March 1st 2008 - Indianapolis Supercross
Indianapolis marked round 9 of the 2008 Supercross schedule and round 2 of the East Coast Supercross Lites Championship. With all the excitement from round 1 in Atlanta and the suprise victory by rookie Trey Canard, round 2 was sure to keep the fans watching with anticipation during the 15 lap main event. In the Supercross class, two more factory riders were missing from the lineup for Round 9. Team Kawasaki's Timmy Ferry missed the event with a mid-week crash at his house while practicing. Ferry suffered a broken tailbone and chose to sitout this round. Also missing was Team MDK KTM's NickWey. Nick has been suffering with a severe cold for a while but was diagnosed with pneumonia earlier in the week. Nick chose to miss Indy to try to get healthy.
There were s couple of west coat Lites riders that chose to race the East coast in the Supercross class. Billy Laninovich looked good during practice until a hard crash a hard crash in the whoops. Billy sat out the rest of the night. Another rider that chose to race during the West coast break is Team Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey. Dungey who is currently sitting in second place just. six points back of Jason Lawrence with one race remaining.
The racing action was great all day. Both the Lites and the Supercross class kept all the fans on the edge of thier seats. Here are some photos and racing action from Indianapolis Supercross.
A nice tribute to homewown rider Mike LaRocco during opening ceremonies.
The openening ceremonies are always cool.
Time to drop the gate.
Trey Canard grabbing the holeshot in Lites Heat race #1
Canard lead from start to finish taking another heat race win.
Tyler Bowers continues to turn heads with his good results.
Villepoto grabbing the holehot in Heat race #2
Villepoto won his heat race by over 7 seconds in front of teammate Brandon Jesseman
Chad Reed lined up next to team mate Josh Hill in the Supercross Main. Hill set fastest lap time in afternoon qualifiying practice.
Ryan Dungey just missed the podium by finishing in fourth in his first Supercross start.
Davey Milsaps ran near the front of the pack until a crash took him out of contention.
David Vuilleman struggled in his heat race and had to win the LCQ to make the main.
Canard made it two in a row by winning the main event.
RV2 battled back from a wild crash to finish in second in front of Supercross rookie Nico Izzi.
Kevin Windham started the main event strong but faded back to fifth place by race end.
Chad Reed distanced himself from Windham in the points with his win. Chad was very happy with the win.
Lites RESULTS
1. Trey Canard
2. Ryan Villopoto
3. Nico Izzi
4. Ben Coisy
5. Ryan Sipes
6. Branden Jesseman
7. Tyler Bowers
8. Billy Payne
9. Matt Goerke
10. Martin Davalos
11. Jake Moss
12. Josh Grant
13. Travis Sewell
14. Ryan Morais
15. Nathan Skaggs
16. Michael McDade
17. Jimmy Albertson
18. William Browning
19. Leighton Lillie
20. Zach Ames
21. Kyle Partridge
22. Shane Sewell
EAST COAST REGIONAL STANDINGS
1. Trey Canard, Elk City, Okla., Honda, 50
2. Ryan Sipes, Vine Grove, Ken., KTM, 36
3. Martin Davalos, Cairo, Ga., KTM, 33
4. Nico Izzi, Saint Clair., Mich., Suzuki, 33
5. Tyler Bowers, Danville, Ken., Yamaha, 31
6. Branden Jesseman, New Brighton, Pa., Kawasaki, 30
7. Ben Coisy, Manosque, France, Honda, 29
8. Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 23
9. Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 22
10. Jake Moss, Australia., Yamaha, 18
RESULTS
1. Chad Reed
2. Josh Hill
3. Andrew Short
4. Ryan Dungey
5. Kevin Windham
6. Travis Preston
7. Paul Carpenter
8. Nathan Ramsey
9. David Vuillemin
10. Josh Hansen
SUPERCROSS CLASS POINTS STANDINGS
1. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Yamaha, 209
2. Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda, 175
3. Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda, 143
4. Tim Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki, 137
5. Davi Millsaps, Cairo, Ga., Honda, 127
6. Nathan Ramsey, Menifee, Calif., Yamaha, 114
7. Joshua Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha, 106
8. Nick Wey, Dewitt, Mich., KTM, 84
9. David Vuillemin, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki, 84
10. Mike Alessi, Victorville, Calif., Suzuki, 84