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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (May 7, 2008)
After a four-year hiatus, the opening round of the 2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF returns to the heart of the motocross industry in Southern California for the 13th Annual Giant RV AMA Motocross National presented by Yamaha at Glen Helen Raceway Park, on Memorial Day weekend, May 24-25.

Reed Wins Monster Energy® Supercross Championship

Dungey Wins 2nd Consecutive Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout

LAS VEGAS (May 3, 2008)
Team San Manuel Yamaha’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., won Monster Energy® Supercross, an FIM World Championship before 39,227 fans at a sold-out Sam Boyd Stadium. Reed, who won the 2004 AMA Supercross class championship, also won the main event. Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., won the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout in the AMA Supercross Lites class main event.

Red Bull Honda Racing’s Davi Millsaps opened the AMA Supercross class main event by winning the Progressive Holeshot Award, and Windham trailed in second. Reed started in seventh place. On lap three Windham passed Millsaps and secured the lead. Reed worked his way through the pack and passed Windham for the lead on lap 13 to claim the ninth win of the season. Red Bull Honda Racing’s Andrew Short, of Smithville, Texas, finished third.

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Season Recap of Monster Energy® Supercross To Air May 4 on CBS Sports

AURORA, Ill.(April 30, 2008)
A season recap of the 2008 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, will air on CBS Sports Sunday, May 4 at Noon ET, one day following the season finale at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium.

The CBS Sports one-hour season recap show will showcase a rundown of this year’s epic championship battles from the AMA Supercross and AMA Supercross Lites classes. CBS Sports takes the viewer back to Anaheim 1 for a race-by-race look back at the season’s ever-changing storyline.

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Monster Energy® Supercross Notes Package Las Vegas

AURORA, Ill. (April 30, 2008)

AMA Supercross Class Stats – Las Vegas

First race was held on March 17th, 1990 and Jeff Matiasevich won on a Kawasaki.
This will be the 18th time the gate will drop for an AMA Supercross class race in Sam Boyd Stadium.
First time winners: Jeff Matiasevich (1990); Mike LaRocco (1991); Jeff
Emig: (1995)
Jeremy McGrath won his first ever Supercross at Sam Boyd, He won the Lites class on a Kawasaki.
Jeremy McGrath has won in Las Vegas seven times, three in the Lites class and four in the AMA Supercross class.
From 1993-2002, there were 156 rounds of AMA Supercross raced. McGrath missed only one race, which happened to be in Las Vegas 1995.
From 1996-2002, McGrath made 110 consecutive starts.
In 1997, Doug Henry made history when he won the Las Vegas supercross on a Yamaha four-stroke motorcycle. That was the first time a four-stroke motorcycle won an AMA Supercross event.

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Unique Layout of Las Vegas Track Heats Up Monster Energy® Supercross Finale on May 3

AURORA, Ill. (April 29, 2008)
The season-ending race of Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, will drop the checkered flag this Saturday at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium and the AMA Supercross class title as well as the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout will be decided on the series’ longest and most physically-demanding track.

The top riders in the world, including Chad Reed, Kevin Windham, Ryan Dungey, Jason Lawrence, Ryan Villopoto and Trey Canard, will encounter a track that features some unique and challenging obstacles, including a record 825 ft...

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Reed takes 10 points to season finale, Lawrence Lites champion

YAMAHA (April 29, 2008)
A title-worthy performance from Yamaha’s San Manuel rider Chad Reed, after pulling back from a first corner crash to finish second, at Qwest Field in Seattle for the penultimate round of the 2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series (also an FIM World Championship) means that the Australian carries a ten point advantage to Las Vegas in search of his second crown next week. Yamaha of Troy’s Jason Lawrence claimed the West Region Lites series with his YZ250F.

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Supercross Awards Ceremony Returns to Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino

AURORA, Ill. (April 28, 2008)
Once the 2008 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, has wrapped up this Saturday and the champions have been decided, the sport’s attention will turn to the Theater of Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino for the season-ending 2008 Supercross Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 4.

Series producer Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc., brings this gala event back to Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino for the second-consecutive year and its’ beautifully appointed Theatre of Performing Arts, which provides a wonderful backdrop to award the champions.

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Champion to be Crowned at Las Vegas Monster Energy® Supercross Finals

$5,000 and Toyota Tundra on the Line for Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout

AURORA, Ill. (April 28, 2008)
This weekend’s Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium will crown the 2008 AMA Supercross class champion as well as the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout winner. Team San Manuel Yamaha’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., holds a 10-point lead over Torco Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham, of Centerville, Miss., as the championship heads into the final race of the season.

The pre-race press conference will be broadcast live on Supercross LIVE! supercrossonline.com Friday, May 2 at 10:00 a.m. PST, featuring the top three AMA Supercross class riders, Reed, Windham and Honda Red Bull Racing’s Davi Millsaps respectively and the Regional AMA Supercross Lites class champions Jason Lawrence and Trey Canard.

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It’s Windham Again at Monster Energy® Supercross

Lawrence Captures Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites Championship

SEATTLE (April 26, 2008)
Torco Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham, of Centerville, Miss., won his second consecutive Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship race in front of 48,328 fans at Qwest Field. Yamaha of Troy’s Jason Lawrence, of Carlsbad, Calif., won the Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites class championship. Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., won the main event and finished second overall in the Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites class.

Honda Red Bull Racing’s Andrew Short, of Smithville, Texas, won the $1,500 Progressive Holeshot Award to start the AMA Supercross class main event, but Windham quickly passed him and moved into the lead. Team San Manuel Yamaha’s Chad Reed, who came into tonight’s race 13 points ahead of Windham, crashed in turn one and started the race in last place.

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Weekly Notes Part 2: Seattle, This Week in Monster Energy® Supercross

AURORA, Ill. (April 25, 2008)
Tomorrow’s Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, brings its parity-packed storyline of both classes to Seattle’s Qwest Field. In the Western Regional AMA Supercross class, the championship will be decided between Yamaha of Troy’s Jason Lawrence and Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey. In the premier AMA Supercross class Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham, of Centerville, Miss., picked up his third main event win of the season and tightened the championship race between he and Team San Manuel Band of Mission Indians’ Chad Reed last weekend at St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome. The AMA Supercross will air on SPEED Sunday, April 27 at 6:00 p.m., and the AMA Supercross Lites class race will air on SPEED Saturday May 3 at 3:00 p.m. EST.

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