Jeff Ward continues to defy the odds. Common knowledge would
say that a racer of 45 would not be on the top of his game
still winning championships against riders half his age. Yet
as the 2007 AMA Supermoto Championship season approaches,
Ward, the defending and two-time champ with Team Troy Lee
Design Honda Red Bull, is still considered the rider to beat
despite the fact that he will turn 46 in June.
Ward heads the list of top riders expected to make a run for
this year’s premier class, the AMA Red Bull Supermoto. The
series kicks off on May 19 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
in St. Louis and concludes on Nov. 11, with the Duel at the
Docks in Long Beach.
Ward, who won his first Supermoto title in 2004, earned back the
title last year over Doug Henry of Graves Yamaha by a margin of
36 points (429-393). Ward lost the 2005 title in the final round to
Jurgen Kunzel. Chris Fillmore finished 2006 ranked third with 356
points. Fillmore will ride for Monster Energy/Litz Racing/Kawasaki
in 2007. 2006 will be a year Ward won’t soon forget. In August
last year he became the oldest male gold medalist in X Games
history when he won the Moto X event. After that Ward was
inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame. His AMA Supermoto
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