VOL. 50 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 27, 2013
P113
Briefly...
Justin
Brayton (10)
grabs the
holeshot at
the start of
the second
450 moto.
moto, I knew I wasn't going to be
able to do it again, so I decided to
get an IV at the Asterisk Medical
Unit. It's the last round and we have
a lot of races coming up, so it's not
worth going out there and suffering through it or not being able to
pull through and getting set back
further."
Josh Grant added that his son is
doing well after getting bitten by
a dog, causing him to miss last
week's race. "He's good and recovering really well," said Grant. "It
was a scary deal and I'm glad he's
doing better. It's been a tough couple of weeks."
Adam Cianciarulo was forced to
sit out the second moto at Lake
Elsinore. The Monster Energy/Pro
Circuit Kawasaki rider finished 14th
in the first moto but fell along the
way and injured his elbow.
seconds ahead of Ryan Dungey
in the first moto and another 19
seconds in the second moto.
What was even more impres-
sive was how easily Villopoto
made the wins look on a what
many said was a challenging
track.
Even though James Stewart sat
out the final round with a neck/
back injury, he wrapped up the Motorcycle-Superstore.com Holeshot
Championship and pocketed the
$25,000 that came with it. Both
Justin Barcia and Ryan Villopoto
came into the final round with a
shot to overtake Stewart but neither could get to the white line first
in either motos that instead went to
Josh Grant and Justin Brayton.
Wil Hahn already clinched the
250 title and the $15,000. Hahn's
teammate Zach Osborne ended
up holeshotting both motos at Lake
Elsinore.
Now that the last round of the season is over, many teams are already
thinking to the future and one of
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