Press Release

Honda riders win races and take titles at Pala MX






Torrance, CA:
The Honda Red Riders took on the final round of the 2010 AMA
Motocross Championship and Women’s Motocross Championship (WMA) at
Pala Raceway in Pala, CA on Saturday, September 11, and Honda Red
Bull Racing’s Andrew Short and Kevin Windham made solid runs up
front aboard their CRF450Rs while teammate Ashley Fiolek took victory
aboard her CRF250R. The biggest Honda winner at Pala was GEICO
Powersports Honda’s Trey Canard, who won his first-ever AMA 250
Motocross Championship.




Short grabbed the holeshot in the
first 450cc moto and was leading early on but relinquished two spots
before the race’s end to take third. In moto two, he again fired
off to a fine start and was in second behind GEICO Powersports
Honda’s Brett Metcalfe until Metcalfe crashed on lap five, handing
Short the lead. The likeable Honda Red Bull athlete held the lead for
five laps, but ultimately finished second. Short’s 3-2 results gave
him second overall and he finished the 450 series third in points.




Windham had his work cut out for him
after suffering lackluster starts in both motos. The veteran Honda
racer made solid come-from-behind charges in both motos to go 7-8 for
seventh overall.




Metcalfe rounded the weekend out in
third overall to finish his rookie AMA 450-class season in an
impressive second overall. Troy Lee Designs Honda’s Ben Townley
went 6-4 to end both the round and the series in fourth overall.
Privateer Kyle Regal finished ninth overall on his CRF450R, good for
ninth in the series standings.




GEICO Powersports Honda’s Trey
Canard raced his way into the history books by winning his first-ever
AMA 250 Motocross Championship. Coming into the round seven points
behind series leader Christophe Pourcel, Canard knew he needed to
race smart, consistent motos in order to have a chance at the title.
Unfortunately, he crashed in the first moto, but rival Pourcel
crashed as well—hard enough to take him out of the race. Canard
remounted and charged back up to fourth in the first moto. In the
second moto, he finished third, netting him third overall as well as
enough points to win the 2010 AMA 250 Motocross Championship.




“This is a dream come true for me,”
said Canard. “This is the result of a lot of hard work by a lot of
people. I’m so privileged to be a part of the GEICO Powersports
Honda team and couldn’t have done this without them. I’m really
proud to be able to deliver the team the championship in my final
year in the 250 class. I won the Supercross Lites title a few years
ago and to cap off my 250 career with the Motocross title is just
awesome.”




In more 250-class action, teammate Eli
Tomac went 8-4 to finish fourth overall. The rookie also finished
sixth in the championship. Justin Barcia went 6-5 aboard his GEICO
Powersports Honda CRF250R for fifth overall and he finished the
series fifth overall in points. Blake Wharton crashed hard in the
opening moto and did not participate in moto two, but he still
finished eighth overall in the series. Troy Lee Designs Honda’s
Cole Seely finished the Pala event in sixth spot (3-12) aboard his
CRF250R while his teammate Wil Hahn finished seventh for tenth in the
championship.




In WMA competition, Fiolek was fast
right out of the gate in both motos, finishing 2-1 to clinch the
overall win. Her solid results at every round this season, including
scoring two overall wins, put her second overall in the championship
at season’s end. Fellow Honda racer Troy Lee Designs’ Honda’s
Tarah Gieger went 7-4 for fourth overall at Pala and she finished the
championship in third.




450 Results



1. Ryan Dungey 1-1
2.
Andrew Short 3-2 (Honda)
3. Brett Metcalfe 2-3 (Honda)
4. Ben
Townley 6-4 (Honda)

5.
Ryan Sipes 4-6
6. Kyle Chisholm 9-5
7.
Kevin Windham 7-8 (Honda)

8.
Justin Brayton 12-7
9.
Kyle Regal 5-14 (Honda)

10.
Nick Wey 11-9




450 Point Standings



1. Ryan Dungey 543
2.
Brett Metcalfe 398
3. Andrew Short 393
4. Ben Townley 324

5.
Mike Alessi 314
6. Kyle Chisholm 266
7. Josh Grant 260
8.
Ryan Sipes 244
9. Kyle
Regal 224

10. Nick Wey
223




250 Results



1. Dean Wilson 1-1
2. Tyla Rattray
2-2
3. Trey Canard 4-3
(Honda)
4. Eli Tomac 8-4 (Honda)
5. Justin Barcia 6-5
(Honda)
6. Cole Seely 3-12 (Honda)
7. Wil Hahn 7-7 (Honda)

8.
Broc Tickle 5-9
9. Martin Davalos 14-6
10.
Les Smith 13-11 (Honda)




250 Point Standings



1. Trey Canard 474
2.
Tyla Rattray 446
3. Christophe Pourcel 443
4. Dean Wilson
437
5. Justin Barcia
348
6. Eli Tomac 327

7.
Broc Tickle 287
8. Blake
Wharton 285

9. Martin
Davalos 251
10. Wil Hahn
213




WMX Results



1. Ashley Fiolek 2-1 (Honda)
2.
Jessica Patterson 1-2
3. Vicki Golden 3-6
4.
Tarah Gieger 7-3 (Honda)

5.
Mariana Balbi 5-5
6. Alexa Pearson 9-4
7. Sherri Cruse 8-7

8. Tatum Sik 6-9
9. Sarah Whitmore 11-8
10. Jacqueline
Strong 10-14




WMX Point Standings



1. Jessica Patterson 382
2.
Ashley Fiolek 360
3. Tarah Gieger 295

4.
Vicki Golden 252
5. Mariana Balbi 239
6. Sara Price 230
7.
Sarah Whitmore 219
8. Alexa Pearson 202
9. Tatum Sik 179
10.
Jacqueline Strong 154






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