KTM Race Report – Budds Creek Motocross

Mechanicsville,
MD – Jagermeister/KTM rider Mike Alessi finished 5^th
overall at the fourth round of the Lucas Oil AMA Motocross
Championship Series.

Alessi
had a decent start in the first moto coming around the first turn in
4^th
position. He quickly moved up to 2^nd
place and was able to maintain a quick pace behind leader Andrew
Short. After a strong ride he was able to finish the moto in 2^nd
place, holding off a hard-charging Ryan Dungey who finished 3^rd.

In the
second 450 moto, Alessi had another good jump but went a little wide
and came out of the first turn in about 5^th
position. Near the end of the first lap Alessi made contact with
another rider while going for a pass which heavily damaged the front
brake causing complete loss of his front brake system. Unfortunately,
having no front brake caused Alessi to take wide lines to handle the
track which caused his lap times to fall. He eventually salvaged a
12^th
place position. His 2-12 moto scores earned him 5^th
overall.

In the
250 class, FMF/KTM rider Tommy Searle had a mid-pack start in moto
one and had to try and work his way up. He struggled to make up some
time due to a nagging shoulder injury and eventually finished 12^th.

At the
start of the second 250 moto, Searle got a good jump out of the gate
but was hit from behind which sent him sailing across the track into
the repeater banner and dropped him to the tail end of the pack. As
he picked up his pace and began to make some passes he came to the
triple step-up and took a middle line between two riders. The rider
on the outside squared up the next turn cutting into Searle’s line
sending his handlebar into Searle’s already injured shoulder. The
pain was too much to finish the race and Searle didn’t finish the
moto. He will return to his home in Murrieta, CA for another MRI. It
is undetermined if he will race the next round.

Next
Event: Thunder Valley –
June 26, 2010

450
Class – Overall Results –

1. Ryan
Dungey (3-1)

2.
Andrew Short (1-5)

3. Chad
Reed (4-2)

4. Josh
Grant (5-4)

5. Mike
Alessi (2-12)

6. Brett
Metcalfe (6-6)

7. Ryan
Sipes (7-7)

8. Ben
Townley (14-3)

9. Kyle
Chisholm (8-8)

10.
Justin Brayton (10-10)

250
Class – Overall Results –

1. Dean
Wilson (4-1)

2.
Justin Barcia (3-2)

3. Tyla
Rattray (2-3)

4.
Christophe Pourcel (1-6)

5.
William Hahn (5-4)

6. Broc
Tickle (6-5)

7. Trey
Canard (7-8)

8.
Martin Davalos (9-10)

9. Blake
Wharton (11-9)

10. Eli
Tomac (10-13)