MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
for the 450 main, seemingly
back to normal after his sick-
ness that affected him the last
two weeks. But it wasn't all easy
for the three-time champ.
Villopoto hit the deck three
times over the course of the
day, including a hard get-off in
his heat race when he swapped
in the whoops and got slammed
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The first lap took out many of the ear-
ly-race prospects in the 450 main. A
couple of riders tangled handlebars
down the start chute, putting heat-
race winner Josh Hill into the Tuff
Blocks and way back in the pack.
Moments later, another multi-rider
get together took Ryan Dungey,
Josh Grant and Weston Peick out
of contention. Dungey got back up
to finish seventh, while Grant did not
return. Peick rode a few laps then
pulled out. Hill worked his way up to
12
th
.
Toyota/N-Fab/JGRMX Yamaha's
Justin Brayton, who already had a
broken foot from the St. Louis Su-
percross a week earlier, crashed
in each of the first two practices at
Houston. Each time, Brayton got
up slowly and walked off the track,
and he finally called it a day after the
second crash. "It looks like a bro-
ken hand, broken pinkie and that
broken foot is hurting worse, he's
pretty banged up," said a member of
the JGRMX team. At the end of the
night, Brayton said, "Yeah, I'm okay,
but I don't know what I'm going to do
from here."
Rockstar Energy Drink's Davi Mill-
saps was in attendance at Houston
but did not suit up. Earlier in the
year, Millsaps talked about the Hous-
ton race possibly being the one he
would return to after injuring his knee
just before the start of the series.
Millsaps, however, said he wouldn't
be back until the outdoor opener at
Glen Helen in mid-May. "I just started
riding three weeks ago and I'm just
getting back into the swing of things
right now," said Millsaps. "I'm hoping
to be ready for the opener of the Na-
tionals."
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Ryan Villopoto
(1) pretty much
led from start
to finish in the
450 main at
the Houston
Supercross.
VILLOPOTO
HANGS TOUGH
