Race Report - Millville
Chris
- July 18 2009
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Words: Michael Antonovich
Photos: Kinman
The Lucas Oils AMA Outdoor Nationals came back from vacation and made its way to John Martin’s Spring Creek MX Park a few weeks earlier than usual. Fans cluttered the two lane road outside the track as they waited to get inside and see the world’s best terrorize the sand and hills, with some ditching the typical shorts and tee shirts for jeans or long sleeves. The overcast sky hung around and shed a few rain drops towards the end of practice, but held out and kept us from witnessing another mud bath, a la 2007. While we have to wait and see the amateur debuts until Unadilla, the racing still had plenty of buzz behind it to keep fans busy. Read on for all the details as we saw them from Millville, Minnesota and round seven of the outdoor series.
450 Moto One
As soon as the gate clanked to the ground for the first 450 moto of the day, the quiet hills of rural Minnesota became a booming amphitheatre of four stroke power. The field charged down the straight and into the narrow right-hander, with Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed grabbing the holeshot with Job Gibbs Yamaha rider Josh Grant and Red Bull Honda’s Ivan Tedesco close in tow. Reed’s time up front would be relatively short lived, as Grant picked up where he left off and Red Bud and powered around Reed for the position. Around six seconds behind them in the early laps of the race, teammates Tedesco and Millsaps started a battle of their own with Millsaps gaining the edge before his Honda pulled off the track and into the mechanic’s area. Red Bull Honda had a three man train until that point, until the wheels seemed to fall off and Motosport/Canidae Kawasaki’s Tommy Hahn and CR22’s teammate Michael Byrne both took the positions of the red riders. Byrne would show Hahn a wheel for numerous laps before making the pass for the final podium spot.
The lead of Grant and Reed was gigantic, at nearly a full minute over third place by moto’s end, and regained attention when Reed closed the gap and looked like he could make a move for Grant’s spot. It seemed like the opportunity would come on the last lap, but Grant held him off and took the checkered flag with a 1.738 second lead. Byrne pushed until the end over Hahn for third, and his Suzuki made its presence known after it broke off the Pro Circuit exhaust and increased the decibel level. In a notable lion heart ride, Suzuki City rider Matt Goerke came from a first lap fall to ninth, and his back and jersey showed evidence he may have been used for traction.
Moto One Results
1. Josh Grant
2. Chad Reed
3. Michael Byrne
4. Tommy Hahn
5. Ivan Tedesco
6. Andrew Short
7. Justin Brayton
8. Nick Wey
9. Matt Goerke
10. Josh Hill
450 Moto Two
After a disappointing first race, Ivan Tedesco was dead set on making a statement, and his holeshot was the perfect way to accomplish it. As he piloted his Red Bull Honda to the lead with Chad Reed and Jagermeister/MDK/KTM rider Justin Brayton close by, first moto winner Josh Grant found himself in a pile in the ground and in dead last. Grant remounted in a furious blitz from near fortieth position to tenth by motos end, passing nearly a dozen riders in just a handful of laps in wide open lines that others were ignoring. Grant’s riding made him clearly a fan favorite by the conclusion, as the fences swarmed with people cheered his every pass.
Tedesco’s teammate Davi Millsaps also suffered a DNF, due to bike problems, in the first moto, but he made an important pass on Brayton and locked himself into third, a clear improvement over the 33rd he started the day with. Fellow Factory Honda rider Andrew Short followed his lead, but Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Michael Byrne would get around both Short and Brayton and chased after Millsaps. The last lap battle was a nail biter, and to hold on to his spot, Davi dumped the clutch and left Byrne behind.
The win and overall was easily Chad Reed’s, as the “Double Deuce” ran away from the pack like a rabbit from a hunter, and sailed over the finish and was nearly to the podium before runner up Tedesco. Chad will hold on to the lead for yet another weekend and his Suzuki will be outfitted with the red backgrounds yet again.
Moto Two Results
1. Chad Reed
2. Ivan Tedesco
3. Davi Millsaps
4. Michael Byrne
5. Andrew Short
6. Kyle Regal
7. Justin Brayton
8. Cody Cooper
9. Nick Wey
10. Josh Grant
450 Overall
1. Chad Reed
2. Ivan Tedesco
3. Michael Byrne
4. Josh Grant
5. Andrew Short
6. Justin Brayton
7. Tommy Hahn
8. Nick Wey
9. Cody Cooper
10. Davi Millsaps
450 Point Standings
1. Chad Reed 287pts
2. Andrew Short 250pts
3. Ivan Tedesco 238pts
4. Josh Grant 234pts
5. Michael Byrne 183pts
6. Cody Cooper 157pts
7. Tommy Hahn 149pts
8. Mike Alessi 142pts
9. Ricky Dietrich 136pts
10. Justin Brayton 127pts
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July 19th, 2009 at 3:38 am
1ST!
