2008' AMA Team's Rankings after Houston top-20
1. Torco Racing Fuels Honda - 288 points +1
2. Rockstar Makita Suzuki – 258 points -1
3. San Manuel Yamaha - 254 points +1
4. Red Bull Honda - 252 points -1
5. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki - 227 points +1
6. MDK KTM - 225 points -1
7. Monster Energy Kawasaki – 180 points
8. Team Yamaha - 177 points -1
9. Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy - 143 points
10. Xtreme Team Green - 118 points
11. Butler Brothers/DNA/BTO Sports Honda - 95 points +1
12. Fun Center Suzuk I - 89 points +1
13. Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull Honda - 87 points -2
14. Toyota/Gibbs Racing Yamaha - 85 points
14. Star Racing/Lucas Oils Yamaha - 85 points +2
14. Team Solitaire/MB1 Racing - 85 points +3
17. MDK/Wonder Warthog Racing - 68 points -2
18. Jayco/Richardson’s RV Suzuki - 60 points +1
19. Team Atomic Racing – 53 points +1
20. Hart & Huntington/Rockstar Honda - 45 points -2
pic from vitalmx.com
Supercross Team's Rankings #7
Kevin Windham's AMA Racing Wins
K-Dub's AMA SX-class Main Event wins 13
2008: Houston (2nd in series)
2005: Anaheim1 (3rd in series)
2004: Anaheim1, Phoenix, Salt Lake & Las Vegas (2nd in series)
2001: Irving (4th in series)
2000: Irving (4th in series)
1999: Tampa & Dallas (7th in series)
1998: New Orleans & St. Louis (4th in series)
1997: Charlotte (18th in series)
K-Dub's AMA SX-Lites Main Event wins 12
1997: Los Angeles 1, Tempe, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas (1st in series)
1996: Minneapolis, Anaheim, Seattle, Houston, St. Louis & Denver (1st in series)
K-Dub's AMA MX-class Overall wins 9
2007: New Berlin (5th in series)
2003: New Berlin & Washougal (2nd in series)
2001: Washougal & Delmont (2nd in series)
1999: Sacramento, Budds Creek, Buchanan & Binghamton (2nd in series)
K-Dub's AMA MX-Lites Overall wins 7
1997: Buchanan, New Berlin & Delmont (2nd in series)
1996: San Bernardino, Mt. Morris, Binghamton & Delmont (2nd in series)
1994: First moto win at Mt. Morris
K-Dub's years whitout wins
2007 AMA SX-class: 4th in series
2006 AMA SX-class: 4th in series
2006 AMA MX-class: 2nd in series
2005 AMA MX-class: 2nd in series
2004 AMA MX-class: 3rd in series
2003 AMA MX-class: 2nd in series
2000 AMA MX-class: 3rd in series
1998 AMA MX-class: 2nd in series
1995 AMA SX-Lites: 5th in series
Kevin Windham at Las Vegas in 2004
pic from amamotocross.com
Kevin Windham RacerX Interview -ozzy go-
Monday Conversation with Kevin Windham Feb. 18, 2008
Coming into the Houston Supercross, Torco Racing Fuels Honda’s
Kevin Windham hadn’t won a supercross main event since the
2005 season-opening mud race at Anaheim I. Over three years
later, Windham became the first rider to beat Chad Reed in a
main event since James Stewart vacated the series before round
three, proving that there’s still a lot of fight in the old dog yet.
interview on racerxill.com
Torco Racing Fuels Honda Race Report: Houston Supercross
HOUSTON, Tex. – Torco Racing Fuels Honda and the team’s star rider Kevin
Windham had a breakthrough at the Houston, Texas round of the AMA
Supercross Championship. Windham is one of only two riders to have finished
every single main event so far in the top five, but in Houston, Windham took a
big leap forward, winning his first AMA Supercross main event of the season.
