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The most successful Supercross season in the history of the GEICO Honda race team climaxed with a spectacular Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium that featured newly-crowned champions Justin Barcia and Eli Tomac earning big victories in their respective divisions before going 1-2 in the East/West Shootout.May Barcia's star shined brightest as he dominated the Lites East race from start to finish aboard his 250CRF, taking the holeshot and holding off all his rivals during the 15-lap main event. Read more... |
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Torrance, CA: American Honda is proud to welcome Justin Barcia to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the 2013-2014 seasons. Barcia will contest both the AMA Supercross Championship and AMA Motocross Championship aboard a factory-prepared Honda CRF450R race machine.May Barcia has been a part of the Honda family for many years, riding several models as he rose through the amateur ranks. Read more... |
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Twin Air developed a new Powerflow Kit with an increased surface area to increase airflow and optimise protection.Mar The New Twin Air Powerflow Kit (Part number 154211C) contains an aluminum billet cage and a pre-oiled 15mm Air Filter (Part Number 154211X). For an optimal airflow, we also have the Supercross type air filter available (Part Number 154211SCX). Read more... |
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Barcia wins championship for GEICO Honda race team
Sunday, 08 May 2011 19:36
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May  LAS VEGAS – GEICO Honda's Justin Barcia clinched the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Lites East championship at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night. "How about that?" Barcia said. "It feels pretty crazy. I'm pretty excited." The team's other championship contender, Eli Tomac in the Lites West, did not fare so well. Tomac battled with Broc Tickle for 13 laps before getting passed and missing out on the title by a handful of points.
"It was pretty dang close to a dream season," Tomac said. "I had two wins and six podiums in nine races. You really can't ask for more from a rookie season."  In what is becoming classic Barcia style, his clinching ride was far from stress-free. Barcia came into the night with a 20-point lead and needed to finish just 15th or better to clinch. But Barcia is never one to play it conservative and he raced into the stadium with the holeshot and led the first few laps of the race. "I can never be easy," Barcia said. "I never make it easy on myself. I was so stoked to get the holeshot and kind of built a nice lead." On Lap 4, Barcia got into some trouble on the track's first sharp hairpin when he went in too deep and wound up nosing the bike over. "It was slick and I just lost the front end," Barcia said. "I wasn't really panicked or anything. I got right back up. I knew I had to finish 15th or better so I wasn't worried. Dean Wilson was right behind me. I wasn't going let him pass me, so I kept going." Barcia recovered and settled into third where he ultimately finished, signaling the time to break out the No. 1E number plate and start the celebration. "I had my head on very straight this year," Barcia said. "I learned from the mistakes I made last year. I was smarter and just a better racer. "I always wanted to be a champion since I was riding 80s (80cc bikes). I never thought I would be here today. It's a dream come true." Tomac's race was a heart-racing contest with a gut-wrenching ending. All Tomac had to do to win the title was finish the race ahead of Tickle. As eventual race winner Ken Roczen checked out, the rest of the race proved to be a four-bike street fight between Tomac, Tickle, Kyle Cunningham and Cole Seely. "I got the holeshot, but got squared up in the corner," Tomac said. "I worked my way through and had bad luck when I finally did pass guys because I would get passed right back. It was back and forth like that. That was the way it played out. I got the feeling those three other guys were against me. It was tough to figure out what to do and when to do it." Tickle finished second in the race and Tomac fourth, giving Tickle the championship by six points. In the night capping Lites Shootout, Tomac finished sixth and Barcia finished 16th after losing his front end twice. In the season finale of the 450cc Supercross class, GEICO Honda's Kevin Windham started like a man on a mission. The veteran rider charged to the lead at the start of the race with James Stewart right behind. Stewart passed Windham, but Windham did not give up easily. He was in lockstep with Stewart when Stewart crashed. Windham wasn't able to clear Stewart's bike cleanly and crashed himself. Windham wasn't able to continue the race and finished the race 16th. The GEICO Honda team takes a couple of weeks off before the start of the Lucas Oil AMA Motocross season May 21 at Hangtown.
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