Wey rails his Boost Mobile/ampm/Monster Energy/Troy-JLaw Racing Yamaha to two top ten finishes and locks down 6th overall at the Open
Spy Optic’s Nick Wey (Boost Mobile/ampm/Monster Energy/Troy-JLaw Racing) raced to 8th and 7th-place finishes this past weekend at Las Vegas’ U.S. Open of Supercross at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and ended up with 27 points on the weekend, which tied him with two other riders for 5th place overall in the two day event that historically closes out the pro supercross season here in the United States..
Based on the second moto finish (Saturday night) – much like in outdoor MX – Wey had to hand over the 5th spot to Michael Byrne, though he stayed ahead of Tyler Bowers for 6th overall.
“Always a good time coming to Vegas to race the Open,” said Wey. “Take a little time off here then I’m back at it hard getting ready for the supercross opener at Anaheim.”
Wey’s 6th place finish at the U.S. Open mirrored the effort the Michigan native put forth all season long in supercross and motocross – battling hard to secure a top 15 overall spot in Monster Energy AMA Supercross’ premier 450 class, 3rd overall in the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco top privateer standings, and 8th overall in the Lucas Oil AMA Outdoor MX Nationals’ 450 class.
“We had an up and down year in supercross, but overall it went pretty well – good to end it with top ten finishes in both the Nationals and U.S. Open,” added Wey.
One of Spy’s top riders Eero Niemela can bee seen on the cover of Transworld Snowboarding’s newest video releases “Get Real”. Eero has one of the best parts in the flick, just crushing pow lines and jumps. Stomping cliff lines on a binding-less board. As you can see he is rocking a pair of Spy Zed goggle on the cover. Here is the cover of what dreams are made of.
Check out Will Lavigne’s video up on the Transworld Snowboard site. Will represents Spy on the east side of Canada. Look for Will in the up coming Rome flick, and all the magazines. Will is a young up and coming rider who has it all. Keep on killing it Will, everyone here at Spy is psyched on your moves.
In effort to secure a top 3 spot in ASP North America Pro Junior rating to qualify to the Billabong World Junior Championship held at Narrabeen Sydney NSW-Australia, Cory took off to Sunset Beach Hawaii to surf the Billabong Junior Pro. His efforts paid off with a 3rd place finish. Great job Cory! The final qualifting contest will be held at Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz, CA on Nov 2-8, 2009.
The images are the courtesy of Bernie Baker
Cory playing with lip at Sunset Beach
Cory Arrambide in the white jersey and a 3rd place finish
We’ll have to wait until tonight to hear the rest of the TransWorld Motocross Awards winners, but here’s a big one as a teaser: Jeremy McGrath will receive the 1st Annual TWMX Legend Award at the ceremony tonight in Las Vegas.
McGrath’s racing accomplishments are, of course, the stuff of legend – see press release below, via TWMX if you need the history lesson – but here at FUEL.TV he holds a special place in our hearts as the inventor of the Nac Nac and, by extension, the godfather of freestyle motocross.
McGrath came to motocross as a BMX rider, and he brought his style and tricks with him, giving rise to FMX as we know and love it today. Hell, there’s even a statue of McGrath rocking the Nac Nac in front of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Long live The King!
