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The list: Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of victory - MADDIX PARK

The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider was the defending champion in the 450 class and just lost out on the win at the first round at Hangtown to Chad Reed . At round two, he lost the first moto to Reed again but early on in the second moto, he had a bit of a cushion on Reed hard until the 22 went down. From there it was a cruise to the finish for Dungey, he was going to go 2-1 and stay tied in the points for the championship. But then, with a mere lap and a half to go in the second moto, Dungey’s Suzuki RM-Z450 came to a halt with a fuel problem. As in, there was no more left in the tank! That was it, a 2-1 day was turned into a 2-DNF and Dungey is still battling to make up that deficit as we speak. Can he do it? Stay tuned to the rest of the 2011 Lucas Oil AMA Nationals!

Smith, from Ludington, Michigan and a bit of an unknown at this point, was on his #64 KTM 125 and leading the St Louis 125 SX main event with only a lap to go. It was going to be a momentous occasion for Smith as it would be his first ever win in supercross as well as KTM’s first ever win. Smith was riding out of a box van with some KTM support, the Austrian OEM had not yet dedicated itself to having an official team. It was truly the privateer beating the powerhouse teams on his European machine. He didn’t even have a linkage!

But it was not to be, this storybook ending ended with a thud. Yamaha of Troy rider Ernesto Fonseca was coming through the pack and pulled up alongside Smith,  then clipped bars with him and sent the KTM pilot to the deck hard. Kelly Smith, in a matter or moments went from hero to out of the race with a DNF. It was a bitter pill to swallow no doubt about it.

3.) Brett Metcalfe 2010 Southwick National Factory Kawasaki’s Ron ‘The Machine” Lechien’s machine let him down on this day back in 1989. Lechien, a national champion in the 125 class and a multi-time SX winner, had never won at the famed Daytona Speedway track before and considering winning Daytona a crown jewel in the caps- it was going to be a great day back in 1989. You see, Lechien had holeshot the main event and took off to a big lead early on. Series points leader Jeff Stanton caught him a little bit around halfway but Lechien, wearing the famous JT Racing Dalmation gear and sporting the number 4, got his second wind and gapped Stanton once again. Lechien took the white flag signifying the last lap and that was it, Ronnie Lechien was going to win his first Daytona Supercross.

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