Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship: Red Bud

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We’ve reached the halfway point of the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship campaign, and we’ve got another first-time winner in the 450 class, and more…

Last week at Thunder Valley MX in Lakewood, CO, we had a first-time winner in the 450 class, as Honda Red Bull Racing’s Ivan Tedesco scored an overall victory with a pair of moto wins. Josh Grant (JGRMX Toyota/Yamaha) may not have had the same perfect score, but his 2-1 tally was good for the overall win, the first of his career. Josh traded moto wins with Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed, who looked a lot more like his usual self after a somewhat sub-par weekend in Lakewood.

Speaking of Shorty, he looked like he was in line for the first 450 moto win of his career during the first moto of the day, but first Chad Reed, and then Josh Grant slipped past him as the laps wound down.

In the second moto, it was Tedesco who had the early lead, but Grant took over the lead one third of the way in. Chad Reed put on a charge to try and take away second from Tedesco on the last lap, and the two riders came together in the last corner, but they both stayed up, and Tedesco was able to edge out Reed.

The overall for the day featured Josh Grant (2-1) as the winner, with Reed (1-3) in second, and Tedesco (4-2) in third. Reed continues to lead the series, and now sports a 21-point lead over Andrew Short.

In the 250 class, the action was no less frantic. A big crash in the first sweeper in the first moto took down nearly a quarter of the field, including 250 series points leader Christophe Pourcel (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki). So like he did when he got tangled in the gate last weekend, Pourcel had to start near the back of the pack and put in a huge charge toward the front. He was scored in 24th place at the end of the first lap, and he made his way back to eighth by the end of the moto.

Meanwhile, up front, Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey was trying to take full advantage of Pourcel’s misfortune, by taking the moto win and not only erasing the series points lead that Pourcel had, but to give himself a two-point lead, and that’s exactly what happened. The tables were turned in moto two, however, as Dungey went down in spectacular fashion, and he could only muster an eighth-place finish on his bent and twisted bike.

Tommy Searle (Muscle Milk MDK KTM) showed once again that he’s figuring out the pace of the U.S. series, scoring a fifth and a second to take the final podium spot.

In the end, it was Weimer, taking his second straight overall with a 2-4, Pourcel in second with an 8-1, and Searle grabbing another podium with a 5-2 day.

For much more from Red Bud, be sure to check out the photo gallery (see the links above), that cover the 450 and 250 action, as well as the 2-Stroke Challenge Series event that was won by Ricky Carmichael.

The series takes a week off before heading to Millville, MN. Be sure to check back on Vital MX then for full coverage.

450 Overall
1. Josh Grant (Yamaha) 2-1

2. Chad Reed (Suzuki) 1-3

3. Ivan Tedesco (Honda) 4-2

4. Andrew Short (Honda) 3-4

5. Cody Cooper (Yamaha) 6-5

6. Ricky Dietrich (Kawasaki) 5-6

7. Michael Byrne (Suzuki) 7-7

8. Tyler Bowers (Honda) 8-9

9. Nick Wey (Yamaha) 10-8

10. Justin Brayton (KTM) 11-11

11. Jeff Alessi (Honda) 13-12

12. Jarred Browne (Suzuki) 14-13

13. Jason Thomas (Honda) 12-15

14. Jimmy Albertson (Yamaha) 9-33

15. Jason Lawrence (Yamaha) 36-10

16. Travis Sewell (Yamaha) 17-16

17. Kyle Summers (Yamaha) 20-14

18. Timmy Ferry (Kawasaki) 15-34

19. Jace Lewis (Kawasaki) 16-30

20. Antonio Balbi (Honda) 34-17

450 Point Standings
1. Chad Reed 240

2. Andrew Short 219

3. Ivan Tedesco 200

4. Josh Grant 198

5. Michael Byrne 45

6. Mike Alessi 142

7. Cody Cooper 135

8. Tommy Hahn 123

9. Ricky Dietrich 119

10. Nick Wey 101

11. Justin Brayton 99

12. Jimmy Albertson 82

13. Dan Reardon 68

14. Jeff Alessi 60

15. Ryan Villopoto 55

16. Weston Peick 47

17. Jake Moss 47

18. Matt Goerke 41

19. Antonio Balbi 41

20. Chris Blose 40

250 Overall
1. Jake Weimer (Kawasaki) 2-4

2. Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki) 8-1

3. Tommy Searle (KTM) 5-2

4. Brett Metcalfe (Honda) 4-3

5. Ryan Dungey (Suzuki) 1-8

6. Justin Barcia (Honda) 3-7

7. Kyle Cunningham (Kawasaki) 7-11

8. Matt Lemoine (Yamaha) 10-12

9. Wil Hahn (KTM) 9-14

10. Martin Davalos (KTM) 20-5

11. Ben Evans (Honda) 12-13

12. Max Anstie (KTM) 21-6

13. Tyla Rattray (Kawasaki) 6-37

14. Blake Wharton (Honda) 34-9

15. Sean Borkenhagen (Honda) 15-15

16. Vince Friese (Honda) 14-16

17. Broc Tickle (Yamaha) 40-10

18. Steven Clarke (Suzuki) 11-39

19. Tucker Hibbert (Yamaha) 13-32

20. Levi Kilbarger (Honda) 16-38

250 Point Standings
1. Christophe Pourcel 255

2. Ryan Dungey 246

3. Tommy Searle 191

4. Brett Metcalfe 179

5. Tyla Rattray 175

6. Blake Wharton 156

7. Jake Weimer 153

8. Justin Barcia 151

9. Broc Tickle 141

10. Trey Canard 139

11. Matt Lemoine 99

12. Wil Hahn 89

13. Kyle Cunningham 85

14. Ben Evans 83

15. Darryn Durham 72

16. Max Anstie 65

17. Steven Clarke 52

18. Sean Borkenhagen 47

19. P. J. Larsen 43

20. Austin Stroupe 34