BT wins again

[Danger]

Ben gets 3rd overall behind Metcalfe in 2nd and RV in 1st.

[FlangMasterJ]

Awesome! Ben's fitness level is obviously alot higher than RV's.

[oldguy]

Sound like not a very good weekend for our MX boys, still as they say, its not over till the fat lady sings, both still in with a chance.
fingers crossed

[takitimu]

Awesome updates from Danger, to be honest I knew less about times etc at the race.
The track was real wet first thing, I've attached a photo from the Women's race early on & they had the toughest ride, they did real well.
BT's practise seemed to go ok, but he was loose ( sign of things to come ) but fast, damn that guy is good.
The first race I missed the prang, was trying to take photo's of the leaders, BT fought hard for a bit but the track was real slippery, I'm not sure what the helmet addition is for, but it looks like he added it 1/2 way through, RV was riding real good hard fast & clean.
The second race, BT got kicked in the holeshot so was always playing catchup, at times he was real loose ( fell off ), but once he relaxed midway through the race & rode clean, he was fast, real fast, but to far back :( ( the crash cost him badly ).
It looked to me like BT was trying to hard & feeling the pressure, it was an ugly track & on a dry track he might have got away with it, but it was to slippery, just my perception though.
Regarding the track, to give you guys an idea for the first race I was at the far corner from the start & it was basically an uphill double, well a number of the 450's were not clearing it in practise & how they survived some of those landings was amazing. It was really slippery & it rutted real fast, they were dozing the track vs flattening the ruts witht he dozers.
Here's some pic's to look at ( the ones from Sat were mine to ), P.S. check out the top of the screen in the crowd shot.

[paturoa]

P.S. check out the top of the screen in the crowd shot.

I assume you aren't the chick in the pink t-shirt.....

[FlangMasterJ]

Steel City images: http://stevebruhn.com/News07/MX10/Lites.htm

[takitimu]

I assume you aren't the chick in the pink t-shirt.....

lol, the bloke with the grey beard would be closer to the truth.

There's a few more races before I head home, GNCC this weekend & Bushkill HillClimb the following, so I'll try & get some eye candy to post before I get back to NZ, the hillclimb will be the go there I suspect.

[arj127]

Lets take this championship

[Danger]

I want to make a prediction, that Ben Townley will go 1-1 this weekend. Its his best chance to close the 6 point deficit on Ryan Villopoto and they will be even on points if Ben goes 1-1 and RV goes 2-2. Wishfull thinking? Perhaps but here is why.
Ben has to be disapointed with the result last weekend. Its coming down to crunch time and he lost his two point advantage. Its time to bounce back.
Its a new track that RV has not ridden on in previous years at Freestone Texas. Ryan has ridden most if not all of the other tracks.
I saw that RV mentioned that all the riders are feeling a little burned at this time of year. I hope Ben read that comment. Because if he did its that little incentive to push that bit harder and make a statement that Ben Townley is not burned and that he needs to grasp this Championship before heading into the Motocross class next year!
Ryan has been trying for a while to either pull a gap on Ben or at least close the 2 point gap that Ben had. Now he has done it, and perhaps its a relief and time to take a deep breath. The fire should be burning brighter in Ben Townley.
Ben commented that he was not happy with his front tire choice in Moto 2 last week at Steel City. He crashed 3x in the first Moto and I'm guessing he put it down in part to the tire. He tried a change and it didn't work for him, and yet he worked his way up from another bad start to finish within sight of RV.
The cards are evenly stacked for this race, and I don't think Ben Townley cracks under pressure. Lets see if he can crack Ryan Villopoto.

What do you think? I can't wait!

[takitimu]

Ben has to be disapointed with the result last weekend. Its coming down to crunch time and he lost his two point advantage. Its time to bounce back.
Its a new track that RV has not ridden on in previous years at Freestone Texas. Ryan has ridden most if not all of the other tracks.
This is a very good point, Steelcity was almost exactly the same as last year, which gave RV a big advantage.