Windham started near the front in the main event and took over the lead when
Davi Millsaps crashed on lap two. From there, Windham led the remaining 19
laps. It was the 13th AMA Supercross win of his career, moving him past Ezra
Lusk and David Bailey to 12th on the all-time Supercross win list.
“It was a tough race, because it would’ve been easy to let your mind wander,
and I stayed focused,” Windham said. “When Chad [Reed] was in second, I
felt like I was inching away. I’m thankful for my team, Torco Racing Fuels
Honda, and Planet Fitness, and Amsoil, No Fear Energy, and Jeff Spencer. All
of those guys came together. There are a lot of pieces to the puzzle, and they
all came together for this.”
Windham’s win further solidified his spot at second in the championship, and
actually moved him up three points closer to Reed for the championship lead
with 10 races still left to run.
The Lites class also saw success for the Torco Racing Fuels Honda squad, as
Phoenix winner Jake Weimer got a start near the front of the pack, and then
fought it out with the leaders on his way to a solid third-place podium finish.
“I got a pretty decent start, and then on the first lap, I was like third or fourth
– I was towards the front – and I wasn’t able to do the finish line and got
passed like three times,” Weimer said of the start of the race. “Then, there
were a bunch of us going back and forth, and Dungey went by me. Then, he
made a mistake, and I went back by him, and then he got back by me, then
he made another mistake and I went back by him, and then I never saw him
again.” full story on racerxill.com - pics from tedescophoto.com
KTM Race Report: Houston Supercross
MDK KTM Factory rider, Nick Wey, continued his streak of top ten finishes with
a 9th overall at the 7th round of the AMA Supercross Series at Reliant Stadium.
MDK KTM Factory rider Nick Wey started mid-pack in his heat and worked his
way up into 8th to transfer to the main.
In the Supercross main event Wey got a good start coming around the first
turn inside the top ten. By the end of the first lap he was in 8th. For the
remainder of the race he battled with riders for the 7th place position. He rode
a smooth and consistent race to finish within the top ten, where he has been
for the majority of the season. At the end of the race Wey was able to hold on
to 9th place overall and he now currently sits 8th in overall series points.
Both MDK KTM Lites riders, Billy Laninovich and Justin Brayton, were lined up
for Heat #2 of the Lites Supercross class.
The teammates took off at the gate drop and came side by side around the
first turn. They stayed together as they rounded the track for the first lap.
Unfortunately they tangled together with a couple other riders near the end of
the first lap. Laninovich remounted a lap down but Brayton was unable to
finish due to an injured wrist he suffered in the crash.
In the LCQ, Laninovich got out front and led the race to take the win and
qualify to the main event. Brayton was forced to sit out the rest of the evening
due to the wrist injury from the Heat race crash (the severity of the injury is
undetermined at this time).
In the Supercross Lites Main Billy Laninovich came around last on the start and
was forced to work his way through the pack to get up front where he
belongs. In a hard fought battle he eventually worked his way into 13th for the
night as the checkered flag dropped. ktmpress.com
pic from tedescophoto.com
Austin Stroupe Gets First Win in Houston
In only his seventh supercross race, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/
Kawasaki rider Austin Stroupe stood on the top step of the
podium after earning his first career AMA Supercross Lites win.
His teammate Brett Metcalfe finished fifth. In the Monster Energy
AMA Supercross, an FIM Championship main event, Monster
Energy Kawasaki’s Timmy Ferry earned his third straight podium,
finishing third at Reliant Stadium. Travis Preston finished 20th.
Everything is Bigger in Texas
They say everything is “Bigger in Texas” and nothing was bigger
on Saturday night than the ride by Stroupe to win his first race as
a professional. The 17-year-old rider used a good start to get
near the front of the field before taking the lead for good on lap
six. The win moves Stroupe to third in the series’ standings just
one point ahead of his teammate Metcalfe.
“It feels awesome,” said Stroupe. “When I saw the checkered flag
it was great. Near the end of the race I was just trying to get
good lap times and stay loose. I felt good coming into the season
and it just is awesome to get a win. It has been tough all season
and I’m just stoked.”
