Rockwell Time Race Report: Seattle

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Rockwell Time Race Report: Seattle


SALT LAKE CITY, UT (April 27, 2010) Rockwell Time wants to offer a big congrats to Broc Tickle for taking his first Supercross Lites win this past weekend at Qwest Field in Seattle. Broc battled the adverse track conditions, kept it rubber side down, and finished on the top of the podium. It was a well deserved win and all of us here at Rockwell are very pumped for Broc. Fellow Rockwell Lites riders Jake Weimer and Cole Seely also put in good rides. Weimer, despite going down early in the race, managed to slice his way through the pack and finish a solid third while Seely finished in the 7th spot. Jake Weimer heads into Salt Lake City with a comforting 19 point lead and looks to grab the West Coast Lites title this coming Saturday. Rockwell Team rider Davi Millsaps took the checkers in the second Supercross class heat race and finished 5th in the main. Davi heads into the penultimate round of the Supercross series just 17 points behind Kevin Windham who sits in third overall. If you’re going to make it the next round in Salt Lake City, don’t forget to stop by the Rockwell pits. Being that it’s our hometown race, it’s sure to be a good time.

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Rockstar Energy Suzuki Race Report: Seattle

Courtesy of Rockstar Canide Suzuki
Seattle, WA – April 26, 2010 – Rockstar Energy Suzuki returned to the West coast in a big way at the AMA Supercross race on Saturday night in Seattle, with 450-class rider Tommy Hahn racing his way to a season-best second-place finish. “It was a great night for me,” said Hahn. “I was feeling really comfortable all day, got in some good practice laps, got a good start in the main, and fought hard all the way through to the end.”

The track conditions were muddy and soft, which lead to some deep ruts and a track surface that was different every lap. While the soft dirt gave many riders trouble, Hahn didn’t struggle on his RM-Z450. “The track was pretty tough, but I like those kinds of conditions,” commented Hahn. “I felt right at home.” The RM-Z’s sharp handling helped Tommy carefully pick the fastest lines through the difficult track, and got great drives down the straights thanks to the powerful engine.

Tommy’s ride also made an impression on Team Manager Bill Keefe, who said, “Tommy rode like he owned it. We’re really proud of his performance in Seattle, and look forward to building on this momentum in Salt Lake!”

The race in Seattle marked the return of the riders Ryan Morais and Hunter Hewitt in the Western Regional Lites class, and both raced hard on the tough track. Morais got off to a strong start in the main, and rode well despite the difficult conditions. “I felt more like I was on an Endurocross track than a Supercross track,” said Morais. “The dirt was super soft and rutted out, but my RM-Z250 had the power to give me the good drives that I needed.” Morais went on to finish just inside the top five, while Hewitt rounded out the top ten.

The next round of the AMA/FIM Supercross championship will take place on May 1 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Suzuki Supercross fans should head to Suzuki of Salt Lake on Friday night where the Rockstar Energy Suzuki team will be signing autographs from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M.

The next round of the AMA/FIM Supercross championship will take place on May 1 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Suzuki Supercross fans should head to Suzuki of Salt Lake on Friday night where the Rockstar Energy Suzuki team will be signing autographs from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M.

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DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha - Seattle

Seattle, WA - Over the weekend DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha came away with its most successful race since the team’s inception six years ago. Seeing both #48 Max Anstie and #20 Broc Tickle achieve new things for the first time in their career that the industry has really taken notice of. Clear skies greeted the 51,442 fans that visited Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington for the penultimate round of the Lites West AMA Supercross Series.

The night show began with both the rookie and Tickle slated into Heat race #2, Anstie got the best of starts leading the field through turn one. This is when the big highlight all began to come together. Riding at his best and increasing his lead every single lap, Anstie rode flawless and was uncontested. In doing so, Anstie went on to win his first ever Heat race fresh off his hip injury. Also riding in a dramatic fashion, Tickle remounted after being taken down in a first turn pileup to come all the way up to a 4th place finish.