Ben commented that he was not happy with his front tire choice in Moto 2 last week at Steel City. He crashed 3x in the first Moto and I'm guessing he put it down in part to the tire. He tried a change and it didn't work for him, and yet he worked his way up from another bad start to finish within sight of RV.

That makes alot of sense, BT's rear was snaking pretty bad in both moto's ( 1st 1/2 of the second ), the track was changing in condition rapidly as well once the sun came out & it was drying fast enough that they would be nearly considering watering it by the end.

The big question mark for me will be the holeshot, if BT can get parity with RV, then I think BT will pull a 1-1, because my read is he's a faster rider, especially at the end of the moto & the SteelCity experience will have taught him heaps.

Nigel

[Danger]

Man how early do I have to get up? At Freestone Texas, RV wins the first Moto, Ben finishes 6th, working his way up from 38th!
RV wins by 25 seconds!

[Danger]

ank Rider Make Lap Laptime Time Behind Leader Time Behind Next Competitor
1 Villopoto, R. Kawasaki KX250F 16 02:22.738 --.--- --.---
2 Hepler, B. Yamaha YZ250F 15 02:21.609 1 lap 1 lap
3 Stroupe, A. Kawasaki KX250F 15 02:21.936 0.732 0.732
4 Metcalfe, B. Kawasaki KX250F 15 02:21.786 5.396 4.664
5 Canard, T. Honda CRF250R 15 02:23.180 11.236 5.840
6 Townley, B. Kawasaki KX250F 15 02:21.677 32.497 21.261
7 Goerke, M. Yamaha YZ250F 15 02:24.176 37.694 5.197
8 Chisholm, K. Kawasaki KX250F 15 02:23.425 42.621 4.927
9 Tickle, B. Yamaha YZ250F 15 02:24.311 46.351 3.730
10 Hahn, T. Honda CRF250R 15 02:25.323 52.751 6.400
11 Davalos, M. KTM 250SXF 15 02:24.343 1:01.687 8.936
12 s, J. KTM 250SXF 15 02:24.664 1:03.594 1.907
13 McFarlane, A. Suzuki RM-Z250 15 02:27.183 1:27.103 23.509
14 Cunningham, K. Yamaha YZ250F 15 02:28.178 1:51.953 24.850
15 Grant, J. Honda CRF250R 15 02:34.366 1:56.512 4.559
16 Nicoletti, P. Honda CRF250R 14 02:30.920 2 laps 1
lap
17 Weimer, J. Honda CRF250R 14 02:21.771 10.576 10.576
18 Laninovich, B. Honda CRF250R 14 02:33.906 11.624 1.048
19 Renner, R. Honda CRF250R 14 02:31.800 21.219 9.595
20 Hahn, W. Yamaha YZ250F 14 02:39.426 37.894 16.675
21 Dougherty, M. Honda CRF250R 14 02:32.912 48.505 10.611
22 Jonon, D. Honda CRF250R 14 02:34.277 50.643 2.138
23 Grantom, R. Yamaha YZ250F 14 02:32.560 51.309 0.666
24 Miller, A. KTM 250SXF 14 02:53.000 1:02.926 11.617
25 Willard, M. KTM 250SXF 14 02:34.108 1:10.189 7.263
26 Kilbarger, L. Honda CRF250R 14 02:36.835 1:18.924 8.735
27 Dally, S. Honda CRF250R 14 02:35.119 1:41.051 22.127
28 Smith, K. Suzuki RM-Z250 14 02:37.126 2:08.058 27.007
29 Ritter, B. Suzuki RM-Z250 14 02:43.555 2:23.228 15.170
30 Sherman, T. KTM 250SXF 12 03:08.288 4 laps 2 laps
31 Dehn, B. Kawasaki KX250F 12 02:38.718 2:54.598 2:54.598
32 Miller, C. Honda CRF250R 10 13:31.392 6 laps 2 laps
33 Osborne, Z. KTM 250SXF 7 02:36.309 9 laps 3 laps
34 Newton, R. Kawasaki KX250F 7 03:43.347 1:07.828 1:07.828
35 Moss, J. Yamaha YZ250F 6 04:53.162 10 laps 1 lap
36 Sani, D. Yamaha YZ250F 6 02:25.748 3:31.313 3:31.313
37 Izzi, N. Suzuki RM-Z250 5 02:27.682 11 laps 1 lap
38 Lemoine, M. Yamaha YZ250F 5 02:21.024 13.086 13.086
39 Boniface, S. Kawasaki KX250F 5 02:25.883 39.716 26.630
40 Sipes, R. Honda CRF250R 3 02:22.083 13 laps 2 laps

