Monster Energy Supercross: Detroit

Click the following link for a 35-photo gallery of Supercross race action from Detroit. You can also click the following link for a 29-photo gallery from Saturday's pre-race action in the pits, as well as timed qualifying. Don't forget, if you're a Vital MX member, you can comment on any of the photos in the gallery. Not a member? Join now! It's fast and free.

With the season winding down, there was big news in both classes at the Monster Energy Supercross in Detroit this last weekend.

First up was a hard crash that L&M Racing / San Manuel Band of Mission Indians / Yamaha’s Chad Reed suffered during practice. It left him with a fractured shoulder blade, and coughing up blood. After spending the afternoon in the hospital, he returned to the track and used a provisional to make it to the main event. Once there, he had a first turn crash, but fought to the end for a 12th-place finish.

While that drama was playing out, Honda Red Bull Racing’s Davi Millsaps mastered the tough track, and took his second win of the season ahead of Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Timmy Ferry, and Kevin Windham.

Chad’s points lead has now been reduced to 16 over Windham, with only St. Louis, Seattle, Las Vegas, and probably a whole lot of visits to physical therapy between now and the end of the season.

The other big news was that after Saturday night’s by Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, and a crash and 10th-place finish for Torco Racing Fuels Honda’s Trey Canard, Trey now has a mere three points over Villopoto heading into the final round of the Lites East series in St. Louis. It’ll be extremely interesting to see how that plays out next weekend.

Check out the photo gallery (see the link above), for much more from Detroit. Thanks to Emile Cooper (Squid here on Vital MX) for pinch-hitting on the photos this weekend while GuyB was in San Diego.

Results

Monster Energy Supercross: Detroit

Supercross Lites Heat 1
1. Matt Boni

2. Ryan Morais

3. Matt Goerke

4. Trey Canard

5. Tyler Bowers

6. Billy Payne

7. Josh Grant

8. Kyle Chisholm

9. Levi Kilbarger

Supercross Lites Heat 2
1. Ryan Villopoto

2. Nico Izzi

3. Ryan Sipes

4. Kyle Partridge

5. Zach Ames

6. Travis Sewell

7. Kyle Keylon

8. Shane Sewell

9. Gray Davenport

Supercross Heat 1
1. Kevin Windham

2. Davi Millsaps

3. David Vuillemin

4. Paul Carpenter

5. Tommy Hahn

6. Charles Summey

7. Keith Johnnson

8. Jake Marsack

9. Shaun Skinner

Supercross Heat 2
1. Josh Hill

2. Andrew Short

3. Travis Preston

4. Heath Voss

5. Eric Sorby

6. Jason Thomas

7. Kelly Smith

8. Ryan Clark

9. Timmy Ferry

Supercross Lites LCQ
1. Branden Jesseman

2. Martin Davalos

3. Nathan Skaggs

4. Justin Sipes

Supercross LCQ
1. Nick Wey

2. Nate Ramsey

Supercross Lites Main Event
1. Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki)

2. Ryan Morais (Yamaha)

3. Branden Jesseman (Kawasaki)

4. Nico Izzi (Suzuki)

5. Matt Goerke (KTM)

6. Tyler Bowers (Yamaha)

7. Kyle Partridge (Honda)

8. Kyle Chisholm (Kawasaki)

9. Travis Sewell (Suzuki)

10. Trey Canard (Honda)

11. Kyle Keylon (Honda)

12. Zach Ames (Honda)

13. Nathan Skaggs (Honda)

14. Billy Payne (Honda)

15. Levi Kilbarger (Honda)

16. Gray Davenport (Kawasaki)

17. Justin Sipes (Suzuki)

18. Ryan Sipes (KTM)

19. Josh Grant (Honda)

20. Shane Sewell (Kawasaki)

21. Martin Davalos (KTM)

22. Matt Boni (Honda)

Supercross Main Event
1. Davi Millsaps (Honda)

2. Timmy Ferry (Kawasaki)

3. Kevin Windham (Honda)

4. Josh Hill (Yamaha)

5. Andrew Short (Honda)

6. Travis Preston (Kawasaki)

7. David Vuillemin (Suzuki)

8. Charles Summey (Yamaha)

9. Heath Voss (Honda)

10. Jason Thomas (Honda)

11. Kelly Smith (Kawasaki)

12. Chad Reed (Yamaha)

13. Nate Ramsey (Yamaha)

14. Ryan Clark (Honda)

15. Eric Sorby (Honda)

16. Keith Johnson (Yamaha)

17. Nick Wey (KTM)

18. Paul Carpenter (Honda)

19. Shaun Skinner (Honda)

20. Jake Marsack (Honda)

21. Tommy Hahn (Kawasaki)

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