Smarty's Moto Wrap for January 1 , 2013 - Mcnews.com.au

- - Townley Wins Honda Summercross
M A T E , T H I S I S ‘ T H E M O T O B I B L E ’ !
Carlton Dry Honda’s Ben Townley has dominated the 41st running of the annual Honda Summercross held on
New Zealand’s North Island last weekend by winning all four of the MX1 motos ahead of Bel Ray Timaru
Honda rider Justin McDonald, of Christchurch and English rider Alex Snow (JCR Yamaha Racing YZ450F).
"I'm pretty happy with my results today," said Townley. "I have had quite a bit of time off the bike and it's a
long season ahead of me, so I'm not really up to proper race speed yet. I still have a lot of testing to do with
the new bike but there's no place like a real environment such as this to test things."
Bel Ray Moto City Suzuki’s Rhys Carter the overall MX2 win by just one point from Taupo's Cam Dillon (Bel Ray
Huka Honda CRF250) and Scotty Columb (JCR Yamaha Racing YZ250F).
"I didn't know how the points stacked up during the day," said Carter. "I was just taking each race one at a
time, I did know I was leading the points going into the last race, but there wasn't much in it and if I hadn't
made the pass on Scotty right at the end of the last race, I wouldn't have taken the overall."
2013 Summercross Top Three MX1 – 1. Ben Townley - Carlton Dry Honda. 2. Justin McDonald - Bel Ray Timaru
Honda. 3. Alex Snow - JCR Yamaha Racing.
2013 Summercross Top Three MX2 – 1. Rhys Carter - Bel Ray Moto City Suzuki. 2. Cam Dillon - Bel Ray Huka
Honda CRF250. 3. Scotty Columb - JCR Yamaha Racing.
- - RACING IN AMERICA - -
- - Monster Energy World Speedway Invitational - Industry Hills, California – Dec 29.
The Monster Energy World Invitational Speedway held 23 events in front of 4000 spectators on a compact
circuit and after a full night of racing it was American rider Billy Janniro who stood atop the podium for one of
the biggest wins of his career.
“Monster did a great job tonight,” said Janniro. “I don’t know how many thousands of people were here, but it
was awesome. To win in front of everyone and for these Europeans to be here, it was a big achievement. I’m
very happy.”.
In the all American final Janniro positioned himself in the lead with a quick move inside Greg Hancock spent
the whole four laps trying to find a way around Janniro but in the end had to settle for second place while Ricky
Wells caught and passed Billy Hamill on the final lap to claim the third spot on the podium.
“I really wanted to win this one. This is the biggest event we’ve had here in the U.S. since the late 80’s,”
exclaimed Hancock. “This is one of the greatest events to be a part of for me, having Monster on board to
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