In the main event, Canard started just behind teammate Blake Wharton, in second place, took the lead on lap two, and began to pull away slowly from both the East and West champs. He would lead until lap thirteen of the fifteen lap race when he lost traction in a turn, throwing his timing off for an entire section. That allowed Ryan Dungey and Chris Pourcel to take advantage and put the 2008 East Coast Lites champion in the third spot, his finishing position for the third year in a row.As was previously mentioned, Wharton grabbed the holeshot in the main, but he struggled in the whoops all night, eventually going down in them while running fourth.
“I got the start, which is good,” Wharton said. “I got the holeshot, and I came down that big
straightaway in first with a big lead for the start, which is cool, and I did the first lap in the lead, but there was one set of whoops where I was struggling, and on the second lap, they came up on me, and Trey got me in the whoops right there. I got sideways a little bit and went down in there, and that was pretty much the end of it."Wharton finished 11th, just in front of his replacement teammate Daniel Blair. Blair won the LCQ to go to the main, then rode a strong race on his way to 12th.
In the 450cc class, Kevin Windham put in a charge from a so-so start to grab fourth pretty early in the race, where he would eventually finish.
“The start wasn’t that good, and with Reed and James playing that cat-and-mouse game, I wish I could’ve gotten up to them, but it was just kind of a fitting end to my season, you know?” Windham said.
Windham finished out the supercross season fifth in points, one point out of fourth.
From here, the AMSOIL sponsored team will get some final testing done before the AMA National Motocross Series, which kicks off on May 23 at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Calif. There will be four riders underneath the awning, with Canard, Wharton and Brett Metcalfe racing the 250cc class while Dan Reardon tries his hand in the 450cc class.
In the 450cc class, Kevin Windham put in a charge from a so-so start to grab fourth pretty early in the race, where he would eventually finish.
“The start wasn’t that good, and with Reed and James playing that cat-and-mouse game, I wish I could’ve gotten up to them, but it was just kind of a fitting end to my season, you know?” Windham said.Windham finished out the supercross season fifth in points, one point out of fourth.
From here, the AMSOIL sponsored team will get some final testing done before the AMA National Motocross Series, which kicks off on May 23 at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Calif. There will be four riders underneath the awning, with Canard, Wharton and Brett Metcalfe racing the 250cc class while Dan Reardon tries his hand in the 450cc class.
Until then, we'll see you at the races.
