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Chad Reed's victory last weekend was Honda's 200th in the premier Supercross class.
Media Release  |  Posted January 25, 2012   Aurora, IL
TwoTwo Motorsports' Chad Reed (Photo: Honda Red Riders)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 4 of the Monster Energy Supercross Lites West Championship from Oakland, CA will air on SPEED Sunday, January 29 at 5:00pm ET. #SXonSPEED

Supercross Class: Oakland Stats

The first race was held on January 18, 1979, and Jimmy Weinert won on a Kawasaki

This will be the fifth time the gate will drop in Oakland

In 1980, Kent Howerton won on a Suzuki

In 1984, Ron Lechein won on a Honda; it was his first ever Supercross Class race on a Honda

In 1979, Jimmy Weinert used paddle tires to win on an all sand track in Oakland; the AMA would later outlaw the use of the paddle tires. Later that year he won the last race of his career at Daytona.

Supercross Class: Wins by Brand in Oakland

Kawasaki: 1
Suzuki: 1
Honda: 1
Yamaha: 1

Supercross Class: Los Angeles Recap

Chad Reed earned his 41st Supercross Class win

Reed has now won a Supercross Class race in nine career seasons and is tied with Jeremy McGrath on the all-time list

Ryan Dungey is the only rider to be on the podium at all three races; he’s finished 3-1-2.

For the first time ever, KTM has been in the Supercross Class points lead (this doesn’t include last week’s tie)

For the 11th time in Supercross class history, there have been three different winners in the first three rounds

Three different brands, Kawasaki, KTM and Honda have now won a Supercross Class race this year. If Yamaha and Suzuki can get a win, it will be the first time in Supercross class history that every manufacturer has won a Supercross Class Main Event.

Brett Metcalfe earned a season-best fifth place

James Stewart broke his four race non-podium streak with a third in Los Angeles. He can break his five-race non-win streak with a win this weekend.

All five brands were in the top five in Los Angeles: Honda: KTM, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki. On March 19, 1977, there were seven different brands in the top 10: Can-am, Honda, Maico, Yamaha, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, and Suzuki.

There has been a different winner at each of the first three races in the Supercross and the Supercross Lites classes: Ryan Villopoto, Ryan Dungey, Chad Reed, Cole Seely, Dean Wilson, and Eli Tomac. This is the third time this has happened since the Lites class started in 1985. (1986 & 1993)

For the second straight week, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Villopoto worked back from nearly last place to a fourth-place finish

Monster Energy/Pro-Circuit/Kawasaki’s Broc Tickle finished a career-best eighth place, just a week after failing to qualify for the Main Event in Phoenix

Davi Millsaps earned a season-best sixth place

Josh Hansen earned his best finish of the season with a seventh

Supercross Class: Honda Stats

Honda won their 200th Supercross Class race in Los Angeles

In 39 seasons of Supercross Class racing, Honda has at least one win in 31 seasons

From 1982-1996, Honda won 138 Supercross Class races, along with 13 Supercross Class championships

Win #1: Marty smith 3/27/1976 in Pontiac, Mich.
Win #50: Rick Johnson 6/7/1986 in Los Angeles
Win #100: Jean-Michael Bayle 3/28/1992 in Tampa, Fla.
Win #150: Ezra Lusk 4/25/1998 in Dallas
Win #200- Chad Reed 1/21/2012 in Los Angeles

Honda is the first brand to win 200 Supercross Class races

24 different riders have won a Supercross Class race on a Honda

Marty Smith: 1976
Jimmy Ellis: 1978
Marty Tripes: 1978
Steve Wise: 1979
Chuck Sun: 1980
Donnie Hansen: 1982
Darryl Shultz: 1982
David Bailey: 1983
Bob Hannah: 1983
Johnny O'Mara: 1984
Ron Lechien: 1984
Rick Johnson: 1986
Jeff Stanton: 1989
Jean-Michael Bayle: 1990
Jeremy Mcgrath: 1993
Doug Henry: 1995
Ezra Lusk: 1998
Kevin Windham: 1999
Mike LaRocco: 2002
Ricky Carmichael: 2002
Nathan Ramsey: 2002
Davi Millsaps: 2008
Chad Reed: 2011
Trey Canard: 2011
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