With Nico Izzi out due to a wrist injury, the Star/Valli/Rockstar/Yamaha team has given Weston Peick the vacant bike. Peick charged through the LCQ but missed transferring to the main event by one position.
Ricky Carmichael was spotted giving Ken Roczen tips on how to race on the St. Louis soil. Carmichael scored the final Supercross win of his career at the Edward Jones Dome in 2007 and praised the dirt throughout the evening to both riders and the television crew.
Former racer David Vuillemin has begun to coach Nick Wey, Nick Paluzzi, and Marvin Musquin, among others, in 2012.
Nick Wey has begun to find his flow as the Supercross season continues on. Wey's tenth place finish in the main event came after the Michigan native won the LCQ over Gavin Faith. Wey in currently fourteenth in the point standings.
The St. Louis layout included the over-under tunnel obstacle. While some cleared the entire tabletop, many elected to simply leap on, preloaded the suspension to step off and would then land on the roller in the rhythm section that followed.
The track covered the majority of the stadium's floorspace, but the fast, flowing sections kept the lap times in the low fifty second range.
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