JDR/J-Star/KTM Race Report - Indy SX‏

Larsen
Finishes 8^th
at Indianapolis Supercross

JDR/J-Star/KTM
rider PJ Larsen earned 8^th
overall in the East Supercross Lites class at the Indianapolis
Supercross held at the Lucas Oil Stadium. His teammate, Tye Simmonds,
finished 16^th
overall in the Supercross class.

The
night started out horribly for Larsen who had a wreck on the first
lap of his Lites Supercross Heat. “I came out 3^rd
around the first turn and was sitting in a good position and the next
thing I knew I was on the ground,” stated Larsen. “I have no idea
exactly how I crashed I just remember seeing the air, hitting the
ground and then being ran over a few times in the second corner.”
Larsen and his bike were a little banged up after that crash and he
did not finish the heat race.

Larsen
was forced to go to the LCQ where he got a poor start. He quickly
moved up through the pack to move into 2^nd
place. He finished in that spot taking the final transfer spot to the
main. “I was lucky I was able to move through the pack quickly in
the LCQ. It was a bit of a bar-banging race but in the end I was able
to make it to the main event.”

When the
gate dropped for the Lites main, Larsen put together a great start
and was within the top five as they entered the first turn before
getting pushed wide resulting in a 7^th
place position at the exit of the turn. Larsen remained in 7^th
through the remainder of the first lap before jumping up to 6^th
place after Hunter Hewitt crashed on lap two. Near the middle of the
moto, Larsen began to tire slightly as he has been fighting a stomach
virus lately. He dropped two positions to Blake Wharton and Dean
Wilson. He held 8^th
place from the tenth lap through the finish to earn a top ten result.

In the
Supercross class, Simmonds was able to put in a solid heat race
performance finishing 6^th
overall. “My heat went really well. I nearly grabbed the holeshot
except my tire washed slightly and I went wider than I should have in
the first turn,” commented Simmonds. He came through the first lap
mark in 6^th
and maintained that position throughout the entire heat.

In the
Supercross main event, Simmonds was able to get a mid-pack start and
sat in 12^th
around the first corner. A few corners into the race, a rider crossed
in front of him off a jump sending Simmonds to the ground. When
Simmonds recovered he had lost a lot of time and was sitting in last
position. He spent the first few laps of the race catching up to the
tail end of the pack and was not able to make his first pass until
part way into the moto. He eventually worked his way up to 16^th
where he finished for the night.

Next
Event: Jacksonville, FL – March 19, 2011

Overall
Results SX Lites –

1. Ryan
   Sipes

   
   

2. Justin
   Barcia

   
   

3. Blake
   Baggett

   
   

4. Malcolm
   Stewart

   
   

5. Matt
   Lemoine

   
   

6. Dean
   Wilson

   
   

7. Blake
   Wharton

   
   

8. PJ
   Larsen – KTM
   

   
   

9. Alex
   Martin

   
   

10. Les
    Smith

    
    

11. Gannon
    Audette

    
    

12. Brad
    Ripple

    
    

13. Taylor
    Futrell

    
    

14. Ricky
    Renner – KTM
    

    
    

15. Michael
    Akaydin

    
    

16. Nico
    Izzi

    
    

17. Tyler
    Sjoberg

    
    

18. Jason
    Anderson
    

    
    

19. Shawn
    Rife

    
    

20. Hunter
    Hewitt

    
    

Overall
Results SX Class –

1. Ryan
   Villopoto

   
   

2. James
   Stewart

   
   

3. Chad
   Reed

   
   

4. Ryan
   Dungey

   
   

5. Justin
   Brayton

   
   

6. Trey
   Canard

   
   

7. Kevin
   Windham

   
   

8. Nick
   Wey

   
   

9. Cole
   Seely
   

   
   

10. Mike
    Alessi – KTM
    

    
    

11. David
    Millsaps

    
    

12. Matt
    Boni

    
    

13. Michael
    Byrne

    
    

14. Fabien
    Izoird

    
    

15. Matthew
    Goreke

    
    

16. Tye
    Simmonds – KTM
    

    
    

17. Bobby
    Kiniry

    
    

18. Chris
    Blose

    
    

19. Ivan
    Tedesco

    
    

20. Andrew
    Short – KTM
    

    
    

Overall
Point Standings SX Lites Class –

1. Justin
   Barcia – 91
   

   
   

2. Blake
   Baggett – 85
   

   
   

3. Ryan
   Sipes – 79
   

   
   

4. Dean
   Wilson – 75

   
   

5. Blake
   Wharton – 65

   
   

6. Malcolm
   Stewart – 52

   
   

7. Matt
   Lemoine – 51

   
   

8. PJ
   Larsen – 46
   

   
   

9. Jason
   Anderson – 44

   
   

10. Alex
    Martin – 40
    

    
    

Overall
Point Standings SX Class –

1. Ryan
   Villopoto – 221
   

   
   

2. James
   Stewart – 195
   

   
   

3. Chad
   Reed – 192
   

   
   

4. Ryan
   Dungey – 183
   

   
   

5. Trey
   Canard – 169
   

   
   

6. Andrew
   Short – 129
   

   
   

7. Justin
   Brayton – 121
   

   
   

8. David
   Millsaps – 114
   

   
   

9. Brett
   Metcalfe – 107
   

   
   

10. Kevin
    Windham – 103