MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 19, 2014 P45
never give up and look where we
are this weekend. I just need to
keep working to get a win."
After Roczen and Barcia nearly
collided, and Brayton went off the
track, Villopoto was able to sneak
past Roczen to take over fourth,
which is where he finished the
race.
"It was not a good race for me,
I got shuffled back on the first lap
and there was close racing there
for most of the race, but then it
got a bit sketchy near the middle
of the race," said Villopoto. "I felt
I was okay, obviously with a clean
track I had the speed to do some-
thing, but when you get pushed
back on the first lap like that,
what are you going to do?"
Brayton finished fifth behind
Villopoto, rebounding from his
off-track excursion.
Briefly...
get better from here."
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawa-
saki's Martin Davalos came close
of getting his first-career 250 Su-
percross win. At 27 years of age,
Davalos is the oldest 250 rider on
the track, and he won his heat race
and was leading the 250 main when
he went down. He had some more
issues later in the race but still pulled
off a podium finish. "Things could
have definitely gone worse, so to
be on the podium after going down
twice is something I'm happy to
take," said Davalos. "I know we may
have let one slip away there, but it's
going to be a long battle towards the
championship, and I'll have plenty
of chances to bounce back and get
that first career win. I'm honestly just
happy to see Adam get the win and
put Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Ka-
wasaki and the KX250F 1-2-3."
Third-place finisher
Justin Barcia (51)
battle fiercely with
Ken Roczen (94),
Justin Brayton (10)
and Ryan Villopoto (1),
who's been holding
back on the hard-
packed tracks.
Blake Baggett
(4) chases
Cianciarulo
for the
250-class
lead. It was
Baggett's first
race back
since injury.
