Dungey Earns Season Best Finish at Anaheim 2 Supercross

Anaheim, CA – Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ryan Dungey earned 2nd overall at the third round of the Monster Energy Supercross Series garnering his best finish of the season in the 450 Supercross class at Angel Stadium.

Dungey topped the leaderboard in the early afternoon practice sessions to earn a top qualifying spot in the night show. At the gate drop of his heat, he quickly launched off the line to a 2nd place start. Within the first lap he moved into the lead. Once out front he pulled away from the field and took the checkered flag to earn the heat win.

His teammate, Dean Wilson, was placed in the second heat race. He got a 5th place start but was unable to move into the top four and missed transferring to the main event by one spot. Wilson was then placed in the second semi race for another chance to get on the main gate line-up. In this race he earned a top five start and quickly moved into the top three. He finished the race in 3rd place collecting a spot in the main event.

When the gate dropped for the main event, Dungey was 7th off the start while Wilson had a bad jump and was near the tail end of the pack. Dungey quickly clicked off fast lap times and was into 4th by the second lap of the race. He then pressured Chad Reed for a podium spot and was able to move into 3rd a lap later. Wasting no time, he pursued the 2nd place ride of Davi Millsaps. A lap later he made the pass stick on Millsaps and took over the runner-up spot.

Dungey spent the remaining laps chasing down the lead rider but was unable to close the gap enough to challenge for the lead spot. At the end of the twenty lap main event, he was able to cross the line in 2nd place earning his season best result. Wilson, also earned his best finish of the season, completing the race in 8th.

“I know I still have some work to do, but I was a lot happier with this result,” stated Dungey. “I’m happy to be on the podium and one step closer to that top spot.”

Next Event: Oakland, CA – January 24, 2015

Overall Results –

1. Ken Roczen

2. Ryan Dungey – KTM

3. Eli Tomac

4. Justin Barcia

5. Broc Tickle

6. Cole Seely

7. Jason Anderson

8. Dean Wilson – KTM

9. Davi Millsaps

10. Blake Baggett

11. Trey Canard

12. Brett Melcalfe

13. Kyle Chisholm

14. Nick Wey

15. Ben Lamay

16. Jimmy Albertson

17. Jake Weimer

18. Cade Clason

19. Mike Alessi

20. Josh Grant

21. Andrew Short – KTM

22. Chad Reed

Overall Point Standings –

1. Ken Roczen – 72

2. Ryan Dungey – 60

3. Jason Anderson – 51