[Danger]

So what happened? BT must have crashed again? He looses alot of ground on RV with only 3 races to go.

[Danger]

Cody up next. http://live.motocross.com/freestone.php

[Danger]

Talking to Cody right now.

[Danger]

Cody qualified 7th today.

[Danger]

Heck whats up with Bens starts? He can't afford to start in 38th and spend the race working his way up. RV started in 4th and was in 1st by the 3rd lap and then was gone!

[Danger]

RV's laptimes were 3 seconds quicker than Bens. Ben cannot be too happy.

Alot of critisim about the track being flat and featureless with few jumps or technacallity.
Sorry about the spelling, my coffee has not kicked in yet.

[Danger]

MX class parade lap is on. Good luck Cody!

[Danger]

The track is so flat that they are having trouble calling the race because they can't see what is going on.

[Danger]

Pro Circuit is impressed with Cody's speed but are concerned about his conditioning due to us not running the long moto's here or in Aus. And it is very hot and humid. Although they are now saying it is cooler than yesterday.

[Danger]

20 seconds to go. Card is sideways and they are off. Short in front, Ferry way back, Tyler Wharton in 2nd, no word on Cody yet, but they can't see the riders so waiting.
Andrew Short has a massive lead. Cody way back it seems.

[Danger]

Cody is not in the top ten, don't know where he is, no word on him.

[Danger]

The race commentry is terrible and rather boring because they just cannot see the track. Tyler Wharton must of crashed they think.

[Danger]

Andrew Short Team Honda way out front, Langston in 3rd. Sorry I can't see the lap places so only going on what I'm hearing. Still no mention of Cody.

[Danger]

Cody Cooper back in 17th place and struggling.

[Danger]

Finally he gets a mention, but I guess that might be all he will get unless he moves up the pack.

[Teava]

Townley went down in the second corner after the start, commentator thought
he was in 5th at the start until they realized it wasnt him and he was in fact in 38th, townley went down again a couple of laps later, so not bad over all
. the live cast started at 6 am

[Danger]

Andrew Short way out front on lap 4,
Tedesco 4th,

[Teava]

Watched the pre post show and the track looks really rough and really tech in some places, all rides are just letting it all hang out specially RV the guy is just crazy.

[Danger]

Boring commentry boring race :girlfight:
Short, 13 seconds ahead, still trying to get 2nd and 3rd.
Cody moves up to 12th, bad start but has good speed.

[Danger]

Townley went down in the second corner after the start, commentator thought
he was in 5th at the start until they realized it wasnt him and he was in fact in 38th, townley went down again a couple of laps later, so not bad over all
. the live cast started at 6 am

Not bad? Heck you don't win by crashing!

[Teava]

yeah man for sure these guys arent talking about the race half the time

[Danger]

Short1st, Ferry 4th, Tedesco 5th,

[Danger]

Short, Alesi not sure which one, Langston, hopeless commentry!

[Danger]

Cooper pushing Wyndham and has the 6th best time.

[Teava]

Not bad? Heck you don't win by crashing!

Yeah sorry i meant considering he went down twice he recovered pretty well.

[Danger]

Halfway there. Hope Codys fitness hangs in there.
Andrew Short, Langston up to 2nd, then Mike Alessi.

