Recap by Nick Thiel
450 Moto 2
Recap
Michael Byrne takes the holeshot with Ryan Dungey, Mike Alessi and Kyle Regal right behind. Dungey makes quick work of Byrne and takes the lead. Meanwhile, Josh Grant and Vince Friese go down in the first corner, and Tyla Rattray finds himself on the ground as well.
After one lap, the running order is Dungey, Alessi, Regal, Byrne and Justin Brayton.
On lap five, Regal pulls out of the Moto, and now Jake Weimer runs 3rd.
Halfway through the moto, Dungey is all by himself, with Alessi, Weimer, Brayton and Tickle making up the rest of the top five. The top ten was rather stagnant in the later half of the moto.
With 6 minutes left on the clock, Rattray was up to 15th, coming all the way back from close to dead last. However he would be foreced to pull out with two laps to go.
Dungey goes on to take another win in convincing fashion. Mike Alessi finished 2nd, with Weimer in 3rd - an inverse of the moto one results. The top three from Moto 2 would also be the top 3 overall finishers on the day.
Moto 2 Results
1. Ryan Dungey
2. Mike Alessi
3. Jake Weimer
4. Justin Brayton
5. Broc Tickle
6. Andrew Short
7. Cole Thompson
8. Kyle Chisholm
9. Les Smith
10. Derek Anderson
Overall Results
1. Ryan Dungey (1-1)
2. Mike Alessi (3-2)
3. Jake Weimer (2-3)
4. Justin Brayton (4-4)
5. Andrew Short (5-6)
6. Broc Tickle (12-5)
7. Les Smith (11-9)
8. Cole Thompson (15-7)
9. Tyla Rattray (6-28)
10. Christian Craig (14-14)
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250 Moto 2
Recap
Justin Barcia takes the holeshot, with Eli Tomac in 2nd, but Tomac gets by Barcia in the opening lap to take over the lead. After the first lap, the running order is Tomac, Barcia, Blake Baggett, Wil Hahn, Justin Bogle, Ken Roczen. All four GEICO Honda riders were sitting in the top 5 at this point. Marvin Musquin comes around in tenth.
On lap three, Baggett gets by Barcia for 2nd and goes after Tomac. Meanwhile, Jason Anderson gets by Wil Hahn for 6th.
By the next lap, Tomac and Baggett are in an all-out war. Baggett eventually makes the pass for the lead, then a half a lap later goes down in the sand section, handing the lead back over to Tomac. Because of where he crashed, Baggett had to be cautious of riders hitting him and so he waited to remount, causing him to lose several positions. He gets back up and running 7th,
With 7 minutes + 2 to go, Baggett has made his way back up to 4th place, but is too far behind Roczen to pick up any more positions.
Blake Wharton makes his way into 5th with 3 laps to go.
Eli Tomac goes on to take the win, also securing the overall with a 3-1 finish. Teammate Justin Barcia's 2-2 score puts him 2nd overall.
Moto 2 Results
1. Eli Tomac
2. Justin Barcia
3. Ken Roczen
4. Blake Baggett
5. Blake Wharton
6. Marvin Musquin
7. Wil Hahn
8. Justin Bogle
9. Alex Martin
10. Jason Anderson
Overall Results
1. Eli Tomac (3-1)
2. Justin Barcia (2-2)
3. Blake Baggett (1-4)
4. Ken Roczen (4-3)
5. Blake Wharton (6-5)
6. Wil Hahn (5-7)
7. Marvin Musquin (7-6)
8. Justin Bogle (10-8)
9. Jason Anderson (8-10)
10. Jake Canada (9-13)
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