Great finish to the Supercross season for Red Bull KTM
OutdoorHub 05.06.12
The Red Bull KTK US Supercross and SX Lites team wound up a great season at the Las Vegas Supercross Finale at Sam Boyd Stadium with a race win by Ryan Dungey and all three factory riders on the end of season podiums for their respective classes.
Dungey’s win in Las Vegas was his fourth for the season and despite having missed five races he finished overall third to underline he is fully recovered from his broken collarbone and 100% ready for the outdoors competition. The team’s two ‘rookies’ Ken Roczen and Marvin Musquin finished their seasons with Ken second overall in the SX Lites East Coast division and Marvin Musquin third overall in the West Coast competition.
Dungey may have had a rough start to his heat in Vegas but he went on to finish second. Then in the main event, he was second at the start behind Mike Alessi, slipped past him into the lead in the third corner and never looked back. Once Dungey put his KTM 450 up front he had pulled out to over a 10 second lead by the halfway point and at one point had a 15 second lead on the field. Dungey enjoyed the final lap of the race celebrating with some whips and eventually crossed the finish line to take his fourth win of the season.
“It feels great to end the season with two wins,” remarked Dungey. “This was a tough season for me. I am glad to end it on a positive note. I am so happy to be a part of the Red Bull/KTM Team and am grateful for all their support. We are turning our focus to outdoors now with a goal of winning the championship.”
Dungey will now return to California where he will train for outdoors over the next two weeks before heading to Sacramento, CA for the opening round of the AMA Motocross Series on May 19, 2012.
