Pourcel Caps off Lites Championship with win #5
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 4, 2009)
Team San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., won his 10th AMA Supercross class race at the inaugural Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium before 31,653 fans. Stewart’s win narrowed current AMA Supercross class point leader Chad Reed’s points deficit to just five. Just one week after clinching the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites class championship, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Christophe Pourcel, of Corona, Calif., won his fifth main event of the season.
Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Mike Alessi, of Victorville, Calif., started the AMA Supercross class main event by winning the holeshot followed closely by his teammate and current points leader Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla. Reed moved past Alessi in turn two and secured the lead and Stewart snuck into second place.
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Reed and Stewart Square Off Once Again at Inaugural Jacksonville Race
AURORA, Ill. (April 3, 2009)
For the first time in AMA Supercross history, Jacksonville Municipal Stadium will host a Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race tomorrow night as one of four remaining stops on the 2009 schedule. The 2009 season concludes at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium on May 2 where a champion will be crowned. Vying for the championship are Florida natives Chad Reed, of Tampa, and James Stewart, of Haines City. The two fastest racers in the world are separated by just eight points.
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Christophe Pourcel Runs Away with Lites Victory and East Region Crown
TORONTO, Canada. (March 28, 2009)
San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., won his series-leading ninth race of the season in front 36,984 excited fans inside Toronto’s Rogers Centre, the lone race outside of the United States for the 2009 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season. Just one week after giving away victory with a crash while leading, the 2007 series champion bounded back resoundingly leading every lap. In the AMA Supercross Lites class, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Christophe Pourcel, of Corona, Calif., won his fourth race of the season to capture his first career AMA Supercross Lites Eastern Regional Championship with one race remaining.
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11-Point Margin Separates Stewart and Reed
AURORA, Ill. (March 27, 2009)
Following his disappointing 19th place finish at the opening race of the 2009 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, James Stewart put his season back on track. Albeit a fast track, winning seven consecutive races and erasing the points lead established by Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed as the championship left San Diego.
As the championship left the West Coast and headed to Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, Stewart established his first points lead of the season as he dominated all 20 laps before a near capacity crowd. It was not only Stewart’s seventh consecutive win; Reed had finished in second place in each race that Stewart won.
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Series Heads into Toronto’s Rogers Centre
AURORA, Ill. (March 23, 2009)
En route to winning his third AMA Supercross class race of the year at St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome, Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed extended his points lead to 11 over rival James Stewart as Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, returns to Toronto’s Rogers Centre this Saturday night.
Nearly 56,000 fans at the Edward Jones Dome watched Team San Manuel Yamaha’s Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., crash on lap 14 while leading Reed in the premier class feature. Stewart, who has eight wins this season, won in Toronto in 2005, and Reed is the only two-time winner in Toronto.
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Rookie Blake Wharton Captures First Career Supercross Lites Victory
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (March 21, 2009)
In front of 55,815 rabid fans inside St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome, Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., earned his third win of the 2009 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season and extended his series points lead. In the AMA Supercross Lites class, GEICO Powersports Honda’s Blake Wharton, of Pilot Point, Texas, broke through with his first-career victory, ending the stranglehold by Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki.
San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., was undoubtedly the fastest rider on the track all night, but found himself on the ground on three separate occasions throughout the evening. The ever-consistent Reed took advantage of his rival’s misfortune to persevere and take what could be the biggest victory of the season with just five races remaining.
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AURORA, Ill. (March 18, 2009)
Monster Energy AMA Supercross Stats in St. Louis
- The first race in St. Louis was held on April 27, 1996 and Jeff Emig won on a Kawasaki.
- This will be the 14th time the gate will drop for an AMA Supercross class race in St. Louis.
- There are no first time winners in St. Louis.
- In 1996, Jeff Emig stopped Jeremy McGrath's win streak at 13 by winning in St. Louis. It was Emig's first AMA Supercross class win on a Kawasaki.
- In 2007, Ricky Carmichael won his last AMA Supercross class race in St. Louis.
- Kevin Windham, Ricky Carmichael, and Chad Reed have all won St. Louis in both classes. Can Davi Millsaps join them? He won the Lites class in St. Louis in 2006.
- Chad Reed will make his 113th career AMA Supercross class start, which is his 109th consecutive start.
- 11 years after winning the AMA Supercross class main event in St. Louis, Windham lines up for another shot at victory.
- For the 8th time in his career he made it to the 12th race of the season uninjured.
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