BBMX Dallas race report

TEAM:

 

Team DNA Energy Drink / BTOSports / BBMX came into Dallas, TX this weekend fresh off of the teams best weekend in SX since its inception.  Coming off the podium sweep of the Lites class in Toronto, Canada was going to be hard to top, but the team still came out well with four riders in the main events.  JT$ and Johnson both put it in the 450 main straight out their heat races.  Both guys road solid and did what they came their to do. 

 

In the Lites class, Matt Boni road a solid he race finishing up in 6th, while Kyle Keylon took a spill while running 2nd at the beginning of the race.  Keylon would come back in the LCQ and qualify in 2nd place right behind series points leader, Trey Canard.  It was no doubt one of Keylon's best rides so far in his rookie season.








Kyle Keylon made is first points paying main.


Photo: Chris Hultner/Vitalmx.com

 

In the main events, JT and Johnson both suffered poor starts, but slowly started to pick their way through the pack on the extremely one lined track.  Johnson would get taken out mid race by wild man Antonio Balbi.  Balbi collected the "other" Keith Johnson (from AX fame), which in turn fell in front of BBMX Johnson, taking them both down pretty hard.  Johnson would remount, but have to visit the mechanic area to get his front end straightened back up.  It was a hard finish for Johnson on the night, after being the 10 fastest qualifier after practice and a very solid heat race.  JT$ would put in one of his stellar rides throughout the main event.  JT would finish off in 13th, passing KTM's Nick Wey on the very last lap for the spot.  JT now sits just 8 points out of 3rd place for the Privateer Challenge.








Bryan Johnson had a tough night in Dallas.


Photo: Chris Hultner/Vitalmx.com

 

In the Lites class, Matt Boni would start off on fire.  Boni came from not so great start to 7th position by lap 5.  It was looking to be a solid night for the #109, before getting the bad end of an aggressive pass from Ryan Morias.  The crash broke Boni's front break rotor, causing an early DNF.  It was again like Johnson's 450 main, a quick end to an up to that point solid night.  Keylon would have a decent main event going before taking a spill about mid race.  He would remount with a sore wrist and finish off the nights main event in 19th place. 

 

 

The Dallas track was one of those tracks that got better as the night went on.  The Dallas dirt is always hard for the track workers, leaving a lot of kickers and pot holes on the course.  Practice was a bit sketchy for everyone, from the slowest guy all the way up to Chad Reed.  However, once the night show rolled around most of the guys seemed to like the track a lot better. 

 

Racing was back to the norm, Reed and Villopoto dominated the night and looked like their old selves.  There was some exciting racing that went on behind them, but they ruled up front for the most part.  The track had some tough rhythm sections in it, but most of the main event riders seemed to have the same lines dialed making for a very hard to pass on track.  This added in some aggressive moves, but non the less kept it exciting and close for the fans.  All in all, it was a good night at the races.  The series now heads up to Detroit, MI for round 13.

 

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