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Round 11 of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship from Indianapolis, IN will air LIVE on SPEED Saturday, March 17 at 8:30pm ET.
Media Release  |  Posted March 14, 2012   Aurora, IL
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PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 11 of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship from Indianapolis, IN will air LIVE on SPEED Saturday, March 17 at 8:30pm ET. #SXonSPEED

Supercross Class: Indianapolis Stats

The first race was held on March 21, 1992, and Jeff Stanton won on a Honda

There have not been any first-time winners in Indianapolis

This will be the 21st time the gate will drop for a Supercross Class race in Indianapolis

This will be the fourth race at the new Lucas Oil Stadium

Indiana native Mike LaRocco won the last Supercross Class race of his career in Indianapolis aboard a Honda in 2004

LaRocco won his first Supercross Class race in 1991 and 14 years later he earned the last win of his career

From 1993 to 1996, Jeremy McGrath won four consecutive races in Indianapolis. Can Ryan Villopoto become the second rider to do this?

Ricky Carmichael and Chad Reed are the only two riders to win Indy in both classes

McGrath has six wins and Carmichael has four wins in Indianapolis

Carmichael has won in Indianapolis on three different brands: Kawasaki, Honda, and Suzuki

Supercross Class: Wins By Brand in Indianapolis

Honda: 8; last win 2004
Kawasaki: 5; last win 2011
Yamaha: 4; last win 2008
Suzuki: 3; last win 2009

Supercross Class: Daytona Recap

James Stewart earned his 44th career Supercross Class victory; it was his second in Daytona

With Stewart’s win in Daytona, he now has 89 career AMA wins (this does not include Supercross Lites Class races); he is now tied with Jeremy McGrath on the all-time win list for second

It was also Stewart’s 19th win on a Yamaha; he is now tied with Damon Bradshaw for fourth on the all-time Yamaha win list

JGRMX/Toyota/Yamaha earned their first win at Daytona; Joe Gibbs Racing also won the NASCAR race in Daytona

Davi Millsaps earned his first podium finish of the season with a second place; he joined his teammate Stewart on the podium. It was also the fourth time in history that Yamaha had two bikes on the podium in Daytona

Kevin Windham earned his first podium of the season with a third; he has now earned a podium finish in 14 seasons

With Windham’s podium finish, Honda now has had 31 seasons with a podium in Daytona

Ryan Villopoto went from a last place start to a top-five with a fifth in Daytona; he has not finished out of the top five all season. The fifth was his worst finish of the season and only his second time off the podium

Marvin Musquin earned a fourth-place finish on a KTM 350; it was KTM’s best finish ever in Daytona and Musquin’s best career finish

Broc Tickle earned his third top-10 finish with an eighth place

Brett Metcalfe earned his eighth top-10 finish with a 10th

For the third time this season, there were two of the same brand of motorcycles on the podium; Kawasaki has done it twice and Yamaha has done it once

Mike Alessi earned his sixth top-10 finish of the season
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