MXstore’s Own Moto Insider #13

Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Round 11 – Crawfordsville, Indiana:

 

450 MX:

The heavens opened up on the weekend for the AMA at one of the most crucial points of the season. The mud brought a whole new set of challenges for riders which proved to be too much for some, but for others the rain was a gift from above which gave them a massive advantage for the closing stages of the championship!

The rookie Kenny Roczen has opened up his championship lead once again going 1-2 proving to be a bit of a mud specialist. The pressure was on from his Red Bull KTM team mate Dungey but Ryan didn’t seem to enjoy his weekend and ended up in 3^rd overall.

Canard stayed consistent even pulling a win in the second moto for 2^nd overall and Aussie Chad Reed made his best finish in recent weeks with a 6^th overall! Reedy has been battling some injuries recently from some crashes along the way so it is good to see him in the mix again!

Fellow Aussie Metcalfe struggled a bit in the second moto finishing the day in 12^th but Metty is still sitting in 4^th for the championship!

 

Roczen extends his lead!

 

450MX Series Standings:

• 1. Ken Roczen 494pts KTM
• 2. Ryan Dungey 474pts KTM
• 3. Trey Canard 418pts Hon
• 4. Brett Metcalfe 304pts Kaw
• 5. Eli Tomac 281pts Hon
• 6. Andrew Short 278pts KTM
• 7. Weston Peick 268pts Suz
• 8. Josh Grant 243pts Yam
• 9. James Stewart Jr. 226pts Suz
• 10. Chad Reed 185pts Kaw

 

250 MX:

A massive congratulations to Star Yamaha’s Jeremy Martin who has wrapped up the 250 championship while doing it tough in the mud of Indiana. Although the day belonged to Marvin Musquin, Martins performance in the championship has been world class and it is no surprise he will be riding for the USA at the MXON later this year.

The rest of the field was all over the place with plenty of crashes and un recognisable riding gear but the main thing riders took from the weekend we valuable championship points which are closer than ever for minor placing’s.

A mere 7 points separate Baggett, Webb and Musquin from second to fourth so next weekend the pressure will be on big time!

 

Webb needs to dig deep to reclaim second for the shampionship.

 

250MX Series Standings:

• 1. Jeremy Martin 450pts Yam
• 2. Blake Baggett 381pts Kaw
• 3. Cooper Webb 379pts Yam
• 4. Marvin Musquin 374pts KTM
• 5. Christophe Pourcel 355pts Yam
• 6. Justin Bogle 331ptsHon
• 7. Jason Anderson 270pts KTM
• 8. Cole Seely 244pts Hon
• 9. Jessy Nelson 238pts Hon
• 10. Dean Wilson 204pts Kaw

 

Rockstar Energy Drink Motocross Nationals (Canada) Round 10 – Walton:

In the Canadian outdoors the championships have been wrapped up in both classes with Colton Facciotti taking the MX1 over Mike Alessi while Kaven Benoit took the MX2 convincingly.

Mike Alessi won the day on the weekend but Colton’s second place was enough to wrap the series up. Other AMA riders being Kiniry, Hill and Chisholm have all put in solid rides to claim comfortable top 10’s in the championship and will be looking forward to another big season of AMA supercross in 2015.

Colton is the 450 champ in Canada.

MX1 Series Standings:

• 1. Colton Facciotti 424pts Hon
• 2. Mike Alessi 384pts Suz
• 3. Tyler Medaglia 381pts KTM
• 4. Kyle Chisholm 313pts Yam
• 5. Teddy Maier 310pts Kaw
• 6. Josh Hill 299pts Kaw
• 7. Bobby Kiniry 276pts Yam
• 8. Dylan Kaelin 182pts Yam
• 9. Morgan Burger 168pts Yam
• 10. Nathan Bles 141pts Hon

Red Bull X-fighters Round 5, Final Pretoria – South Africa:

Pretoria will host the final round of the Red Bull X-fighters this weekend on the largest FMX course of the year. The series has delivered some of the most insane riding ever seen and with only 5 points separating Levi Sherwood in first and Josh Sheehan in second the stage is set for a showdown of epic proportions!

What is it going to take for Levi to hold onto the championship?

Track Facts:

• 600 truck loads of dirt
• 11.000 square meters
• 5 Ramp Jumps
• 3 Dirt-to-Dirt Jumps
• 2 Quarter Pipes
• 15+ total jump options

Check local guides for TV times but you can watch the event online live stream at www.redbullxfighters.com being aired on Saturday the 23/8/14 at 9:30PM.

Good luck to all the boys competing, the event is going to be insane so don’t miss it!

Series Standings:

• Levi Sherwood NZL 265pts
• Josh Sheehan AUS 260pts
• Thomas Pages FRA 190pts
• Dany Torres ESP 185pts
• Taka Higashino JPN 150pts
• Rob Adelberg AUS 120pts
• Remi Bizouard FRA 110pts
• Adam Jones USA 75pts
• Mat Rebeaud SUI 70pts
• Maikel Melero ESP 60pts