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SX: This Week In Supercross - Anaheim II
The 2012 Monster Energy Supercross season is off to an historic start as each of the four past world champions have took the checkered flag through the first four races.
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PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 5 of the Monster Energy Supercross Lites West Championship from Anaheim, CA will air on SPEED Sunday, February 5 at 1:00pm ET. #SXonSPEED
The 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season is off to an historic start as each of the four past world champions have took the checkered flag through the first four races. Tomorrow night, the “Big Four” of Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray Honda’s Chad Reed, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, and Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX’s James Stewart will once again invade Angel Stadium, in Anaheim, Calif., for another memorable night of action.
Saturday night’s race is a significant one in terms of championship importance. With the aforementioned riders entering the evening as the favorites to win the race and the title, whoever can find a way to gain the upper hand inside Angel Stadium could very well generate enough momentum to carry through to the championship. From 1974 to 2011, the 38 seasons of Monster Energy Supercross, the first rider to win twice has gone on to win the title 23 times.
Dungey enters Saturday night’s race as the co-holder of the coveted red number plate that signifies the current championship leader. He, and Reed, sit atop the standings and following his first finish off the podium this season, Dungey will be looking to get back on the box.
“My goal was to be on the podium last weekend and I fell just short of that by finishing fourth in Oakland,” said Dungey. “I got a bad start and was somewhere around 17th place on the opening lap so I had to work hard to get back to fourth by the races end. I definitely need to make sure I get a better start this weekend at Anaheim 2. I can’t afford to be giving Villopoto, Reed and Stewart head starts like last weekend because we’re all fairly similar when it comes to race pace so I need to put myself in a better position to battle for the win verse battling my way through the pack.
“It’s nice to be ahead in the points early in the season and my goal is to keep putting KTM and the new 450 on the podium going forward.”
Reed backed up his win inside Dodger Stadium with a strong runner-up effort in Oakland, fending off a hard-charging Villopoto for a significant portion of the race.
“The starts are so important,” said Reed. “Hopefully we can keep building on these last couple weeks, keep getting the starts and accumulating those points.”
The 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season is off to an historic start as each of the four past world champions have took the checkered flag through the first four races. Tomorrow night, the “Big Four” of Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray Honda’s Chad Reed, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, and Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX’s James Stewart will once again invade Angel Stadium, in Anaheim, Calif., for another memorable night of action.
Saturday night’s race is a significant one in terms of championship importance. With the aforementioned riders entering the evening as the favorites to win the race and the title, whoever can find a way to gain the upper hand inside Angel Stadium could very well generate enough momentum to carry through to the championship. From 1974 to 2011, the 38 seasons of Monster Energy Supercross, the first rider to win twice has gone on to win the title 23 times.
Dungey enters Saturday night’s race as the co-holder of the coveted red number plate that signifies the current championship leader. He, and Reed, sit atop the standings and following his first finish off the podium this season, Dungey will be looking to get back on the box.
“My goal was to be on the podium last weekend and I fell just short of that by finishing fourth in Oakland,” said Dungey. “I got a bad start and was somewhere around 17th place on the opening lap so I had to work hard to get back to fourth by the races end. I definitely need to make sure I get a better start this weekend at Anaheim 2. I can’t afford to be giving Villopoto, Reed and Stewart head starts like last weekend because we’re all fairly similar when it comes to race pace so I need to put myself in a better position to battle for the win verse battling my way through the pack.
“It’s nice to be ahead in the points early in the season and my goal is to keep putting KTM and the new 450 on the podium going forward.”
Reed backed up his win inside Dodger Stadium with a strong runner-up effort in Oakland, fending off a hard-charging Villopoto for a significant portion of the race.
“The starts are so important,” said Reed. “Hopefully we can keep building on these last couple weeks, keep getting the starts and accumulating those points.”
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