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AMA SX: Dungey Leads Into Daytona
As Monster Energy AMA Supercross reaches its halfway point in the season, Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey leads the AMA Supercross class with 170 points.
Denny Hartwig  |  Posted March 02, 2010   Daytona Beach, FL
Rockstar Makita Yoshimura Suzuki's Ryan Dungey (Photo: Suzuki Racing)

PROGRAMMING NOTE: The AMA Supercross action from Daytona will air live on SPEED starting at 8:00pm ET on Saturday, March 6.

As Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, reaches its halfway point in the season, Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn. leads the AMA Supercross class with 170 points followed by San Manuel Yamaha’s Josh Hill, of Carlsbad, Calif., with 150 points. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Christophe Pourcel, of Groveland, Fla., continues to dominate the Eastern Regional Supercross Lites class with a perfect 50 points after two races while Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer, of Rupert, Idaho leads the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class with 135 points.

A rookie in the premier AMA Supercross class, Dungey has won three races and claimed two additional podium finishes. He currently has led 74 of the 160 laps this season and has the most Spike Holeshots with four overall. He has work cut out for him as the second half of the season approaches this weekend in Daytona.

“The bike feels great, but there’s always room for improvement”, said Dungey. “Everyone on the Rockstar/Makita Suzuki team is behind me 110 percent, which is good. When I see people putting in everything they’ve got, then I can put in everything I’ve got and we make a great team. We’re just trying to keep moving forward as a team and sometimes you have to go backward to go forward but things are working out so far.”

Heading into Indianapolis two weekends ago, Dungey was tied in points with Hill, but this changed when Hill finished ninth and dropped back into third place in season points standings. As Hill fell in the standings, Villopoto, who sat in third place at the time, won the Indianapolis stop and moved up into a share of first place with Dungey as they rolled into Atlanta. During the Atlanta race, Villopoto crashed on lap 10 while chasing down his rival, allowing Dungey to comfortably win and lock-in a 20-point lead over Hill heading into this weekend. Villopoto now sits back in third place with 147 points, 23 out of the lead.


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