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Australian Supercross: Tim Weigand on the podium
26 marzo 2007  American Weigand had never ridden in such treacherous conditions, but was quick to find his feet in the first five-lap qualifying heat where he raced to second place behind Suzuki's star-of-the-future Lawson Bopping. Weigand found the limit in the second qualifying session, crashing and finishing 12th ahead of the important point-scoring 15-lap Final. He headed into the Final in strong form and held second place for most of the distance before slipping back into third spot where he greeted the chequered flag. Weigand's third place in the final round secured him fourth place overall in the series followed by Bopping. The result sees two Suzukis in the top five for the championship; a strong result on debut for the all-Suzuki RM-Z250. In contrast, the Suzuki Pro Open squad suffered through a difficult event with both Luke Burkhart and Danny Ham struggling through their qualifying heats to the Pro Open Final. In the Final, Burkhart was running competitively in fifth spot aboard the RM-Z450 before a crash dropped him down the order, with damage sustained to his bike ultimately ending his night on lap 18 of 20. Ham, who was riding with a damaged AC ligament in his knee, battled bravely through the difficult slippery conditions to cross the finish line in 12th place. Tim Weigand: "The RM-Z250 coped really well in difficult conditions tonight. It was so muddy tonight, I've never raced in anything like it - I'm really glad to come out with a good result. Congrats to Ryan Marmont for the series win - such a short championship doesn't allow any room for error because there's no time to fight back and he's been up there each round. "The team has some good momentum going and I'm really looking forward to starting the motocross series; we've been working really hard on our motocross set up and we'll be going full tilt at Broadford." Jay Foreman - Team Manager: "Congratulations to Daniel Reardon for his second consecutive Australian Supercross title and Ryan Marmont in the Pro Lites class. "Timmy hasn't raced in such extreme muddy conditions like this before so he did a really good job to get on top of it as quickly as he did; it was a strong result for the night. We've been working really hard with Timmy out testing the new RM-Z250 to develop our motocross settings; it's been very positive so far and we're looking forward to the start of the Australian Motocross Championship next month. "The team is also looking forward to having Daryl Hurley back out in the Pro Open class with Luke on the RM-Z450's for the motocross season." |
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