Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto (Photo: Kawasaki Racing)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 3 of the 2013 Monster Energy Western Regional 250SX Class Championship from Anaheim will air on SPEED on Sunday, January 20th at 1:00pm ET.
450SX Class: Anaheim Race 2 Stats
The first race was held on December 4, 1976, and Marty Smith won on a Honda
This race marks the 59th time the gate will drop for a Monster Energy Supercross race in Anaheim
From 2001-2010, Anaheim hosted three Monster Energy Supercross races. In 2011 and 2012, Anaheim hosted two races and will now host three races in 2013
Anaheim holds the record for most Monster Energy Supercross races
Chad Reed will be going for his seventh win in Anaheim
James Stewart will be going for his 10th win in Anaheim
Ryan Villopoto won both Anaheim races last season, can he win one of the three this year?
Davi Millsaps won his first-ever season-opening race at Anaheim Race 1, marking the fourth win of his career, can he sweep Anaheim?
This is the first time in Millsaps’ career that he was the points leader
After missing most of last season and all of the motocross season with a back injury, Trey Canard finished second overall at the season opener in Anaheim
Ryan Villopoto’s 16th place finish at the season opener was his worst since Jacksonville in 2011 when he failed to qualify for the Main Event
In 26 years of racing, the winner of opening race did not win the second race of the season. Stewart was the last racer to win the first two races of the season (2007). In 1975, Jimmy Ellis became the first racer to win the first two races of the season.
450SX Class: Wins by Brand in Anaheim
Yamaha: 20
Honda: 19
Kawasaki: 11
Suzuki: 8
450SX Class: First time winners in Anaheim
1979: Kent Howerton
1982: Donnie Hansen
1983: David Bailey
1984: Johnny O'Mara
1990: Damon Bradshaw
1993: Jeremy Mcgrath
2003: Chad Reed
2009: Josh Grant
450SX Class: Phoenix Recap
Justin Barcia became the 56th rider to win a 450SX Class race with his Phoenix win
Barcia became the 27th rider to win a 450SX class race on a Honda
Barcia became the 17th rider to earn his first-ever 450SX Class win on a Honda
Of the 55 previous 450SX Class winners, only eight times has a rider earned the first win of his career and gone on to win the following race (Bob Hannah, Marty Tripes, Donnie Hansen, Jeff Stanton, Damon Bradshaw, Jeremy McGrath, David Vuillemin, Ryan Dungey). Can Barcia join these riders as the ninth?
In 40 seasons of 450SX Class racing, Honda has won at least one race in 32 seasons
Barcia won his first 450SX Class race in only his second start
Number of starts before first win: Sebastian Tortelli- 1; Damon Bradshaw- 2; Justin Barcia- 2; James Stewart- 3; Bob Hannah- 4; Dungey/Reed- 5.
Phoenix was Honda’s first sweep since Los Angeles last year when Reed and Eli Tomac scored wins; It was Honda’s eighth race sweep since 2000
Villopoto was making his 60th career start and earned his 38th career podium; he has the most podiums since the 2009 season, four ahead of Dungey
After Anaheim, Villopoto was down 20 points to Millsaps, and he is now down 18, can he make a push for his third consecutive 450SX class championship?
Millsaps made his 96th consecutive start, which tied Ricky Carmichael’s record
Reed made his 150th career start in Phoenix and earned his 131st top five; he is only the seventh rider in 450SX history with 150 career starts
Jake Weimer earned back-to-back top-six finishes
James Stewart made his 90th career 450SX start; he has never gone three consecutive starts without being in the top five. Only once has he gone three consecutive starts without getting a podium. He finished eighth and seventh, respectively, at the first two races.
Dungey made his 51st career 450SX Class start. He kept his top-10 streak alive at 26 with an eighth-place finish
Andrew Short has started his season with two consecutive top-10 finishes