ROUND 10/AUGUST 10, 2013
UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CENTER/NEW BERLIN, NEW YORK
MOTOCROSS
P50
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Ryan Dungey saw
his title hopes all
but disappear at
Unadilla.
"Today was one of my tougher
days, sometimes things just don't
click," admitted Dungey. "We really fought it in practice today,
and it was tough. We had some
new stuff to try coming in here,
and you really shouldn't be testing on the day of a race but we
wanted to try it. I just didn't have
anything for Villopoto in that first
moto; he was on such a roll.
And then in the second moto, I
didn't get such a great start and
just kind of fought things and had
problems moving up."
The second moto was one
of Jake Weimer's best races of
the year, by far. In the first moto,
though, he got off to a slow start
and was only able to move up into
ninth by the end of the race. His
second-moto performance was
good enough to salvage a fourth
overall finish.
"I started inside the top 10,
but I was getting shuffled around
and I just couldn't find my marks
and stay where I was. I eventually
dropped back to about 15th before I was able to get things going and move up into ninth. I rode
okay, but I just gave up too much
at the start."
In the second moto, Weimer
got a much better start and was
able to go the distance in third,
although not without a bit of pressure.
"I had a lot of heat there at the
end from Dungey, I saw JG and
Dungey behind me and when I
saw Dungey get by JG I knew I
was going to have to put down
some fast laps," said Weimer.
"Luckily we were at the end of the
moto and I was able to get to the
finish before he passed me. He
almost got me in the final turn but
I held on."
250 NATIONAL
Eli Tomac served notice that his
last two races were no flukes by
posting the fastest timed practice
– even faster than the best 450
time logged by Villopoto. This is
indicative of the transformation
