AMA Supercross Race Results

Saturday, 16 April 2011 20:35

James Stewart wins Seattle Supercross by leading all 20 laps of the Main Event. With the win James pulls to within nine points of the series leader Ryan Villopoto. In the return of the West Coast Lites series, it's Cole Seely with the win. Broc Tickle takes over the points lead, as Josh Hansen battles thru injuries finishing sixth

Qwest Field

It's the Seattle Supercross from Qwest Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks - Round 15 of the 2011 AMA Supercross Series! Four riders are still in contention for the Supercross championship: Ryan Villopoto, Ryan Dungey, Chad Reed, and James Stewart, now separated by only nine points. 52,683 fans in the 'Emerald City' get to witness the best Supercross season in history.

Earlier this week there was a shakeup in the series as Trey Canard was injured earlier in the week practicing for the outdoors. Trey will miss the remaining rounds of the supercross series. Click here to read the press release from American Honda and to leave Trey a 'Get Well' message.

250 West Qualifying Heat 1

Holeshot in the six lap qualifier goes to Cole Seely, followed closely by Broc Tickle. Broc passes Seely early on first lap but before Seely passed him back quickly.

Lap two it's Seely, Tickle, Rattray, Morais, Baker, Week, Evans. Cole and Tickle battle neck and neck through laps three and four.

As the checkered flag falls, its Cole Seely with his first Heat 1 win of the season, just edging out Broc Tickle by 0.054 seconds. Tyla Rattray finishes 3rd, followed by the rest of the top nine, all who qualify for tonight's main event: Morias, Baker, Week, Evans, Ingalls and Tapia.

250 West Qualifying Heat 2

Holeshot in heat 2 goes to Josh Hansen with Martin Davalos right on his tail!

On the second lap, it's Hansen who sheds time and loses the pack. Tomac passes Davolos, with today's top qualifier Kyle Cunningham in 4th. Cunningham passes Davalos on lap four and on lap five, with the white flag out, Cunningham gains speed and effortlessly passes Eli Tomac who bobbled on lap four.

Josh Hansen wins Heat 2, his sixth heat race win of the year! This after a bad hand and collarbone injury in today's practice.

With a strong ride, Kyle Cunningham finishes 2nd, followed by Eli Tomac in 3rd. Also qualifying for tonight's main event: Davalos, Paluzzi, Steinke, Nauditt, Mull, and Bright.

Josh Hansen after his Heat 2 win, "I just keeps hurting my damn paw and that sucks. I dislocated my hand and the bone didn’t break through the skin, because there is already so much metal in it. A big thank you to Asterisk for helping me out."

Supercross Qualifying Heat 1

Mike Alessi gets the holeshot in this 8 lap Supercross qualifer and leads for half a lap, but James Stewart quickly passes Alessi going into the first whoops section!

Austin Stroupe then passes Alessi, but goes down on lap two, as a result Andrew Short and Alessi pass Austin.

On lap three it's Stewart, Short, Alessi, with Chad Reed in 6th. Stewart is racing his own race come Lap 5, he's way out in front of the rest of the pack.

Lap 6 Chad Reed goes for a pass on Blose and Regal, but goes down and drops to eighth.

At the finish it's James Stewart with the win followed by Andrew Short in 2nd and Mike Alessi in third. The other qualifiers for tonight's main event are Stroupe, Regal, Blose, Reed, Sieblet, and Thomas.

James Stewart after his Heat 1 win, "The track is gnarly man! I had a great time. I'm going to go back to the rig and grab a cup of coffee to warm up and get back out here!"

Supercross Qualifying Heat 2

Holeshot goes to Ryan Dungey followed by Ivan Tedesco and Kevin Windham. On the first lap K-Dub passes Dungey for first going into the first whoops section, but Dungey passes him back.

Lap two, the crowd goes crazy as Windham passes Dungey again, while Ryan Villopoto follows behind in third. On lap three Millsaps in fourth, but loses it in the ruts and goes down. On lap four it's still Windham in first as Villopoto swaps places with the champ Dungey to move into second, but not without a fight.

Ryan and Ryan Battle back and forth, almost as they are playing with each other for the next two laps. Windham still in the lead, but Villopoto starts to gain on him, as lappers slow K-Dub.

On the final lap it's Kevin Windham with the Heat 2 victory, followed by Villopoto and Dungey in third. Wey, Tedesco, Tommy Hahn, Bowers, Millsaps and Friese all qualifier for tonight's Supercross main event.

Windham after his Heat 2 victory, "The track was deteriorating something crazy. This track you can't get too excited on, you really have to take your time and keep it on two wheels."

