Click the following link for a 41-photo gallery of Supercross race action from the the Detroit Supercross. That's not all! You can also click the following link for a 33-photo gallery from Saturday's pre-race action in the pits, as well as timed qualifying. |
A new champion was crowned Saturday night in Detroit, after Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Ben Townley finished second in the Supercross Lites main event. He made up a three-point deficit to Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy's Ryan Morais, and nabbed the 2007 Supercross Lites East title. In the early going it looked like it would be a battle to the finish, with Morais in second, and Townley circulating in fourth place. But unfortunately, Morais stalled his YZ250F, and dropped to tenth spot. While he restarted and charged back to fifth place, Townley had enough of an advantage to take the crown.
In the Supercross class, it was all James Stewart, when he grabbed the holeshot and led every lap on the way to his 11th main event win of the season. His Monster Energy/Kawasaki Teammate, Timmy Ferry, was in second spot for much of the main event, but he was displaced by Chad Reed (San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Yamaha) three-quarters of the way through the 20-lap main event. By finishing eighth or better next weekend's main event in Seattle, James can clinch the Supercross-class title. �
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Results
2007 Amp'd Mobile Supercross: Detroit
Supercross Lites Heat 1
- Mike Alessi
- Ryan Dungey
- Billy Laninovich
- Tommy Hahn
- Tyler Bright
- Robert Kiniry
- Jeff Alessi
- Ricky Renner
- Zach Osborne
Supercross Lites Heat 2
- Darcy Lange
- Kelly Smith
- Ben Townley
- Ryan Morais
- Sean Hackley
- Brock Tickle
- Tucker Hibbert
- Fred Karrle
- Brad Ripple
Supercross Heat 1
- Timmy Ferry
- Ivan Tedesco
- Heath Voss
- Kevin Windham
- Andrew Short
- Jason Thomas
- Jacob Marsack
- Tyler Evans
- Josh Summey
Supercross Heat 2
- James Stewart
- Chad Reed
- Davi Millsaps
- Michael Byrne
- Paul Carpenter
- Keith Johnson
- Brock Sellards
- Eric Sorby
- Josh Demuth
Supercross Lites LCQ
- Matt Boni
- Branden Jesseman
- Nathan Skaggs
- Teddy Maier
Supercross LCQ
- David Vuillemin
- Robbie Reynard
Supercross Lites Main Event
- Ryan Dungey (Suzuki)
- Ben Townley (Kawasaki)
- Tommy Hahn (Honda)
- Billy Laninovich (Honda)
- Ryan Morais (Yamaha)
- Branden Jesseman (Yamaha)
- Kelly Smith (Suzuki)
- Mike Alessi (KTM)
- Matt Boni (Kawasaki)
- Darcy Lange (Kawasaki)
- Robert Kiniry (Kawasaki)
- Zach Osborne (KTM)
- Tucker Hibbert (Yamaha)
- Teddy Maier (Honda)
- Ricky Renner (Honda)
- Tyler Bright (Yamaha)
- Brock Tickle (Yamaha)
- Jeff Alessi (KTM)
- Nathan Skaggs (Honda)
- Brad Ripple (Kawasaki)
- Fred Karrle (Suzuki)
- Sean Hackley (Yamaha)
Supercross Main Event
- James Stewart (Kawasaki)
- Chad Reed (Yamaha)
- Timmy Ferry (Kawasaki)
- Kevin Windham (Suzuki)
- Andrew Short (Suzuki)
- David Vuillemin (Suzuki)
- Heath Voss (Suzuki)
- Ivan Tedesco (Suzuki)
- Paul Carpenter (Kawasaki)
- Jason Thomas (Suzuki)
- Josh Summey (Suzuki)
- Jeff Gibson (Kawasaki)
- Keith Johnson (Yamaha)
- Brock Sellards (Suzuki)
- Michael Byrne (Suzuki)
- Jacob Marsack (Kawasaki)
- Josh Demuth (Kawasaki)
- Eric Sorby (Kawasaki)
- Tyler Evans (Suzuki)
- Robbie Reynard (Suzuki)
- Davi Millsaps (Suzuki)
Supercross Lites Point Standings
- Ben Townley 133
- Ryan Morais 130
- Darcy Lange 117
- Branden Jesseman 103
- Ryan Dungey 98
- Billy Laninovich 85
- Tommy Hahn 84
- Mike Alessi 84
- Matt Goerke 83
- Justin Brayton 68
- Jeff Alessi 57
- Robert Kiniry 54
- Matt Boni 53
- Kelly Smith 52
- Broc Tickle 51
- Tucker Hibbert 46
- Zack Osborne 45
- Ricky Renner 40
- Ryan Sipes 37
- Greg Schnell 14
Supercross Point Standings
- James Stewart 335
- Chad Reed 297
- Timmy Ferry 243
- Kevin Windham 200
- Ivan Tedesco 171
- David Vuillemin 169
- Michael Byrne 164
- Ricky Carmichael 160
- Heath Voss 148
- Paul Carpenter 125
- Jeff Gibson 103
- Travis Preston 98
- Nick Wey 80
- Josh Summey 78
- Nathan Ramsey 67
- Eric Sorby 57
- Davi Millsaps 56
- Grant Langston 55
- Cole Siebler 51
- Tyler Evans 4