Houston Spoiler

[Okiewan]

So what's up with Matt Walker!? I don't think I've ever seen him leading a main. Great post race interview.

Bubba in a 1st lap pile up, came out 17th, can't move up?

1. Matt Walker (Who'd ah thunk it?)
2. Preston
3. Sobet (sp?)

Stewart 10th! (keeps his #1 spot in the points, Preston 10 points behind)


250's
1. RC
2. Nate Dog
3. Lusk

 

[IDkTm]

Seems that Bubba broke his foot sometime in the near past and even was walking with a noticeable limp at the race. This could put some more pressure on his title run. Travis Preston has proven that he can win so he does have a chance at keeping it interesting. Eric Sorby seems to have adapted quickly to a KX 125 and is able to finish third in his first US Supercross, wow, thats pretty impressive, but then again he is French. I hope that Matts win is enough to convince Mitch Payton to let him keep his ride for the Nationals. Matt has shown that he has the speed a few times outdoors and his win tonight has to be great for him. If Matt is able to stay with Pro Circuit I'm sure he'll turn in some good rides outdoors. In the 250 class RC is really rolling along now, 5 in a row. He kept his cool and waited on Ramsey, who lead half the race, and then got the lead and held it, he lapped up to 12th I believe. Ramsey rode great and Lusk was fast, he lead for a while, fell down and then still made the podium. DV fourth so RC's points lead grows a bit more.

 

[Senior KX Rider]

250 main



1 4 Ricky Carmichael HON 20 >>20<< 01:03.824

2 25 Nathan Ramsey HON 20 0:03.950 01:03.894

3 11 Ezra Lusk KAW 20 0:11.038 01:04.779

4 12 David Vuillemin YAM 20 0:23.635 01:04.786

5 2 Jeremy McGrath YAM 20 0:29.730 01:04.390

6 24 Ernesto Fonseca HON 20 0:40.708 01:05.467

7 41 Heath Voss HON 20 0:46.035 01:06.534

8 32 Jason Thomas YAM 20 0:50.828 01:07.259

9 23 Kyle Lewis HON 20 0:52.303 01:07.086

10 20 Damon Huffman SUZ 20 0:53.506 01:06.822

11 26 Nicholas Wey YAM 20 1:01.065 01:07.512

12 21 Stephane Roncada KAW 19 >>19<< 01:07.392

13 40 Jean Seba Roy HON 19 0:12.584 01:07.760

14 15 Timmy Ferry YAM 19 0:21.808 01:05.043

15 54 Ryan Clark YAM 19 0:24.626 01:07.811

16 58 Isaiah Johnson SUZ 19 0:28.497 01:09.221

17 75 Ted Campbell SUZ 19 0:34.242 01:08.970

18 275 Jeff Gibson YAM 18 >>18<< 01:07.706

19 95 Brian Mason KAW 18 0:54.813 01:10.301

20 833 Kris Papworth KAW 10 >>10<< 01:11.333

 

[Senior KX Rider]

125 main


1 68 Matt Walker KAW 15 >>15<< 01:07.125

2 29 Travis Preston HON 15 0:08.267 01:06.769

3 917 Eric Sorby KAW 15 0:11.687 01:08.106

4 45 Ivan Tedesco YAM 15 0:12.029 01:08.202

5 90 Chris Gosselaar HON 15 0:12.867 01:07.718

6 69 Andrew Short SUZ 15 0:17.005 01:08.255

7 18 Brock Sellards KTM 15 0:19.235 01:08.605

8 105 Travis Elliott HON 15 0:20.717 01:07.724

9 87 Craig Decker YAM 15 0:21.173 01:08.233

10 259 James Stewart KAW 15 0:23.419 01:07.229

11 49 Keith Johnson YAM 15 0:25.435 01:08.373

12 79 Joseph Oehlhof YAM 15 0:26.356 01:08.194

13 37 Danny Smith SUZ 15 0:40.257 01:07.596

14 62 Joshua Woods SUZ 15 0:45.597 01:08.282

15 39 David Pingree KTM 15 0:51.274 01:08.725

16 102 Shane Bess SUZ 15 0:57.986 01:08.688

17 179 Erick Vallejo SUZ 15 1:08.331 01:08.295

18 333 Turbo Reif SUZ 13 >>13<< 01:08.833

19 82 Billy Payne HON 2 >>2<< 01:08.550

 

[Senior KX Rider]

Did walker come from the LCQ last night. He has shown flashes of speed in the past. Ezra seems to be getting comfortable on the Kawy, like to see him win one before the season ends. What can ya say about RC He owns the game.:D

 

[yzeater]

I'm not a big fan of RC...I wish they would factor in the personalities to find the winner
Where's Travis in that list????

 

[nephron]

Pro-Circuit Kicks ASS!!!!:scream:

What a strange race. JBS....:ugg:

And yzeater, Travis is still takin' a hurtin' from his tonsils/sinuses. Didn't race.

 

[ktmboy]

Travis Preston is one of our high desert locals, and a genuine nice guy, so it's great to see him posting such good results. Podium, podium, podium......keep it up Travis!:)

 

[Sierra Flash]

Personality????

I guess if personality had anything to do with racing then RC
would not be over 3 seconds a lap faster then the newest
125 phenom. Looks like RC will be the man until he decides
to retire in 10 years!

 

[nephron]

I was very impressed with Lusk. If you'll notice, he seemed to have given up NO ground to RC or Ramsey (after his crash:confused: ). He looked like butter in the whoops, and seems to be getting better and better the longer he rides.

My take on RC vs. Ramsey: Ramsey nodded at him and let him by. RC could have eventually passed him anyway, but if Ramsey was on a Yamaha, RC would have made a huge mistake trying to get around him (like he almost did in the whoops).

Also, Preston looked amazing. He's unreal in the whoops as well, the way the bike looks like it's on a fulcrum under his huge frame.:)

 

[Jaybird]

When RC (finally) passed Ramsey, they gave each other a simultanious look mid-air after the catapult...can you say photo-op? :)

If RC had his suspension set right, he wouldn't look like a LCQ in the whoops.

 

[bwalker]

If RC had his suspension set right, he wouldn't look like a LCQ in the whoops.

No kiding. I propose RC's official DRN nickname be "Swap".:)

 

[MXFastGuy]

ABC Coverage

I thought the ABC coverage was pretty good, especially how they captured the bikes' sounds so well. You could almost feel Ramsey's thumper, and Preston's 125 sounded good...real good. It had a deep sound almost like an overbore (I'm sure it's not, though).

The best shot all day was the ground-level rear view of Preston blitzing the whoops. Amazing.

 

[JuliusPleaser]

What happened to Ping? Did his bike break in half again, or did he crash?

 

[Buzz Bomb]

When was te ABC showing on? I missed it!

 

[super rat]

I just gotta say nice ride Short. He has a realy good few weeks, taking both classes at portland AX, a solid ride at Daytona and up racing for second this weekend. The Short Line is picking up steam!!!! Atta boy Andrew.

 

[Bucko]

If Ramsey was on a Yamaha he wouldn't have been up front for RC to battle with, lol

Dont tell my bike I said that

 

[nephron]

Whoops--my point was just that if he was on a different color bike/team, Ramsey wouldn't have nodded & let him by. There was one occasion when he came sliding in and could have blockpassed RC--hard. I know I would have done it, irregardless of the contract and who's on what team. That's racin', baby.:)