Lawrence Steals Lites Class Points, Will Stage Defense in Houston Saturday Night

In a startling turn of events, the Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites
class’ championship has changed hands and was taken over by Yamaha of
Troy’s Jason Lawrence, of Carlsbad, Calif., last Saturday night at San Diego’s
Qualcomm Stadium. Lawrence captured his third consecutive AMA
Supercross Lites class win and removed Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan
Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., from the enviable number-one position. This
Saturday night for as low as $10, fans can watch this epic duel go down at
Houston’s Reliant Stadium. The AMA Supercross class race will air on CBS
Sports Sunday, February 17 at Noon, and the AMA Supercross Lites class
race will air on SPEED Friday, February 22 at Noon.

As Dungey, who had a 22-point lead earlier this season, proved last
weekend, the lead can change with one bad race. He left Anaheim 1 with a
three-point lead over Jason Lawrence. He went into Anaheim 2 nine points
ahead of Lawrence. Heading into San Francisco, he was 22 points ahead of
Broc Hepler. He led Dan Reardon by 19 points heading into Anaheim 3, and
at San Diego he left two points behind Lawrence.

“I was keeping tabs on where Ryan (Dungey) was during the main event,”
said Lawrence after last weekend’s race. “He crashed for the third weekend
in a row. He cracked under the pressure. We have two more races to go,
and I am up by two points. I am trying to win this championship. I can have
the target on my back for the rest of my life because I do ok under
pressure.”

In the AMA Supercross class, Team San Manuel’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla.,
brings a solid, yet vulnerable 35-point lead in the championship points race
to Houston. Reed is a two-time AMA Supercross class winner at Houston.

Reed was challenged by Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps, of Cairo, Ga., last
weekend in San Diego where the two traded positions throughout the AMA
Supercross class main event. full story on amamotocross.com
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