Washougal Race Report

A Great Day At Washougal

Kawasaki’s Timmy Ferry, of Largo, Fla., picked up his first win in six years before a crowd of 26,342 at the Unbound Energy National Presented by Snap-on, Scott USA and Yamaha, round eight of the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF. New Zealander Ben Townley claimed his fourth AMA Motocross Lites overall victory of the season aboard a Kawasaki.

Ferry used two second-place finishes and some fortunate happenings in the close of the second moto to capture his first overall victory since a 2001 win at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Calif. With Yamaha’s Grant Langston, of Clermont, Fla., safely out front in moto two, Ferry’s Kawasaki teammate James Stewart was in position to capture the overall win before a late-race crash ended his day and handed the win to Ferry.

Langston, who finished fourth in the first moto, wound up finishing second overall while Honda’s Andrew Short, of Smithville, Texas, was third with a 3-4 moto finish. Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., was carted off the track by the medical crew with an apparent injured knee. His status was unknown at the time of this release. Langston had the overall in hand before Kevin Windham pulled off on the white flag lap thinking it was the checkered which let Ferry get by.

ÿ”I was doing the math (on who was going to win the overall) as we were getting close to the end but still didn’t realize that I had won when we came off the track,” said Ferry, who now trails Stewart by just seven points in the AMA Motocross class standings. “(The point’s race) is definitely something to think about now. I’ve never been in this position before but I’m confident and looking forward to the final four races of the season.”

Townley, who resides in Tallahassee, Fla., during the season, out dueled local hero and Kawasaki teammate Ryan Villopoto to claim his third consecutive win of the season with a 2-1 moto finish. After wining the first moto, Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., was in position for the overall win before a terrible start in moto two placed him at the back of the pack while Townley sprinted to the lead.

Villopoto (1-3) turned in one of the most amazing rides in the second moto when he came from last place at the start, worked his way into second before crashing and going pack to fourth, remounting and chasing down Dungey at the finish but coming up short. Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., finished third with a 3-2 moto finish. Townley now leads Villopoto by two points, 357 to 355, in the AMA Motocross Lites standings.

The AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Series will break for one week before heading to Millville, Minn., for the Honda Spring Creek Pro National Presented by Unbound Energy and Scott USA, on August 11-12.

ÿ450 Overall
1.ÿTimmy Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki, 2-2
2.ÿGrant Langston, Clermont, Fla., Yamaha, 4-1
3.ÿAndrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda, 3-4
4.ÿKevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda, 6-3
5.ÿMike Alessi, Victorville, Calif., KTM, 5-7
6.ÿDavid Vuillemin, Murrieta, Calif., Honda, 8-6
7.ÿIvan Tedesco, Montgomery, Texas, Suzuki, 10-5
8.ÿJames Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Kawasaki, 1-35
9.ÿKyle Lewis, Henderson, Nev., Honda, 11-8
10.ÿTroy Adams, Homosassa, Fla., Suzuki, 12-9ÿ
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450 Class Point Standings
1.ÿJames Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Kawasaki, 290
2.ÿTimmy Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki, 283
3.ÿAndrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda, 275
4.ÿGrant Langston, Clermont, Fla., Yamaha, 256
5.ÿMike Alessi, Victorville, Calif., KTM, 254
6.ÿRicky Carmichael, Tallahassee, Fla., Suzuki, 241
7.ÿKevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda, 238
8.ÿDavid Vuillemin, Murrieta, Calif., Honda, 192
9.ÿDavi Millsaps, Cairo, Ga., Honda, 186
10.ÿMichael Byrne, Newnan, Ga., Suzuki, 148
11.ÿGavin Gracyk, Blissfield, Ohio, Honda, 129ÿ
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250 Overall
1.ÿBen Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 2-1
2.ÿRyan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 1-3
3.ÿRyan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 3-2
4.ÿJosh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 6-4
5.ÿBrett Metcalfe, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki, 5-5
6.ÿMartin Davalos, Cairo, Ga., KTM, 7-6
7.ÿBroc Tickle, Cary, N.C., Yamaha, 8-11
8.ÿJake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 13-8
9.ÿBroc Hepler, Kittanning, Pa., Yamaha, 4-35
10.ÿJoaquim Rodrigues, Temecula, Calif., KTM, 15-10ÿ
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250 Point Standings
1.ÿBen Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 357
2.ÿRyan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 355
3.ÿJosh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 286
4.ÿJason Lawrence, Murrieta, Ga., Yamaha, 258
5.ÿRyan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 254
6.ÿJake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 162
7.ÿThomas Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda, 141
8.ÿAndrew McFarlane, Newport Beach, Calif., Suzuki, 132
9.ÿJosh Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha, 128
10.ÿBroc Tickle, Cary, N.C., Yamaha, 127