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Few would’ve expected the rookie to overcome the odds he was against heading into the St. Louis round of the Monster Energy/AMA Supercross Championship. Rookie Trey Canard, of the Torco Racing Fuels Honda team, faced a serious uphill battle at the Lites East series finale. Sure, he carried the points lead in with him, but a big mistake at the penultimate round in Detroit a week earlier cost him 14 of his 17-point lead, leaving him with only three points over Lites legend Ryan Villopoto. Since both riders had the same number of wins (three), all Villopoto had to do was extend his three-race win streak to a four-race win streak, and the championship would be over. Even if Canard finished second, causing a tie in points, Villopoto would be crowned by virtue of the first championship tiebreaker, which goes to the rider with the most wins on the season.
Apparently Canard was up to the challenge.
Canard started the main event strong, grabbing the holeshot to start the race over Villopoto’s teammate Branden Jesseman, who immediately assumed the lead down the following straightaway. Canard fought off the advances of his teammate Josh Grant to retain second, while Villopoto chased
On lap five, Canard finally found his way by Jesseman, but by then Villopoto was close, and he passed both Jesseman and Canard before Canard could lead a lap. Villopoto immediately pulled out a small lead, but a lap later, Canard began to close back up, and he even showed Villopoto a wheel two turns before the finish line on lap six of 15. In the following corner, just before the finish line, Canard jumped aggressively to the inside of Villopoto and the two collided. With Canard on the inside, he stayed up -- barely -- while Villopoto was not as lucky and careened off the track, into the finish-line tower on the left side of the track.
With Villopoto down, Canard led the final half of the race and won his fourth main event of the season, taking his first championship in the process.
“It still hasn’t sunk in,” Canard said after the main event. “The week before Detroit, I was a mess, and I was thinking about how not to lose this championship, and that cost me. This week, I wanted to go back on the offense and try to win this championship, and I did.”
Jesseman finished second, Grant third and Villopoto fourth.
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