The second visit of the 2011 AMA Supercross series – also an FIM World Championship – to the Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Los Angeles saw San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart maintain his 100% podium record on the YZ450F by taking his third victory from the five rounds of seventeen held so far.
The Floridian scored his second successive victory and took his career tally to 40 Main Event triumphs by leading from the first corner to the last. The achievement, earned in front of 45, 050 spectators, also saw Yamaha head to the top of the pile in terms of manufacturer’s garlands at Anaheim – one of the spiritual homes of the championship – with 20 wins. The 25 year old’s superlative and spectacular quad-quad approach to the rhythm section was risky but helped edge the difference over his rivals.
“You know, I’m just comfortable on my bike this year,” said Stewart who has now taken the chequered flag on nine separate occasions at Anaheim and extends his impressive career stats to 56 podiums from 65 starts. “It’s five races in and I’m just getting comfortable racing. I was a little rusty in the beginning and we’re starting to get a little better and we’ll keep on working. The quad-quad looked cool, but actually it really wasn’t that much faster. I think I was pretty good through the whoops and some other places. The Yamaha is working fantastic and I felt comfortable doing it.”
JGR Yamaha duo Justin Brayton and Davi Millsaps were also in the top ten with Brayton setting a season-best result in 4th and Millsaps finishing 10th. Stewart’s new team-mate Kyle Regal marked his highest score yet with 11th.
Stewart was able to cross the line ahead of Ryan Villopoto (the only other rider to win this year) and now fronts the standings by 5 points. Round six will take place next Saturday at the Reliant Stadium in Houston.
| 2011 AMA-SX United States |
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| Angel Stadium 07/02/2011 |
20 Laps |
|
| 1 |
James Stewart |
Yamaha |
USA |
19’01.672 |
| 2 |
Ryan Villopoto |
Kawasaki |
USA |
0’04.158 |
| 3 |
Chad Reed |
Honda |
AUS |
0’16.268 |
| 4 |
Justin Brayton |
Yamaha |
USA |
0’23.978 |
| 5 |
Trey Canard |
Honda |
USA |
0’25.738 |
| 6 |
Andrew Short |
KTM |
USA |
0’39.965 |
| 7 |
Ivan Tedesco |
Kawasaki |
USA |
0’44.787 |
| 8 |
Kevin Windham |
Honda |
USA |
0’49.818 |
| 9 |
Brett Metcalfe |
Suzuki |
AUS |
0’53.260 |
| 10 |
David D Millsaps |
Yamaha |
USA |
0’54.824 |
| 11 |
Kyle Regal |
Yamaha |
USA |
0’55.086 |
| 12 |
Mike Alessi |
KTM |
USA |
-1Laps |
| 13 |
Matt Boni |
Kawasaki |
USA |
-1Laps |
| 14 |
Kyle Chisholm |
Yamaha |
USA |
-1Laps |
| 15 |
Nicholas Wey |
Yamaha |
USA |
-1Laps |
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| Rider Standings |
After Race 5 of 17 |
|
| 1. |
James Stewart |
Yamaha |
USA |
117 |
| 2. |
Ryan Villopoto |
Kawasaki |
USA |
112 |
| 3. |
Chad Reed |
Honda |
AUS |
90 |
| 4. |
Trey Canard |
Honda |
USA |
87 |
| 5. |
Ryan Dungey |
Suzuki |
USA |
79 |
| 6. |
Brett Metcalfe |
Suzuki |
AUS |
67 |
| 7. |
Andrew Short |
KTM |
USA |
64 |
| 8. |
Kevin Windham |
Honda |
USA |
59 |
| 9. |
Justin Brayton |
Yamaha |
USA |
57 |
| 10. |
Ivan Tedesco |
Kawasaki |
USA |
48 |
| 11. |
Kyle Chisholm |
Yamaha |
USA |
46 |
| 12. |
David D Millsaps |
Yamaha |
USA |
44 |
| 13. |
Kyle Regal |
Yamaha |
USA |
38 |
| 14. |
Nicholas Wey |
Yamaha |
USA |
35 |
| 15. |
Chris Blose |
Kawasaki |
USA |
31 |
| 16. |
Mike Alessi |
KTM |
USA |
20 |
| 18. |
Weston Peick |
Yamaha |
USA |
15 |
| 21. |
Austin Stroupe |
Yamaha |
USA |
12 |
| 23. |
Vince Friese |
Yamaha |
USA |
8 |
| 24. |
Thomas Hahn |
Yamaha |
USA |
7 |
| 27. |
Jeff Alessi |
Yamaha |
USA |
3 |
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Crowd:
45, 050
Weather:
Dry
Lap Record:
0’44.601
(Ricky Carmichael , 1/1/2006)
Last Years Winner:
Ryan Dungey |
| 1 |
Yamaha |
117 |
| 2 |
Kawasaki |
112 |
| 3 |
Honda |
98 |
| 4 |
Suzuki |
90 |
| 5 |
KTM |
64 |
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