The New Orleans round of the Monster Energy Supercross Lites Championship will air on SPEED Sunday, April 15 at 11:00am ET.
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Posted April 11, 2012
Aurora, IL
Supercross Class: Houston Recap
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto earned the 23rd Supercross Class win of his career
JGRMX/Toyota/ Yamaha’s Davi Millsaps earned his fourth straight top-four finish with a second place; it was his third podium of the season
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer earned his third podium of the season with a third-place finish
Mike Alessi continued his success in Texas, tying his season-best fourth-place in Arlington earlier this season
Honda’s Justin Brayton now has seven top-five finishes this season with his fifth place in Houston
Rock River Yamaha’s Robby Kiniry earned the best finish of his career with a sixth place; he also finished ninth in Toronto
Broc Tickle earned the best finish of his season with a seventh place
With four races still remaining in 2012, there are only five racers that have qualified for every Main Event this season. Those riders are: Villopoto (class champion), Millsaps (third in points), Brett Metcalfe (eighth in points), Mike Alessi (ninth in points), Kyle Chisholm (12th in points).
After making his 200th career start in Atlanta, Kevin Windham’s 102nd consecutive start streak ended when he crashed in his heat race and was unable to race the Main Event
The last time Kevin Windham missed a Main Event was Daytona in 2006