July 19th, 2009 at 4:07 am
no jlaw again??
July 19th, 2009 at 4:29 am
yeah…no j-law???….and what did tedesco finish??…the track looked good..
July 19th, 2009 at 4:43 am
J-law shouldnt even race he never wins.
July 19th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Nice job REEDY. Hey also, Donn, nice editorial about your Dad. Thought it was one of your best.
July 19th, 2009 at 4:58 am
way to go reed! although grant rode awesome he def has the alot of momentum going hopefully he can win a couple more races
July 19th, 2009 at 5:53 am
i dont get it?
tedesco got a 5th and a 2nd for 2nd overall?
shouldnt byrne's 3rd and 4th be higher than that?
July 19th, 2009 at 7:22 am
the last race is worth more than the first race
July 19th, 2009 at 7:25 am
the second race is worth more the first
July 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Regal, a privateer, passed factory riders Brayton and Dietrich and also JGR rider Cody Cooper when he came from 12th to 6th in moto 2, and Transworld doesn't even mention that in the article?! Talk about biased!
July 19th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
b12 is right regal is the most impressive ride this year for sure come on geico put him on that 122 you got sitting around
July 19th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Regal does deserve the Geico ride. Maybe Geico hasn't offered Regal a ride because Barcia's afraid Regal will beat him…
July 19th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
im sure hes been practicing on that track yearlong and he wont do that next race. im sure transmx knows people do this and that hes not a threat
July 19th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Nice job to REEDY! Also, Donn, the editorial about your father in the recent TWMX was one of your best.
July 19th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Wrong!!! I'm pretty sure that was Regal's first time to ride that track, as he's from Texas.
July 19th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Also, he was top ten at Red Bud before a mechanical DNF
July 20th, 2009 at 12:21 am
ya he rode. i was there. he didnt do very well
July 20th, 2009 at 12:24 am
ya you could be right but i was paying attention to barcia pretty close while i was there and he was very fast. but barcia is a rookie and has a lot of room to be faster
July 20th, 2009 at 12:52 am
and you would win against these guys?
July 20th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Regal is a rookie too…he also has a lot of room to be faster and with a factory bike he could really do some damage.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:23 am
its not "worth more"… you idiots… in the case of an TIE… they go with the best finish in the 2nd moto.. -_-
July 20th, 2009 at 2:16 am
B12, I wrote the report so I'll let you know why Kyle's finish wasn't in there. In all honesty, I was paying more atenttion to Grant passing 30 something riders, or Chad's lead that was unbelievable. I've followed Kyle since he was on 85's, I know he has potentional. By the way, for him to get on the open bike would more than likely take too much effort to get out of a few sponsors.
July 20th, 2009 at 2:55 am
whar place did stewert get? and wheres michaeesy?
July 20th, 2009 at 3:08 am
yeh what did happend to stewert? did he wreck or what?
July 20th, 2009 at 4:08 am
he started one race and didnt finish it but he looked good in practice but he might have had bike problems
July 20th, 2009 at 4:11 am
stewert isnt racing the outdoors
July 20th, 2009 at 4:18 am
Just becasue he's from Texas doesn't mean he hes never been there, i agree with Ral820 hes not a threat to Chad Reed or Josh Grant, he made 6 passes, when Josh Grant fell in the first turn then got up and passed like 30 riders.
July 20th, 2009 at 4:22 am
Do you guy's not pay attention at all. If you were true race fans then you would already know that Stewart is on a supercross only contract with Yamaha and Mike Alessi is out with a broken knee cap. jheesh !!!!!
July 20th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
ya man! those sand rollers looked siiick and gnarles barkley.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:51 pm
I thought some might want to check this article out. If you read the interview with Regal, he says "I have never raced Millville before". It also says Regal's last few laps were "the fastest of the whole field," and that includes Reed and Tedesco. Here's the link: http://www.racerxonline.com/article/between-the-m...
August 2nd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
great performance