MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 12 MARCH 25, 2014 P59
to work on things and try to im-
prove on that for next weekend."
JGR Toyota N-Fab Yamaha's
Justin Brayton got back into the
mix as he finished fourth in the fi-
nal after having a few bad weeks
recently. The North Carolina resi-
dent was sick at Indianapolis and
crashed a few times in Detroit,
but regrouped at Toronto for an-
other top-five result.
"The past few weeks have
been a struggle with food poi-
soning in Indy and I just wasn't
good on the track last week,"
Brayton said. "And I had a big
practice crash last week so it
feels good to be back where I
belong. I was top five in all my
practices and races tonight and
the track was tough, but I felt like
I had podium speed and overall
I was happy with the day. That
rhythm section was tricky and it
was tough to get over the table in
the middle. I was happy to pass
Roczen at the end and I want
to finish this season strong and
hopefully get a few more podi-
ums before it's over."
After grabbing the $1000 Nu-
clear Cowboyz Holeshot award,
Red Bull KTM's Ken Roczen led
three laps before getting passed
by Barcia. Most expected Roc-
zen to end up on the podium,
but he would be passed by the
charging Stewart on lap 13, his
teammate Dungey on lap 15 and
even Brayton on lap 16. The
end result was fifth and his face
showed signs of disgust.
450 MAIN
The crowd was quiet the first
several laps as Roczen led
Barcia, but when Barcia made
a pass for the lead they really
woke up. Villopoto had a decent
start, but Stewart was way back.
Briefly...
Motosport.com Fly Racing's
Weston Peick continues to impress
in the 450 class. He won his semi
over a sick Ryan Villopoto and, once
again, finished the final with a solid
top-10 result in seventh. "I made a
few mistakes in the heat race, but
it was good to take that win in the
semi," Peick said. "But 10 laps into
the main, my legs took a crap and
gave out, so it was a weird thing, but
I'm happy to be in the top 10 again
because I've had a bad month of
crashing and being sick, so it's taken
a toll on my body. I just need to keep
working my way up towards the po-
dium guys and try to run with them
a little bit."
The Toronto race was Dean Wil-
son's last stint on the TwoTwo Mo-
torsports Kawasaki Team as a fill-in
rider for the injured Chad Reed.
He'll return to his Monster Energy/
Pro Circuit Kawasaki KX250F to get
ready for the return of the West Se-
ries at Seattle. "It's been a great ex-
perience with TwoTwo Motorsports,"
said Wilson. "Chad has taught me a
lot these past few weeks and I'm par-
ticularly happy with tonight. I have a
lot of fans in Canada and really want-
ed the heat race win for them but just
got kicked weird and went down. I'm
excited to take what I've learned with
Chad and apply it to the 250 class."
GEICO Honda's Wil Hahn did not
have a very good trip to Toronto. He
went down early in the 450 main and
finished 14
th
. "Someone kicked out
a Tuff Block when I was in the air,"
Hahn said. "It was just being at the
wrong place at the wrong time. It was
completely out of my control at that
point. I just had to try to ride it out,
but I wasn't able to. I hit the ground
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Second-place finisher Martin
Davalos will wear the 250 red plate
next week at St. Louis.
