DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing’s Jessica Patterson took her third overall win of the 2011
AMA Women’s Motocross season with 2-1 finishes in Millville, Minn. on Saturday, July 16.
The victory brings the YZ250F rider to within eight points of championship leader Ashley
Fiolek, who finished second overall with 1-2 finishes. With three rounds remaining in the
WMX season, there are plenty of points up for grabs as Patterson fights to repeat her
2010 championship. The Motocross Lites division also saw a great performance by DNA
Shred Stix/Star Racing’s Kyle Cunningham, who grabbed both holeshots aboard his own
YZ250F, and then battled well inside the top five in both motos to finish fourth overall
with 4-4 finishes. He is now fourth in Motocross Lites points.
In the women’s division, Patterson qualified second behind rival Fiolek on Saturday
morning under hot and humid conditions at Spring Creek Motocross Park. Fiolek then
proceeded to take the holeshot ahead of Patterson and rest of the field in the first of
two eight-lap motos. While riding in second, Patterson made a mistake and lost the
position to rival Tarah Gieger partway through lap two, but she quickly regained her
composure and began to whittle away at Gieger’s advantage. After gaining time lap
after lap, Patterson finally reclaimed second place just past the race’s halfway point,
but by that time Fiolek had a sizable lead that could not be overcome.
Hardly content with her first-moto finish, in moto two Patterson turned the tables and
took command early, leading Fiolek, Gieger and the rest of the competitive women’s
field from the very first lap onwards. She piloted her Yamaha with authority and precision,
first leaving her rivals in her roost and then eventually building up a huge advantage
of over 21 seconds by the checkered flag to obtain her sixth individual moto win of the
season. “It was a long and hard-fought day on a tough track, and I’m really glad to come
away with another overall win,” Patterson said.
| Motocross Results |
| 1 |
Ryan Dungey |
2/1 |
| 2 |
Ryan Villopoto |
3/2 |
| 3 |
Trey Canard |
5/3 |
| 4 |
Mike Alessi |
4/4 |
| 5 |
Chad Reed |
1/14 |
| 6 |
Brett Metcalfe |
6/5 |
| 7 |
Jacob Weimer |
8/6 |
| 8 |
Andrew Short |
7/9 |
| 9 |
Justin Brayton - YAM |
12/7 |
| 10 |
Kevin Windham |
11/10 |
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| Standings |
| 1 |
Chad Reed |
300 |
| 2 |
Ryan Villopoto |
294 |
| 3 |
Ryan Dungey |
293 |
| 4 |
Brett Metcalfe |
209 |
| 5 |
Kevin Windham |
193 |
| 6 |
David Millsaps - YAM |
173 |
| 7 |
Andrew Short |
156 |
| 8 |
Mike Alessi |
151 |
| 9 |
Jake Weimer |
140 |
| 10 |
Christian Craig |
119 |
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| Motocross Lites Results |
| 1 |
Tyla Rattray |
2/1 |
| 2 |
Dean Wilson |
1/2 |
| 3 |
Blake Baggett |
3/3 |
| 4 |
K. Cunningham - YAM |
4/4 |
| 5 |
Alex Martin |
7/5 |
| 6 |
Broc Tickle |
6/9 |
| 7 |
Wil Hahn |
9/8 |
| 8 |
G. Swanepoel - YAM |
5/12 |
| 9 |
Gannon Audette - YAM |
15/10 |
| 10 |
Jason Anderson |
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|
| Standings |
| 1 |
Dean Wilson |
305 |
| 2 |
Tyla Rattray |
289 |
| 3 |
Blake Baggett |
284 |
| 4 |
K. Cunningham - YAM |
199 |
| 5 |
Eli Tomac |
190 |
| 6 |
Broc Tickle |
170 |
| 7 |
Justin Barcia |
152 |
| 8 |
G. Swanepoel - YAM |
145 |
| 9 |
Martin Davalos |
128 |
| 10 |
Darryn Durham |
122 |
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