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Supercross & Motocross
SX: This Week In Supercross - Phoenix
A tour around the paddock heading into Round 2 of the 2012 Monster Energy Supercross Championship...
Red Bull/KTM's Ryan Dungey (Photo: Hoppenworld.com)
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
When Ryan Villopoto captured the season opener last weekend at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., to kick off the 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season, he became one of only six riders in the sport’s history to win this race in consecutive seasons. The Monster Energy Kawasaki rider joins legends Johnny O’Mara, Jeff Ward, Mike LaRocco, Chad Reed and James Stewart in this elite group. The winner of the season opener has gone on to win the championship 18 times. Tomorrow night, Villopoto will race for his first-ever win at Phoenix’s Chase Field.
“We will keep pushing and moving forward to Phoenix this weekend” said Villopoto. “There are a lot of races left so we just need to keep on with our program and try to be consistent.”
Villopoto will carry the coveted red number plate into Chase Field as the Monster Energy Supercross Championship points leader.
TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray Honda’s Chad Reed finished second, marking the 115th podium finish in his 142 career starts. Reed won his heat race and rode smooth to a solid finish.
“I'm excited how the Anaheim opener turned out,” said Reed. “The goal was to be on the podium and to have a shot at a win, and we achieved both. I was a little off the pace of Ryan (Villopoto) but, I feel we can make up that gap in the coming weeks.”
Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, the 2010 Supercross Class champion, rounded out the podium with a third-place finish. Dungey, who is riding a KTM for the first time in his career, gave the Austrian manufacturer their best-ever Supercross Class result.
"Finishing on the podium at the Anaheim opener was definitely a great way to start the 2012 supercross season,” said Dungey. “It was an honor to deliver KTM their first-ever US podium in the Supercross Class last weekend and hopefully it’s the start of many more to come. Working with an all-new race bike usually takes a team quite a lot of time testing and developing before you start to see podium level results. However, right off the bat we have had no problems dialing in the new KTM 450 and after just a few short months of seat time on the new bike, we are already showing very positive results against a field of very experienced competitors. It’s definitely a testament to KTMs determination to produce a championship-contending bike and the team’s commitment to ongoing development that positioned us amongst the top finishers at Anaheim. I'm really motivated to get on the podium again this weekend in Phoenix."
When Ryan Villopoto captured the season opener last weekend at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., to kick off the 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season, he became one of only six riders in the sport’s history to win this race in consecutive seasons. The Monster Energy Kawasaki rider joins legends Johnny O’Mara, Jeff Ward, Mike LaRocco, Chad Reed and James Stewart in this elite group. The winner of the season opener has gone on to win the championship 18 times. Tomorrow night, Villopoto will race for his first-ever win at Phoenix’s Chase Field.
“We will keep pushing and moving forward to Phoenix this weekend” said Villopoto. “There are a lot of races left so we just need to keep on with our program and try to be consistent.”
Villopoto will carry the coveted red number plate into Chase Field as the Monster Energy Supercross Championship points leader.
TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray Honda’s Chad Reed finished second, marking the 115th podium finish in his 142 career starts. Reed won his heat race and rode smooth to a solid finish.
“I'm excited how the Anaheim opener turned out,” said Reed. “The goal was to be on the podium and to have a shot at a win, and we achieved both. I was a little off the pace of Ryan (Villopoto) but, I feel we can make up that gap in the coming weeks.”
Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, the 2010 Supercross Class champion, rounded out the podium with a third-place finish. Dungey, who is riding a KTM for the first time in his career, gave the Austrian manufacturer their best-ever Supercross Class result.
"Finishing on the podium at the Anaheim opener was definitely a great way to start the 2012 supercross season,” said Dungey. “It was an honor to deliver KTM their first-ever US podium in the Supercross Class last weekend and hopefully it’s the start of many more to come. Working with an all-new race bike usually takes a team quite a lot of time testing and developing before you start to see podium level results. However, right off the bat we have had no problems dialing in the new KTM 450 and after just a few short months of seat time on the new bike, we are already showing very positive results against a field of very experienced competitors. It’s definitely a testament to KTMs determination to produce a championship-contending bike and the team’s commitment to ongoing development that positioned us amongst the top finishers at Anaheim. I'm really motivated to get on the podium again this weekend in Phoenix."
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