MDK KTM Factory rider Martin Davalos takes home a podium finish at the Minneapolis Supercross. MDK KTM Lites team rider Ryan Sipes picked up a hard earned fifth.
Although the night ended well for Davalos and Sipes it wasn't as pleasant for MDK KTM Lites team rider Matt Goerke. Goerke was in good position to qualify in the first Lites Heat of the night when he suffered an unfortunate crash and DNF'd the moto. He came back in the LCQ but had worse luck and was not able to qualify into the main event.
 
The second Lites Heat had Davalos and Sipes out front early. At one point Davalos was in 2nd with Sipes behind in 3rd. Unfortunately, Davalos crashed around the halfway mark and remounted in 8th. With the laps left he worked his way back into 5th qualifying into the main. Sipes had a few rough moments in the heat as well but was still able to transfer into the main with an 8th place finish.
 
In the Lites main event the fans again saw Davalos grab another good start coming around the first turn in 4th. Sipes was able to salvage a mid-pack start and had to begin to pick riders off quickly to move through the pack and up toward the leaders. Davalos rode an impressive race moving into third place around the sixth lap. Meanwhile, the hard charging bike of Trey Canard was hot on his tail. Davalos and Canard battled for the last nine laps back and forth. The crowd was on their feet as they stayed within half a bike length of one another for the entire last half of the race. When the checkered flag dropped Davalos held off Canard and finished third overall for the night. Furthermore, Sipes showed incredible speed and strength as he had moved up behind the two earning a hard fought 5th place for the night. Sipes now sits third in overall points and Davalos moves into fifth.
 
Results
POS.  RIDER  MANUFACT.  NAT.
   
1  2 Ryan Villopoto  Kawasaki  United States
2  20 Joshua Grant  Honda  United States
3  577 Martin Davalos  KTM  Ecuador
4  48 Trey Canard  Honda  United States
5  57 Ryan Sipes  KTM  United States

 
Standings
POS.  RIDER  MANUFACT.  NAT.  POINTS
    
1  48 Trey Canard  Honda  United States  93
2  2 Ryan Villopoto  Kawasaki  United States  69
3  57 Ryan Sipes  KTM  United States  67
4  341 Nico Izzi  Suzuki  United States  54
5  577 Martin Davalos  KTM  Ecuador  53
18  41 Matthew Goerke  KTM  United States  22