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Wow, what a wild day! After comfortably winning the first moto, James Stewart looked set to take his second-straight overall win in the AMA Motocross class. But a crash near the end of the second moto left him with a DNF, a 1-35 score for eighth overall, and an appointment for an MRI on Monday to check out an injured left knee.
With Stewart out, it looked like Grant Langston would take the overall. He'd finished fourth in the first moto, and was leading the second moto, with Kevin Windham (6th in the first moto) in second, and Timmy Ferry (2nd in moto one) in third. While Langston went on to take the win, Windham incorrectly thought that he'd taken the checkered flag, and slowed, allowing Ferry to pass him for second. Though Timmy nearly crashed before the finish line trying to stay ahead of Windham, who was trying to correct his mistake, he finished with a 2-2 score, and took the overall win, saying, "This tops anything I've ever done."
The severity of James' injury calls into question both his participation in the rest of the series, and the upcoming Motocross of Nations, leaving Timmy Ferry and Andrew Short as possible leading candidates for the National Championship. There's a 15-point spread between Stewart in first and Short in third, though there's only eight points between Short and Ferry.
In the Motocross Lites class, Ben Townley took yet another overall win, though he split moto wins with his Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki teammate, Ryan Villopoto. Ryan crashed on the start of the second moto, and turned in an amazing ride, moving from 40th to 20th in one lap, and finally charging to third by the finish. Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey took third overall for the day.
Townley now holds a two-point advantage in the chase for the Lites title.
Be sure to check the photos and captions in the gallery above for much more infomation on what happened in Washougal.
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AMA Motocross
1 | Timmy Ferry | (Kawasaki) | 2-2 | 22 (2) |
2 | Grant Langston | (Yamaha) | 4-1 | 25 (1) |
3 | Andrew Short | (Honda) | 3-4 | 18 (4) |
4 | Kevin Windham | (Honda) | 6-3 | 20 (3) |
5 | Mike Alessi | (KTM) | 5-7 | 14 (7) |
6 | David Vuillemin | (Honda) | 8-6 | 15 (6) |
7 | Ivan Tedesco | (Suzuki) | 10-5 | 16 (5) |
8 | James Stewart | (Kawasaki) | 1-35 | 0 (35) |
9 | Kyle Lewis | (Honda) | 11-8 | 13 (8) |
10 | Troy Adams | (Suzuki) | 12-9 | 12 (9) |
11 | Michael Byrne | (Suzuki) | 9-13 | 8 (13) |
12 | Jason Thomas | (Honda) | 14-11 | 10 (11) |
13 | Shaun Skinner | (Honda) | 13-12 | 9 (12) |
14 | Davi Millsaps | (Honda) | 7-39 | 0 (39) |
15 | Gavin Gracyk | (Honda) | 38-10 | 11 (10) |
16 | Josh Summey | (Honda) | 20-14 | 7 (14) |
17 | Ryan Clark | (Honda) | 22-15 | 6 (15) |
18 | Chris Blose | (Honda) | 17-19 | 2 (19) |
19 | Kyle Summers | (Kawasaki) | 15-21 | 0 (21) |
20 | Jeff Alessi | (KTM) | 33-16 | 5 (16) |
21 | Kyle Mace | (Kawasaki) | 16-34 | 0 (34) |
22 | Antonio Balbi | (Honda) | 34-17 | 4 (17) |
23 | Bryan Johnson | (Honda) | 37-18 | 3 (18) |
24 | Ricky Dietrich | (Kawasaki) | 18-24 | 0 (24) |
25 | Chris Whitcraft | (Honda) | 19-27 | 0 (27) |
26 | Michael Sleeter | (KTM) | 21-20 | 1 (20) |
27 | Adam Chatfield | (Honda) | 28-22 | 0 (22) |