The 15 lap main event fired out of the gate, and once again Anstie was high up in the field, as well as Tickle after the first turn sitting in 3rd and 5th. Unfortunately, in the second turn the leader went down and Max had nowhere to go other than the ground to. Upfront, By the end of lap one Tickle had secured 2nd and was applying heavy pressure to the leader. Once Lap three was in circulation, it was easy to see how strong Broc was, and on this very lap he executed a pass into 1st. Now the leader, Tickle’s confidence kicked in, and he bolted taking the ridiculously treacherous track and making it look easy. Meanwhile, after not being able to restart his bike for some time, Max was nearly a half of a track length behind the second to last place rider in the early stages of the race. However, very methodically and fast, by the halfway mark the combination of those two things stated, enabled him to capitalize on other competitor’s mistakes. Lap eight saw the Yamaha pilot takeover 12th, and then on the very next lap he made a clean pass into 11th. At this point Tickle showed strength by finding his lines and breaking away to a good five second plus lead. With three laps remaining, Anstie was still on the charge and had made it to 10th. Never settling, the rookie prodigy leaped up to 9th in the closing stages of the race and went on to finish there. Back to Tickle, who took his DNA Shred Stix Yamaha 250F through its paces in the closing laps. Still riding solid as if he was a multi time winner, Broc successfully etched his name in the record books as a Supercross winner!

Star Racing thanks the following companies for their commitment.
DNA Shred Stix, Division 7, Yamaha Motor Corp, FLY Racing, DNA Energy, NCY, Bell Helmets, Easton ExP, FMF, Sunstar, Factory Effex, Dunlop, Enzo, DC Shoes, RK Chains, Yamalube, GYTR, Ride Engineering, Mechanix Wear, Twin Air, Lightspeed, ARC, Braking, Vortex Ignitions, CP pistons, Web Cams, ICW, JD Built, Renegade Fuels, Crank Works, Eibach, EVOMX fuel foam, Met Tec, Champion Tools.

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Honda Tops Seattle SX

Courtesy of Honda
Torrance CA: The Honda Red Riders took on round 15 of the 2010 Supercross series in Seattle, WA on Saturday, April 24, and Honda Red Bull Racing’s Davi Millsaps and Andrew Short brought the battle to the Supercross competition aboard their Honda CRF450Rs. GEICO Powersports Honda’s Kevin Windham put on an impressive show, leading every lap of the race en route to winning the Supercross event.

Earning a good start out of the gate and challenging up front from the get-go, Millsaps had the misfortune of going down in the whoops on the opening lap but rallied back with an impressive come-from-behind effort. Relegated to 18th position, the Honda racer sliced through the pack to take the checkers in a hard-fought fifth place. Short was right behind his teammate in sixth position and rounding the final turn of the race when disaster struck; he stalled nearing the finish line. Scrambling at the base of the finish-line jump, Short dropped three spots but still took the checkers in ninth place. Up front, Windham put together his best effort of the year, scoring his first Supercross win in 2010 aboard his CRF450R—his last win coming on this same track in Seattle in 2008. Overcoming extremely difficult track conditions, the veteran racer shot to the lead on the opening lap and enjoyed a healthy gap by the time the checkers fell.

“This feels amazing,” said Windham. “There’s something about Seattle and me that just works. I last won here in 2008 and to come back and be on top again in 2010 is just awesome. As I get older, things like this are much harder to come by. This race was all about keeping it up on two wheels and surviving to the end. I can’t thank the GEICO Powersports Honda team enough for all their support throughout the season and my race bike was just perfect tonight.”

In the Supercross Lites West competition, GEICO Powersports Honda’s Trey Canard was challenging teammate Blake Wharton for the lead when the pair made contact on the opening lap. Wharton came out on top and remained among the top contenders throughout the race, finishing just shy of the podium in fourth position. Canard went down and was forced to resume his campaign from the back of the pack. Making up eight spots by the race’s end, the champion racer finished in 11th place. Troy Lee Designs Honda’s Wil Hahn equaled his season best result by nabbing second spot on the podium.

