Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey is content with his current progress during the early stages of the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing.

Dungey, the defending 450 Class champion, slowly progressed from the season opener to clinch his first win of the 2013 Motocross season at last weekend’s Muddy Creek event in Tennessee.

After trailing the dominant Ryan Villopoto through the Hangtown season opener and Colorado’s round two, Dungey feels that his program is improving and everything is starting to fall into place.

“I think we were fighting it a little bit at Hangtown, then we did a little bit better in Colorado last weekend,” said Dungey told Racer X. “I feel like things are improving.

“I think everybody’s making a little bit of progress at this point, but I feel like everything’s kind of fallen into this place [for us]. It’s good to get the first win of the season. It was definitely a hard-fought one, the track was tough.

At this same point during the 2012 outdoor season Dungey kicked off a winning streak, but admits this year is a lot different and consistency will be the goal at this point.

“The guys didn’t make it easy,” said Dungey. “So it was nice to get a win. Last year we were able to start kicking off a win streak at this round, but I think this year’s been a little different.

“There’s a lot of tough guys out there, a lot of tough competition, but I think we can keep the pace going and the consistency to be there every race.”

Dungey currently sits second overall on the championship points ladder, 10 points behind series leader Villopoto.