[Danger]

A Honda is down, not sure who, hopefully not Cody, no its not Cody thank goodness.

[Danger]

Short, 9 laps, runaway leader, Langston moving up though, Alessi, Ferry, ......
Tedesco, Byrne,
Cody moves up past Kevin Wyndham and someone else and into the top 10.

[Teava]

yes cooper in the top 10

[Danger]

But can he ride SX? Who cares! This is MX! Not a circus show!

[Teava]

these guys need to be shot!!:2guns:

[Danger]

Cody is putting the pressure on Jeff Alessi!
Cody making an impact and he is moving forward!

[Danger]

I don't think its their fault, the track is so flat that they can't see the track to commentate well.

[Danger]

Short out front a mile, Fukudomi from Japan is the Honda rider getting a stretcher ride.

[Teava]

yeah sounds like it, they can talk about goggles for a bloody long time thought!! haha, go cooper

[Danger]

Short, Langston, Allesi, Ferry, Tedesco, Byrne, Cooper in 7th!!!....
A lot of riders pulling out.

[Danger]

3 laps to go, not sure how Codys speed is compared to the front guys.

[Teava]

Pro circuit thought he couldnt last the moto but man hes proving them wrong and doing really well

[Danger]

2 laps to go, 32 minutes in.

[Danger]

Yeah the 2nd race will be the clincher.

[Danger]

Cody has the 5th fastest laptime.

[Danger]

White flag lap, Short, Langston, Alessi, Ferry, Tedesco,

[Danger]

The finish, Short, Langston 3.8 secs, Alessi, Ferry, Tedesco, Byrne a long way back, Cody Cooper looks tired now in 7th. Well done Cody. Get a Redbull down ya! Or a Monster energy drink.
Short is now the points leader.

[Danger]

AMA Motocross Lites Laps Lead - Season

Ryan Villopoto 159

Ben Townley 109

Josh Grant 24

Broc Hepler 16

Brett Metcalfe 3

Ryan Dungey 2

Tom Hahn 2



AMA Motocross Lites Moto Wins - Season



Ryan Villopoto 11

Ben Townley 7

Josh Grant 1

Broc Hepler 1



AMA Motocross Lites Fastest Qualifying Sunday Lap Times – Season



Ryan Villopoto 8

Ben Townley 1

Broc Tickle 1



AMA Motocross Lites RACER X Holeshot Award – Season



Ryan Villopoto 5

Ryan Dungey 5

Josh Grant 4

Ben Townley 3

Chris Gosselaar 1

Trey Canard 1

Austin Stroupe 1



Motocross Lites Point Standings – After 10 of 12 Rounds



Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 447
Ben Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 441
Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 340
Jason Lawrence, Murrieta, Ga., Yamaha, 277
Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 267
Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 211
Thomas Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda, 177
Brett Metcalfe, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki, 169
Broc Tickle, Cary, N.C., Yamaha, 164
Kyle Chisholm, Seminole, Fla., Kawasaki, 151

[Danger]

Cody was 1 minute 27 seconds behind the leader at the finish.

[Danger]

The Lites are lining up for the start. Its going to take a miracle for Ben to take this Championship now.

[Danger]

30 second board up, the gates down, Villopoto gets the holeshot, BT up in the top 7.

[Danger]

RV, Hepler, Cannard, Townley tries to pass and almost goes down!

[Danger]

RV opening up, Hepler, Cannard, Ben wide open and forces the pass on Cannard!

[Danger]

Ben lost 9 points on RV from the first Moto. RV is checking out, Townley is on fire in 3rd and needs to get past Hepler.

[Danger]

Ben up into 2nd, 4 secs behind RV! Go Ben!

[Danger]

RV and Ben Townley moving away from Hepler, Ben has a chance to catch RV.

[Danger]

RV ahead of Ben by 5.4 secs, Ben falling back.

