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JDR/J-Star/KTM Race Report - Jacksonville SX‏

ocscottie
3/21/2011 8:43pm


Larsen
Earns 5th
at Jacksonville Supercross





JDR/J-Star/KTM
rider PJ Larsen put together a top five performance at the fifth
round of the AMA East Lites Supercross Series in Jacksonville, FL
where he earned 5th
overall for the night.



Larsen’s
day went well right from the start of the night show. In his heat,
Larsen got off to a great start within the top three. He stuck close
to Matt Lemoine who was in 2nd
position behind Dean Wilson. As they neared the halfway point, Larsen
was all over the rear wheel of Lemoine. He continued to pressure
Lemoine through the six lap heat eventually crossing the line in 3rd
position to earn a great gate pick for the main event.



“I had
a good heat race. I was able to grab a decent start and put myself up
front early. I would have liked to pick up one more spot but it was
safer to finish 3rd
and get a spot on the main event gate rather than make a last second
attempt and risking a crash to pick up 2nd
in the heat,” remarked Larsen.



In the
Supercross class, Larsen’s teammate, Tye Simmonds, suffered a
horrible crash in his heat in the rhythm section right after the
start straight. Simmonds did not finish the race and returned to the
truck for further evaluation. He was able to get his bike prepped and
gather some strength to get back to the track for the LCQ.
Unfortunately, he suffered a terrible start and was only able to make
his way up to 10th
by the end of the LCQ.



In the
main event, Larsen started about 15th.
He was able to avoid a first lap pile up and moved into the top ten
after the first lap. By lap two he had moved up to 8th.
On the third lap he was able to move up one more position after Blake
Wharton crashed in the whoops. The next lap he passed Hunter Hewitt
to move up to 6th.
He spent the remainder of the race reeling in Darryn Durham. As the
race wore on, Larsen increased his lap times and was running times
approximately one second a lap faster than Durham. Larsen made the
pass for 5th
position on the second to last lap and matched his best finish so far
this season.



Next
Event – March 26, 2011 –
Toronto Supercross





Overall
Results Lites Supercross Class –


  1. Justin
    Barcia


  2. Dean
    Wilson


  3. Ryan
    Sipes


  4. Matt
    Lemoine


  5. PJ
    Larsen – KTM


  6. Darryn
    Durham


  7. Les
    Smith


  8. Taylor
    Futrell


  9. Hunter
    Hewitt


  10. Justin
    Sipes


  11. Lance
    Vincent


  12. AJ
    Catanzaro


  13. Kyle
    Keylon


  14. Sean
    Lipanovich


  15. Brad
    Ripple


  16. Levi
    Kilbarger


  17. Blake
    Wharton


  18. Chris
    Gosselaar


  19. Gannon
    Audette


  20. Malcolm
    Stewart






Overall
Results Supercross Class –


  1. Trey
    Canard


  2. Chad
    Reed


  3. Ryan
    Dungey


  4. Kevin
    Windham


  5. Andrew
    Short – KTM


  6. Ivan
    Tedesco


  7. Mike
    Alessi – KTM


  8. Austin
    Stroupe


  9. Nick
    Wey


  10. Chris
    Blose


  11. Fabien
    Izoird


  12. Michael
    Byrne


  13. Jason
    Thomas


  14. Jarrod
    Browne


  15. Cole
    Seely


  16. Kyle
    Partridge


  17. Davi
    Millsaps


  18. Matt
    Goerke


  19. Weston
    Peick


  20. James
    Stewart






Overall
Point Standings Lites Supercross Class –


  1. Justin
    Barcia – 116


  2. Ryan
    Sipes – 99


  3. Dean
    Wilson – 97


  4. Blake
    Baggett – 85


  5. Blake
    Wharton – 69


  6. Matt
    Lemoine – 69


  7. PJ
    Larsen – 62


  8. Malcolm
    Stewart – 53


  9. Jason
    Anderson – 44


  10. Lance
    Vincent – 43






Overall
Point Standings Supercross Class –


  1. Ryan
    Villopoto – 221


  2. Chad
    Reed – 214


  3. Ryan
    Dungey – 203


  4. James
    Stewart – 198


  5. Trey
    Canard – 194


  6. Andrew
    Short – 145


  7. Justin
    Brayton – 121


  8. Kevin
    Windham – 121


  9. Davi
    Millsaps – 118


  10. Brett
    Metcalfe – 107






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