VOL. 50 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 22, 2013
entering the same rhythm section where he and Stewart were
going quad/triple, which immediately followed the Joker Lane.
Villopoto hit it too fast to bounce
off of the tabletop like everyone
else, but not fast enough to clear
the quad, and went down hard,
knocking himself unconscious.
Stewart went on to win the
second main event over Barcia,
Dungey, Roczen, Wilson and
Tomac.
Villopoto eventually got up
under his own power, and as of
press time, the only major injury
he incurred was the concussion.
Roczen led the overall standings by virtue of a fourth place in
both main events, but Stewart,
Barcia and Dungey were tied for
second only one point behind
Roczen. Musquin and Tomac sat
only two points farther back, so
there were six racers with a legitimate chance at taking the Monster Energy Cup overall, worth
$100,000, now that the Million
was off the table.
In the final main, Stewart lined
up on the right, where he pulled
the holeshot in the second main
event.
"The hard part was, I guess
they [the starting-gate operators]
MAIN EVENT 3
didn't have radio communication,
Heading into the final main event, because the guy that was on our
P55
side [the right side, before the
first main event] was looking at
the other guy and trying to figure
out when the board went sideways and whatnot," Stewart said.
"So, everytime we got it, we had
less than 30 seconds [with the
30-second board up] and we had
less than five seconds when that
gate dropped. That's why I was
pumped to be over there [on the
left side, in the second main] and
then the last main I went back
over there [on the left] because it
was the lead side."
However, for the first time on
the night, the holeshot for the
third main event came from the
right side, as Roczen snatched
the lead while Stewart pushed
