Rockstar Makita Suzuki had a banner day at the ninth round of the AMA Pro Motocross series at Unadilla as Ryan Dungey went 1-1 to take his eighth overall win in a row and temporary team mate Clement Desalle, who’s on break from the FIM Motocross World Championship series, went 2-2 for second overall for the day.
Dungey and Desalle dominated the motos with their powerful and smooth Suzuki fuel-injected RM-Z450s – and Dungey added points to his already-impressive lead in the series.
In the first moto, Dungey showed Unadilla he was ready to race and ready to win: He took charge immediately by grabbing the holeshot and never looked back as Desalle, who’s currently second in points in the MX1 GP series, took second off the start. Dungey led the race wire-to-wire and by the end of the moto, he was nearly 13 seconds ahead of the rest. Desalle made an impressive showing by following Dungey to the finish line to take the second spot on the podium.
At the start of moto 2, Desalle took up the second spot again while Dungey followed in third. The Belgian quickly hunted down the leader and passed him for the lead while Dungey worked his way into second. While Desalle tried to stay at the front, Dungey had other plans and moved his way to the front of the pack. Dungey finished the race almost 12-second ahead and Desalle finished in second.
Overall, Dungey and Desalle finished 1-2 for the day. Team mate Matt Moss finished 14th in the first moto but pulled off the track in the second moto after 13 laps, putting him in 32nd place. Moss finished 19th overall for the day.
Dungey is now 111 points ahead of the next closest competitor in the AMA Pro Motocross series and has won the last eight in a row. He’s also coming off the announcement that he’ll be representing the United States in the Motocross of Nations; a team headed up by his current Team Manager and five-time World Champion and Suzuki legend Roger DeCoster.
Round 10 of the AMA Pro Motocross series takes place on August 28th in Southwick, Massachusetts.
Unadilla 450 Overall Results:
1. Ryan Dungey
2. Clement Desalle
3 Brett Metcalfe
4. Andrew Short
5. Kyle Regal
6. Ben Townley
7. Kyle Chisholm
8. Justin Brayton
9. Josh Grant
10. Tommy Hahn
450 Series Points:
1. Ryan Dungey 418
2. Andrew Short 307
3. Brett Metcalfe 293
4. Josh Grant 260
5. Ben Townley 249
6. Mike Alessi 235
7. Chad Reed 204
8. Kyle Regal 185
9. Kyle Chisholm 183
10. Ryan Sipes 181
