Race Re-cap

Too much happened to give a brief recap.

The Lites started out by proving that you can pass like crazy on a "one-lined" track, that being fast in qualifying doesn't necessarily mean anything, and that Supercross isn't boring.

The 450's took that about 20 steps farther and added something about you aren't fastest if you don't stay on 2 wheels and you aren't out of it even if you had a bad race when there are 5 people who can be at the top.

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From the RacerX twitter -

"It was a wild and crazy night in Houston, the type of race that defines the “anything can happen” mantra we hear every weekend.

Everything and anything did happen tonight. In Lites, Justin Barcia and Dean Wilson waged a crazy battle for the win, back and forth for several laps until Barcia finally locked it down. Wilson took second, while Blake Wharton and Ryan Sipes were battling for third when Sipes ran into Wharton and took them both down. With a horrible start but a great charge, Blake Baggett made it all the way back to third.

That was just the beginning. In the SX class, there was a massive first turn crash that claimed James Stewart, Chad Reed and Justin Brayton, among others, and also caused Ryan Villopoto to go off the course and lose a ton of ground. Meanwhile Kevin Windham grabbed the holeshot and took off, pulling away from Trey Canard. Near lap 10, Windham looked to be headed to an ultra-popular victory. But disaster struck when he swapped sideways in a rhythm lane and crashed hard. Windham got up and walked away, but his night and bid for the win, was over.

Canard inherited the lead and Ryan Dungey tracked him down. Canard made a mistake and Dungey got the lead, but Canard came right back, passed Dungey back, and pulled a small gap. On the last lap, Dungey put in one last charge and got to Canard’s rear wheel. They drag raced to the finish, and Canard held Dungey off in one of the closest races you’ll ever see. Villopoto clawed up to third to take the series’ lead back.

Stewart crashed again landing on Jason Thomas coming through the pack, he finished 15th.

Look for a full race report and photos later tonight."

What happened to PJ Larsen?

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Reed came from almost last, courtesy of a Stewart 1st turn take out move and finished 6th. Canard won his first SX main. #7 15th or something.

Check the homepage and take your pick. There's a race report, or a 48-photo blast that cover last night's action.