Three Times a Podium
For the third straight week, Ferry put his Kawasaki KX™450F on
the podium. After getting caught in traffic on the first lap, Ferry
fought his way through the pack to finish third. Ferry continues to
hold down the third spot in the championship standings.
“It was a good night,” said Ferry. “Third was just my spot. It was
a good ride and three podiums in a row keeps us up in the points.
I had to make some block passes in the corner after the short set
of whoops. It was tricky out there. It was rough and bumpy and
some of the ruts were down to the concrete floor. The track
challenged us and that is good for me.”
Fifth Place Finish
After finishing second in his heat race, Metcalfe carried that
momentum in the AMA Supercross Lites main event. Metcalfe
never ran lower than third until the last lap when he went down
on his own. Metcalfe quickly recovered to finish fifth. “It’s real
disappointing,” said Metcalfe. “It would have been nice to get
another podium. My front end washed out and that was it. I was
just trying too hard and I tried to get through that turn a little
better. Before the last lap the race was going well. After I went
down I was able to salvage a fifth but I it could have finished
much better.”
Something Spoke
For Preston, a broken spoke ended his night early. While battling
in traffic on the fourth lap, Preston and another rider made
contact and the foot-peg from the other bike broke a couple of
spokes on the front wheel. Preston wasn’t able to continue and
finished 20th.
“I got together with someone and their peg broke a couple of my
spokes,” said Preston. “Right now I need all the laps I can get so
it’s not good to pull off early. I was riding pretty good but I still
need to get better starts.”
full story on kawasaki.com
pics from tedescophoto.com
Reed maintains podium record with 2nd position in Houston
San Manuel Yamaha rider Chad Reed saw his run of five
consecutive victories come to an end in Houston for the seventh
round of seventeen in the 2008 AMA Supercross series, a FIM
World Championship, but the Australian continued his 100%
podiumrecord with second position and guards a 32 point lead in
the competition.
The 42nd Supercross in Houston did not witness a fourth straight
sweep for Yamaha in both classes even though Jason Lawrence
did also climb the rostrum in second spot in the Lites West Coast
category to remain poised at the top of the standings with one
round to go.
In 1974 Pierre Karsmakers marked Yamaha’s first success in
Houston and the manufacturer has enjoyed thirteen more
triumphs since then, Reed himself contributing two of those.
In a so-far-dominant campaign the number ‘22’ was not able to
increase his season statistics at the Reliant Stadium. Kevin
Windham, who helped design the short layout, gained his first 25
points of the year after taking the lead on the first lap and
setting the pace at the front. Reed, who had started badly, pulled
through the pack to pass brand-mate Josh Hill and secure second
place at mid-race distance but could not close to Windham’s rear
wheel. Tim Ferry was third.
That’s a tough one to swallow. I gave it everything I’ve got.
Kevin rode a good race, and I want to congratulate him but this is
a disappointment,” said Reed, who took his third career runner-
up position at Houston and has never dropped out of the top
three at the event.
“It was just one of those nights,” added the 25 year old who has
totalled 31 victories and became the first racer to win all the
Californian rounds with his chequered flag last week in San Diego.
“Once I got into second, I couldn’t cut into Kevin’s lead. We’ve
had a good season, and it’s still good to be up on the podium.”
18 year old Hill was running as high as second before being
overtaken by Reed and Ferry. With Broc Hepler and Grant
Langston still absent with physical ailments (broken hand and
an eye problem respectively) the teenager produced a positive
showing for his second best result of the season so far.
In the Lites category Yamaha of Troy’s Jason Lawrence again
made the podium for the fourth meeting in succession. His
second position on the YZ250F behind Austin Stroupe and some
costly mistakes by title rival Ryan Dungey means that the 20
year old stretched his advantage in the championship by five
points, to six in total. The final round of the West coast series will
take place on 26th April in Seattle as the East coast championship
now cranks into life.