“I’m really pumped to get second,” said Hahn. “I trained really hard during the break between rounds and I felt really confident coming into this round. I’m on a great team with great bikes and I’m going for the win at the final round next week.”

AMA Supercross Championship Main Results

1. Kevin Windham (Hon)
2. Tommy Hahn
3. Justin Brayton
4. Ryan Dungey
5. Davi Millsaps (Hon)
6. Nick Wey
7. Michael Byrne
8. Chad Reed
9. Andrew Short (Hon)
10. Kyle Chisholm

Supercross Championship Points Standings (Round 15 of 17):

1. Ryan Dungey 320
2. Ryan Villopoto 266
3. Kevin Windham 248
4. Davi Millsaps 231
5. Josh Hill 227
6. Justin Brayton 211
7. Ivan Tedesco 183
8. Nick Wey 174
9. Tommy Hahn 161
10. Kyle Chisholm 147

AMA Supercross Lites West Results

1. Broc Tickle
2. Wil Hahn (Hon)
3. Jake Weimer
4. Blake Wharton (Hon)
5. Ryan Morais
6. Josh Hansen
7. Cole Seely (Hon)
8. Phil Nicoletti
9. Max Anstie
10. Hunter Hewitt
11. Trey Canard (Hon)

Supercross Lites West Point Standings (Round 7 of 8):

1. Jake Weimer 155
2. Wil Hahn 136
3. Trey Canard 131
4. Broc Tickle 125
5. Blake Wharton 107
6. Cole Seely 90
7. Josh Hansen 75
8. Max Anstie 75
9. Phil Nicoletti 69
10. Jeff Alessi 64
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FMF/KTM Race Report

Courtesy of FMF/KTM
Seattle, WA – FMF/KTM rider Phil Nicoletti earned 8th overall in his first race aboard the FMF/KTM 250 SX-F race machine.

The wet weather in Seattle narrowed the day’s schedule to one practice session. Each group went out for their practice session by warming up the first few laps and then trying their hardest to put down their fastest lap in the remaining minutes. Nicoletti rolled out of practice with the 16th fastest time of the night. “The track was difficult and very rutted. It was hard to get in a solid lap time in the short practice but if gave us a good taste of what would come for the remainder of the night,” remarked Nicoletti.

Nicoletti was placed in Heat #1. He got out to a good jump but got tangled with a tuff block in the second turn. He managed to stay up but caught the tuff block cover in his wheel and had to pull off and remove the cover. Once back on course, Nicoletti was sitting in dead last and had to make a come from behind charge into the top nine qualifying positions. Nicoletti charged hard and made it back up to 8th to grab a spot on the main event gate.

As the gate dropped for the main event Nicoletti got a good jump on his KTM and came around the first turn within the top ten and made it up to 6th by the second corner. A small mistake caused him to drop to 9th on lap two. He remained in 9th position through the halfway mark of the race. On lap ten he lost a position to Trey Canard but then gained the position back when he caught and passed Hunter Hewitt on lap eleven. One lap later Canard crashed and Nicoletti moved into 8th position. The final two laps were filled with excitement as Nicoletti and Max Anstie battled for 8th position. Anstie was able to get around him on the final lap but went wide in a turn allowing Nicoletti to make the necessary block pass to close for the position. Nicoletti finished 8th overall.

“I am not overly pleased with my result as I hoped to be in the top five. However, considering the conditions of the track, I am happy to finish within the top ten and will work toward improving that result at Salt Lake,” stated Nicoletti.

Next Event: Salt Lake City Supercross – May 1, 2010

Overall Results Supercross Lites –
1) Broc Tickle
2) Wil Hahn
3) Jake Weimer
4) Blake Wharton
5) Ryan Morais
6) Josh Hansen
7) Cole Seely
8) Phil Nicoletti – KTM
9) Max Anstie
10) Hunter Hewitt

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Ryan Dungey Teams with Live Strong

Courtesy of  Ryan Dungey
This weekend in Seattle, Ryan Dungey will we wearing an all-new set of gear from Fox Racing. The gear will be all yellow as a tribute to Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG foundation. This is a cause and a campaign that Ryan is very passionate about supporting.

