Spy Optic Athlete Nick Wey Mines Precious Metal @ Inaugural ESPN Moto-X Championships In San Diego.

Wey rocks a 2nd place finish in the Racing event.

CARLSBAD, Calif., (April 15, 2008) – Spy Optic’s Nick Wey and mined a precious metal out of the hard pack dirt in San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium this past weekend, bringing home a silver medal in the Racing event at the inaugural ESPN Navy Moto-X World Championships.

Wey, who double timed it back from the Detroit Supercross on Saturday night to race Sunday’s event in San Diego, made the main event by virtue of a second round heat race win. In the main Wey didn’t pull the start he wanted, but was able to do away with several racers to get himself into a medal position. Due to the short nature of the race he didn’t have the time to track down the eventual winner (Broc Hepler), but he did make it pretty exciting for the number of fans in attendance.

“Yeah, it was a pretty hectic weekend,” said Wey. “You kind of get the feeling for how Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders had it, doubling up like they did. But it was a blast. I’d do it again in a second.”

Next up for the Spy Optic’s Nick Wey on the Monster Energy Supercross tour is the Saturday, April 19th St. Louis Supercross.