Bel-Ray Racing-Weekend Racing Preview

FARMINGDALE, NJ – January 13, 2012 – Bel-Ray Company, Inc.  – Bel-Ray Racing-Weekend Racing Preview

Round 2 of the Monster Energy Supercross series will take place on Saturday night, January 14^th in
Phoenix, Arizona. Bel-Ray teams and riders will be
in attendance at Chase Field, the home of Major League Baseball’s
Arizona Diamondbacks. For the 2012 season, Bel-Ray is the lubricant of
choice for TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray Racing, Dodge Motorsports/Hart
& Huntington/Sycuan Casino/Bel- Ray Racing and Team
Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki, as well as several privateers competing
each weekend.

Off
to a successful start to the 2012 season, TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray
Racing's Chad Reed comes to Arizona second in the points following his
podium finish at
round 1 in Anaheim, California. Reed won his heat and raced to a
commendable second place finish in the main event. Reed will be a
favored contender for a victory this weekend in Phoenix.

The
Dodge Motorsports/Hart & Huntington/Sycuan Casino/Bel-Ray Racing
team arrives in Phoenix with mixed results from the opening round. Both
Ivan Tedesco and Josh
Hansen showed promise by entering the main event directly from their
heat race. Tedesco took an early top 5 position, and if not for an
unfortunate fall late in the main event would have finished in the top
10. Teammate, Josh Hansen, started near the back
of the pack, and charged through the field to an eventual top 10
finish. The other half of the team suffered less than ideal results. New
team rider Kyle Partridge just missed out on a qualifying position in
his heat race. While running in a qualifying position
during the LCQ, he went down in a corner and couldn’t regain his
position. Teammate Josh Hill was involved in a first turn crash in his
heat race, injuring his leg. Despite the pain, Hill tried to ride in the
LCQ, but was unable to finish. It was determined
this week that Hill has a broken tibia and will be out of action for
4-6 weeks.

Bel-Ray's
newest addition, Team Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki will also compete
this weekend in Arizona. Team rider Martin Davalos comes to Phoenix
looking for redemption
after his Anaheim DNF. Davalos won his heat race and was charging
through the field toward a top finish when his bike failed. Teammate,
Jason Anderson, came from the back of the pack and picked off riders,
one by one, for an eventual 7^th place finish.

Watch all of the action from this weekend's race on Speed, Saturday night at 9:30 p.m. (EST). 

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