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SX: This Week in Supercross - St. Louis
Round 9 of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship from St. Louis, MO will air LIVE on SPEED Saturday, March 3 at 8:30pm ET.
JGRMX/Toyota/Yamaha's James Stewart (Photo: Yamaha Racing)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 9 of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship from St. Louis, MO will air LIVE on SPEED Saturday, March 3 at 8:30pm ET. #SXonSPEED
The second win of the 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season for Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey has helped renew the longstanding rivalry between he and Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, the reigning Monster Energy Supercross Champion. As the second half of the season kicks off this weekend from St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome, for the ninth race of the championship, the battle for the title has been renewed.
One week ago, inside Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, Dungey fended off a late charge from his rival to help shrink his deficit in the Supercross Class standings to only 10 points behind Villopoto. It was Dungey’s second triumphant effort of 2012, ending a six-week drought from his first win of the season in Phoenix, the second race on the schedule. The win also signified just the second ever victory for KTM in the premier division. The new relationship between Dungey and the Austrian manufacturer has proven to be a successful one, and based on Dungey’s comments last Saturday night, it looks to get better.
Although he didn’t walk away victorious, Villopoto was arguably the fastest man on the track once again last weekend, posting the quickest lap of the main event. A tricky track and a small tip over ultimately cost Villopoto a shot at his fourth consecutive win, but he still enters St. Louis in full control of the championship. The defending champion will once again carry the red number plate into action tomorrow night, looking for his fifth overall victory of the 2012 season.
“The track was tough last weekend and there weren’t too many spots to make up time,” said Villopoto. “Even though Chad (Reed) is out of the chase, that doesn’t change my plan. We lost three points last weekend, so we need to just keep to our goal in St. Louis, which is trying to win races.”
Villopoto’s Monster Energy Kawasaki teammate Jake Weimer has tasted the podium twice this season and will be looking for more of that success from here on out. After finishing seventh in Atlanta, Weimer is looking forward to getting back up front in St. Louis, and potentially becoming the fourth player in this championship.
“I need to find a bit more speed,” said Weimer. “Running for 20-laps is not the problem. I just need to get faster to run with the leaders every week. Being back in Florida during the week should help to change it up.”
The second win of the 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season for Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey has helped renew the longstanding rivalry between he and Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, the reigning Monster Energy Supercross Champion. As the second half of the season kicks off this weekend from St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome, for the ninth race of the championship, the battle for the title has been renewed.
One week ago, inside Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, Dungey fended off a late charge from his rival to help shrink his deficit in the Supercross Class standings to only 10 points behind Villopoto. It was Dungey’s second triumphant effort of 2012, ending a six-week drought from his first win of the season in Phoenix, the second race on the schedule. The win also signified just the second ever victory for KTM in the premier division. The new relationship between Dungey and the Austrian manufacturer has proven to be a successful one, and based on Dungey’s comments last Saturday night, it looks to get better.
Although he didn’t walk away victorious, Villopoto was arguably the fastest man on the track once again last weekend, posting the quickest lap of the main event. A tricky track and a small tip over ultimately cost Villopoto a shot at his fourth consecutive win, but he still enters St. Louis in full control of the championship. The defending champion will once again carry the red number plate into action tomorrow night, looking for his fifth overall victory of the 2012 season.
“The track was tough last weekend and there weren’t too many spots to make up time,” said Villopoto. “Even though Chad (Reed) is out of the chase, that doesn’t change my plan. We lost three points last weekend, so we need to just keep to our goal in St. Louis, which is trying to win races.”
Villopoto’s Monster Energy Kawasaki teammate Jake Weimer has tasted the podium twice this season and will be looking for more of that success from here on out. After finishing seventh in Atlanta, Weimer is looking forward to getting back up front in St. Louis, and potentially becoming the fourth player in this championship.
“I need to find a bit more speed,” said Weimer. “Running for 20-laps is not the problem. I just need to get faster to run with the leaders every week. Being back in Florida during the week should help to change it up.”
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