Team USA wins Red Bull Motocross of Nations, Australia sixth

Going into the final MX1 and Open class moto the American's were behind Germany, who at the hands of MX2 rider Ken Roczen and Max Nagl were in the prime spot.

After Andrew Short was dispatched to the dirt by winner Ben Townley in the previous MX2 and Open class race the Denver native came out firing in the final and with team leader Ryan Dungey went 1-2 to take a seven point nations win over Belgium. With Nagl crashing out of the final race the Germans were left with third place.

Australia's fortunes were on a roller coaster for most of the day. Brett Metcalfe took a third and a fifth to give his team a solid footing.

Jay Marmont finished 18-10. While it doesn't look good on paper the Australian Champion was running in eight in his first race until American Trey Canard landed on him in the last lap whilst he was running eight. Had that not happened even with Dean Ferris's 18-27 result the team would have tied for third.

The race winners were Ryan Dungey (MX1+MX2), Ben Townley (MX2+Open) and Ryan Dungey (MX1+Open).

Class winner were Dungey in the MX1 class with his two wins, Gemany's Ken Roczen with and impressive 6-3 results as the MX2 class rider and Belgian Clement Desalle won the Open class with 4-3 scores.

Main Photo: Team USA's Ryan Dungey took two wins Photo: Rice Photography

Nations Classification
1 USA 23
2 Belgium 30
3 Germany 44
4 Great Britain 45
5 Italy 50
6 Australia 54
7 France 71
8 New Zealand 90
9 Portugal 94
10 Puerto Rico 99
11 Switzerland 102
12 Austria 109
13 Spain 115
14 Finland 116
15 Estonia 118
16 Canada 119
17 Latvia 121
18 Brazil 123
19 Japan 128
20 Ireland 142