Townley moves to 3rd in standings after Spring Creek National

The Lucas Oil Pro Motocross
Championship has now entered the second half of the season after round 7
took place in Millville at the Spring Creek Motocross Park this
weekend.  Although Ben Townley expected more than his  4-5
result, the Luca Oil – Troy Lee Designs – Honda racer has now
shot to 3^rd in the points standings and is only 6 points adrift
of second.

Another weekend of  perfect
weather and track conditions welcomed racers to the start line for moto 1
and it was veteran Kevin Windham who grabbed the hole-shot leading a
chasing pack of young guns.  Townley quickly passed Reed for fourth
but then came under pressure from a charging Josh Grant.  BT and Grant
 closed down Andrew Short with Grant eventually finding his way around
the Kiwi.   With 12 minutes to go,   Townley pushed a
tiring Windham aside to move into 4^th place as he set his sights
on Andrew Short but ran out of time to pose a threat to the Factory Honda
rider.

An exciting start to moto 2 saw
Townley steel the lead from Short after three corners but he lost the front
end a moments later and had to remount and give chase to the leaders.
 A determined ‘BT’ clawed his way through the pack and
salvaged 5^th spot by the end of the 30 min + 2 laps
moto.

“Although I have climbed to
third in the championship, I am actually disappointed with my result
today” explained Townley.  “After Red Bud, I thought I
knew what it would take to run up front and stay there but it just never
seemed to work today.   We made some improvements on the bike
 and still have some more to come so I’m look forward to piecing
it all together.”

The series heads to Washougal
Washington next weekend for round 8 of 12.

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Round 7 of 12

450 Class (Moto Finish)

1. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn.,
   Suzuki (1-1)


2. Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas,
   Honda (3-3)


3. Kyle Regal, Kemp, Texas, Honda
   (8-2)


4. Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss.,
   Honda (5-4)


5. Ben Townley, New Zealand,
   Honda (4-5)


6. Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif.,
   Yamaha (2-10)


7. Ryan Sipes, Flaherty, Texas,
   Yamaha (9-7)


8. Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla.,
   Yamaha (7-9)


9. Brett Metcalfe, Australia, Honda
   (16-6)


10. Nick Wey, Dewitt, Mich., Kawasaki
    (11-11)

450 Class Championship
Standings

1. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn.,
   Suzuki, 318


2. Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas,
   Honda, 229


3. Ben Townley, New Zealand,
   Honda, 223


4. Brett Metcalfe, Australia, Honda,
   221


5. Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif.,
   Yamaha, 215


6. Chad Reed, Australia, Kawasaki,
   204


7. Mike Alessi, Victorville, Calif.,
   KTM, 196


8. Kyle Regal, Kemp, Texas, Honda,
   157


9. Ryan Sipes, Flaherty, Texas,
   Yamaha, 140


10. Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla.,
    Yamaha, 134