Villopoto takes St.Louis

Villopoto took this weeks race at St.Louis with Yoshimura Suzuki's James Stewart standing on the number two spot and TwoTwo Motorsports Chad Reed taking the number three spot.  This race made it the big number four for Villopoto this season.  On the first start Villotopoto did not get out of the gate in a position he wanted, he was back around mid-pack.  The race then was red flagged because of JGRMX's Kyle Chisholm pertaining to an injury he received during the race. They then lined up for a second restart and Stewart aging got off the line with Villopoto getting off the line in fourth.  He then battled his way past Reed in third and Barcia in second.  Finally he had his eyes set on Stewart and by the end of the eleventh lap Villopoto had slid his way into first place taking it from Stewart and never looked back.  Stewart then held down second place having another good run two weeks in a row.  Millsaps is still holding down the points lead but Villopoto seems to be closing the gap between the two of them.  He is now only twelve points behind Millsaps.

New contender for the points lead?

Is Millsaps going to be able to hold down the points lead? or is Villopoto going to keep tightening up the score between himself and Millsaps? As of right now Millsaps has 174 point, Villopotto with 152, and Dungey with 148.  Its a tight battle between 2nd and 3rd place, its anyone's spot at this time.  All Villopotto has to do is keep putting pressure on Millsaps and riding solid and he will be up fighting for the top spot before he knows it.

Start of something new for Stewart?

The same question is going around with everyone, is James Stewart going to come back and be on the top again? Did he finally find his rhythm and will go back to dominating the sport? Well in my eyes if he can ride every weekend like he did last weekend at Atlanta he will be turning some heads and be battling for that top position.  Personally i believe he is too far behind in the points to take the championship this year, but I could definitely see him making a dash towards the front of the points before the season is over. His race at Atlanta was the first race since the 2010 season where he actually looked like himself, riding calm, not making a mistake ever lap, and staying on his bike. Ever since he started riding with Yamaha he has made quite a name for himself, and not a good one. Every time you watched a race he would be over his handle bars, on the ground, or so far back he should have just pulled off. Come back in a couple of weeks and there may be a new heading reading "Stewart is back on top!!!" Only time will tell.