Millsaps grabs 4th in Toronto

JGRMX’s
Davi Millsaps was the sole representative for his team on the only trip
outside of the USA for the AMA Supercross series (also an FIM World
Championship) as the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada hosted the twelfth
round of seventeen. Over 47,000 spectators saw the YZ450F rider again
almost grab the holeshot for the twenty lap main event and the 24 year
old was in contention for another podium finish before going onto secure
fourth position and take his fourth top five result of the campaign.



Millsaps was the only JGR racer in action across the
border after James Stewart was forced to the sidelines in the wake of
his practice crash last week in Indianapolis. “It really hurts me to say
this, but after spending the last couple of days under the observation
of doctors and my family, it looks like it would be best for me to sit
out this weekend’s race in Toronto,” Stewart had communicated before the
race. “The fall at Indy was big but aside from the obvious, it
aggravated a couple old injuries and I’ll need time to fully recover
from that. at this point, there's no real time line for my return. But
we’ll be working at it again next week to re-evaluate my abilities for
the race in Houston.”



Millsaps won his heat race and then fought with Jake
Weimer and Kevin Windham for the final podium slot. Windham’s
experience eventually helped him obtain the bottom step while the Yamaha
star was able to capitalised on a mistake by Weimer late into the
twenty laps to cross the line in fourth.



“Usually, in the whoops, having long legs is an
advantage but when they are rutted out like that I think it's actually
worse,” he explained. “It was tough through there and it sort of messed
up the rest of my lap just worrying about the whoops. Still, I was up
front, and I almost put it up on the box again, so things are going
good. I'm happy."



Stewart is still third in the points but Millsaps is
creeping up and rests just eight points behind in fourth. Round
thirteen will take place next week at the Reliant Stadium in Houston.