250 West LCQ

Winning the The DC Shoes “Refuse to Lose” Lites LCQ is Donald Vawser (208), also qualifying for the main event is Parker Eckman (647). Just missing tonight's main event is Alex Ray (314), he picks up the $250 Asterisk Gas card. With the high gas prices these days, that should get him 1/2 a tank of gas.

Supercross LCQ

Michael Byrne wins The DC Shoes "Refuse to Lose" Supercross LCQ and will go on to the Supercross main event along with Fabien izoird. Tye Simmonds (942) just missed tonight's main event, but gets to take home the $250 Asterisk Gas Card.

250 West Main Event - 15 laps

It's Cole Seely with the holeshot followed by his teammate Travis Baker and Broc Tickle. On lap three Seely almost goes down, but somehow saves it, Tickle gets a little closer.

Josh Hansen looses speed and on lap three he's passed by Kyle Cunningham. On lap five Kyle Cunningham goes down and finds himself in seventh place. Putting Josh Hansen comfortable in fourth place.

Half way thru the main event Eli Tomac gets in a rhythm, as he's still in second place. It's lap nine and Tyla Rattray passes Hansen, who leaves the line wide open for Cunningham to make the pass as well. Tomac makes the pass on Broc Tickle with just three laps to go, as Broc makes a mistake in the whoops.

As the checkered flag falls, it's Cole Seely winning the Seattle Supercross 250 West Main Event, his second win of the season. Eli Tomac finishes in second and Broc Tickle rounds out the podium with his third place finish. Rounding out the top 10 are Rattray, Cunningham, Hansen (sixth), Morias, Davalos, Baker and Steinke.

Cole Seely after winning the Lites main event, "I got fired up after qualifiers, went back to my truck, got on my spinner, spun as fast as could and turned it around I guess."

The 250 West Region now has Pro Circuit's Broc Tickle taking over the points lead from teammate Josh Hansen, and Cole Seely gets the second win of his career.

Supercross Main Event - 20 laps

Ivan Tedesco gets the Nuclear Cowboyz holeshot, followed closely by James Stewart and Chad Reed, both easily pass Tedesco going into the second turn. Millsaps, Short and Stroupe go down hard. Stroupe is down and out of the race.

On lap two it's James stewart, Chad Reed, Kevin Windham and Mike Alessi, who is having his best ride of the season. Lap four Villopoto is in eighth place as Dungey sits back in 10th after a bad start. Windham blows by Alessi for third as they make their way thru the whoops on lap six.

Lap five James is eight seconds ahead of Chad and flying! Windham in third with Alessi in fourth, Kyle Regal fifth. Lap seven Ryan Villopoto passes Regal for fifth position! Stroupe gets up after being down all this time and slowly walks off the track.

Lap eight Stewart is almost nine seconds ahead of Chad Reed who's in second, followed by Windham and Alessi. Lap 10 Villopoto gets around Alessi for fourth and Dungey fights his way up to sixth.

Dungey loses control of his bike after hitting a rut with eight laps to go and falls back to sixth as Alessi makes the pass. With seven laps to go Dungey and Alessi are battling, Dungey passes Alessi after Alessi takes a detour off the track.

Ryan Dungey going down twice, and popping back up into fifth position is incredible! On lap 17 James Stewart sits pretty in first, Chad Reed in second, and last year's Seattle Supercross winner Kevin Windham in third.

Lap 18 Reed goes down, over the bars. His front tire hits him and then he's passed by Windham! RV tries to pass Reed, but Reed blocks him! RV goes down on the LAST LAP - 4th place!

The Supercross 20 lap Main Event win goes to James Stewart, followed by Kevin Windham and Chad Reed. RV finishes in fourth, Dungey fifth and Mike Alessi with his best ride of the year finishes sixth.

Stewart pulls to within 9 points of the series leader Ryan Villopoto, who finished 4th. Kevin Windham finishes in second, as he takes advantage of Chad Reed who falls with two laps remaining. With his third place finish, Reed moves into second in the points series, as Dungey drops to third. Never in Supercross history has there been such a close championship race between the top four riders, with only nine points separating them, and with only two races to go!

Chad Reed, "Seemed like I had a good setup for tonight, there was small issue with my brakes, but I'm happy with how it ended up. Looking forward to next weekend!"

K-Dub, "Better late then never and what a better place to do it than Seattle!"

James Stewart, "The track looks like a hair comb out there. It always feels so good to get a win like that. I'm excited to go to the next race in Salt Lake City like that. I plan on giving it my best!"

Stay tuned to Supercross.com as the 2011 Supercross Series continues with round 16 in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, April 30!

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