The points spread tightened up in both the 250 and 450 Class on Saturday as the 24th Annual Red Bull Budds Creek National showcased ultra-competitive racing action for Round 5 of the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing.

Reigning 450 Class champion Ryan Dungey captured his second overall victory of the season in the 450 Class. Blake Baggett returned to his winning ways from 2012 as the defending 250 Class champion secured his first overall victory of the season with a big win in Mechanicsville, Md. Saturday’s win marked back-to-back Budds Creek victories for both riders in their respective classes.

Yoshimura Suzuki’s James Stewart laid down the fastest lap of the day in the 450 Class, where he came into Moto 1 with the first choice of gate pick. However, it was Toyota/JGR/Yamaha’s Justin Brayton and Smartop/MotoConcepts Racing’s Mike Alessi who went head-to-head for the Motorcycle Superstore Holeshot, which Alessi secured at the last second. From there, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto grabbed the early lead and immediately put a gap on the rest of the field.

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Dungey jumped into second position on the opening lap, with Alessi trailing close behind. The Red Bull KTM rider slowly made up time on Villopoto during the first half of the race as the lead duo encountered lapped traffic early in Moto 1. However, amidst his charge toward the front, Dungey went down and lost considerable time on Villopoto. Dungey would remount to finish second, while Villopoto secured his eighth moto win of the season, while Alessi finished third.

Villopoto and Dungey each controlled their own destiny heading into Moto 2 of the 450 Class, holding the first two positions from Moto 1. Alessi grabbed the holeshot in the second moto but Dungey immediately grabbed the early lead. Off the start Villopoto was just inside the top 10 but the points leader quickly made his way inside the top five with his sights set on Dungey. From there, Villopoto reached the second place position but Dungey had already put a sizeable gap on the second place rider.

“With more intensity and more guys out there this year, it keeps you on your feet and you really have to push it,” said 450 Class winner Ryan Dungey. “I feel like we’ve made good progress with the bike, the last couple of weeks we’ve been doing a lot of testing and it was good to see everything pay off today.”

Lucas Oil/Troy Lee Designs/Honda’s Malcolm Stewart was able to secure a career best finish of third place in the second moto, finishing fourth overall with a score of (9-3) for the day. Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Trey Canard finished fourth place behind Malcolm in the second moto, which was good enough for Canard to secure his first overall podium finish of the season with third place.

GEICO Honda’s Wil Hahn made a valiant return to Lucas Oil Pro Motocross after missing the first four rounds with a wrist injury, grabbing the Motorcycle Superstore Holeshot in Moto 1 of the 250 Class. Hahn was joined by an onslaught of others right away, including FMF/Orange Brigade/KTM’s Joey Savatgy, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s rookie Adam Cianciarulo and Rockstar Energy Racing’s Jason Anderson.

However, Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin, who has cemented the last two consecutive overall victories in the 250 Class, wasted little time getting out front in Moto 1. Musquin opened a gap on the rest of the field early on, while his teammate Ken Roczen spent the first few laps chasing Anderson and Hahn, as the three battled it out for second place. Defending 250 Class champion Blake Baggett began Moto 1 around the tenth place position where he quickly climbed his way to the front with a few laps to go. Baggett, Musquin and Roczen traded positions throughout the final laps, but it was Baggett who secured the moto win, followed by Musquin and then Roczen.

In Moto 2 of the 250 Class, Hahn once again came out swinging with the Motorcycle Superstore Holeshot and early lead. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Darryn Durham put in a season best ride in the second moto, leading the first half of the race. However, after beginning the race outside the top ten, Tomac eventually caught up to Durham and took over the lead late in the race. Tomac maintained his position out front, taking the Moto 2 win and second overall for the day.

Baggett held on for the second place finish in Moto 2 and his (1-2) moto score was good enough to give the defending champion his first overall win of the season in the 250 Class. Durham maintained the third place position to secure his first career podium finish in Moto 2. Musquin and Roczen both finished outside of the top five for the first time all season, giving them third and fourth place overall, respectively.

