TEAM ROCKSTAR MAKITA SUZUKI Double-Podiums At Washougal Motocross!!

Ryan Dungey wins & Brett Metcalfe captures first MX podium of
the season

WASHOUGAL, WA
(July 24, 2011) – Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki absolutely
dominated round eight of the 2011 AMA Pro Motocross Championship at
the Washougal National in Washougal, WA, on Saturday afternoon. Not
only did Ryan Dungey take the overall victory on his
Yoshimura-equipped Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450, he was also joined
on the podium by his teammate Brett Metcalfe, who finished third.
This result was Dungey’s third victory of the season and puts him
just one point shy of the lead in the overall championship points
standings. Meanwhile, this result marks Metcalfe’s first AMA Pro
Motocross podium of the year.

Reigning AMA Pro Motocross Champion
Dungey celebrated a stellar day at Washougal. In the first moto, he
got a great launch on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 and slotted
into second position. He dogged the leader for most of the 30-minute
moto and then tried to reel him in with just three laps left. Dungey
made a pass for the lead in the outside of a turn but lost the rear
and went down. He quickly remounted and finished up in second place.
In the second moto, Dungey again got a good start but a crash
resulted in a red flag early on. When the moto was re-started, Dungey
got the holeshot and rode a flawless race to take the moto win and
the overall victory.

"The weekend was good,” said
Dungey. “Practice went well, though we made some changes to the
Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 going into the first moto that worked
out. We got off to a good start and settled in pretty good, then I
was trying to make a pass for the lead and made a mistake and had to
settle for second. In the second moto, I got off to a good start and
was able to put down some good laps and open up a bit of a gap. With
that, we took the moto win and the overall for the day. The track
was tough, slippery and challenging, so you had to be really patient
with throttle control. But the RM-Z450 was working awesome – a lot
of traction, handled well and the Rockstar Makita Suzuki team did a
great job as well. Now we’ve got a little bit of a break, we’re
going to take some time off this week and get ready to get at it for
Unadilla. I like that track, it takes a lot of finesse and throttle
control, it gets really rough and choppy, and I always look forward
to going back there.”

Teammate Metcalfe also left Washougal
in a celebratory mood. In the first moto, he got a good start, put
his head down and rode his Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 from sixth
place into fourth. At that point, he kept it consistent and smooth,
and finished fourth. In the second moto, Metcalfe got a good launch
after the re-start and was running in fifth. But he rode his Suzuki
aggressively, and slowly but surely charged through to third place in
the moto. These two solid moto results handed Metcalfe third place
overall for the day.

"This first podium feels awesome,”
said Metcalfe. “In moto one, I got a pretty good start on the
Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 and I was up in the top five, and I
went into the second corner and took a bad line and got pushed wide
and slipped back to eighth. But I was able to make some moves and get
up there and I finished in fourth. In the second moto, I was able to
get a much better start and I made a few moves and got in fourth. I
had to close the gap up on third and I made a move, and finished that
moto in third and that was good enough for third overall. I want to
thank everyone at Rockstar Makita Suzuki and especially Yoshimura,
the RM-Z450 was really fast out there. Now, I’m really looking
forward to Unadilla. I love racing there, it’s a really good track
and I’ve done well there. We’ve got the Suzuki figured out, I’m
comfortable and I can start to attack and be aggressive and try and
push and battle for some wins now.”

The Rockstar Makita Suzuki team’s
next event is the ninth round of the 2011 AMA Pro Motocross
Championship on Saturday, August 13th, at the Rockstar Energy
Unadilla National in New Berlin, NY.

Washougal 450 Class Overall Results:

1. Ryan Dungey

2. Ryan Villopoto

3. Brett Metcalfe

4. Chad Reed

5. Justin Brayton

6. Mike Alessi

7. Tommy Hahn

8. Andrew Short

9. Jimmy Albertson

10. Michael Byrne

2011 Motocross 450 Class Standings:

1. Ryan Villopoto – 341

2. Ryan Dungey – 340

3. Chad Reed – 332

4. Brett Metcalfe – 247

5. Kevin Windham – 193

6. Andrew Short – 183

7. Mike Alessi – 178

8. David Millsaps – 173

9. Jake Weimer – 159

10. Tommy Hahn – 140

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Yoshimura R&D, Dunlop, Motorex, Vortex, Pro Taper, ONE
Industries, Works Connection, Hinson Clutch Components, Renegade
Fuels, Twin Air, Showa, Mechanix Wear, Fox, Matrix, Suzuki Equator,
Maas Brothers, D.I.D., Excel, CP Pistons and NGK.