“I think that might be my main advantage, being smart –
something Dungey hasn’t been all year. That’s four races in a row
that he’s crashed out,” said Lawrence. “He’s handing me this title,
and I’ve got one more race to hold it together. I’m going to go to
that race and do exactly what I did right here. Dungey can win it
by a mile, but I’m going to get the title.”
The schedule refuses to ease for the riders and teams and they
continue onto Atlanta for round eight next weekend. yamaha-
racing.com - pics from tedescophoto.com
Red Riders Race Report: Houston AMA Supercross class
Minutes before the Houston Supercross this weekend, a tornado
touched down not far from the track, and the winds were strong
enough to rip the awnings off several of the factory semis parked
in the pits, including that of the Honda Torco Racing Fuels truck—
the team was undoubtedly upset.
Shortly thereafter a tornado of another type entirely touched
down on the track: Honda Torco Racing Fuels Kevin Windham on
his Honda CRF450R. This CRF450R-powered storm flat blew away
every other bike on the track, and gave K-Dub a well-deserved
win in the premier class.
The Houston track, while built by Dirt Wurx, had been designed
by Windham as well. Windham actually drove to the event, living
just five hours from Houston. The track didn’t give Windham any
advantage, though. After the race, number 14 commented, “Man,
I screwed up. I should’ve built this track like my track at home.”
In the first heat races of the night, Honda Red Bull Racing rider
Davi Millsaps was once again right up front, finishing second and
followed closely by teammate Andrew Short. The Millsaps/Short
rivalry isn’t talked about much in the press, but this year it’s
providing fans with some of the best, closest racing on the track.
Millsaps was injured for much of the Motocross season last year,
while Short came within a race of winning the National
Championship.
In the second heat, it was all about Windham, the Centreville,
Mississippi rider scoring an easy win. A heat win is nice, but
everyone kicks it up a notch when the main comes around.
When the gate dropped in the main, it was Honda Red Bull
Racing’s Davi Millsaps with another great holeshot, the second in
two races. Millsaps lit out and rode hard, serving notice that this
was going to be a gloves-off fight right from the first turn. With
Windham right behind, it was Honda one-two for the first lap.
It’s tough to fall in the first laps of a race: the pack is so close
and dense that a downed rider can lose a dozen positions in only
a second. That’s what happened to Millsaps, and by the time he
was up and rejoined the race it was in 20th position.
Andrew Short, meanwhile, had also gotten an excellent start,
completing the first lap in fourth, and then moving up into third
when Millsaps fell. Short held that position until lap eight, riding
in front of series leader Chad Reed. As the leaders began to
approach lapped traffic, though, there was some reshuffling of
the second, third, fourth, and fifth-place riders. Eventually Short
ended up in fifth, where he finished.
Millsaps had begun his charge back, passing three and four
riders per lap. By lap nine, he’d moved from last to ninth. As
you move up in the pack, though, it gets tougher and tougher to
pass, and Millsaps had to settle for an eight-place finish: still
remarkable considering his first-lap mishap.
As for Windham, he just checked out, riding flawlessly and
never challenged once for the lead. “When I got to the lappers
early, Chad [Reed] was in second, I thought to myself, ‘Man,
this is the pivotal point of the race. If I don’t get through these
guys, that’s going to be his chance to tighten up.’ I mean, that
was really the race for me. There were a lot of little steps, but
when you’re racing guys...” full story on hondaredriders.com
pics from tedescophoto.com
Windham finally gets one over Reed
The winning streak of Australia’s Supercross star Chad Reed has
come to an end but his podium record remains in tact after he
finished second at Round 7 of the Monster Energy® AMA Supercross,
an FIM World Championship, at Houston’s Reliant Stadium tonight
behind Supercross stalwart Kevin Windham.
Reed didn’t get the start he needed on the extremely hard to pass
track and was mid pack as he went through Turn 1. In a precarious
position, Reed was forced to ride cautiously through the first few laps
while the mayhem around him settled down.
