VOL. 50 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 22, 2013
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PIONSHIP
chael Leib.
Sipes was taken to the hospital
with an injured hand.
Rounding out the top 10 was
Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil Honda's Christian Craig, Rockstar Energy Racing's Jason Anderson,
who passed quite a few riders en
route to a seventh, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Tyla
Rattray, MyPlash/Star Racing
Yamaha's Kyle Cunningham, and
TLD Honda's Jessy Nelson, who
rounded out the top 10.
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Both Weimer
(12) and
Canard (41)
were also
battling the flu.
his best finish of the season after what has been a pretty rough
start for him, suffering bike issues
at A1 and a helmet-related black
flag during the Phoenix round.
"Tonight's ride was good," said
Canada. "From two DNFs to that,
I'm excited to even finish the race
to tell you the truth. Fifth is good
and it's definitely something to
build off of and that's where I want
to be. I feel like the West Coast
250 class is stacked this year,
and there are 10 guys on good
teams and they're all going fast,
so for me to get fifth tonight… I'm
pumped. I was a little tight and
got a little tired, my lungs were a
little tight, so I know I have more
in me. Osborne got by me and
then I paced him the whole moto,
and I was mad at myself because
I was just as fast as him and I let
him go by. Overall it was good;
something to hang my hat on and
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it's a good building block for next
weekend. "
Another rider who was fast all
day and has been somewhat under the radar this year is class veteran Rockstar Energy Racing's
Ryan Sipes. Running as high as
third in timed qualifying and winning an exciting heat one against
Rockstar's Jason Anderson and
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Martin Davalos, Sipes
looked poised to get on the podium in the main. It wouldn't be,
though.
After getting a so-so start in the
main, Sipes couldn't avoid hitting
the flipping number-176 KTM of
Joey Savatgy, who went sailing
over the bars in the step-on/stepoff section before a triple on the
first lap. The wreck would claim
many riders, including the Suzuki
of Max Anstie Davalos and the
Rocket Exhaust Honda of Mi-
450
1. Ryan Villopoto (Kaw)
2. Trey Canard (Hon)
3. Chad Reed (Hon)
4. Davi Millsaps (Suz)
5. Jake Weimer (Kaw)
6. Ryan Dungey (KTM)
7. Andrew Short (Hon)
8. Justin Brayton (Yam)
9. Matt Goerke (KTM)
10. Josh Grant (Yam)
250
1. Eli Tomac (Hon)
2. Ken Roczen (KTM)
3. Cole Seely (Hon)
4. Zach Osborne (Hon)
5. Jake Canada (Hon)
6. Christian Craig (Hon)
7. Jason Anderson (Suz)
8. Tyla Rattray (Kaw)
9. Kyle Cunningham (Yam)
10. Jessy Nelson (Hon)
