FreestyleXtreme Magazine Issue 10 | Page 72

£ Australia’s Jarryd
McNeil took down the
Dirt Shark Biggest
Whip comp for the
second year in a row.

WHAT ELSE?
Honda’s Trey Canard was very fast
but crashed in two of the three mains,
which set him back a bit. Canard
qualified fastest, consistently had the
best lap times and deserved better.
“It’s always good to know you have the
speed,” lamented the Okie after the
race. No trophies for Canard but lots
of respect.
Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey did
something different by taking some
serious time off the bike leading up to
the race, but ended up with the same
result (second) for the fourth time at
the MEC.

“Considering the off-season downtime and then just three weeks back on
the bike, I’m happy with the way things
are moving,” he s ays.

© MONSTER ENERGY

“You can call it a supercross track,
but it’s not a supercross track,” said
Dungey after the race. “It’s got more of
a motocross mixture in it with features
like fast turns. Supercross is a bunch
of 90’s and 180’s, and most of the time
you got those rhythms and whoops.
All these things are missing from here.”
And so far, a win is also missing for the
reigning 450SX champion.

“It’s a good place to see where we’re
at and make a little progress. It’s not
supercross, but it’s good to go racing
and keep that feel going.

The 2014 champion, Davi Millsaps,
was now on orange (BTOSports KTM
team) and with a big shimmering gold
number one plate, logged some decent
results. It’s been a while since we have
seen ‘The Duke’ on a supercross track
and although he lost the number one
plate, he did put in a nice showing.

© HONDA RACING CORPORATION

Now it’s another two months until we
race again at Anaheim 1, but we’ll use
this to build on. We will work on both
my physical and mental side, as well
as bike preparation.”