Makita Suzuki teammate Tedesco cards 7th in premier class

Round 8 – AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Series Washougal MX Park, Washougal, WA

Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ryan Dungey brought home his fourth Motocross Lites podium position of the season in the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Series race at Washougal MX Park in Washougal, WA, the weekend of July 28 -29, 2007. The 17-year-old Minnesotan got the holeshot on his Makita Suzuki RM-Z250 in both 30-minute motos and was battling for the lead the whole way. In the end, Dungey finished an impressive third overall, thanks to a third-place result in the first moto and a second-place finish in the second moto.

“I just tried to put in some good laps on my Makita Suzuki RM-Z250,” said Dungey. “Anytime I’m behind the guys in the lead, I’m learning something. I don’t quite have the pace going but I’m learning something new each weekend. My riding is getting better and better, it’s just taking some time. I just need to get more experience racing with the guys at the front.”

In the Motocross class, Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ivan Tedesco finished up in seventh-place overall after carding a 10th-place finish in the first moto and a strong fifth-place finish in the second moto. Makita Suzuki teammate Ricky Carmichael did not race at Washougal because he is running an abbreviated race schedule this season.

“It was a pretty good weekend. I struggled a little bit in the first moto but we made a few changes to the bike that helped a lot in the second moto,” Tedesco said of his finish. “Overall, I’m pretty happy with the weekend, though I still need to work on my speed at the beginning of the race.”

Team Makita Suzuki Racing will race next at Spring Creek Motocross Park in Millville, MN, the weekend of Aug. 11 - 12, 2007.

Results:

Ivan Tedesco, Team Makita Suzuki Racing RM-Z450, #9

10th Place – Moto 1, 5th Place – Moto 2
7th Place – Washougal Overall
12th Place -- Overall Championship Points Standings

Ryan Dungey, Team Makita Suzuki Racing RM-Z250, #62

3rd Place – Moto 1, 2nd – Moto 2
3rd Place – Washougal Overall
5th Place – Overall Championship Points Standings

AMA Toyota Motocross Top 10 Finishers:

1. Timmy Ferry, Kawasaki
2. Grant Langston, Yamaha
3. Andrew Short, Honda