TwoTwo Motorsports' Chad Reed (Photo: Honda Red Riders)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 3 of the Monster Energy Supercross Lites West Championship from Los Angeles, CA will air on SPEED Monday, January 23rd at 12:00pm ET. #SXonSPEED
Supercross Class: LA Stats
This is the second time the gate will drop in Dodger Stadium for a Monster Energy Supercross race
The first race was on held January 22, 2011, and Ryan Villopoto won on a Kawasaki
In 2011, Dodger Stadium became the 40th venue to host a Monster Energy Supercross race
The last new venue was Jacksonville, Fla., in 2009
This will be the 127th time the gate will drop in the state of California for a Monster Energy Supercross race
Wins by Brand: Dodger Stadium
Kawasaki: 1
Supercross Class: Phoenix Recap
Ryan Dungey earned his eighth Supercross Class win; he is now tied with Jimmy Ellis and Ron Lechien on the all-time win list
After 540 Supercross Class races, Dungey gave KTM their first ever Supercross Class victory, a week after giving them their first podium
Dungey became the 10th racer to win a Supercross Class race on two different brands
KTM joins Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, and Can-am as the sixth brand to win a Supercross Class main event
Jake Weimer earned his first career podium with a second place finish; it was the best Supercross Class finish of his career
Kevin Windham earned his 110th top-five finish of his career with a fourth in Phoenix
Chad Reed earned his 125th top-five finish of his career with a fifth place finish in Phoenix
Trey Canard finished seventh, his first ride after an injury put him on the sidelines for the season opener
Ryan Villopoto joins Dungey as the only two racers to podium both main events this season
This was the 25th time that the winner of the season opener did not win the second race of the season. James 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
Josh Hansen earned his second consecutive top-10 finish with a 10th place finish in Phoenix
Before the 16th race of the 2011 season, James Stewart had never finished outside of the top five in back-to-back races. In the first two races of this season, he has finished out of the top five for in four consecutive races, dating back to the 16th and 17th races of 2011
Stewart is currently on his longest podium drought of his career at four races
Since 1974, the first rider to win two races in the season has gone on to win the championship 22 times