Round 6 of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship heads to Southwick, Mass., for the Chaplin Kawasaki Moto-X 338 National on Saturday, June 29.

450 Class Budds Creek National Points
Pos. # Rider M1 M2 Points
1 1 Ryan Dungey 2 1 47
2 2 Ryan Villopoto 1 2 47
3 41 Trey Canard 6 4 33
4 32 Malcolm Stewart 9 3 32
5 51 Justin Barcia 4 8 31
6 10 Justin Brayton 7 7 28
7 20 Broc Tickle 10 5 27
8 12 Jake Weimer 8 10 24
9 49 Phil Nicoletti 15 6 21
10 29 Andrew Short 12 9 21
11 800 Mike Alessi 3 34 20
12 7 James Stewart Jr. 11 13 18
13 33 Josh Grant 14 11 17
14 22 Chad Reed 13 12 17
15 35 Ryan Sipes 5 22 16
16 54 Les Smith 16 17 9
17 57 Ben LaMay 29 14 7
18 42 Vince Friese 38 15 6
19 548 Broc Schmelyun 17 20 5
20 867 Fredrik Noren 22 16 5
21 48 Cole Thompson 24 18 3
22 206 Travis Sewell 18 37 3
23 63 Derek Anderson 28 19 2
24 27 Nicholas Wey 19 33 2
25 3 Mike Brown 20 32 1
26 73 AJ Catanzaro 25 21 0
27 224 Heath Harrison 21 28 0
28 606 Ronnie Stewart 27 24 0
29 90 Jacob Hayes 23 27 0
30 84 Chris Blose 32 23 0
31 515 Michael Sottile 31 26 0
32 285 Tony Archer 26 31 0
33 595 Evgeny Mikhaylov 30 29 0
34 83 Austin Howell 40 25 0
35 672 Seth Rarick 36 30 0
36 26 Michael Byrne 33 36 0
37 181 Dustin Pipes 34 39 0
38 869 Robert Lind 39 35 0
39 95 Tevin Tapia 37 38 0
40 28 Tyla Rattray 35 40 0
2013 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship
450 Class Points
Pos. # Rider Points
1 2 Ryan Villopoto 240
2 1 Ryan Dungey 224
3 51 Justin Barcia 179
4 41 Trey Canard 153
5 800 Mike Alessi 136
6 7 James Stewart Jr. 122
7 28 Tyla Rattray 95
8 35 Ryan Sipes 95
9 20 Broc Tickle 94
10 12 Jake Weimer 93
11 32 Malcolm Stewart 87
12 29 Andrew Short 83
13 49 Phil Nicoletti 82
14 33 Josh Grant 77
15 10 Justin Brayton 65
16 925 Clement Desalle 58
17 22 Chad Reed 57
18 922 Kevin Strijbos 45
19 46 Weston Peick 36
20 15 Dean Wilson 33
21 42 Vince Friese 26
22 867 Fredrik Noren 23
23 57 Ben LaMay 18
24 54 Les Smith 16
25 27 Nicholas Wey 16
26 26 Michael Byrne 14
27 548 Broc Schmelyun 10
28 111 Travis Preston 9
29 63 Derek Anderson 6
30 73 AJ Catanzaro 3
31 48 Cole Thompson 3
32 83 Austin Howell 3
33 206 Travis Sewell 3
34 39 Robert Kiniry 3
35 45 Gareth Swanepoel 1
36 90 Jacob Hayes 1
37 3 Mike Brown 1
38 224 Heath Harrison 0
39 84 Chris Blose 0
40 621 Vann Martin 0
41 606 Ronnie Stewart 0
42 595 Evgeny Mikhaylov 0
43 95 Tevin Tapia 0
44 82 Robby Marshall 0
45 672 Seth Rarick 0
46 526 Colton Aeck 0
47 627 Lowell Spangler 0
48 515 Michael Sottile 0
49 285 Tony Archer 0
