MORAIS 7TH IN SEATTLE SUPERCROSS LITES

The AMA Supercross series swung back west at the weekend and Team Rockstar Energy Suzuki grabbed a couple of top-10 finishes in the seventh round of the 2011 AMA/ FIM Supercross Lites West Championship on Saturday night at Qwest Field in Seattle.

Ryan Morais powered his Yoshimura-equipped Suzuki RM-Z250 to a seventh-placed finish in the 15-lap Lites Main Event as team mate Martin Davalos followed close behind in eighth on the tough and highly-technical Seattle track.

Morais started the day with his best qualifying result of the season in the afternoon timed practices and carried that momentum into his heat race with a solid fourth place aboard his Suzuki. In the Main, a good start put him in eighth place after the first lap and he was able to work his RM-Z250 up to as high as sixth over the next few laps. Morais battled throughout the remainder of the 15 laps on the heavily-rutted course to cross the line in seventh