Dungey Maintains Points Lead Heading to Oakland

LOS
ANGELES, Calif. – Red Bull/KTM Factory rider Ryan Dungey turned in
another impressive finish with a 2^nd
place result at the third round of the AMA Supercross Series held at
Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA which allows him to maintain the
points lead heading to the next round.

Threats
of rain throughout the early afternoon caused the track crew to keep
the course covered until 4:00pm. The crew did a great job of
protecting the track, and once the cover was removed, riders were
presented with a nearly dry track. Each practice group was given only
one practice session before the night show.

Dungey
qualified third fastest from the practice session to earn a top spot
in heat number two. When the gate dropped for the heat race Dungey
jumped to a 5^th
place start and was pushed back to 7^th
on the second corner. He quickly moved back into the top five and was
able to finish 4^th
in his heat.

He had a
decent gate pick for the main event and was able to leap off to a
great start pulling the holeshot around the first corner. He and Ryan
Villopoto quickly found each other and began a battle for the lead.
Unfortunately, Trey Canard and Ryan Morais were involved in a bad
crash on the first lap that caused the race to be red flagged. All
the riders were removed from the course while medics assisted the
injured riders.

On the
restart, Dungey pulled off another fine start and rounded the first
corner in 4^th
place. He remained in that position for the first seven laps in a
four-way battle for the lead with Jake Weimer, James Stewart and Chad
Reed. On the seventh lap, Reed jumped into the lead while Stewart put
an aggressive block pass on Weimer which caused Weimer to crash and
gave Stewart the position. Dungey was able to avoid the downed rider
and moved into 3^rd.
Dungey and Stewart began to battle for 2^nd
place for the next four laps until Stewart crashed on his own and
handed the position to Dungey.

Once in
2^nd,
Dungey maintained his pace and held on to the position to finish 2^nd
for the night. His third podium finish of the season makes him the
only rider to have finished on the podium at each of the first three
rounds. His consistency also pays off in the championship chase as he
will retain the red number plate and the series points lead heading
to the fourth event.

Now
three rounds into the series, Dungey holds a 4-point lead over Ryan
Villopoto and Chad Reed who are tied for 2^nd
place. “It feels great to hold the red number plate as we head into
the fourth round,” remarked Dungey after the race. “It’s still
early in the series, but it is definitely off to a good start for the
Red Bull/KTM Team. I can’t thank everybody on the team enough. They
have put in so many hours and we have made so much progress on the
new 450. The bike is running amazing.”

Next
Race: Oakland Supercross – January 28, 2012

Overall
Results SX Class –

1. Chad
   Reed

   
   

2. Ryan
   Dungey – KTM
   

   
   

3. James
   Stewart

   
   

4. Ryan
   Villopoto

   
   

5. Brett
   Metcalfe

   
   

6. Davi
   Millsaps

   
   

7. Josh
   Hansen

   
   

8. Broc
   Tickle

   
   

9. Kevin
   Windham
   

   
   

10. Mike
    Alessi
    

    
    

11. Jake
    Weimer

    
    

12. Kyle
    Chisholm

    
    

13. Nick
    Wey

    
    

14. Andrew
    Short

    
    

15. Weston
    Peick

    
    

16. Kyle
    Partridge

    
    

17. Josh
    Grant

    
    

18. Ivan
    Tedesco

    
    

19. Trey
    Canard

    
    

20. Ryan
    Morais
    

    
    

Overall
Point Standings –

1. Ryan
   Dungey – 67
   

   
   

2. Chad
   Reed – 63

   
   

3. Ryan
   Villopoto – 63