Millsaps Clinches Lites East Championship – Stewart Wins Supercross Main – News – Dirt Rider Magazine

Coming into the pro motocross ranks touted as the “next big thing” isn’t a guarantee of success. There have been dozens of such riders who never really achieved anything major in the sport. So although many people considered Davi Millsaps to be the “next big thing,” his eventual success was never a certainty.Perhaps this is part of why he was admittedly so nervous in the rounds leading up to the Lites Eastern Regional Supercross finale despite his rather massive points lead.
Coming into the final round, his only mathematical challenger was Josh Grant, who had matched Millsaps’ 3 wins on the season, but due to a crash at round one, Grant was 22 points behind Millsaps, which meant that Millsaps need only finish 17th or better in the main to clinch the title.None of that ended up mattering, though, as Grant tangled with another rider on the opening lap and went down, somehow punching a hole in his engine in the process, which resulted in a major oil leak and a bike that wouldn’t start. Grant’s night was over.Millsaps took his time going around holeshot artist Chad Ward, and then fended off Grant’s teammate Tommy Hahn for 15 laps to take his fourth victory of the season and clinch his first professional title at just 18 years of age.Chris Gosselaar scored yet another podium finish, and with Grant’s DNF, Gosselaar grabbed second in the series.After the drama in the Lites class, the big boys hit the track for a largely processional affair, as Michael Byrne grabbed the holeshot, but quickly gave way to his Kawasaki teammate James Stewart, who led every lap of the main event while Ricky Carmichael quickly moved into second and stayed there.Byrne also lost spots to Chad Reed (third, on lap 4) and Kevin Windham (fourth, on lap 7) before settling for fifth behind Stewart, Carmichael, Reed and Windham.Lites Main:
1. Davi Millsaps (Hon)
2. Tommy Hahn (Hon)
3. Chris Gosselaar (Kaw)
4. Jay Marmont (KTM)
5. Matt Goerke (Yam)
6. Josh Summey (Hon)
7. Kelly Smith (Hon)
8. Teddy Maier (Kaw)
9. Sean Hamblin (Suz)
10. Josh Woods (Suz)
11. Bryan Johnson (Yam)
12. Bobby Kiniry (Hon)
13. Chris Blose (Hon)
14. Chad Johnson (Yam)
15. Kevin Johnson (Yam)
16. Greg Schnell (Suz)
17. Johnny Marley (Hon)
18. Chad Ward (Hon)
19. Donnie McGourty (Kaw)
20. Martin Davalos (Yam)
21. Josh Grant (Hon)
22. Branden Jesseman (Yam)Final Amp’d Mobile/AMA Lites Eastern Regional Supercross Series Points Standings:
1. Davi Millsaps (166/4 wins)
2. Chris Gosselaar (134)
3. Josh Grant (119/3 wins)
4. Tommy Hahn (102)
5. Branden Jesseman (96)
6. Kelly Smith (81)
7. Bobby Kiniry (75)
8. Teddy Maier (61)
9. Martin Davalos (60)
10. Jay Marmont (54)
11. Josh Summey (Hon)
12. Bryan Johnson (50)
13. Sean Hamblin (48)
14. Michael Blose (45)
15. Josh Woods (42)
16. Josh Hansen (38)
17. Chad Johnson (37)
18. (TIE) Matt Goerke/Dusty Klatt (33)
20. Kyle Chisholm (32)Supercross Main:
1. James Stewart (Kaw)
2. Ricky Carmichael (Suz)
3. Chad Reed (Yam)
4. Kevin Windham (Hon)
5. Michael Byrne (Kaw)
6. Ivan Tedesco (Suz)
7. Travis Preston (Hon)
8. Nick Wey (Hon)
9. Timmy Ferry (Hon)
10. Ryan Clark (Hon)
11. Erick Vallejo (Hon)
12. Billy Laninovich (Hon)
13. Brock Sellards (Hon)
14. Jason Thomas (Hon)
15. Mike Brown (Suz)
16. Jiri Dostal (Yam)
17. Cole Siebler (Hon)
18. Doug Dehaan (Hon)
19. Jeff Gibson (Hon)
20. Robbie Reynard (Hon)Amp’d Mobile/AMA Supercross Series Points Standings (After 13 of 16 rounds):
1. Ricky Carmichael (281/6 wins)
2. Chad Reed (269/1 win)
3. James Stewart (264/6 wins)
4. Ivan Tedesco (209)
5. Nick Wey (198)
6. Michael Byrne (197)
7. Travis Preston (160)
8. Ernesto Fonseca (125)
9. (TIE) Mike LaRocco/Timmy Ferry (108)Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP Points Standings (After 14 of 17 rounds):
1. (TIE) James Stewart (308/8 wins)/Ricky Carmichael (308/5 wins)
3. Chad Reed (287/1 win)
4. Ivan Tedesco (243)
5. Nick Wey (230)
6. Michael Byrne (227)
7. Ryan Clark (162)
8. Jeff Gibson (160)
9. Jason Thomas (159)
10. Tyler Evans (116)