Red Bull/KTM Race Report - Mt. Morris, PA‏

Alessi
Earns 4^th
Overall at High Point Motocross

Red
Bull/KTM Factory rider Mike Alessi earned 4^th
overall in his first race this season at the third round of the AMA
Pro Motocross Championship Series held at High Point Raceway in Mt.
Morris, PA.

Alessi
got off to too good of a start in the first moto when his bike jumped
over the gate at the start of the moto. He was able to round the
first corner in 3^rd
place and finished the race in the same position in a notable return
to the series after sitting out the past three weeks from an injury
suffered in practice at round one.

Although
Alessi crossed the line in 3^rd
place he was docked one position for jumping the gate. That put him
in 4^th
place for the first moto. His teammate, Andrew Short, started inside
the top ten in moto one and crossed the checkered flag in 11^th
place.

In
typical fashion, Alessi earned another great start in the second moto
this time taking the holeshot and the early lead. The second moto was
remarkably different from the first moto as heavy rain fall during
the intermission had made the course very sloppy and slick. Alessi
pulled away from the pack early in the moto to pull a 15 second lead
by the fifth lap. Unfortunately, late on lap five, Alessi suffered a
crash. He lost over 20 seconds while recovering from the mistake and
lost the lead to Chad Reed.

Alessi
struggled with arm pump after his crash and managed to cross the
finish in 4^th
at the end of the moto. His 4-4 results earned him 4^th
overall for the day. Short came from a poor second moto start to
finish 13^th.
His 11-13 scores put him in 12^th
overall for the day.

“I am
happy with my results today. Of course, I would have liked to finish
in the top three but I am just glad to be back to racing and doing
what I love. I want to thank all the doctors that have helped get me
back in racing shape over the past few weeks. I hope to be on the
podium at the next round,” remarked Alessi.

Next
Event: Budds Creek – June 18, 2011

Overall
Results 450 Class –

1. Ryan
   Villopoto

   
   

2. Ryan
   Dungey
   

   
   

3. Chad
   Reed
   

   
   

4. Mike
   Alessi – KTM
   

   
   

5. Davi
   Millsaps
   

   
   

6. Kevin
   Windham

   
   

7. Tommy
   Hahn

   
   

8. Brett
   Metcalfe

   
   

9. Jake
   Weimer

   
   

10. Nick
    Wey
    

    
    

11. Ricky
    Dietrich
    

    
    

12. Andrew
    Short – KTM
    

    
    

13. Weston
    Peick
    

    
    

14. Michael
    Byrne
    

    
    

15. Christian
    Craig

    
    

16. Les
    Smith

    
    

17. Fredrik
    Noren

    
    

18. Tyler
    Bright

    
    

19. Tye
    Simmonds – KTM
    

    
    

20. Travis
    Sewell