50 135 Robert Fitch, Jr. 0
250 Class Budds Creek National Points
Pos. # Rider M1 M2 Points
1 1 Blake Baggett 1 2 47
2 17 Eli Tomac 5 1 41
3 25 Marvin Musquin 2 7 36
4 94 Ken Roczen 3 6 35
5 19 Will Hahn 6 5 31
6 21 Jason Anderson 4 11 28
7 44 Darryn Durham 13 3 28
8 38 Kyle Cunningham 7 9 26
9 338 Zach Osborne 17 4 22
10 317 Justin Hill 10 10 22
11 77 Jeremy Martin 9 12 21
12 176 Joseph Savatgy 8 15 19
13 43 Cole Seely 11 13 18
14 34 Justin Bogle 19 8 15
15 13 Blake Wharton 15 14 13
16 292 Adam Cianciarulo 14 17 11
17 175 Cooper Webb 12 26 9
18 37 Alex Martin 16 21 5
19 396 Dillan Epstein 39 16 5
20 50 Kyle Peters 23 18 3
21 556 Brady Kiesel 18 35 3
22 266 Jesse Wentland 21 19 2
23 244 Ryan Zimmer 22 20 1
24 248 Mitchell Oldenburg 20 22 1
25 157 Jacob Baumert 26 24 0
26 194 Jackson Richardson 29 23 0
27 712 Justin Starling 28 25 0
28 412 Levi Kilbarger 30 27 0
29 348 Jason Brooks 25 31 0
30 393 Daniel Herrlein 24 36 0
31 240 Bryce Stewart 34 28 0
32 731 Steve Roman 33 30 0
33 452 Sean Hackley, Jr. 35 29 0
34 350 Roland Beck, Jr 32 32 0
35 329 Chad Gores 27 39 0
36 479 James Coen 36 33 0
37 449 Dakota Kessler 31 38 0
38 597 Mitchell Dougherty 37 34 0
39 373 Drew Gosselaar 40 37 0
40 71 Zackery Freeberg 38 40 0
2013 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship
250 Class Points
Pos. # Rider Points
1 94 Ken Roczen 220
2 17 Eli Tomac 211
3 25 Marvin Musquin 199
4 1 Blake Baggett 188
5 338 Zach Osborne 149
6 21 Jason Anderson 128
7 77 Jeremy Martin 109
8 38 Kyle Cunningham 107
9 34 Justin Bogle 104
10 175 Cooper Webb 99
11 317 Justin Hill 91
12 176 Joseph Savatgy 89
13 13 Blake Wharton 79
14 43 Cole Seely 77
15 40 Martin Davalos 73
16 44 Darryn Durham 67
17 396 Dillan Epstein 37
18 19 Will Hahn 31
19 37 Alex Martin 29
20 30 Dominic Izzi 26
21 194 Jackson Richardson 19
22 50 Kyle Peters 12
23 292 Adam Cianciarulo 11
24 556 Brady Kiesel 10
25 23 Jake Canada 9
26 87 Lance Vincent 7
27 167 Zachary Bell 6
28 244 Ryan Zimmer 5
29 712 Justin Starling 4
30 157 Jacob Baumert 4
31 36 Jessy Nelson 3
32 266 Jesse Wentland 3
33 248 Mitchell Oldenburg 3
34 66 Kellian Rusk 1
35 93 Landen Powell 0
36 412 Levi Kilbarger 0
37 965 Travis Bright 0
38 256 Matas Inda 0
39 70 Tommy Weeck 0
40 400 Trevor Ivey 0
41 393 Daniel Herrlein 0
42 452 Sean Hackley, Jr. 0
43 689 Cody Woodworth 0
44 736 Daniel Lippman 0
45 874 Zack Williams 0
46 348 Jason Brooks 0
47 726 Gared Steinke 0
48 449 Dakota Kessler 0
49 655 John Pauk 0
50 598 Luke Davie 0

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