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    Troy Lee Designs has been tagged in 6 photos on GrindTV.

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    Making it's first appearance of the year was the #101 TLD Honda and it's rider, Ben Townley. While Ben never had any intention of racing AMA Supercross this season, he took a break in the New Zealand action that he's been dominating to come up and get a feel for his new team. The TLD guys, led by David Pingree, will support Townley for the entire National Motocross season in his bid to get a 'privateer' machine on the podium for series points. All we can say is: Take it easy in your preparation Ben, we'd hate to see your season compromised by a training injury.
    Wow, what a weekend the Lucas Oils/TLD/RedBull/Honda boys had this weekend, huh? With Wil Hahn making his first ever podium with a solid 2nd place in the Lites main, and teammate Cole Seeley not far behind in 5th, it was almost an unbelievable finish for (nearly) 3rd tier team. While these guys are clearly supported pretty well by Honda and Pro Circuit, they certainly aren't on the level that, say, Geico or even Star/DNA are. Think more along the lines of MotoConcepts Racing and that's in line with the TLD squad. Regardless, full props go out to both Wil and a truly remarkable night by Seeley, who are sitting 3rd and 7th in points, respectively.
    Wil Hahn is probably the story of the weekend in the Lites class, as he made his first-ever podium. He’s gone 5-4-2 this season, so there’s only one more step to go for him (up). The kid’s always been fast, but this season his team/program/fitness/whatever really seems to be clicking. In fact, both TLD riders - Hahn and Cole Seely - made the top 5, which is a pretty incredible feat considering Seely’s never even been close to that good before.
    There are a slew of guys in the Lites class making main events that nobody’s really been talking about, but we’re going to change that. Lucas Oils/RedBull/TLD’s Cole Seely is one of them. For sure somewhat of an unknown commodity, Seely’s considered to be fast, dedicated and a potentially great rider that’s finally sowing his oats under Pingree’s tutelage at TLD. Seely, along with his teammate Wil Hahn, made up a freight-train of superfast Lites contenders that stayed within a few seconds of one another for the entire main event. Eventually ending up 6th after getting passed by Broc Tickle with just a few laps to go, Seely seems to belong in this fast pack and could easily sneak in a podium visit if the cards fall his way later in the series.
    After a rough weekend in Anaheim, this time Chris Blose made the Supercross main event. Last year at this time, Chris was blowing everyone’s minds with the rides he was putting in on the TLD/Honda team in the Lites class after getting a last minute call to join. This time he’s on a Honda again, albeit a 450 under the Hart & Huntington tent with teammate Matt Boni. Apparently Chris went down at some point in the main event, but gathered himself up and toughed it out for a 16th (right behind Stewart!). Chris should continue to improve - the bikes are good, he is healthy and he has the skills to get closer to the top 10.
    This is David Pingree at full speed on his TLD CRF450 at the inaugural Michigan AMA Supermoto. This was my second supermoto race ever, and they’re a lot of fun to shoot. Ping just looks awesome here, and I think he ended up winning or 2nd place behind Mark Burkhart, if I’m not mistaken. Canon 1D Mark 2, 300mm. (Jeff Kardas Photo)