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Everyone is always excited to travel to the first east coast round of the season each year. It’s great to see all the new faces and watch a whole new collection of riders line up for the 250 class. It’s also nice to get out of California where the industry has been stuck for several weeks and see some new scenery. Weather in the past few years in Dallas has been very inconsistent. 3 years ago it was like a mini Blizzard, last year it was like a small monsoon. This year the 54,036 fans, riders and mechanics were treated a bit brisk but very sunny and beautiful Saturday.

Coming into the first round of the east, there are always a lot of crashes. 250 riders are so aggressive and eager to get on the track after watching 6 rounds of west coast racing from the sidelines. This year was much of the same with some of the most acrobatic crashes in recent memory. There’s an old saying and everyone knows it. “You can’t win the championship in the first round, but you can certainly lose it”. Some riders definitely dug themselves a hole, while others rode smart heading into week two in a comfortable position. The Rockstar Energy Racing Team performed incredibly, picking up podium finishes in both the 250 and 450 classes for the third time in 4 weeks!

In the last ten years of the 450 Supercross Class, the rider leading the points after six rounds has won the championship nine out of ten times. Whether the lead be 3 points or 35. The only exception being when James Stewart was victorious over then Rockstar Energy Drink athlete Chad Reed. Davi Millsaps entered round 7 with a 19 point lead. The early season words were “Can Davi keep this up”, now you can hear the team with huge smiles asking the question, “Is this really happening?” It surely is. It has been a fairy tale season thus far without question. Millsaps has been able to overcome adversity when laid in front of him every time. This week he was sick as many riders have been this season and didn’t ride all week. It was not evident in any way to the many onlookers however. In the second qualifying practice Davi was engaged in lap time battles with James Stewart and Ryan Dungey. The number 18 was on the top of the fast five leader board three different times in the practice. Finally he put himself on top to stay with the fastest lap time of the day. He then went to work in his heat race winning by a significant margin. Then in the main event, he had a less than stellar jump off the gate, spinning his rear wheel and finally even having the front end come up on him. Yet somehow he muscled his way through first corner with another holeshot! After some scuffling early in the race, he found himself in 3rd. He then moved by Chad Reed for 2nd. From there he just rode solid and smart with a good pace, safely negotiating lappers. He made up some time on eventual winner Ryan Villopoto but finished in 2nd place with his 6th podium in 7 races. DM came in leading the championship by 19 and left with a 21 point gap over 2nd place.

“It was a fabulous, wonderful, amazing 20 laps. Won my heat race, then got the holeshot in the main and got 2nd. I’m very happy about that.” – Davi Millsaps

Blake Wharton certainly has to be considered a title contender in the east coast 250 championship. He started the day a little slow in practice but that’s one thing about being backed by an awesome surrounding cast. If Blake is struggling with something, it just needs to be figured out and remedied. The team rallied to make some changes to ensure Wharton would be more comfortable going into the night show. Coming down the start straight in his heat, Blake came into contact with another rider. Then entering the first turn a pile up ensued in front of him and he got stuck on a downed bike. As he was trying to move through the pack there was a bad crash resulting in a red flag. When a race is past halfway but has yet to reach 90% completion, a curious thing happens. The infamous red flag restart. This was seen last year in Indianapolis for the first time in history. A race Wharton won. This was now the third time in two years and the second consecutive week the staggered restart took place where all riders are lined up single file on the start straight. Blake was not so lucky this time as all momentum was lost with the restart. He actually fell down vying for the final qualifying position in the last corner. Off to the LCQ he would have to go. He won that and went into the main event with the 2nd to last gate pick. Miraculously he nearly got the holeshot. He rode 15 smart laps and finished in the second position where he also sits in the championship now after one round.

“I’ve been watching in the west but it’s been a while since I’ve raced. It’s always nice to get that first one out of the way. Dallas is nice cause I know a lot of people here but it’s Supercross so it’s always intense. Practice was a little rough, the heat race was a little rougher. I had to go to the LCQ, no one really ever likes that. I think you lose life when you go to the LCQ. It’s not healthy even if you win. I feel like I’ve aged. Fortunately I won that. I went to the main with a bad gate pick…well I guess I wouldn’t say bad gate, but no one is going to go there with their first choice. I somehow almost got the holeshot so that was pretty good. I just rode a solid 15 laps. I’m going to wanna do things different next weekend but I still wanna be up there.” – Blake Wharton

Rockstar Energy Racing heads to the most attended race of each year in Atlanta next week. Millsaps will enter continuing to be the only 450 rider to carry the red plate in 2013. Wharton will look to better his 2nd place with a win and goal to leave Georgia with at least a tie for first place in series points.

450SX Class Results: Arlington

Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki
Davi Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki
Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., KTM
Chad Reed, Australia, Honda
Justin Brayton, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Yamaha
Justin Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda
Trey Canard, Shawnee, Okla., Honda
Matt Goerke, Lake Helen, Fla., KTM
Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda
Broc Tickle, Holly, Mich., Suzuki

450SX Class Points

Davi Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki, 154
Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., KTM, 133
Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 130
Trey Canard, Shawnee, Okla., Honda, 119
Chad Reed, Australia, Honda, 115
Justin Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda, 98
Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda, 95
Justin Brayton, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Yamaha, 83
James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Suzuki, 75
Matt Goerke, Lake Helen, Fla., KTM, 69

Eastern Regional 250SX Class Results: Arlington

Dean Wilson, Scotland, Kawasaki
Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Suzuki
Wil Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda
Kyle Peters, Greensboro, N.C., Honda
Justin Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Kawasaki
Marvin Musquin, France, KTM
Gavin Faith, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Honda
Jimmy Decotis, Peabody, Mass., Honda
Vince Friese, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Honda
Lance Vincent, Youngsville, La., KTM

Eastern Regional 250SX Class Points

Dean Wilson, Scotland, Kawasaki, 25
Blake Wharton, Pilot Point, Texas, Suzuki, 22
Wil Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda, 20
Kyle Peters, Greensboro, N.C., Honda, 18
Justin Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Kawasaki, 16
Marvin Musquin, France, KTM, 15
Gavin Faith, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Honda, 14
Jimmy Decotis, Peabody, Mass., Honda, 13
Vince Friese, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Honda, 12
Lance Vincent, Youngsville, La., KTM, 11

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