Champion to be Crowned at Las Vegas Monster Energy® Supercross Finals as Reed and Windham Duke it out
Champion to be Crowned at Las Vegas Monster Energy® Supercross Finals as Reed and Windham Duke it out
Press Release Issued By Supercross Media (April 28, 2008)
AURORA, Ill. (April
28, 2008) – This weekend’s Monster Energy® AMA
Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium will
crown the 2008 AMA Supercross class champion as well as the Dave Coombs Sr.
East/West Shootout winner. Team San Manuel Yamaha’s Chad Reed, of
Tampa, Fla., holds a 10-point lead over Torco
Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham, of Centerville, Miss., as the championship heads into the
final race of the season.
The pre-race press conference will
be broadcast live on Supercross LIVE!
(www.supercrossonline.com) Friday, May 2 at 10:00 a.m.
PST, featuring the top three AMA
Supercross class riders, Reed, Windham and Honda Red Bull Racing’s Davi
Millsaps respectively and the Regional AMA Supercross Lites class champions
Jason Lawrence and Trey Canard.
Windham, who has four wins on the season,
moved within 10 points of championship leader Reed with an impressive win in
Seattle last weekend. This weekend the
season’s championship will be decided between these two world-class competitors
at Sam Boyd Stadium. Reed has eight wins on the season but is struggling with a
shoulder injury to hold onto his points lead.
Last weekend in
Seattle,
Windham, who was leading the race, suffered
a mechanical malfunction when a banner got tied up in his back wheel. He stopped
his bike and removed the banner from the rear wheel, dropping back to sixth
place. Windham charged back through the field and
re-captured the lead on lap 17. Reed charged his way to second place with a
last-lap pass on Short.
“We are going into
Las
Vegas with high hopes, and I hope lady
luck is with me,” said Windham. “It has been a great year for me.
The closer this championship gets to the end, the hungrier I get, so this
weekend will be a big race for me. I am fired up right
now!”
Reed crashed in the main event last
Saturday night and worked his way into second place with an inspiring ride. The
finished helped cushion the points lead.
“I ran into the back of Millsaps in
the first turn,” said Reed following last week’s race. “I tried to come through
the pack and be smart. There is another race and another opportunity next
weekend in Las
Vegas. I can’t wait until next week. I
showed tonight that I want to win this championship more than
anyone.”
The top AMA Supercross Lites class
riders will square off in the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout.
The Dave
Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout pits the top AMA Supercross Lites class riders in
each region, East/West, against one another in a 15-lap one-night race for
bragging rights in this best–of-the-best competition. The winner of the race
will be awarded $5,000 and a 2008 Toyota Tundra
truck
In last year’s Dave Coombs Sr.
East/West Shootout, Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, a rookie in the class,
won the main event, beating regional AMA Supercross Lites class champions
Villopoto and Ben Townley. In AMA Supercross class finals at Sam Boyd Stadium,
Kawasaki’s James Stewart, of
Haines
City, Fla., put an exclamation point on his
AMA Supercross championship winning his 13th race of the
season.
The first AMA Supercross class race
was held at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday, March 17,
1990, and Jeff Matiasevich won main
event. Jeremy McGrath won the AMA Supercross Lites class race that same evening.
McGrath won three consecutive Lites class races before moving to the premier
class where he won four main events. In addition to his seven supercross
championships, McGrath is first on the all-time win list in both the AMA
Supercross class and AMA Supercross Lites class.
The AMA Supercross class will air on
SPEED Sunday, May 4 at 6:00
p.m., and the AMA Supercross Lites class
race will air on SPEED Saturday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m. CBS Sports will air a
season-end recap show Sunday, May 4 at Noon EST.
