Storms have been soaking California for the last few days, and it was especially severe in the Bay Area leading up to the San Francisco Supercross. The day of the race, practice was postponed until just before the races, and the racers received only ten minutes of practice time. While the rain held off until the races, the rain that fell on the heats were heavy.
Once again, Kevin Windham was the star of the Torco Racing Fuels/AMSOIL/Honda squad. He won his heat race going away, and then started out the stormy main event in second place before quickly passing race leader Timmy Ferry and grabbing the lead. Windham led for the first four laps of the race before giving way to Davi Millsaps, who was jumping the triples in the rain.
“The start was decent,” Windham said. “I think I was second and made a quick move up into the lead, and man, I felt like tonight was the night. I just had that feeling."
Once again, Kevin Windham was the star of the Torco Racing Fuels/AMSOIL/Honda squad. He won his heat race going away, and then started out the stormy main event in second place before quickly passing race leader Timmy Ferry and grabbing the lead. Windham led for the first four laps of the race before giving way to Davi Millsaps, who was jumping the triples in the rain.“The start was decent,” Windham said. “I think I was second and made a quick move up into the lead, and man, I felt like tonight was the night. I just had that feeling."
Millsaps led a couple of laps before landing on a Tuff Block and going down. Windham slid out on the face of the same jump and jumped off the track. Although the save was amazing, it handed the lead to Chad Reed. Reed went on to win, with Windham hanging on for second.
“It was such a roller-coaster ride all night, because the track was supposed to be wet when we got here, and then it was pretty good, and then all of a sudden, in the main, it was bad again,” Windham said. “I don’t know. I wanted to be a little hesitant because I didn’t want to screw up, but as it turns out, I jumped off the track anyway, so it came back to bite me.”
Windham sits second in the Supercross points standings with 13 rounds left to run, and he’s the only rider within one race’s points of Reed.
Aussie transport Dan Reardon is showing that consistency pays. He got a mediocre start in the
Lites main event, but slowly and consistently caught and passed the leaders while they were making mistakes out front. At the end of the shortened 10-lap race, Reardon was fourth for the third time this season.
“Well, for starters, I didn’t realize it was only going to be 10 laps,” Reardon said. “Seeing that white flag, I was like, ‘Hang on a second...’ But hey, you know what? These mud races are more about survival than trying to hang it out. Another fourth... My first fourth I was pumped, but now I’ve got three of them and it’s not very exciting anymore. I just keep getting better and better and that podium spot is just around the corner.”
Reardon is now solidly in second in points behind Ryan Dungey with four rounds left to run in the Western Region.
His teammate Weimer, however, had a night he’d mostly rather forget, although it started out good with a Heat-race win early in the night. The main event went bad quickly, though, as Weimer started near the front but then went down after landing on a downed rider’s bike. Weimer, who won round two of the championship, sits 11th in points with half of the series left to run.
From here, the AMSOIL sponsored team heads back to Anaheim for round five of the AMA Supercross Series on February 2 inside Angels Stadium.
Until then, we'll see you at the races.
“It was such a roller-coaster ride all night, because the track was supposed to be wet when we got here, and then it was pretty good, and then all of a sudden, in the main, it was bad again,” Windham said. “I don’t know. I wanted to be a little hesitant because I didn’t want to screw up, but as it turns out, I jumped off the track anyway, so it came back to bite me.”
Windham sits second in the Supercross points standings with 13 rounds left to run, and he’s the only rider within one race’s points of Reed.
Aussie transport Dan Reardon is showing that consistency pays. He got a mediocre start in the
Lites main event, but slowly and consistently caught and passed the leaders while they were making mistakes out front. At the end of the shortened 10-lap race, Reardon was fourth for the third time this season.“Well, for starters, I didn’t realize it was only going to be 10 laps,” Reardon said. “Seeing that white flag, I was like, ‘Hang on a second...’ But hey, you know what? These mud races are more about survival than trying to hang it out. Another fourth... My first fourth I was pumped, but now I’ve got three of them and it’s not very exciting anymore. I just keep getting better and better and that podium spot is just around the corner.”
Reardon is now solidly in second in points behind Ryan Dungey with four rounds left to run in the Western Region.
His teammate Weimer, however, had a night he’d mostly rather forget, although it started out good with a Heat-race win early in the night. The main event went bad quickly, though, as Weimer started near the front but then went down after landing on a downed rider’s bike. Weimer, who won round two of the championship, sits 11th in points with half of the series left to run.From here, the AMSOIL sponsored team heads back to Anaheim for round five of the AMA Supercross Series on February 2 inside Angels Stadium.
Until then, we'll see you at the races.
