Thor’s Austin Stroupe celebrates his first win of his AMA career in Houston

Since the start of the season, Stroupe has placed in the top 5 in 5
of the 7 west coast rounds, he’s grabbed the hole shot and
made the podium 3 times with 1 win. Not bad for a rookie.

In the Lites class, it was a five-way battle for the lead. Ryan
Dungey, Jason Lawrence, Jake Weimer, Thor’s Brett Metcalfe and
Thor’s Austin Stroupe made the race exciting and unpredictable.
Dungey started off in the lead, then lost it after stumbling in the
whoops. Stroupe then caught up to the top 4 and worked his way
through the pack, passing Lawrence for the lead on lap 6. It was
a close battle between Stroupe and Lawrence, but Stroupe stayed
in front and landed his first career AMA win!

Stoupe is now third in the Lites season point standings, with
teammate Brett Metcalfe in fourth. Stroupe and Metcalfe will get a
break while the AMA heads to the east coast – returning to the
west coast in Seattle on April 26th for an exciting fight for the #1
plate.

In the SX main, Thor's Chad Reed had a rough start and finished
the first lap in seventh. He worked his way through the pack,
trying to catch up to leader Kevin Windham. Thor's Josh Hill held
onto second for most of the race, until Reed came charging past
him on a mission to take over the... full story on thormx.com