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AMA SX: Vegas Facts and Figures
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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.

Wins by Brand in Las Vegas

Yamaha-7
Honda-5
Kawasaki-4
Suzuki-1

-Mike LaRocco gave Suzuki their only win in Las Vegas back in 1991.
-For only the fifth time in AMA Supercross history there are 17 races on the schedule.

Riders to Win Vegas in Both Classes

McGrath
Windham
Carmichael
Stewart

AMA Supercross
Class Notables – Seattle


-Kevin Windham earned his fourth race win of the year, the 16th of his career.
-Honda earned their fifth win of the season.
-Chad Reed earned his 85th career podium.
-Reed will be making his 97th consecutive start, 13 races shy of McGrath’s record.

AMA Supercross Lites Stats – Las Vegas

-First race was held on March 17th, 1990 and McGrath would won on a Kawasaki.
-This is the 18th time the gate will drop for an AMA Supercross Lites race in Las Vegas.
-In 1995, this race became the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout.
-In 12 shootout races the East has won six and the West has won six.
-Since the shootout started in 1995, four times has a newly crowned AMA Supercross Lites champion won the main event: Windham (1997); Carmichael (1998); 1999, Ramsey (1999); Stewart (2004);

Wins by Brand

Kawasaki-7
Suzuki-5
Honda-3
Yamaha-2

AMA Supercross Lites Class Notables – Seattle

-Jason Lawrence won his first AMA Supercross Lites title.
-Yamaha won their fifth West/Lites title, their first since Ernesto Fonseca
-Yamaha now has nine total Lites championships.
-For only the sixth time since 1991 Pro Circuit did not win a Lites title.
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