ROUND 5/JUNE 22, 2013
BUDDS CREEK/MECHANICSVILLE, MARYLAND
MOTOCROSS
P50
2013 LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIE
Sports.com KTM's Andrew Short
before he could even sniff Alessi's exhaust and have any hope of
chasing Dungey down.
Meanwhile, Dungey was long
gone.
Dungey's first lap was a
2:00.672, and he followed that
with four consecutive laps under two minutes – 1:59.709,
1:59.618,
1:59.775,
and
1:59.672. Dungey didn't even
see a 2:01 or higher lap time until
after halfway, and Villopoto didn't
see a single sub 2:00 the whole
moto.
In short, Dungey had the lead,
and the last thing he was going to
do was give Villopoto any hope of
catching him.
Dungey's moto-two win was
convincing, to say the least. Villopoto finally got into second place
on lap five of 17, but Dungey just
continued to pull away, eventually winning by over 17 seconds to
take his second moto and overall
win of the year.
And although Budds Creek
used to be considered a favorite
for Villopoto – especially since
his 2007 Motocross of Nations
romp, when he won both of his
motos going away in front of all of
the 450cc guys on his KX250F
– Dungey has now won at Budds
Creek three of the last four times
he's raced there.
Eli Tomac seemingly came out of
nowhere to win the second 250
moto.
"I think it's an amazing track,"
Dungey said. "I've been fortunate
to have good success here. I like
the elevation. The off-cambers
are pretty tricky and the dirt is
good. Every year I enjoy coming back. It's just a good track to
race at. I think it really brings out
the best of each rider and challenges us."
Alessi ran third again until
he went down hard enough to
force his exit from the moto. That
handed third to James Stewart,
and his brother Malcolm – from
