MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 11 MARCH 18, 2014 P75
enough to Villopoto," said Dung-
ey. "You've got to be aggressive,
but on a track like this, the hard-
er you ride it the slower you go;
it's such a fine line. Once I was
able to latch onto Villopoto we
fell into a groove. There weren't
many options as far as lines, and
I tried to switch it up before the
whoops and it worked out about
even. Villopoto lost the rear after
the finish line, and I ended up not
being close enough to capitalize.
That was the only mistake I saw
him make and that makes it hard
to pass someone."
One of the trickiest parts of the
track was the rhythm section after
the "ramp" section into the stands
and Dungey switched up his line
through that section, hoping to
make some time on Villopoto.
"We looked at it in practice on
video and Kenny wheelied it on
one lap and went over the table,
and on another lap he kind of
blitzed it and hit it like a whoop,
and then he jumped out on the
table and then off, and that
seemed to be really fast," said
Dungey. "I think I wasn't maxi-
mizing how fast I could go there
because I didn't want to mess it
up, and I was just trying to ride it
clean every lap, so I started blitz-
ing it in the main and I was mak-
ing time on Villopoto, but then I
would lose it in other places, so I
didn't gain any ground."
With just six rounds remaining,
Dungey knows he has to make
some things happen in his bid for
another title, but he also knows
he needs a little help from Villo-
poto.
"I'm 30 points down, throwing
away that race really hurt us, so I
can't go through the weeks wor-
rying about the points; I just need
to maximize every race," said
Dungey. "Villopoto is a strong guy
and it's hard to see that he's go-
ing to make a mistake. But we've
got to believe that things can go
our way really fast, too. And as
long as there's a chance then
we're going to push full ahead
and if it happens it happens. If it
doesn't, then we'll try again next
year. I really want to win this Su-
