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Tuesday, 20th July 2010
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Date: 17 July 2010.
Townley moves to 3rd in standings after Spring Creek National.
The Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship has now entered the second half of the season after round 7 took place in Millville at the Spring Creek Motocross Park this weekend. Although Ben Townley expected more than his 4-5 result, the Luca Oil – Troy Lee Designs – Honda racer has now shot to 3rd in the points standings and is only 6 points adrift of second.
Another weekend of perfect weather and track conditions welcomed racers to the start line for moto 1 and it was veteran Kevin Windham who grabbed the hole-shot leading a chasing pack of young guns. Townley quickly passed Reed for fourth but then came under pressure from a charging Josh Grant. BT and Grant closed down Andrew Short with Grant eventually finding his way around the Kiwi. With 12 minutes to go, Townley pushed a tiring Windham aside to move into 4th place as he set his sights on Andrew Short but ran out of time to pose a threat to the Factory Honda rider.
An exciting start to moto 2 saw Townley steel the lead from Short after three corners but he lost the front end a moments later and had to remount and give chase to the leaders. A determined ‘BT’ clawed his way through the pack and salvaged 5th spot by the end of the 30 min + 2 laps moto.
“Although I have climbed to third in the championship, I am actually disappointed with my result today” explained Townley. “After Red Bud, I thought I knew what it would take to run up front and stay there but it just never seemed to work today. We made some improvements on the bike and still have some more to come so I’m look forward to piecing it all together.”
The series heads to Washougal Washington next weekend for round 8 of 12.
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Round 7 of 12
450 Class (Moto Finish)
Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki (1-1)
Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda (3-3)
Kyle Regal, Kemp, Texas, Honda (8-2)
Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda (5-4)
Ben Townley, New Zealand, Honda (4-5)
Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Yamaha (2-10)
Ryan Sipes, Flaherty, Texas, Yamaha (9-7)
Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla., Yamaha (7-9)
Brett Metcalfe, Australia, Honda (16-6)
Nick Wey, Dewitt, Mich., Kawasaki (11-11)
450 Class Championship Standings
Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 318
Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda, 229
Ben Townley, New Zealand, Honda, 223
Brett Metcalfe, Australia, Honda, 221
Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Yamaha, 215
Chad Reed, Australia, Kawasaki, 204
Mike Alessi, Victorville, Calif., KTM, 196
Kyle Regal, Kemp, Texas, Honda, 157
Ryan Sipes, Flaherty, Texas, Yamaha, 140
Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla., Yamaha, 134
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