BT wins again

[NordieBoy]

Damn commentators saying Ben is from Europe!!! Grhhh!!!!

I liked that comment

Followed by the "You know what I mean" one...

[denill]

After the Australian Nationals Cody Cooper departs for the USA for six weeks where he will stay with Ben Townley and according to SsangYong's Russell Burling, Coops plans to compete in the last two rounds of the AMA. Russell has been arranging a CRF450 through Castrol Honda Racing's Clive Cooper-Smith that will be looked after by BT's team, Pro Circuit.


The American Motocross of the Nations will take place at Budds Creek, 22 & 23 September and the team has yet to be announced. Obviously Josh Coppins and Ben Townley are 'it' but with Daryl Hurley's shoulder injury and the fact that Coops is really riding well places him in a prime position for selection. Coops will return for the NZ Motocross Championship which is on:

[FlangMasterJ]

Thanks for the commentary Danger. Go Ben!

[denill]

Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF.

New Zealander Ben Townley claimed his fourth AMA Motocross Lites overall victory of the season aboard a Kawasaki.

Townley, who resides in Tallahassee, Fla., during the season, out dueled local hero and Kawasaki teammate Ryan Villopoto to claim his third consecutive win of the season with a 2-1 moto finish. After wining the first moto, Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., was in position for the overall win before a terrible start in moto two placed him at the back of the pack while Townley sprinted to the lead.

Villopoto (1-3) turned in an inspired ride but could never catch Townley and wound up finishing second overall. Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., finished third with a 3-2 moto finish. Townley now leads Villopoto by two points, 357 to 355, in the AMA Motocross Lites standings.

The AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF will break for one week before heading to Millville, Minn., for the Honda Spring Creek Pro National Presented by Unbound Energy and Scott USA, on August 11-12.

Motocross Lites (Moto Finish) Ben Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 2-1 Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 1-3 Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 3-2 Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 6-4 Brett Metcalfe, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki, 5-5 Martin Davalos, Cairo, Ga., KTM, 7-6 Broc Tickle, Cary, N.C., Yamaha, 8-11 Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 13-8 Broc Hepler, Kittanning, Pa., Yamaha, 4-35 Joaquim Rodrigues, Temecula, Calif., KTM, 15-10

Motocross Lites Point Standings Ben Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 357 Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 355 Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 286 Jason Lawrence, Murrieta, Ga., Yamaha, 258 Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 254 Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 162 Thomas Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda, 141 Andrew McFarlane, Newport Beach, Calif., Suzuki, 132 Josh Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha, 128 Broc Tickle, Cary, N.C., Yamaha, 127

[Danger]

Darn, I hate it when they break for a week!

[paturoa]

Darn, I hate it when they break for a week!

At least we have Josh on the 4th (fingers crossed)

[dammad1]

Danger I have to say what a awesome job you are doing of covering these races, as I read through all that I actually felt the tension build in anticapation of the final result.
Well done! Keep it up!

[denill]

Date: 29 July 2007.

Press release:

Townley takes over points lead after Washougal victory.

Kiwi motocross sensation, Ben Townley, has moved into the points lead of the AMA Toyota Motocross Lites championship after claiming his third successive overall victory (his fifth of the series) in front of over 26.0000 spectators in Washougal, WA.

The Washougal Motocross Park presented Townley with probably one of the most difficult tasks so far this season. With fellow Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki team-mate Ryan Villopoto getting out front in moto 1, Townley did all he could to try and keep the Washington native honest and had to settle for second in front of Ryan Dungey.



Townley managed a top 3 start again in moto 2 and quickly found his way around Dungey and then Broc Hepler to take over the lead. Villopoto went down in the start, giving Townley the breathing space necessary to bring home his fifth overall victory of the season and a two point lead in the series.



“It’s been a tough day at the office” admitted Townley. “Ryan (Villopoto) was on fire and I was doing all I could to be where I was. I knew I had to get around Ryan Dungey pretty fast in the first moto if I was going to have any chance of keeping up with RV. He managed to gap me and I just rode that race out thinking about the next one. In the second moto I initially didn’t know that Ryan had gone down so I eventually managed to drop Broc Hepler and then bring it home. The track was probably the hardest one for me to master so far since I have been in the US. It’s just a tricky track to ride - so slippery and there is shade in a lot of places so you go from hard-dry into wet-tacky, shiny spots and that was tough for me to come to grips with. I am happy to get out of there with what I achieved. It has been an awesome day for me considering how I was riding.”



With round 9 of the 12 round series scheduled in Millville Minnesota on August 12-13, Townley will have a week’s break before heading to the Spring Creek Motocross Park to defend his Motocross Lites series points lead.

Race results:

Motocross Lites (Moto Finish)

1. Ben Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 2-1
2. Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 1-3
3. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 3-2
4. Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 6-4
5. Brett Metcalfe, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki, 5-5
6. Martin Davalos, Cairo, Ga., KTM, 7-6
7. Broc Tickle, Cary, N.C., Yamaha, 8-11
8. Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 13-8
9. Broc Hepler, Kittanning, Pa., Yamaha, 4-35
10. Joaquim Rodrigues, Temecula, Calif., KTM, 15-10

Motocross Lites Point Standings

1. Ben Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 357
2. Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 355
3. Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 286
4. Jason Lawrence, Murrieta, Ga., Yamaha, 258
5. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 254
6. Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 162
7. Thomas Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda, 141
8. Andrew McFarlane, Newport Beach, Calif., Suzuki, 132
9. Josh Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha, 128
10. Broc Tickle, Cary, N.C., Yamaha, 127

[Danger]

Danger I have to say what a awesome job you are doing of covering these races, as I read through all that I actually felt the tension build in anticapation of the final result.
Well done! Keep it up!

Thanks mate! I find the races damn exciting and I just have to share the excitement! Since I just got a cheap form of broadband its easier to keep up to date as the race progresses. I just hate it when the phone rings while the racing is on, and it sure gets the week off to a slow start.

[FlangMasterJ]

Washougal race images: http://stevebruhn.com/News07/MX08/index.htm

Also a post race recap vid: http://live.motocross.com/washougal_postshow.php Check out Villopoto's speed and style

[paturoa]

BT racing this weekend

August 11-12 Spring Creek Motocross Park
Wabasha Cty. Rd. 11
Millville, MN 55957
www.springcreekmx.com

[scott411]

qualifying for Milville, Bt is on fire

1. 101 Ben Townley Kawasaki KX250F 2:39.637 5 2:40.120 6
2. 123 Brett Metcalfe Kawasaki KX250F 2:41.719 7 2:45.636 3
3. 60 Broc D Hepler Yamaha YZ250F 2:42.108 5 2:42.299 2
4. 1 Ryan D Villopoto Kawasaki KX250F 2:42.274 4 2:43.435 5
5. 52 Thomas K Hahn Honda CRF250R 2:42.431 4 2:46.341 3
6. 140 Trey G Canard Honda CRF250R 2:44.469 3 2:45.091 4
7. 33 Matthew C Goerke Yamaha YZ250F 2:45.915 7 2:51.207 5
8. 47 Kelly D Smith Suzuki RM-Z250 2:46.028 6 2:54.357 4
9. 76 Tucker J Hibbert Kawasaki KX250F 2:46.568 3 2:51.652 2
10. 48 Kyle P Chisholm Kawasaki KX250F 2:47.433 5 2:53.199 3

[merv]

Is that final qualifying?

Go our boy!!

[scott411]

that is saturday qualifing, they have a qualifing for gate pick on sunday morning

[scott411]

1st moto

Ben Townely
Ryan Villapoto
Brett Metcalf,


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