Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto (Photo: Kawasaki Racing)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 2 of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship from Phoenix, AZ will air LIVE on SPEED Saturday, January 14th at 9:30pm ET. #SXonSPEED
Supercross Class: Phoenix Stats
The first race held in Phoenix was on March 16, 1991, and Jean-Michael Bayle won on a Honda
This will be the 15th time the gate will drop for a Monster Energy Supercross race in Phoenix
Ezra Lusk won his last Supercross Class race in Phoenix on a Kawasaki in 2003
James Stewart and Ryan Dungey are the only riders to win Phoenix in both Supercross and Supercross Lites Classes
Ryan Dungey earned his first Supercross Class victory in Phoenix in 2010
Supercross Class: Wins by Brand in Phoenix
Kawasaki: 4
Yamaha: 4
Honda: 3
Suzuki: 3
Supercross Class: Anaheim Opener Recap
Ryan Villopoto earned his 16th career Supercross Class win; he is now tied with Bayle for 12th on the all-time win list
Villopoto won the season opener in two consecutive seasons, joining Johnny O’Mara, Jeff Ward, Mike LaRocco, Chad Reed and James Stewart
Villopoto now has 49 Supercross Class career starts with16 wins and 26 podiums
Chad Reed earned his 115th Supercross Class podium finish in 142 starts; he is now sixth on the all-time Supercross Class starts list
Ryan Dungey gave KTM their first-ever Supercross Class podium with a third place
Justin Brayton earned a career-best fourth place
Kevin Windham finished ninth, marking his 193rd Supercross Class start and his 172nd top-10 finish
Jake Weimer finished a career-best fifth place in his third Supercross Class start; he now has three top-10 finishes
James Stewart finished sixth; in 2009, he finished the season opener in 19th place
Andrew Short made his debut on the Supercross.com Honda team, finishing seventh
Mike Alessi finished ninth aboard the Motoconcepts Suzuki
Podium finishers Villopoto, Reed and Dungey are all Supercross Class champions
Last season’s Western Regional Supercross Lites Class champion Broc Tickle finished 12th in his first Supercross Class start