TLD / Lucas Oil / Honda Team Returns to Unadilla

After a few weeks off the entire team returned to New Berlin, New York healthy and ready to race. Ben Townley
was coming off an injury he suffered at Washougal and Wil Hahn was back
after shoulder surgery nearly two months ago. Cole Seely even spent
some time on the sidelines with a broken nose and he was back at
Unadilla as well.


The 450 motos did not go the way Ben Townley planned. After
climbing as high as third in the championship standings two rounds
prior, Ben was looking to make up some ground on his competitors at a
venue that he is quite fond of. BT fought with Andrew Short for the
first part of moto one as he tried to make his way into the top five.
By the mid-way point in the race Ben seemed to lose his drive and
slipped several spots to seventh by the end of the moto. His second
moto would prove to be more frustrating and Townley would cross the
stripe in ninth position for sixth overall on the day.


"This definitely wasn't the result I was looking for today,"
said a disappointed Townley. "I put on a bit of a charge right at the
beginning but then I just couldn't find a way around Short and it
stalled me out a bit. The second moto wasn't much better. I was really
hoping to do well here because I do like this track. All I can do is
look forward and prepare for next weekend. I love that facility as well
and I need to get back up to the front."




Wil Hahn and Cole Seely
were both returning from injury as well. Seely posted one of his better
motos all year in the first go-round with a ninth. Hahn could only get
to fourteenth by the end of the race. The second moto Cole didn't get
the start he needed to capitalize on his first moto finish and he would
spend the entire race making passes towards the front. Wilbur would do
likewise and get to eleventh at the checkers while Cole could only get
to eighteenth at the finish. Wil Hahn just cracked the top ten with
14-11 motos for tenth. Cole Seely posted 9-18 moto scores to get a
twelfth overall on the day.


As the series moves to New England and the infamous MX338 in
Southwick there is much to be hopeful for. All of the TLD riders,
including Florida resident Tarah Gieger, love the sandy conditions. Look for great things out of the team next weekend.

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