[Danger]

RV leads, wide open Ben 2nd, Hepler 3rd, Stroupe 4th.

[Danger]

RV doing the sand whoops 3 at a time, Ben Townley is doing the exact same times, the rest of the field is 5 seconds a lap slower.

[Danger]

RV doing 2.14.05 Ben does 2.15.08 falling back.

[Danger]

RV is pulling away, scrubbing off the inside of a table top over the track stakes and cutting out 6-7 feet. Ben is the only rider in the top 10 not doing this.

[Danger]

Ben has dropped back 8 seconds.

[Danger]

RV is up on top of the whoops, flying, 4 seconds faster than Ben Townley on this lap. Looks like RV has broken our Ben.

[Danger]

This RV must be the fastest rider in the World at the moment.

[Danger]

Ben down to 2.20's, 14 seconds behind RV.

[Danger]

Can't wait to see Tony Cairoli up against RV!

[Danger]

RV has 17 seconds on BT and will loose another 3 points on RV.

[Teava]

Not looking good for BT 17 seconds behind RV, hes currently 2nd and will loose
3 more points to RV in this moto.

[Danger]

Metcalfe goes down, a high side!

[Teava]

LoL should off hit refresh sorry about the similar post

[Danger]

RV, BT, Hepler...........Metcalfe is back up in 6th.

[Danger]

Kinda boring runaway race by Ryan Villopoto.

[Danger]

RV leads by 21 seconds, Ben leads Hepler by 31 seconds. Hepler will be 2nd overall if it stays like this.

[Danger]

2 lap board and RV is up for his 5th straight win.

[Danger]

Anyone else notice how dominant red heads are in MX?

[Danger]

A lap and a half to go, RV is way ahead and double digits ahead in the points. Hepler will get 2nd overall, BT 3rd overall.

[Danger]

RV 27 seconds ahead, Ben had nothing for him today. Its apparant that RV is just faster than Ben.

[Danger]

RV pulls another 12 points on BT, so he is now 18 points ahead going into Glen Helen, a track where RV has never lost a moto!

[Danger]

RV slows down over the finish line, stamps his mark on this race and Championship, Ben will not be happy with that. Ben 2nd this race, 3rd overall for the day. Heplers fastest lap was almost 5 seconds slower than RV's and BT's fastest laps.

[Danger]

Will switch to the Cody thread for his next race.

[Danger]

Ben had a tough day, a good jump in the first race, made a mistake, had to start from last, had nothing for RV in the 2nd race.
Lost alot of ground, struggled all day, made alot of mistakes.

[Danger]

Hepler says RV is a little faster lol like 5 seconds a lap faster!

[Danger]

About to start at Glen Helen, listen and watch the laps here.
http://live.motocross.com/

[Danger]

RV gets the holeshot with Ben on his tail, Ben pushes RV wide and takes the lead!

[Danger]

BT leads the first lap Josh Grant leaps about 80-90 feet into the sand section!

[Danger]

BT, RV, Josh Grant on lap 2.

[Danger]

Ben fails to clear big triple, RV does and another rider cases the triple. BT still leads.

[merv]

Go our boy.

[Danger]

Lap times are a slow 2.37, I believe RV is just biding his time and is capable of going alot quicker on this track if needed.

[Danger]

Ben still leads RV and Grant. Lap 3 the pace quickens to 2.35.

[Danger]

RV is right on Bens wheel. Not attacking too hard though, just biding his time.

[Danger]

Big crash on the triple and Ben and RV need to roll the triple this lap.

[Danger]

Slow lap due to the yellow flag and down to 2.38-2.39.

[Danger]

RV trying to pass now, but Ben holds him off.

[Danger]

Ben still leads into the sand section on lap5 with RV in tow, long way back to Josh Grant now. RV laps quicker than Ben.
Ben makes a mistake and RV takes the lead!

[Danger]

Ben bobbles in a corner and pops out of the rut and looses his drive up Mt St Helens and RV pulls away.

