The No. 1 Aprilia USA/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Aprilia Tuono 1000R of Ty Howard (Weatherford, Texas) and Mike Himmelsbach (Quakertown, Pa.) was in an exceptionally familiar spot atop the podium in the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series. The team claimed its third victory of the year in the Thunderbolt 500k at New Jersey Motorsports Park, the sixth round of the seven-race series. The winners completed 119 laps of the 2.25-mile circuit in three hours, 46.211 seconds.
Aprilia USA/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports claimed their third “Destination Daytona Pole Award” in qualifying for the Thunderbolt 500k, round six of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series, at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, N.J. Ty Howard of Weatherford, Tex. turned the session’s best time of one minute, 27.372 seconds on the No. 1 Aprilia Tuono 1000R (92.707 mph) on his fifth lap. Howard will share the machine with Mike Himmelsbach of Quakertown, Pa.
Ricky Carmichael ended his AMA Motocross Championship career by notching his 150th career victory at Sunday's ninth round at Spring Creek Motocross Park in Millville, Minnesota. Team mate Ivan Tedesco celebrated a top-five finish after coming in 11th in the first moto and just short of the podium in fourth position in the second moto.