anderson 243 Pts. 8. Cole Seely 225 Pts. 9. Jessy Nelson 200 Pts. 10. Dean Wilson 176 Pts. 11. Alex Martin 176 Pts. 12. Joseph Savatgy 156 Pts. 13. Justin Hill 150 Pts. 14. Zachary Bell 142 Pts. 15. Matthew Bisceglia 120 Pts. 16. Kyle Cunningham 117 Pts. 17. Matthew Lemoine 90 Pts. 18. Anthony Rodriguez 76 Pts. 19. Kyle Peters 65 Pts. 20. Shane McElrath 54 Pts.
Canadian Motocross Championships – Round 9 – Ulverton
The chances of Mike Alessi winning the 450 class in the Canadian Motocross Championships have taken another dive with the controversial Yank finishing 11th overall at the penultimate round of the series leaving Alessi with a 44 point deficit to championship leader Colton Facciotti who continues to put his Honda on the podium week-in, week-out.
Kaven Benoit is doing the same in the 250 class and after scoring a solid second place at the Ulverton round the KTM pilot now has a commanding 42 point lead over Vince Friese with just two motos to run in the championship.
450 Class Overall: 1. Kyle Chisholm (Yam) 3-2. 2. Colton Facciotti (Hon) 1-5. 3. Tyler Medaglia (KTM) 6-1. 4. Josh Hill (Kaw) 2-4. 5. Bobby Kiniry (Yam) 8-3. 6. Nathan Bless (KTM) 4-8. 7. Teddy Maier (Kaw) 5-7. 8. Morgan Burger (Yam) 13-9. 9. Matt Hammer (Hon) 12-11. 10. Ryan Millar (KTM) 10-13. 11. Mike Alessi (Suz) 29-4.
450cc Points (After 9 of 10 races): 1. Colton Facciotti (KTM) 381. 2. Mike Alessi (Suz) 337. 3. Tyler Medaglia (KTM) 303. 4. Josh Hill (Kaw) 295. 5. Kyle Chisholm (Yam) 281. 6. Teddy Maier (Kaw) 277. 7. Bobby Kiniry (Yam) 234. 8. Dylan Kaelin (Yam) 182. 9. Morgan Burger (Yam) 151. 10. Nathan Bless (Yam) 117.
250 Class Overall: 1. Shawn Maffenbeier (Yam) 3-1. 2. Kaven Benoit (KTM) 1-5. 3. Jesse Wentland (KTM) 2-4. 4. Liam O’Farrell (KTM) 4-3. 5. Vince Friese (Hon) 12-2. 6. Seth Rarick (KTM) 6-8. 7. Sylvain Le Gad (Yam) 7-9. 8. Dylan Wright (Yam) 16-6. 9. Dillon Epstein (Kaw) 15-7. 10. Dylan Schmoke (KTM) 9-13.
250cc Points (After 9 of 10 Rounds): 1. Kaven Benoit (KTM) 355. 2. Vince Friese (Hon) 313. 3. Shawn Maffenbeier (Yam) 311. 4. Jesse Wentland (KTM) 289. 5. Topher Ingalls (Hon) 219. 6. Seth Rarick (Hon) 195. 7. Austin Politelli (Kaw) 164. 8. Jeremy Medalgia (Kaw) 153. 9. Sylvain Le Gad (Yam) 152. 10. Dylan Wright (Yam) 145.
AMA National Enduro Championships – Round 8 – Colorado
Factory Husqvarna’s Andrew DeLong picked up his second win in the 2014 season with a victory at the Snow Shoe National Enduro in Grand Junction, Colorado and now has a 17-point lead in the championship standings.
DeLong started his day out strong, nearly sweeping the first four tests of the day. He cruised in the final test of the day with healthy lead aboard his FE 350, capturing the overall win by 20 seconds.
Snow Shoe National Enduro Results Top 10: 1. Andrew DeLong. 2. Steward Baylor. 3. Jesse Groemm. 4. Grant Baylor. 5. Ian Blythe. 6. Nick Fahringer. 7. Cody Webb. 8. Brad Bakken. 9. Ryder Lafferty. 10. Max Gerston
2014 AMA National Enduro Points Standings: 1. Andrew DeLong, 170 points – 2 wins. 2. Jesse Groemm, 153 – 1 win. 3. Nick Fahringer, 152. 4. Brad Bakken, 142 – 1 win. 5. Grant Baylor, 132. 6. Steward Baylor, 127. 7. Charles Mullins, 120 – 4 wins. 8. Mike Lafferty, 110. 9. Ryder Lafferty, 85. 10. Cory Buttrick, 78.
