Millville, Minnesota (July 18, 2015) – Ryan Dungey claimed his third overall win of the season in front of a hometown audience at Millville, Minnesota’s Spring Creek Raceway at round eight of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Series.
Dungey, who won an ESPN ESPY Award last week, turned in a 1-1 sweep on his Red Bull KTM for the first time this year, and looked impressive on the extremely rough Millville course, although he had to contend with a stubborn Justin Barcia in both motos.
Barcia took the holeshot in both motos, but Dungey eventually found his way around the AutoTrader.com/Toyota JGR Yamaha in each case, doing so on the first lap of moto one, but not until the fourth lap in the second moto.
With the win Dungey extended his lead in the point standings to 56 points over RCH Soaring Eagle/Jimmy Johns Suzuki’s Ken Roczen, who went 3-4 for fourth overall, however, Barcia’s confidence is obviously growing and he and Dungey easily outdistanced the rest of the field. In fact, Barcia now sits just 13 points behind Roczen in the standings after Millville, mainly on the basis of his last three races.
Third overall went to a surging Blake Baggett, who turned in a 4-3 performance, which trumped Roczen’s 3-4.
Fifth was Rockstar Energy Factory Racing’s Jason Anderson via 6-6 moto finishes, while RCH Soaring Eagle/Jimmy Johns Suzuki’s Broc Tickle was sixth at 5-7.
HRC Honda’s Fredrik Noren turned his best performance to date with a 8-5 for seventh.
Christophe Pourcel (9-8), Phil Nicoletti (7-10) and Josh Grant (10-9), who is recently signed with Monster Energy Kawasaki, rounded out the top 10.
The series now packs up and heads to Washougal, Washington for round nine of the series next Saturday.
Cole Seely fell in the second practice session and injured his shoulder, forcing the HRC Factory Honda rider to sit out the Millville race. According to a source at Honda, the extent of Seely’s injury was not fully known on race day, but he was having it evaluated on Monday after the race.
Results
1. Ryan Dungey (KTM) 1-1
2. Justin Barcia (Yam) 2-2
3. Blake Baggett (Suz) 4-3
4. Ken Roczen Suzuki 3-4
5 Jason Anderson (Hus) 6-6
6. Broc Tickle (Suz) 5-7
7. Fredrik Noren (Hon) 8-5
8. Christophe Pourcel (Hus) 9-8
9. Phil Nicoletti (Yam) 7-10
10. Josh Grant (Kaw) 10-9
