2007 AMA National MX Championship: Thunder Valley



Click the following link for a 45-photo gallery of motocross race action from Thunder Valley.

You can also click the following link for a 28-photo gallery from Saturday's pre-race action in the pits, as well as timed qualifying.

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The motocross action in Colorado this weekend was nothing short of stellar, with four different moto winners (Ryan Villopoto, Ben Townley, Davi Millsaps, and Tim Ferry) and multiple lead changes in both classes. There was also lots of drama over James Stewart's neck injury, following his crash the previous week in Unadilla. Oh, and did we mention that the day ended with a three-way tie for the overall win. Yep, James Stewart, Mike Alessi, and Andrew Short each had 40 points. And at the midway point of each Motocross-class moto, it was pretty much impossible to predict the winner.

This week's photo gallery is somewhat larger than what we've done in the past, but we think it reflects the great racing action. Take a look (the links are above), and check it out for yourself.

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1 James Stewart (Kawasaki) 4-2
2 Mike Alessi (KTM) 3-3
3 Andrew Short (Honda) 4-2
4 Davi Millsaps (Honda) 1-8
5 Timmy Ferry (Kawasaki) 11-1
6 David Vuillemin (Honda) 8-5
7 Josh Summey (Honda) 7-7
8 Gavin Gracyk (Honda) 6-10
9 Kevin Windham (Honda) 5-11
10 Grant Langston (Yamaha) 10-9
11 Jason Thomas (Honda) 9-15
12 Ryan Clark (Honda) 14-12
13 Michael Byrne (Suzuki) 24-6
14 Troy Adams (Suzuki) 16-14
15 Bobby Garrison (Yamaha) 20-13
16 Antonio Balbi (Honda) 12-37
17 Ivan Tedesco (Suzuki) 13-27
18 Kyle Lewis (Honda) 19-16
19 Kyle Summers (Kawasaki) 18-18
20 Shaun Skinner (Honda) 15-36
21 Ricky Dietrich (Kawasaki) 39-17
22 Kyle Mace (Kawasaki) 17-34
23 Adam Chatfield (Honda) 22-19
24 Doug Dehaan (Honda) 36-20
25 Kevin Rookstool (Honda) 23-21
26 Chris Whitcraft (Honda) 26-23
27 Jimmy Hazel (Honda) 25-24
28 Leighton Lillie (Honda) 28-25
29 Jacob Morrison (Kawasaki) 27-26
30 Cole Siebler (Kawasaki) 32-22
31 Bryan Johnson (Honda) 21-39
32 Vernon Mckiddie (Yamaha) 34-28
33 Joe Oehlhof (Kawasaki) 35-29
34 Jacob Marsack (Yamaha) 31-33
35 Chris Blose (Kawasaki) 33-32
36 Travis Sewell (Suzuki) 37-30
37 Rbert Fitch (Honda) 30-38
38 Travis Bannister (Honda) 40-35
39 Jeff Alessi (KTM) 38-40
40 Daryl Ecklund (Honda) 41-41
41 Michael Sleeter (KTM) 29-DNS
42 Destry Abbott (Kawasaki) DNS-31

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1 Ben Townley (Kawasaki) 2-1
2 Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki) 1-2
3 Josh Grant (Honda) 3-4
4 Jason Lawrence (Yamaha) 7-3
5 Brett Metcalfe (Kawasaki) 5-5
6 Martin Davalos (KTM) 6-6
7 Chris Gosselaar (Kawasaki) 10-7
8 Andrew McFarlane (Suzuki) 9-8
9 Tommy Hahn (Honda) 8-9
10 Broc Hepler (Yamaha) 11-12
11 Ryan Dungey (Suzuki) 4-33
12 Kyle Chisholm (Kawasaki) 12-13
13 Matt Goerke (Yamaha) 38-10
14 Jake Weimer (Honda) 37-11
15 Robert Kiniry (Kawasaki) 16-16
16 Brock Tickle (Yamaha) 13-21
17 Steve Boniface (Kawasaki) 28-14
18 Billy Laninovich (Honda) 14-23
19 Daniel Sani (Yamaha) 24-15
20 Dusty Klatt (Yamaha) 18-18
21 Kyle Smith (Suzuki) 15-37
22 Ryan Sipes (Honda) 17-20
23 Branden Jesseman (Yamaha) 35-17
24 Joaquim Rodrigues (KTM) 19-19
25 Ricky Renner (Honda) 20-35
26 Levi Kilbarger (Honda) 23-26
27 Billy Ainsworth (Kawasaki) 22-30
28 Danny Bajza (Honda) 30-24
29 Hunter Meyer (Honda) 27-27
30 Mitch Dougherty (Honda) 26-28
31 Michael Lapaglia (Yamaha) 33-22
32 Adam Miller (KTM) 21-34
33 Shane Sewell (Suzuki) 25-31
34 Kevin Hoge (Suzuki) 31-29
35 Josh Hill (Yamaha) 32-32
36 Dennis Jonon (Honda) 40-25
37 Bruce Dehn (Kawasaki) 29-39
38 Brad Kelly (Yamaha) 34-36
39 Tony Sherman (KTM) 36-38
40 Matt Lemoine (Yamaha) 39-41
41 Drew Gosselaar (Honda) 41-40
42 Ryan Morais (Yamaha) 42-42

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1 James Stewart 265
2 Ricky Carmichael 241
3 Timmy Ferry 239
4 Andrew Short 237
5 Mike Alessi 224
6 Grant Langston 213
7 Kevin Windham 203
8 Davi Millsaps 172
9 David Vuillemin 164
10 Gavin Gracyk 129
11 Michael Byrne 128
12 Josh Summey 95
13 Ivan Tedesco 83
14 Jason Thomas 73
15 Jeff Alessi 68
16 Ryan Clark 55
17 Kyle Lewis 52
18 Troy Adams 51
19 Antonio Balbi 51

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1 Ben Townley 310
2 Ryan Villopoto 310
3 Josh Grant 253
4 Jason Lawrence 246
5 Ryan Dungey 212
6 Jake Weimer 141
7 Tommy Hahn 129
8 Andrew McFarlane 128
9 Josh Hill 121
10 Kyle Chisholm 111
11 Matt Goerke 105
12 Brock Tickle 104
13 Robert Kiniry 100
14 Chris Gosselaar 78
15 Steve Boniface 66
16 Brett Metcalfe 64
17 Martin Davalos 61
18 Joaquim Rodrigues 55
19 Matt Lemoine 55
20 Billy Laninovich 51
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