Ryan Dungey on his way to Red Bull KTM's second ever AMA SX win. Image: Simon Cudby.

Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey has credited a week back at his home base in Florida for his second victory of the season last weekend in Atlanta’s eighth round of AMA Supercross.

Dungey spent the opening laps of the main event reeling in Cole Seely, before on the eighth lap he was able to make an inside pass on Seely to take over the lead.

Once out front, Dungey focused on riding a smooth race to work toward his second win. Lapper interference caused Dungey to lose some time to Ryan Villopoto near the end of the race, which created a great battle for the fans with two laps to go.

On the final lap, Dungey proved once again that he is in the championship hunt when he put another half second on Villopoto and crossed the finish line to take his second victory of the season.

With the result, Dungey admitted that time spent at home, rather than in California, in the lead-up to Atlanta proved vital.

“This was such a great way to end the week,” commented Dungey. “After seven weeks I finally got to return to the east coast and train at home. It was great to just have some time to myself and my normal training routine.

“I came into this race feeling confident and refreshed and it all paid off today. My team did an amazing job on my KTM and we had no issues today just a really great race. Thanks again to the Red Bull/KTM team and my family for their constant support.”

Now eight rounds into the series, Dungey has moved back up to second place in the series point standings just 10 points behind Villopoto.

The riders will now head to St. Louis for round nine of the series to be held at the Edward Jones Dome this weekend.