Thunder Valley MX

Early leader is Christian Craig on the Troy Lee Designs Honda team. But chasing him right away is Chad Reed, Ryan Villopoto, and Ryan Dungey.

The track is getting dried out and rutted compared to earlier in the day. And here comes Supercross Champion Ryan Villopoto! Ryan goes past both Reed and Christian Craig and into the lead! The top riders as they start lap six - Villopoto, Reed, Ryan Dungey, Christian Craig, Josh Grant, Mike Alessi, Kevin Windham, Andrew Short, Ricky Dietrich, Justin Brayton, and Brett Metcalfe.

On lap 11, the best battle on the track is between Chad Reed and Ryan Dungey. They've been close together for a while. Dungey finally moves post Reed and into second. Running order now - Villopoto first, Dungey second, Reed third, Mike Alessi now fourth, Kevin Windham fifth, Christian Craig sixth, Andrew Short seventh, Ricky Dietrich eighth.

Josh Grant has pulled off the track. He looks to be in pain ... (turns out to be he's re-injured his knee).

Ryan Villopoto is looking smooth, fast, and (as much as you can racing professional MX) conserving energy as he leads this race. This 16 lap race (30 minutes plus 2 laps) win goes to Ryan Villopoto! Second is defending 2010 Motocross Champion Ryan Dungey. Third goes to current series points leader Chad Reed.

250 MXLites Moto 1

Again, the track is getting more rutted in the corners, and drying out on the straights. It's probably close to 90+ degrees here today. Very taxing on both the riders and bikes. The leader of this first '250' race is Justin Barcia, number 17 Honda. Last week it was revealed that Justin is dealing with an illness - mononucleosis. 'Mono' is not something that you recover from quickly. Regardless, Justin is out front and leading!

Now on lap three - it's Justin Barcia leading, with Dean Wilson in second, and Blake Baggett in third. Fourth thru tenth - Darryn Durham (who has shown good speed all season long on the privateer Honda), Kyle Cunningham, Gareth Swanepoel, Cole Seely, Travis Baker, 'hometown' rider Eli Tomac, and L Vincent.

Dean Wilson is closing in on Justin Barcia for the lead. He's close enough to get a good look at Justin and his lines. And Blake Baggett is right behind his teammate Dean Wilson. The top three are now very close!

On lap six, Dean Wilson goes inside and passes Justin Barcia for the lead. Then a few seconds later, Blake Baggett moves past Barcia as well. Wilson and Baggett are literally side-by-side. And Barcia is right behind the two of them.

Just a few moments later, Baggett has moved past Wilson and into the lead! Baggett has also put in the quickest lap of the race - 2 minutes 16 seconds. It's Baggett leading now on lap seven, Wilson second ... and Barcia goes down! At the end of seven laps, the running order is Blake Baggett, Dean Wilson, Darryn Durham in third, Eli Tomac, Justin Barcia, Gareth Swanepoel, Cole Seely ... here comes Broc Tickle, and finally we notice series points leader Tyla Rattray in ninth. Travis Baker is tenth, and Malcolm Stewart is 11th now.

Baggett has a big gap over second place Wilson. If positions stay the same (Wilson in second, and Rattray in ninth) Wilson would take over the points lead - at least temporarily. But Rattray is coming thru the pack, along with teammate Broc Tickle. At the start of lap 13, it's Baggett with the big lead, Wilson second, Tomac has moved into third, Durham a nice fourth, Swanepoel with a good ride in fifth, and Rattray has moved to sixth, Tickle seventh ... then Seely, Barcia, and Baker round out the top ten.

Blake Baggett, racing for the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team, wins this race! He goes 16 laps. Teammate Dean Wilson second. Third goes to Colorado (Cortez to be exact) native Eli Tomac on the GEICO Honda, fourth Darryn Durham, fifth goes to a hard charging Tyla Rattray. Gareth Swanepoel sixth, then Broc Tickle, Cole Seely, Justin Barcia, and Travis Baker.

Motocross Class Moto 2

Chad Reed leads right from the start. But a little over two laps into the race, Ryan Dungey, the current AMA Motocross class Champion, is leading after everyone settles. Chad Reed now in second, and Ryan Villopoto is third. Fourth position is Kevin Windham, then Tommy Hahn, Justin Brayton, Davi Millsaps, Andrew Short, Michael Byrne, and Jimmy Albertson.

On lap four, Villopoto goes by Chad Reed. Running order now Dungey, Villopoto, Reed, Windham, Hahn, Brayton, Millsaps, Short, Byrne, Albertson, Metcalfe. Dungey leads Villopoto.