[Danger]

RV pulls out a 2.34 and leads Ben by 3 seconds.

[Danger]

Lap 6 and Ben is rebounding and sticking with RV.

[Danger]

Lap 7 and both RV and BT pull out 2.35's, Metcalfe gets up to 3rd, 17 seconds back. Not sure what happened to Grant? No where to be seen, must have crashed.

[Danger]

RV jumps into the sand section, unbelievable leap just leaping as far as he can go, Ben still only 2.6 seconds back, following RV's lines trying to learn the best way around.

[Danger]

Ben lapping marginally quicker and the gap is only 2.4 seconds. Lap 9.

[Danger]

RV leaps 110 feet into the sand section! Flat out!

[Danger]

30 seconds back to Metcalfe in 3rd!

Lap 10, RV starting to pull away, leads Ben by almost 5 seconds.

[Danger]

RV slowing down, two laps to go and Ben closes slightly.

[Danger]

Rest of the field is over 38 seconds behind our boy!

[Danger]

RV takes the white flag and maintains his lead over BT.

[merv]

Bugger!!!!

[Danger]

Heading for the chequred flag and RV is going to win over BT and barring a dnf in Moto 2 will win the Championship.

[Danger]

RV beats BT by 3.2 seconds, Metcalfe way back another 46 seconds in 3rd.

[Danger]

A Pro Circuit sweep, well done Pro Circuit!

Cody up next on his Pro Circuit Honda!

[Danger]

2nd and final race of the AMA Championship about to start at Glen Helen Raceway.

Ben 22 points behind Ryan Villopoto.

[FlangMasterJ]

Thanks again Danger. Please DNF RV:Punk:

[Danger]

On the start line now.
The gate drops, RV in 4th, moves up to 3rd, have not told us who is 1st yet, RV almost crashes at the bottom of the hill.

[Danger]

Ben must be in the front but they have not even mentioned him yet, Carnard in 2nd.
Ben did holeshot and is pulling out in front!

[Danger]

BT has a 3.8 second lead at the end of the 1st lap, Canard in second, RV 5.3 seconds behind BT but now attacking Canard!

[Danger]

Ben is pulling away, RV is again biding his time and not wanting to risk throwing away his Championship.

[Danger]

RV up to 2nd, 7 seconds behind Ben but the laps times are slow. Track will be alot rougher so thats no surprise. 2.37 is not really slow I suppose.

[Danger]

BT, RV, Canard, Metcalfe, Stroupe, Hepler, Sipes......

[Danger]

BT unable to jump the triple, RV does triple. Most of the 450's could not clear this jump if anything happened to their drive on the lead up to it.

[Danger]

Lost my feed, so not sure whats happening.
BT still leads by 7 seconds on lap 3 it seems.

[Danger]

Lap 4, Ryan fails to jump the triple this time and Ben pulls out to 8.4 seconds.

[Danger]

Pro Circuit 1-2-3 now with Metcalfe up to 3rd but a big gap up to RV.
Lap 5 Ben leads RV by 10.5 seconds.

[Danger]

Lap 6 and Ben and RV doing 2.39 laps with the same gap, Metcalfe in 3rd doing 2.42 and 22.6 seconds behind RV.
Ben and Ryan are in a league of their own. But how much faster can Ryan Villopoto go when he has too? We might see at the MXoN.

[Danger]

Lap 7 and Ben still leads by 12.2 seconds.
A further 12 seconds back to Metcalfe.

[Danger]

Lap 8 Ben leads RV by 13 seconds.
Metcalfe in 3rdd, Stroupe in 4th, KX250F's 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

[Danger]

Lap 9, Ben still leads RV by 15.2 seconds.
Ben will leave Pro Circuit with another overall win but no Championship. I mean no Outdoor Championship.

[Danger]

4 laps to go and Ben leads Ryan Villopoto by 17 seconds. But RV has nothing to prove this race and only has the Championship win in his sites.

[Danger]

Lap 11 and no change.

