Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Brett Metcalfe says he wants to come out with all guns blazing at Southwick in a fortnight’s time after a disappointing performance at Unadilla last Saturday.

Metcalfe is eying his first victory of the season at Southwick, determined to bounce back after his speed at Unadilla was hampered by bad starts and a crash in moto two after clashing with Jake Weimer.

In the first moto he charged hard on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 from 12th place all the way to a solid sixth-placed finish.

In the second moto, he was running with the top 10 and then moved through the field to battle for fifth place. Towards the end of the moto, however, he had contact with Weimer and went down.

He remounted and tried to salvage as many points as possible and in the end brought home a 12th place overall finish.

“I really wanted to be contending for the podium again,” said Metcalfe. “Unfortunately my starts were a little off and this is a tough track to pass on. On the positive side, I rode strong, I came through the pack and was able to make moves.

“In the first moto, I ended up sixth. In the second moto, I had a good ride going and was challenging for fifth. But I came together with another rider and my front brake got jammed and that cost me.

“The Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 was working awesome and the team was great, so it’s a bummer I wasn’t able to show what I could do.

“But now I’m looking forward to Southwick. I had some bad luck there last year and I want to redeem myself. I’m going to be running up front and I want to win that race.”

Metcalfe remains fourth in the AMA Pro Motocross Championship with just three rounds remaining in 2011.