British Motocross Championships – Round 7 – Drumclog
Shaun Simpson has won the 450 overall at the penultimate round of the British Motocross Championships and in doing so has won the title with one round remaining while Matiss Karro only needs to turn up to the final round and bag a handful of points to win the 250cc class.
450cc Overall: 1. Shaun Simpson. 2. Kristian Whatley. 3. Graeme Irwin. 4. Brad Anderson. 5. Elliott Banks Browne. 6. Nathan Parker. 7. Gert Krestinov. 8. Nathan Watson. 9. Alex Snow. 10. Luke Hawkins.
250cc Overall: 1. Matiss Karro. 2. Mel Pocock. 3. Steven Lenoir. 4. Adam Sterry. 5. Bryan Mackenzie. 6. Michael Eccles. 7. Ben Watson. 8. Lewis Tombs. 9. Steven Clarke. 10. Neville Bradshaw.
450 Points (After 7 of 8 races): 1. Shaun Simpson 424. 2. Kristian Whatley 303. 3. Brad Anderson 260. 4. Graeme Irwin 256. 5. Gert Krestinov 243. 6. Nathan Watson 239. 7. Jake Nicholls 216. 8. Alex Snow 198. 9. Prit Ratsep 174. 10. Elliott banks-Browne 141.
250 Points (After 7 of 8 races): 1. Matiss Karro 402. 2. Mel Pocock 363. 3. Adam Sterry 273. 4. Neville Bradshaw 273. 5. Bryan Mackenzie 262. 6. Ben Watson 247. 7. Steven Lenoir 243. 8. Steven Clarke 212. 9. Michael Eccles 198. 10. Lewis Tombs 155.
2014 WAMX Championship – Round 5 – Hendley Park
Jayden Rykers is on the brink of taking out the WAMX Pro-Open class after a solid second place at round five held at Hendley Park on the weekend while Kyle Webster has taken out the Pro-Lites championship after beating former state champion Dean Porter on the weekend.
Pro Open Round Results: 1. Kyle Webster – 72 Pts. 2. Jayden Rykers – 67 Pts. 3. Josh Adams – 60 Pts. 4. Robert Lovett – 56 Pts. 5. Shaun Cornick – 45 Pts. 6. Dylan Heard – 45 Pts. 7. Brody Fewster – 40 Pts. 8. James Craig – 33 Pts. 9. Jonty Thomas – 33 Pts. 10. Oliver James – 32 Pts.
Pro Open Championship Standings After Round 5 of 6: 1. Jayden Rykers – 343 Pts. 2. Josh Adams – 315 Pts. 3. Kyle Webster – 309 Pts. 4. Robert Lovett – 248 Pts. 5. Dylan Heard – 213 Pts. 6. Shaun Cornick – 193 Pts. 7. Brody Fewster – 192 Pts. 8. Jake Pruiti – 165 Pts. 9. David Birch – 140 Pts. 10. Oliver James – 124 Pts.
Pro Lites Round Results: 1. Kyle Webster – 67 Pts. 2. Dean Porter – 65 Pts. 3. Stevie Heilers – 65 Pts. 4. Mitch Taylor – 54 Pts. 5. Louis Clavin – 52 Pts. 6. Tim Bell – 45 Pts. 7. Charlie Creech – 41 Pts. 8. Reece Colgan – 37 Pts. 9. Brett Norton – 31 Pts. 10. Tyson Whincup – 31 Pts.
Pro Lites Championship Standings After Round 5 of 6: 1. Kyle Webster – 319 Pts. 2. Louis Calvin – 256 Pts. 3. Stevie Heilers – 251 Pts. 4. Reece Colgan – 230 Pts. 5. Mitch Taylor – 220 Pts. 6. Charlie Creech – 210 Pts. 7. Tim Bell – 208 Pts. 8. Ashley Whisler – 165 Pts. 9. Paul Humberston – 148 Pts. 10. Craig Bolton – 146 Pts.
2014 World Junior Motocross Championships – Lierneux, Belgium
Ok, we did it again!! Our junior champions have done us proud at the World Junior Motocross Championships on the weekend with young Jett Lawrence winning the 65cc title while his predecessor from 2012 in Caleb Groethes proved his world class speed with a close second place in the 85cc championship.
Unfortunately Mitchell Evans and Hunter Lawrence had the worst luck of any rider over the weekend to score no points in the 125cc class.
