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Oakland winner James Stewart now has a Supercross victory in eight seasons...
Media Release  |  Posted February 01, 2012   Aurora, IL
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 5 of the Monster Energy Supercross Lites West Championship from Anaheim, CA will air on SPEED Sunday, February 5 at 1:00pm ET. #SXonSPEED

Supercross Class: Anaheim Stats

The first race was held on December 4, 1976, and Marty Smith won on a Honda

This race marks the 57th time the gate will drop for a Supercross Class race in Anaheim

From 2001-2010 Anaheim hosted three Supercross Class races, and in 2011 & 2012, the venue hosted two races

Anaheim holds the record for most Supercross Class races ever held

Supercross Class: Wins by Brand in Anaheim

Yamaha: 20
Honda: 19
Kawasaki: 10
Suzuki: 7

Supercross 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

Chad Reed will be racing for his seventh win in Anaheim

James Stewart will be racing for his 10th win in Anaheim

Ryan Villopoto could sweep Anaheim with a win this weekend

Supercross Class: Oakland Recap

James Stewart earned his 43rd Supercross Class win; it was his first win of the season

By winning in Oakland, Stewart broke his five-race winless streak

Stewart also earned his 88th career Supercross/Motocross class win; he is one win behind Jeremy McGrath for second on the all-time AMA win list

Stewart now has a Supercross Class win in eight seasons

Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki and KTM have all won a Supercross race this season

Chad Reed earned his 117th podium of his career and his 126th top five; he has an 87% career top-five finish percentage

Villopoto earned his 28th career podium finished with a third in Oakland

Reed, Villopoto, and Ryan Dungey are the only three racers to be in the top five this season

Andrew Short earned a season-best fifth place and his third top 10 of the season. He is one of six racers that have finished in the top ten three times this season.

For only the second time in Monster Energy Supercross history, there have been four different winners in the first four races

In 1976, Tony DiStefano, Jimmy Weinert, Jimmy Ellis, and Marty Smith won the first four races; in 2012, Villopoto, Dungey, Reed, and Stewart won the first four races

For the first time in Supercross Class history, the top four finishers are all Supercross Class champions

Currently, the top four riders in the points standings are past Supercross Class champions

Josh Hansen has finished in the top 10 in the first four races; the last time he was in the top 10 before this season was the ninth race of the 2008 season in Indianapolis
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