Yoshimura Holeshots in San Francisco!

San Francisco, Calif. - January 30, 2010 -
San Francisco took on boatloads of rain leading up to this weekend's
Round 4 of the AMA Supercross series. But just like last week at
Anaheim, the
track crew did a tremendous job giving the riders a great track to race
on.


Series point leader and Supercross rookie phenomenon Ryan Dungey
used his Yoshimura power to full advantage grabbing the holeshot in his
heat race. But as he drifted wide heading into turn two, another
Yoshiimura equipped rider, Andrew
Short on his Honda Racing Red Bull machine,cut inside and passed into
the lead.


With one lap to go, Dungey was right on Short, but after seat bouncing
a jump Dungey cross rutted a bit and drifted left, landing on a tuff
block. By the time he got back up, several riders had passed him and he
crossed the line in 6th.
That finish was good for transfer to the main event, but didn't give
him a very good gate pick. Short won the race and the stage was set for
the main event.


When the gate dropped for the main event, Dungey blasted off the gate
like a missile, his Yoshimura pipe sounding strong as Dungey grabbed
yet another main event holeshot.


Millsaps started in third but quickly passed up to second. Short got
tangled up coming off the gate and started out the main in 7th, with
his work cut out for him.


Meanwhile, up front, Dungey was checking out. His bike pulling hard
and smoothly off the corners, seemingly finding traction where others
weren't. Speaking of traction, on lap five Davey Millsaps lost the
front end in a berm and had a
minor fall that let several riders by.


Not so minor, however, with 10 laps to go, Dungey caught his foot in a
rut and launched himself over the same jump he crashed on earlier. It
was a frightening crash, but Ryan jumped right up, ran to his bike, and
got rolling right away. He
had built up about a 9-second lead before the crash, but that was now
gone. By the time he got his bike sorted out and back up to speed, he
had drifted back to 4th place. Considering the severity of the crash,
though, it was nothing short
of amazing that he was still riding.


Yosh rider Davey Millsaps benefitted from Dungey's mishap by moving up
to third. Dungey soldiered on with a significantly banged-up bike and
at the finish Millsaps held on for 3rd with Dungey 4th.


"After practice, I felt good," Dungey said. "I think we made some good
changes to the bike. I felt confident in the heat race, but I had a
little tip over, so I tried to regroup. I came out and got a great
holeshot in the main, and then I
caught my foot and threw it away. I salvaged it for fourth, which is
not too bad. I'm thankful that I'm alright and healthy." His
fourth-place finish in San Francisco was enough to keep him 12 points
ahead of second place.


Next is San Diego on February 6th,
which should be an interesting race. Dungey will be looking to put the
hammer down on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki, while all the others will be
looking to make their mark as well.


Honda Red Bull Racing's Andrew Short put on a great
show and won his heat race. He finished 5th in the main event, and is
in 4th place overall in points.



Davey Millsaps put the Honda Red Bull Racing team on the podium in
San Francisco with his third-place finish. Millsaps is 6th in points
for the season, and put together a great heat race and main event
showing.



Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey led for half of the main
event, but after a get-off he powered through to a fourth-place finish
and remains in the overall points lead.





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