More than halfway into this race, the running order at the top remains the same - Ryan Dungey on the number 1 plated Suzuki first, Ryan Villopoto is second, Chad Reed is third, Kevin Windham fourth, T Hahn fifth, D Millsaps sixth. Then Metcalfe, Short, Brayton, Byrne, and Albertson. Dungey and Villopoto have a big lead over Reed in third ...

This race is going to go 16 laps. And the winner of the moto, and taking the overall victory - his first of the outdoor season - Ryan Dungey! Ryan Villopoto takes second in this race, and second overall. Chad Reed finishes third in the moto for third overall, and retains series points lead. Fourth thru tenth in this race - Windham, Hahn, Millsaps, Metcalfe, Short, Byrne, Brayton.

250 MX Lites Moto 2

Blake Baggett, number 57 on the Pro Circuit Kawasaki, is on fire in the heat of Colorado. He won the first moto, and is now leading this second moto. Behind him are Dean Wilson, L Vincent, Ryan Sipes, Eli Tomac, Darryn Durham, Tyla Rattray, Nico Izzi, Malcolm Stewart, and N Paluzzi.

Just about halfway into this moto, Blake Baggett leads teammate Dean Wilson by over ten seconds. Third position is Eli Tomac. Then Ryan Sipes, Darryn Durham, Tyla Rattray, Malcolm Stewart, and Justin Barcia.

Baggett looks to be cruising to the moto win, and the overall victory. Wilson comfortably in second, Tomac in third. If they stay the same, it's exactly as they finished in the first moto. Currently Ryan Sipes is in fourth, Tyla Rattray has worked into fifth, followed by Durham, M Stewart, Paluzzi, .. Barcia is 12th, Seely is 17th, Swanepoel 23rd, Tickle 34th.

After 15 laps, with his last lap being 2 minutes 22 seconds, Blake Baggett wins the moto and the overall! In second place, and second overall - Dean Wilson. In third place in this race, and third overall on the day - Eli Tomac.

Motocross Class Results Ryan Dungey - SUZ - 2/1 Ryan Villopoto - KAW - 1/2 Chad Reed - HON - 3/3 Kevin Windham - HON - 4/4 Andrew Short - KTM - 7/8 Tommy Hahn - YAM - 11/5 Brett Metcalfe - SUZ - 9/7 Christian Craig - HON - 6/15 Jake Canada - KAW - 10/13 Justin Brayton - YAM - 14/10 Nick Wey - YAM - 13/11 Jimmy Albertson - HON - 12/12 Ricky Dietrich - YAM - 8/17 Mike Alessi - KTM - 5/37 Davi Millsaps - YAM - 24/6 Ben Lamay - YAM - 15/14 Michael Byrne - SUZ - 22/9 Jake Weimer - KAW - 19/16 Travis Sewell - YAM - 17/20 Tye Hames - HON - 16/31

Motocross Class Point Standings Chad Reed - 223 Ryan Villopoto - 215 Ryan Dungey - 202 Kevin Windham - 148 Davi Millsaps - 145 Brett Metcalfe - 144 Ricky Dietrich - 109 Andrew Short - 102 Jake Weimer - 100 Christian Craig - 97 Tommy Hahn - 91 Mike Alessi - 84 Nick Wey - 81 Michael Byrne - 69 Les Smith - 37 Ben Lamay - 36 Tye Simmonds - 36 Mike Brown - 31 Kyle Chisholm - 26 Josh Grant - 24

250 Lites MX Class Results Blake Baggett - KAW - 1/1 Dean Wilson - KAW - 2/2 Eli Tomac - HON - 3/3 Darryn Durham - HON - 4/6 Tyla Rattray - KAW - 5/5 Ryan Sipes - YAM - 15/4 Malcolm Stewart - SUZ - 13/7 Travis Baker - HON - 10/10 Justin Barcia - HON - 9/12 Alex Martin - HON - 11/13 Nick Paluzzi - SUZ - 14/11 Cole Seely - HON - 8/17 Nico Izzi - HON - 12/15 Gareth Swanepoel - YAM - 6/21 Broc Tickle - KAW - 7/35 Kyle Cunningham - YAM - 40/8 Martin Davalos - SUZ - 36/9 Matt Lemoine - KAW - 17/14 Scott Champion - HON - 19/16 Gannon Audette - YAM - 16/33

250 Lites MX Class Point Standings Dean Wilson - 214 Tyla Rattray - 206 Blake Baggett - 194 Eli Tomac - 176 Justin Barcia - 137 K Cunningham - 127 Broc Tickle - 113 G Swanepoel - 106 Darryn Durham - 94 Cole Seely - 89 Martin Davalos - 87 Nico Izzi - 79 Malcolm Stewart - 76 Alex Martin - 63 Nick Paluzzi - 63 Gannon Audette - 62 Travis Baker - 56 Matt Lemoine - 41 Jason Anderson - 37 Austin Howell - 36