As a way to get the fans interacting more with Ryan and the LIVESTRONG brand, there will be a scavenger hunt this Friday and Saturday in Seattle. The scavenger hunt will be run through his social media profiles and you can follow him at Facebook.com/RyanDungey or Twitter.com/RyanDungey for more information.Was this post helpful? Add yours to our service or subscribe to our feed above.

Phil Nicoletti to Fill in for Tommy Searle

Courtesy of KTM Racing
Murrieta, CA – Top performing West Lites Supercross privateer Phil Nicoletti will temporarily fill in for FMF/KTM Factory rider Tommy Searle at the remaining three Supercross rounds

After injuring his shoulder at the beginning of the year, Searle has sat out most of the Supercross season. Once healed during the break in the Lites Series, he began training for the outdoor nationals. “Now that Tommy is on the outdoor bike and after nearly two months training outdoors we decided it would be best to let him make a clean return at the outdoors and give Phil a chance to ride a Factory bike,” reported FMF/KTM Team Manager Casey Lytle. “Phil’s results on his own KTM bike have been quite impressive this season and we would really like to see if we can help him break into the top five.”

If this story sounds familiar, you would be right. The FMF/KTM Factory Team also gave the same opportunity to PJ Larsen at the beginning of the SX season when Searle was originally hurt. Larsen performed well and ended up with a 5th place performance on the bike after only two weeks before heading down under to contest the Australian Motocross National Championship.

Like Larsen, Nicoletti was left without a ride at the beginning of the year and is grateful for the opportunity to ride the remainder of the season on the FMF/KTM Factory bike. “It is amazing to get recognized by a factory team and be given a chance to ride and perform on the best equipment out there. I am looking forward to the last three rounds and will do my best to represent the FMF/KTM team,” commented Nicoletti. “I would love to give a shot out to my sponsors that have helped me get to where I am now, St. Lawrence Radiology, Alessi Racing, Moose, Scott, Twin Air, Renthal, Belray, Varner Motorsports, Dr. Maresca, FMF, MGX Unlimited, Dunlop and Hot Hedz Design.”

KTM fans can cheer on the #175 bike of Nicoletti at his first race as a FMF/KTM Factory rider this weekend at the Seattle Supercross event.
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Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows Releases 2009-2010 Schedule

Press Release from Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows

The Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows will launch its 2009-2010 tour this November in Dallas, and will visit nine more cities before concluding the tour next February in Chicago.

Organizers at Advanstar Communications Inc., producer of the show series (and parent of Dealernews.com), will launch the 29th season visiting fewer cities than in years’ past, in part due to city-specific factors and input received from vehicle manufacturers and other exhibitors. Off this year’s roster are motorcycle shows previously held in Houston and Phoenix.

“Each market was carefully screened and evaluated, and 11 markets were chosen based on their geographic location, market strength and the audience they deliver,” said Jeff D’Entremont, show director at Advanstar. Even with a reduced tour season, “our shows deliver a highly qualified buying audience who will spend over $4.5 billion on their passion in the next 12 months,” he noted.

The 2009-2010 tour kicks off Nov. 13-15 at the Dallas Convention Center. The Dallas show is followed by San Mateo, Calif. (Nov. 20-22), Long Beach, Calif. (Dec. 4-6), Seattle, Wash. (Dec. 11-13), Novi, Mich. (Jan. 1-3), Greenville, S.C. (Jan. 8-10), Washington, D.C. (Jan. 15-17), New York (Jan. 22-24), Cleveland (Jan. 29-31), Minneapolis (Feb. 5-7) and Chicago (Feb. 19-21).

Cycle World magazine returns for the 17th year as the title sponsor of the world’s largest motorcycle show series. For more information on attending or exhibiting, call 800.331-5706 or visit www.motorcycleshows.com.