Supercross: Ryan Dungey Takes First Win At Daytona SX By Honda
Shan Moore | March 7, 2015
Daytona Beach, Florida (March 7, 2015) – Ryan Dungey claim his fourth win of the season and extended his lead in the 450 championship points to a massive 40 points with an impressive win at the Daytona Supercross by Honda at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
After chasing BTO Sports KTM’s Andrew Short for the first seven laps of the race, Dungey put his Red Bull KTM into the lead on lap eight and led the remainder of the race, taking the victory with a 4.271-second cushion over GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac.
“Tonight was awesome,” said the KTM 450 SX-F rider. “I had never won this race and it’s really special. We need to really enjoy these wins. To be able to finally win here … I’ve been here so many times.”
Tomac got hung up in the first turn and was eighth at the end of the opening lap. The Honda rider made spectacular passes over Weston Peick and finally Blake Baggett to move into second on lap 14 of the 20-lapper.
Blake Baggett grabbed his first podium of the season, putting his Yoshimura Suzuki into third after battling late in the race with Peick and Tomac.
Team Honda HRC’s Cole Seely got off to a great jump at the start of the race and ran in the top three before settling into fourth at the finish.
Meanwhile, Chad Reed rounded out the top five on his Discount Tire/TwoTwo Motorsports Kawasaki.
Results
1. Ryan Dungey (KTM)
2. Eli Tomac (Hon)
3. Blake Baggett (Suz)
4. Cole Seely (Hon)
5. Chad Reed (Kaw)
6. Trey Canard (Hon)
7. Jason Anderson (Hus)
8. Weston Peick (Yam)
9. Davi Millsaps (Kaw)
10. Broc Tickle (Suz)
Shan Moore | Contributing Editor
Moore covers all facets of off-road racing for Cycle News – from AMA Supercross and Motocross to GNCC and National Hare Scrambles events.