65cc Overall Championship Standings: 1. Jett Lawrence – 47 Pts. 2. Jo Shimoda – 43 Pts. 3. Jeremy Ryan – 40 Pts. 4. Jett Reynolds – 40 Pts. 5. Carter Biese – 26 Pts. 6. Congost Gerard – 25 Pts. 7. David Braceas – 24 Pts. 8. Paul Bloy – 22 Pts. 9. Kristians Fremanis – 22 Pts. 10. Nikita Kusherov – 20 Pts
85cc Overall Championship Standings: 1. Kim Savaste – 42 Pts. 2. Caleb Grothues – 40 Pts. 3. Mikkel Haarup – 33 Pts. 4. Paolo Lugana – 31 Pts. 5. Jago Geerts – 27 Pts. 6. Calvin Fontvieille – 26 Pts. 7. Conner Mullennix – 25 Pts. 8. Taylor Hammal – 25 Pts. 9. Gianluca Facchetti – 23 Pts. 10. Brian Moreau Strubhart – 22 Pts.
125cc Overall Championship Standings: 1. Brian Hsu – 50 Pts. 2. Gilberto Locurcio – 42 Pts. 3. Alvin Östlund – 42 Pts. 4. David Herbreteau – 34 Pts. 5. Ivan Baranov – 30 Pts. 6. Tomas Sileika – 30 Pts.7. Josiah Natzke – 25 Pts. 8. Riccardo Righi – 20 Pts. 9. Anthony Bourdon – 16 Pts. 10. Miro Sihvonen – 16 Pts. 32. Mitchell Evans – 0 Pts 39. Hunter Lawrence – 0 Pts.
Junior Nation Overall Results: 1. USA 21. 2. Germany 23. 3. France 29. 4. Sweden 33. 5. Australia 35. 6. Italy 37. 7. Norway 47. 8. Denmark 50. 9. The Netherlands 54. 10. Great Britain 58.
2014 Conondale Classic – Green Park, Conondale
When 1996 World Motocross Champion Shayne King and his brother Darryll turned up to take on Australia’s best classic motocross riders they didn’t expect to have to take on teenage Pro riders to garner a race or championship wins but that is exactly what went down at the Conondale Classic last weekend.
Young guns Damian Harrison, Adam Martin and Callum Wastell joined the established Aussie stars in Glen Bell, Brad Van Barello, Steven Frieberg, Justin Rooney and Matthew Roeder to take on the international contingent and in doing so created some of the best racing in the history of this iconic event.
Bell managed to hang on to win the Pro Class and the 500cc Pre 90 classes while a gaggle of yesteryear heroes put themselves in the fray to post solid podium results ahead of a full field of competitors. This truly is the premier Classic Motocross event on the race calendar.
- Pre 85 500cc: 1. Damian Harrison. 2. Adam Martin. 3. Gary Armstrong
- EVO 250cc: 1. Ricky Redding. 2. Simon Abel. 3. Karl Stuhmcke
- Sidecars: 1. David Mattock. 2. Adam Laman. 3. Wayne Holloway
- Pre 1990 500cc: 1. Glen Bell. 2. Adam Martin. 3. Shayne King. 4. Darryl King
- Pre 1990 125cc: 1. Justin Rooney. 2. Geoff Holmes. 3. Callum Wastell
- Pre 1985 250cc: 1. Steven Frieberg. 2. Jake Madden. 3. Daniel Argent
- Pre 1990 250cc: 1. Matthew Roeder. 2. Justin Rooney. 3. Callum Wastell
- EVO 500cc: 1. Darren Smart. 2. Dave Cusak. 3. Steve New
- PRO Class: 1. Glen Bell. 2. Adam Martin. 3. Callum Wastell. 4. Shayne King. 5. Matthew Roeder. 6. Darryl King. 7. Damian Harrison. 8. Brett Meehan. 9. Brad Van Barrello. 10. Gary Armstrong.
Moto Wrap for the weekend of Aug 16/17 will include:
- – Round 16 of the World Motocross Championships at Dimitrov, Donetsk Ukraine
- – Round 11 of the AMA Motocross Championships at Indiana
- – Round 10 of the Canadian Motocross Championships at Walton
- – Round 8 of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix at Latvia (Riga)
- – Round 4 of the South Australian Motocross Championships at Renmark
- – 2014 A4DE at Riverwood Downs Mountain Valley Resort, Dungog, NSW
