Press Release

Honda Red Riders Win Big In Jacksonville




Torrance, CA: The Honda Red Riders
dominated round 11 of the AMA Supercross Championship in
Jacksonville, FL, over the weekend with wins in both the Supercross
and Supercross Lites East classes. American Honda Racing’s Trey
Canard won the Supercross race, recording his second Supercross-class
win in his rookie season aboard his Honda CRF450R, while GEICO
Honda’s Justin Barcia came out on top and scored his second victory
of the season aboard his CRF250R.



After finishing second in his heat
race, Canard got away to a good start in the main event, moving into
the lead on the opening lap. Once out front, Canard held on to his
lead for the majority of the race until fellow Honda racer TwoTwo
Motorsports’ Chad Reed made a pass for the lead during the closing
stages of the race. Canard retaliated and passed Reed that same lap
to resume control out front and take the victory for the second time
this season.



“I got a great start in the main
tonight, which I’m pumped about because starts are something I’ve
worked really hard to improve. And I’m ecstatic to get my second
win of the season,” said Canard. “I was really fast on most areas
of the track, but the whoops were a thorn in my side tonight.
However, I definitely made up time by keeping low over the jumps and
scrubbing hard. Reed was fast through the whoops, and he was there to
capitalize on my mistakes. We had a good battle late in the race in
which he passed me, and I got him right back. We battled to the very
end, and I’m just stoked to put the American Honda Racing Team on
top for the second time this season, plus it’s awesome to see Honda
finish one-two on the podium.”



Canard’s fill-in teammate Cole Seely
finished sixth in his heat race, and after getting a mid-pack start
in the Supercross main had worked his way up into seventh position
when he went down on lap five. Losing a lap in the fall, Seely
recovered to finish a hard-fought 15th overall.



Reed put in a solid performance aboard
his Honda CRF450R, moving into second position on the opening lap
where he stayed for almost the entire race. Although Reed’s effort
to clinch the top spot from Canard near the end of the race was not
successful, his runner-up result was good enough to elevate him to
second overall in the championship points chase. GEICO Honda’s
Kevin Windham had his best showing of the season, finishing just shy
of the podium in fourth place.



In the Supercross Lites East
competition, GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia recorded his second
victory of the season, which extended his lead in the championship
standings to 17 points. Barcia let off a hot start in the main by
nabbing the holeshot. Despite racing with a broken wrist, Barcia then
raced away to a commanding lead and led wire to wire to take the
victory. Teammate Blake Wharton won convincingly in his heat race but
crashed out of the Lites main event on lap four after going down hard
in the whoops. Fellow Honda racers Darryn Durham, Les Smith and
Taylor Futrell each had strong showings aboard their Honda CRF250Rs,
rounding out sixth, seventh and eighth places, respectively.




Supercross Lites East Results


1. Justin Barcia (Honda)


2. Dean Wilson


3. Ryan Sipes


4. Matt Lemoine


5. PJ Larsen


6. Darryn Durham (Honda)


7. Les Smith (Honda)


8. Taylor Futrell (Honda)


9. Hunter Hewitt


10. Justin Sipes





Supercross Lites East Points (after 5
of 9 rounds)


1. Justin Barcia 116


2. Ryan Sipes 99


3. Dean Wilson 97


4. Blake Baggett 85


5. Blake Wharton 69


6. Matt Lemoine 69


7. PJ Larsen 62


8. Malcolm Stewart 53


9. Jason Anderson 44


10. Lance Vincent 43





Supercross Results


1. Trey Canard (Honda)


2. Chad Reed (Honda)


3. Ryan Dungey


4. Kevin Windham (Honda)


5. Andrew Short


6. Ivan Tedesco


7. Mike Alessi


8. Austin Stroupe


9. Nick Wey


10. Chris Blose





Supercross Championship Points (after
11 of 17 rounds)


1. Ryan Villopoto 221


2. Chad Reed 214


3. Ryan Dungey 203


4. James Stewart 198


5. Trey Canard 194


6. Andrew Short 145


7. Kevin Windham 121


8. Justin Brayton 121


9. Davi Millsaps 118


10. Brett Metcalfe 107





For more information, contact: American
Honda Motor Co., Inc. (310) 783-3745.


About Honda


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sole distributor of Honda motorcycles, scooters, ATVs, MUVs and
personal watercraft in the U.S. American Honda’s Motorcycle
Division conducts the sales, marketing and operational activities for
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on Honda products, go to powersports.honda.com.



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