News 16 Mar 2015

KTM duo Dungey and Musquin score Indianapolis sweep

Reed rebounds to ninth following first lap incident in Indy.

Image: Simon Cudby.

Image: Simon Cudby.

Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey picked up his third-consecutive 2015 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, win of the season at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Andrew Short put his BTO Sports.com/KTM across the SupercrossLive.com Holeshot Award line before Dungey and Team Honda HRC’s Cole Seely to start the 450SX Class main event.

Discount Tire/TwoTwo Motorsports’ Chad Reed, who captured his first win of the season at the first race in Atlanta, crashed in turn two and remounted in last place – eventually rallying to ninth on the night.

Dungey moved into the lead on lap one as Seely took over second place. Tomac, who came into tonight in third place, crashed on lap one and lost several valuable positions. On lap two Autotrader.com/Toyota/Yamaha’s Weston Peick passed Short for third place.

Team HRC’s Trey Canard charged through the field, eventually passing Peick for third place on lap 10. Canard held on for third place, his seventh podium finish of the season. Seely earned a season-best second place finish and moved into fourth place in the season standings, up from seventh place.

With a 45-point lead in the season standings, Dungey has five wins on the year and is the fifth rider in history to win back-to-back races in Indianapolis. In the 23 races held in Indianapolis, the winner of the race has gone on to win the 450SX Class championship 17 times.

“This is a week-by-week battle,” said Dungey. “I knew how important the start was, and Andrew [Short] was up front early on, so I knew I had to get around him. It was a tough track – on the last lap I took it nice and easy.”

Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin earned his third consecutive Eastern Regional 250SX Class win, extending his points lead to 16 points.

GEICO Honda’s Justin Bogle, the defending class champion, started the Eastern Regional 250SX Class final with the SupercrossLive.com Holeshot Award.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Martin Davalos quickly moved around Bogle to take over the lead. Musquin followed closely in second place on the opening lap and passed Davalos on the next lap.

While riding in second place on Lap 1, Davalos crashed and dropped several positions. On lap two Davalos would crash again, and at the halfway point of the race, he was running in 19th place.

On lap nine Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Joey Savatgy, who was running in third place, suffered mechanical failure and was forced to withdraw from the race. Savatgy came into the round in fourth place in season standings.

Bogle held on for second place and is second overall in season standings. This year he has been on the podium at every race with two second place finishes and three third place finishes.

Rookie RJ Hampshire earned the first podium of his career with a third-place finish. Hampshire advanced into fourth place from sixth place in the season standings.

Australian Taylor Potter scored his first points of the year, making the main event and racing to 18th at round five of the Eastern Regional 250SX series.

2015 Monster Energy AMA Supercross
Round 11 – Indianapolis, Indiana

450SX Class results:
1. Ryan Dungey
2. Cole Seely
3. Trey Canard
4. Weston Peick
5. Davi Millsaps
6. Andrew Short
7. Josh Grant
8. Broc Tickle
9. Chad Reed (AUS)
10. Jake Weimer

450SX Class championship standings:
1. Ryan Dungey 249
2. Trey Canard 204
3. Eli Tomac 169
4. Cole Seely 160
5. Ken Roczen 156
6. Chad Reed (AUS) 152
7. Jason Anderson 144
8. Blake Baggett 141
9. Andrew Short 124
10. Broc Tickle 120

Eastern Regional 250SX Class results:
1. Marvin Musquin
2. Justin Bogle
3. RJ Hampshire
4. Jordon Smith
5. Kyle Cunningham
6. James Decotis
7. Kyle Peters
8. Colt Nichols
9. Vince Friese
10. Jace Owen
18. Taylor Potter (AUS)

Eastern Regional 250SX Class championship standings:
1. Marvin Musquin 122
2. Justin Bogle 106
3. Jeremy Martin 85
4. RJ Hampshire 74
5. Joey Savatgy 73
6. Martin Davalos 62
7. Vince Friese 58
8. James Decotis 57
9. Kyle Peters 57
10. Anthony Rodriguez 52
27. Taylor Potter (AUS) 3

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