AMA Supercross Class Results,
Seattle
- Kevin Windham,
Centreville, Miss., Honda
- Chad Reed,
Tampa, Fla., Yamaha
- Andrew Short,
Smithville, Texas, Honda
- Davi Millsaps,
Cairo, Ga., Honda
- Tim Ferry,
Largo,
Fla.,
Kawasaki
- Josh Grant,
Riverside, Calif., Honda
- Josh Hill,
Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha
- Nick Wey,
Dewitt, Mich., KTM
- David Vuillemin,
Murrieta, Calif., Suziki
- Heath Voss,
Mico, Texas,
Honda
AMA Supercross Class Season
Standings
- Chad Reed,
Tampa, Fla., Yamaha,
340
- Kevin Windham,
Centreville, Miss., Honda,
330
- Davi Millsaps,
Cairo, Ga., Honda,
262
- Andrew Short,
Smithville, Texas, Honda,
261
- Joshua Hill,
Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha,
210
- Tim Ferry,
Largo,
Fla.,
Kawasaki, 206
- Nathan Ramsey,
Menifee, Calif., Yamaha,
173
- David Vuillemin,
Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki,
158
- Nick Wey,
Dewitt, Mich., KTM,
144
- Paul Carpenter,
Ithaca, N.Y., Honda,
136
AMA Supercross Lites Class Results,
Seattle
- Ryan Dungey, Belle
Plaine, Minn., Suzuki
- Jason Lawrence,
Carlsbad, Calif., Yamaha
- Broc Hepler,
Kittanning, Pa., Yamaha
- Austin Stroupe,
Corona, Calif.,
Kawasaki
- Tommy Hahn,
Alvord, Texas,
Kawasaki
- Justin Brayton,
Murrieta, Calif., KTM
- Brett Metcalfe,
Murrieta, Calif.,
Kawasaki
- Kyle Cunningham,
Fort
Worth, Texas, Honda
- Michael Willard,
Thornville, Ohio, Honda
- Justin Keeney,
Riverside, Calif.,
Honda
Western Regional AMA Supercross
Lites Class Season Standings
- Jason Lawrence,
Carlsbad, Calif., Yamaha,
157
- Ryan Dungey, Belle
Plaine, Minn., Suzuki,
154
- Austin Stroupe,
Corona, Calif.,
Kawasaki, 131
- Brett Metcalfe,
Murrieta, Calif.,
Kawasaki, 126
- Tommy Hahn,
Alvord, Texas,
Kawasaki, 117
- Justin Brayton,
Murrieta, Calif., KTM,
100
- Dan Reardon,
Murrieta, Calif., Honda,
95
- Broc Hepler,
Kittanning, Pa., Yamaha,
79
- Wil Hahn,
Decatur, Texas, Yamaha,
73
- Robert Kiniry,
LaFayette, N.Y.,
Kawasaki,
72
Eastern Regional AMA Supercross
Lites Class Season Standings
- Trey Canard,
Elk
City, Okla., Honda,
147
- Ryan Villopoto,
Poulsbo, Wash.,
Kawasaki, 137
- Nico Izzi,
Saint
Clair., Mich., Suzuki,
99
- Branden Jesseman,
New
Brighton, Pa.,
Kawasaki, 94
- Josh Grant,
Riverside, Calif., Honda,
91
- Tyler Bowers,
Danville, Ken., Yamaha,
86
- Ryan Morais,
Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha,
84
- Ryan Sipes, Vine Grove, Ken., KTM,
84
- Martin Davalos,
Cairo, Ga., KTM, 73
- Billy Payne,
Simi
Valley, Calif., Honda,
71
AMA
Supercross
May 5,
2007:
James Stewart
May 06,
2006:
James Stewart
May 7,
2005:
Chad
Reed
May 1,
2004:
Kevin Windham
May 03,
2003:
Chad Reed
May 04,
2002:
Ricky Carmichael
May 05,
2001:
Ricky Carmichael
May 06,
2000:
Jeremy McGrath
May 01,
1999:
Jeremy McGrath
May 02,
1998:
Jeremy McGrath
May 17,
1997:
Doug Henry
June 10,
1995:
Jeff Emig
June 11,
1994:
Jeremy McGrath
June 12,
1993:
Jeff Stanton
April 25,
1992:
Jean-Michel Bayle
May 04,
1991:
Mike LaRocco
March 17,
1990:
Jeff Matiasevich
AMA Supercross Lites
May 7,
2007:
Ryan Dungey
May, 06,
2006:
Andrew Short
May 7,
2005:
David Millsaps
May 1,
2004:
James Stewart
May 03,
2003:
Andrew Short
May 04,
2002:
James M Stewart
May 05,
2001:
Nathan Ramsey
May 06,
2000:
Travis Pastrana
May 01,
1999:
Nathan Ramsey
May 02,
1998:
Ricky Carmichael
May 17,
1997:
Kevin Windham
June 10,
1995:
Ryan Hughes
June 11,
1994:
Ryan Hughes
June 12,
1993:
Damon Huff
April 25,
1992:
Jeremy McGrath
May 04,
1991:
Jeremy McGrath
March 17,
1990:
Jeremy McGrath
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