By Lap 9 the championship leader had worked his way up to third
and moved into second on Lap 10, after an amazing passing
manoeuvre on Joshua Hill coming out of Turn 3.
Once into second place, Reed was able to pick up the pace and was
lapping half a second quicker than the race leader. Unfortunately
with the gap between them already at over 8 seconds, Reed simply
ran out of time to chase Windham down before the chequered flag.
“This is a tough pill to swallow,” said Reed. “I gave it everything I
had tonight, but Kevin (Windham) rode a great race. We have had a
good season, and we will have to put it together in Atlanta next
weekend.”
“I knew if I didn’t get a good start it was always going to be very
hard to pass but I got sandwiched off the start then had to ride a
little cautiously for the first couple of laps while things settled down.”
“I am disappointed, as I feel like I should be winning these races but
some of the issues that we have been experiencing seemed to catch
up with me tonight.” full story on mcnews.com.au
pic from vitalmx.com
Windstorm -ozzy go- theweege.blogspot.com
Back when Kevin Windham first broke into the pro ranks
with Yamaha, they ran an ad campaign harkening back to
the days of Bob "Hurricane" Hannah. After each win, they
rang up the Kevin "Windstorm" Windham nickname in hopes
of creating another Hurricane. Well, now I get the chance to
get all poetic and symbolic and deep.
A giant windstorm swept through Texas last night, enough
to trash most teams' tents and apparently knock out power
transformers all over the area. It was also enough to
ground us in the Houston airport this morning, and now we
are stuck in Charlotte after our whole flight schedule got
jacked up. The weather forecasters were actually right this
time, since they were predicting these winds. Same for the
forecasters who predicted the Windstorm would plow
through the supercross field. Last weekend, Kevin Windham
only notched fifth and never quite got to the same level he
was on at Anaheim 3. But everyone was still calling the #14
for Houston. He designed the track, he had tons of fans
from his native Louisianna heading in to cheer him, and
then he threw down a faster lap than Chad Reed in the final
qualifying session. full story on theweege.blogspot.com
pic from racerxill.com
Houston Supercross class Main Event
Nearly 50,000 fans were on hand at Reliant Stadium to see a
pair of stunning victories in AMA Supercross racing. Kevin
Windham snagged his first SX win since 2005 by besting his
podium mates Chad Reed and Tim Ferry.
It was Red Bull Honda's Davi Millsaps who had the fastest
reaction once the gate dropped for the 20-lap main event and
his CRF450R rocketed to the front with Windham's Torco
Racing Fuels Honda in second and factory Yamaha rider Josh
Hill in third by the end of the lap. Millsaps would crash to
dead last, putting him behind San Manuel Yamaha rider Reed
who finished Lap 1 in seventh. After only two laps he was into
fourth where he circled behind Andrew Short, Hill and
Windham who had taken the lead without complaint. K-dub
did his best to run and hide, knowing that Reed was storming
up behind him, but by the time the Yamaha rider passed his
teammate for second on Lap 10, Windham was too far gone.
"I have been working hard this year, and tonight it paid off,"
said Windham. "I could not have won in front of a better
crowd. I put my head down tonight and used the crowd to my
advantage. The crowd was on their feet for the entire race."
Reed still holds the title race firmly in his grasp with a 32-
point lead. Knowing that he can miss an entire round and still
hang onto the top spot is a serious chunk of insurance as the
series heads to the softer soils back East.
"This is a tough pill to swallow," said Reed. "I gave it
everything I had tonight, but Kevin rode a great race. We
have had a good season, and we will have to put it together
in Atlanta next weekend." motorcycle-usa.com
pic from vitalmx.com
Windham Wins First Monster Energy® Supercross Race Since ’05
Rookie Stroupe Captures First Win of his Career
HOUSTON (February 16, 2008) – Torco Fuels Honda’s Kevin
Windham, of Centerville, Miss., won his first Monster Energy®
AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race at Reliant
Stadium since 2005 in front of 49,986 fans. Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s
Austin Stroupe, of Corona, Calif., won the first Western Regional
AMA Supercross Lites race of his career.
Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps, of Cairo, Ga., won the $1,500
Progressive Holeshot Award with Monster Energy® Kawasaki’s
Tim Ferry, of Dade City, Fla., in tow through turn one. Points
leader Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., went through turn one near
the middle of the pack.
While leading, Millsaps crashed and Windham moved into the lead
and never looked back. Reed, who rides for Team San Manuel,
moved into second place on lap 11 and couldn’t catch Windham.
Reed finished second and Ferry finished third.
“I have been working hard this year, and tonight it paid off,” said
Windham. “I could not have won in front of a better crowd. I put
my head down tonight and used the crowd to my advantage. The
crowd was on their feet for the entire race.”
“This is a tough pill to swallow,” said Reed. “I gave it everything
I had tonight, but Kevin (Windham) rode a great race. We have
had a good season, and we will have to put it together in Atlanta
next weekend.”
Rockstar Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., won the
$1,000 Progressive Holeshot Award as he led Pro Circuit
Kawasaki’s Brett Metcalfe, of Murrieta, Calif., and Lawrence
through turn one. Metcalfe passed Dungey for the lead but was
re-passed on the opening lap. Moments after moving into the
number-one position, Dungey crashed and fell back several
positions and allowed Lawrence to assume the lead. Two laps
later Dungey suffered another crash.
On lap five Stroupe, who is a rookie this season, moved past
Lawrence for the lead and held on for the next 10 laps.
“I am going to the next race, and I plan to do exactly what I
did here tonight,” said Lawrence who now has a six-point lead.
“I will
be ready for the next race.”
“I finally had a decent start, and that helped me in the
beginning of the race,” said Stroupe. “I put myself in position to
stay up front and that’s what I did.”
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.
supercrossonline.com
pics from tedescophoto.com
Windham takes Supercross event at Reliant -ozzy go- chron.com
A vicious storm was not the only force blowing stuff in and around Reliant Stadium on
Saturday night.
While strong winds were tossing every work and hospitality tent around the pit area
outside the stadium, Supercross rider Kevin Windham was busy tearing up the dirt track
inside, which was fine considering he had designed it.
Most importantly, the veteran rider tore up the competition, Supercross class leader
and favorite Chad Reed included, racing his way to his first victory of the season, which
he celebrated with a towering no-hands jump upon crossing the finish line.
Windham catapulted to the lead of the AMA Supercross series’ premier race at Reliant
Stadium when holeshot winner Davi Millsaps hit the ground hard in lap two.
Windham rever relinquished the lead, fending off a furious charge by Reed, who went
for seventh to second place with 10 laps to go before fading back, all but
handing Windham his first series win since 2005.
“I would have loved for Davi to stay in front and battle, but at this point in my career,
you take them any way they come,” Windham said of the victory.
Reed’s second-place finish in the 20-lap final race ended a four-race win streak and
marked only the second time this season the Australia native fails to earn a victory.
“I can’t take anything away from Kevin,” said Reed, who saw his lead in the standings
reduced to 32 points over Windham.
Series veteran Tim Ferry was third in the series’ 42nd visit to Houston.
