Nicoletti Earns 8th at Seattle Supercross

Seattle,
WA – FMF/KTM rider Phil Nicoletti earned 8^th
overall in his first race aboard the FMF/KTM 250 SX-F race machine.

The
wet weather in Seattle narrowed the day’s schedule to one practice
session. Each group went out for their practice session by warming up
the first few laps and then trying their hardest to put down their
fastest lap in the remaining minutes. Nicoletti rolled out of
practice with the 16^th
fastest time of the night. “The track was difficult and very
rutted. It was hard to get in a solid lap time in the short practice
but if gave us a good taste of what would come for the remainder of
the night,” remarked Nicoletti.

Nicoletti
was placed in Heat #1. He got out to a good jump but got tangled with
a tuff block in the second turn. He managed to stay up but caught the
tuff block cover in his wheel and had to pull off and remove the
cover. Once back on course, Nicoletti was sitting in dead last and
had to make a come from behind charge into the top nine qualifying
positions. Nicoletti charged hard and made it back up to 8^th
to grab a spot on the main event gate.

As
the gate dropped for the main event Nicoletti got a good jump on his
KTM and came around the first turn within the top ten and made it up
to 6^th
by the second corner. A small mistake caused him to drop to 9^th
on lap two. He remained in 9^th
position through the halfway mark of the race. On lap ten he lost a
position to Trey Canard but then gained the position back when he
caught and passed Hunter Hewitt on lap eleven. One lap later Canard
crashed and Nicoletti moved into 8^th
position. The final two laps were filled with excitement as Nicoletti
and Max Anstie battled for 8^th
position. Anstie was able to get around him on the final lap but went
wide in a turn allowing Nicoletti to make the necessary block pass to
close for the position. Nicoletti finished 8^th
overall.

“I
am not overly pleased with my result as I hoped to be in the top
five. However, considering the conditions of the track, I am happy to
finish within the top ten and will work toward improving that result
at Salt Lake,” stated Nicoletti.

Next
Event: Salt
Lake City Supercross – May 1, 2010

Overall
Results Supercross Lites –

1. 
   

   Broc
   Tickle

   
   


2. 
   

   Wil
   Hahn

   
   


3. 
   

   Jake
   Weimer

   
   


4. 
   

   Blake
   Wharton

   
   


5. 
   

   Ryan
   Morais
   

   
   


6. 
   

   Josh
   Hansen
   

   
   


7. 
   

   Cole
   Seely

   
   


8. 
   

   Phil
   Nicoletti – KTM
   

   
   


9. 
   

   Max
   Anstie
   

   
   


10. 
    

    Hunter
    Hewitt