28 | Kevin Rookstool | (Honda) | 27-25 | 0 (25) |
29 | Cole Siebler | (Honda) | 23-30 | 0 (30) |
30 | Bobby Bonds | (Yamaha) | 30-26 | 0 (26) |
31 | Travis Sewell | (Suzuki) | 29-29 | 0 (29) |
32 | Doug Dehaan | (Honda) | 36-23 | 0 (23) |
33 | Jacob Marsack | (Yamaha) | 32-28 | 0 (28) |
34 | Vernon McKiddie | (Yamaha) | 25-36 | 0 (36) |
35 | Scott Simon | (Kawasaki) | 24-38 | 0 (38) |
36 | Jerry Lymburner | (Yamaha) | 31-33 | 0 (33) |
37 | Bobby Garrison | (Yamaha) | 26-40 | 0 (40) |
38 | Charlie Morrison | (Honda) | 39-31 | 0 (31) |
39 | Jimmy Hazel | (Honda) | 40-32 | 0 (32) |
40 | Jacob Morrison | 35-37 | 0 (37) |
AMA Motocross Lites
1 | Ben Townley | (Kawasaki) | 2-1 |
2 | Ryan Villopoto | (Kawasaki) | 1-3 |
3 | Ryan Dungey | (Suzuki) | 3-2 |
4 | Josh Grant | (Honda) | 6-4 |
5 | Brett Metcalfe | (Kawasaki) | 5-5 |
6 | Martin Davalos | (KTM) | 7-6 |
7 | Broc Tickle | (Yamaha) | 8-11 |
8 | Jake Weimer | (Honda) | 13-8 |
9 | Broc Hepler | (Yamaha) | 4-35 |
10 | Joaquim Rodrigues | (KTM) | 15-10 |
11 | Ryan Sipes | (Honda) | 19-7 |
12 | Kyle Chisholm | (Kawasaki) | 14-14 |
13 | Kyle Cunningham | (Yamaha) | 12-17 |
14 | Tommy Hahn | (Honda) | 25-9 |
15 | Jason Lawrence | (Yamaha) | 10-20 |
16 | Chris Gosselaar | (Kawasaki) | 9-36 |
17 | Robert Kiniry | (Kawasaki) | 11-39 |
18 | Branden Jesseman | (Yamaha) | 21-12 |
19 | Steve Boniface | (Kawasaki) | 20-13 |
20 | Josh Hill | (Yamaha) | 16-19 |
21 | Matt Lemoine | (Yamaha) | 22-15 |
22 | Daniel Sani | (Yamaha) | 23-16 |
23 | Andrew McFarlane | (Suzuki) | 17-21 |
24 | Dusty Klatt | (Yamaha) | 29-18 |
25 | Kelly Smith | (Suzuki) | 18-23 |
26 | Billy Laninovich | (Honda) | 24-24 |
27 | Adam Miller | (KTM) | 28-22 |
28 | Yu Hirata | (Honda) | 26-27 |
29 | Tony Sherman | (KTM) | 30-25 |
30 | Mitch Dougherty | (Honda) | 34-26 |
31 | Levi Kilbarger | (Honda) | 33-28 |
32 | Gray Davenport | (Kawasaki) | 32-29 |
33 | Tony Boughten | (Yamaha) | 31-30 |
34 | Ricky Renner | (Honda) | 27-34 |
35 | Ryan Beat | (Yamaha) | 35-33 |
36 | Brady Sheren | (Kawasaki) | 40-31 |
37 | Michael Lapaglia | (Yamaha) | 38-38 |
38 | Tyler Keefe | (Kawasaki) | 39-37 |
39 | Matt Goerke | (Yamaha) | 36-40 |
40 | Michael Horban | (Yamaha) | DNS-32 |
41 | Jack Carpenter | (Suzuki) | 38-DNS |
AMA Motocross Point Standings
1 | James Stewart | 290 |
2 | Timmy Ferry | 283 |
3 | Andrew Short | 275 |
4 | Grant Langston | 256 |
5 | Mike Alessi | 254 |
6 | Ricky Carmichael | 241 |
7 | Kevin Windham | 238 |
8 | David Vuillemin | 192 |
9 | Davi Millsaps | 186 |
10 | Michael Byrne | 148 |
11 | Gavin Gracyk | 140 |
12 | Ivan Tedesco | 110 |
13 | Josh Summey | 103 |
14 | Jason Thomas | 90 |
15 | Kyle Lewis | 75 |
16 | Jeff Alessi | 73 |
17 | Troy Adams | 72 |
18 | Ryan Clark | 61 |
19 | Shaun Skinner | 55 |
20 | Antonio Balbi | 55 |
AMA Motocross Lites Point Standings
1 | Ben Townley | 357 |
2 | Ryan Villopoto | 355 |
3 | Josh Grant | 286 |
4 | Jason Lawrence | 258 |
5 | Ryan Dungey | 254 |
6 | Jake Weimer | 162 |
7 | Tommy Hahn | 141 |
8 | Andrew McFarlane | 132 |
9 | Josh Hill | 128 |
10 | Broc Tickle | 127 |
11 | Kyle Chisholm | 125 |
12 | Robert Kiniry | 110 |
13 | Matt Goerke | 105 |
14 | Brett Metcalfe | 96 |
15 | Martin Davalos | 90 |
16 | Chris Gosselaar | 90 |
17 | Steve Boniface | 75 |
18 | Joaquim Rodrigues | 72 |
19 | Broc Hepler | 63 |
20 | Matt Lemoine | 61 |