Motorsport: Townley takes Supercross

New Zealand motocross star Ben Townley won the United States Eastern region Supercross Lites championship yesterday.

Townley finished second in the final round in Detroit, Michigan.

The 2004 world MX2 champion came into the final round trailing series leader Californian Ryan Morais by three points.

But Morais stalled his bike on the opening lap of the main race and dropped to 12th place as the pack ran away.

It is Townley's first AMA Supercross Lites title and the second No 1 plate of his career.