Yoshimura R&D of America finished off an impressive 2010 AMA Pro Motocross series on Saturday at Pala Raceway in Pala, California, with two convincing victories. Dungey secured the 2010 "AMA Pro Motocross Championship" at Round 10 of the series, giving him his second championship of the year after earning the 2010 AMA Supercross title in May. Another phenomenal Yoshimura racer, Ashley Fiolek raced with amazing heart and speed at Pala and ended her year in the WMX with a first-place finish for the day and second overall in the championship run.
Dungey picked great lines on the rough track and used the Yoshimura power of his Suzuki to propel him past the racers ahead of him. Dungey eventually passed Short and took the lead by the midway point in the race and never backed down. Dungey scored another moto win for a perfect way to end his incredible season. Short finished right behind Dungey for second, giving him second overall for the day and third in the championship for 2010. Kevin Windham had another solid moto and he placed eighth, putting him in seventh overall at Pala. Windham finished 14th in the series, impressive seeing that he only raced six of the 12 races on the circuit.
In the WMX series, reigning champ Ashley Fiolek had a big mountain to climb with her Yoshimura-equipped Honda CRF250. In moto 1, Fiolek set her sights on winning.
450 Motocross class - it was Ryan Dungey's day to cap off an amazing AMA Pro racing season. Red Bull Honda's Andrew Short and Geico Powersports Honda's Brett Metcalfe were battling for who would finish in second position in the final 2010 AMA Motocross point standings. It was down to two riders for the 2010 AMA 250 Motocross Championship - Christophe Pourcel and Trey Canard. Pourcel came into the event seven points ahead of Canard.
Battling! Injured shoulder!
Dean Wilson would go on to win the race, Canard would finish fourth. Pourcel DNF