[Danger]

2 laps to go to the end of the AMA outdoors and Ben leads still.
Ryan Villopoto the Champion is just circulating in 2nd 18.4 seconds back.

[Danger]

White flag, Ben, RV, Metcalfe, Stroupe, Hepler....

[Danger]

Slow laptimes now, 2.44 and Ben leads by almost 20 seconds.

[Danger]

Ben takes the win, and wins the overall.
Ryan Villopoto takes the Championship for the 2nd year in a row and matches Ricky Carmichael as being the only rider to do that from his Rookie year.

Well done both Ben and Ryan on an exciting season.

Now to look forward to the biggest race of the year the MXoN!
Two weeks away.

[FlangMasterJ]

Congratulations to Ben. Easily the most exciting Lites season ever.

[oldguy]

Well done Ben,:niceone: Now where do I find the torrent for this one.

[FlangMasterJ]

Well done Ben,:niceone: Now where do I find the torrent for this one.

Torrents are usually released a couple of weeks after the race. The Yanks have to wait a week before the MX airs on their TV. So we have to wait till one of them uploads a torrent.

Here is the Steel City 450 class torrent:http://www.mininova.org/tor/875359

The lites should be up within the next few days.

[FlangMasterJ]

Image archive of the Glen Helen round: http://stevebruhn.com/News07/MX12/index.htm

[FlangMasterJ]

Steel City lites torrent:http://www.mininova.org/tor/881385

Freestone lites torrent: http://www.mininova.org/tor/884387

Don't be shy, download your hearts out.

[umka]

what player plays *.mp4? id ont have anything that will play the steel city

[Teava]

Hey mate try VLC its a realy good player will play pretty much everything!!
and its free!

[denill]

They say timing is everything.

In a press release from Kawasaki, it was announced that Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto was injured on Monday afternoon after crashing at a private practice course in Southern California.

Villopoto underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to repair a broken collarbone. The recovery time is expected to take four to six weeks and should have him back on the bike at that time preparing for the 2008 AMA Supercross season.

“Ryan is currently home recovering from surgery,” said Team Manager Mike Fisher. “Fortunately this happened when it did, allowing him plenty of time to make a full recovery and be healthy for the start of the season.”

[Buddy L]

Just read in the lastest kiwirider that BT has infacted moved to the honda camp.
And i quote
"That brings me to say, i will be parked up under the honda factory tent next year and i am really looking foward to the new challenges that are goin to come my way.
I will race Supercross Lites then move up with the big boys for the nationals. I raced the450 back in Europe in 2005 so i am really looking foward to getting back on the 450"
end quote
Ben Townley.

[telliman]

cant believe he went to honda, there gose any chance of obtaining the #1 plate again! wat series is he doin for the indoor?

[Danger]

Ah yeah, pretty old news now. Ben is riding the West SX lites next year so that he has experienced both coasts SX tracks for the following year when he moves onto the big bikes for SX.

[denill]

The following is from Honda...

:crybaby::crybaby::crybaby:

American Honda factory motocross racer Ben Townley recently injured his right foot while practicing for the 2008 racing season. Townley suffered a minor fracture that does not require surgery. Plans for Townley’s 2008 Supercross and motocross racing schedule have not been changed.

[NordieBoy]

Ben has to stop practicing and just race!

[telliman]

needs to ditch the honda you mean!

[denill]

American Honda announced today that Team Honda motocross racer Ben Townley will undergo minor surgery during the off-season to stabilize his injured foot. A full recovery is expected.

[Danger]

Heck its only about 5 weeks until Anaheim!

[Danger]

Some of the American sites are saying that Ben is out of the SX and won't race until May due to his injured heel. Not sure that I believe it and I hope that is not true. :oi-grr:

[Danger]

Hmmm MXLarge.com are also saying that Ben will miss the SX season!:angry2:
Now I'm speculating that perhaps he can recover in time to race the East series again which starts several months after the West series?