2/22/10

Villopoto Takes Third Victory and Ties Series Points

Vans Monster Energy Kawasaki Athlete Ryan Villopoto brought some heat to the snow capped Lucas Oil Stadium this past weekend in Indianapolis! Ryan had a rough go in is heat race as he went down in the first turn with Davi Millsaps. Once Ryan was able to pull his bike up through the mangled mess he realized that the crash had smashed his header pipe and punched a hole in his water pump causing his bike to loose all of it's coolant. RV had no choice but to head straight for the pits so his mechanic could get the bike back together for his Last Chance Qualifier race. Villopoto's luck had changed for the better for the LCQ and followed right into the nights main event as he took his third victory of the season and tie for the overall series championship!

Vans Moto Athlete Christophe Pourcel showed Indy why he has the red number one plate on his Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki while he dominated the evenings Lites class. Christophe made it look easy while taking the checkers in both his heat race and the Lites main event! Vans hopes to see CP back on the top spot of the podium for this next weekends race in Atlanta Georgia. Pourcels team mate Dean Wilson raced his first pro race this past weekend in Indy finishing a strong sixth place not bad for this rookies first ever professional Supercross race keep a eye on this kid as he hopes to podium soon!