Austin Stroupe captured his first Supercross Lites victory of the season, easily holding
off series leader Jason Lawrence beginning in lap six of the 15-lap final race to put an
end to a three-win streak by Lawrence. full story on chron.com
K-Dub at Phoenix - hondaredriders.com
Houston AMA Supercross class Results
2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series
Reliant Park - Houston, TX - February 16, 2008
AMA Supercross class Round 7: Houston
Houston Supercross Heat 1 top-10
1. Chad Reed (Yamaha)
2. Davi Millsaps (Honda)
3. Andrew Short (Honda)
4. Nathan Ramsey (Yamaha)
5. Josh Hansen (Yamaha)
6. Bryan Johnson (Honda)
7. Jason Thomas (Honda)
8. Jacob Marsack (Honda)
9. Antonio Balbi (Honda)
10. Manu Rivas (Kawasaki)
Houston Supercross Heat 2 top-10
1. Kevin Windham (Honda)
2. Josh Hill (Yamaha)
3. Josh Summey (Yamaha)
4. Travis Preston (Kawasaki)
5. Tim Ferry (Kawasaki)
6. Ryan Clark (Honda)
7. Jeff Gibson (Kawasaki)
8. Nick Wey (KTM)
9. Paul Carpenter (Honda)
10. Dusty Klatt (Kawasaki) NQ
Houston Supercross LCQ top-5
1. David Vuillemin (Suzuki) Q
2. Dusty Klatt (Kawasaki) Q
3. Eric Sorby (Honda)
4. Cole Siebler (Honda)
5. Manu Rivas (Kawasaki)
Houston Supercross Main Event
1. Kevin Windham (Honda)
2. Chad Reed (Yamaha)
3. Tim Ferry (Kawasaki)
4. Andrew Short (Honda)
5. Josh Hill (Yamaha)
6. Nathan Ramsey (Yamaha)
7. Josh Summey (Yamaha)
8. Davi Millsaps (Honda)
9. Nick Wey (KTM)
10. David Vuillemin (Suzuki)
11. Paul Carpenter (Honda)
12. Ryan Clark (Honda)
13. Jeff Gibson (Kawasaki)
14. Jacob Marsack (Honda)
15. Dusty Klatt (Kawasaki)
16. Jason Thomas (Honda)
17. Bryan Johnson (Honda)
18. Antonio Balbi (Honda)
19. Josh Hansen (Yamaha)
20. Travis Preston (Kawasaki)
AMA Supercross class Standings top-15
1. Chad Reed (Yamaha) 169 points - 5 wins/7 top-3
2. Kevin Windham (Honda) 137 points – 1 win/4 top-3
3. Tim Ferry (Kawasaki) 117 points - 3 top-3
4. Andrew Short (Honda) 101 points
5. Davi Millsaps (Honda) 98 points – 3 top-3
6. Nathan Ramsey (Yamaha) 85 points
7. Josh Hill (Yamaha) 84 points - 2 top-3
8. Nick Wey (KTM) 77 points
9. Mike Alessi (Suzuki) 69 points
10. David Vuillemin (Suzuki) 60 points
11. Paul Carpenter (Honda) 54 points
12. Ivan Tedesco (Honda) 53 points
13. Josh Summey (Yamaha) 53 points
14. James Stewart (Kawasaki) 47 points - 1 win/2 top-3
15. Grant Langston (Yamaha) 38 points
Houston Monster Energy Supercross Timed Practice/Qualifying Results
AMA Supercross class top-10
1. Kevin Windham (Honda CRF450R) 00:47.437
2. Chad Reed (Yamaha YZ450F) 00:47.467
3. Andrew Short (Honda CRF450R) 00:47.554
4. Timmy Ferry (Kawasaki KX450F) 00:47.560
5. Josh Hill (Yamaha YZ450F) 00:47.975
6. Davi Millsaps (Honda CRF450R) 00:48.509
7. Josh Hansen (Yamaha YZ450F) 00:48.943
8. Ryan Clark (Honda CRF450R) 00:49.589
9. Josh Summey (Yamaha YZ450F) 00:49.624
10. Nathan Ramsey (Yamaha YZ450F) 00:49.640
AMA Supercross Lites class top-10
1. Jason Lawrence (Yamaha YZ250F) 00:47.516
2. Ryan Dungey (Suzuki RM-Z250) 00:47.566
3. Austin Stroupe (Kawasaki KX250F) 00:48.902
4. Billy Laninovich (KTM 250SXF) 00:49.223
5. Justin Brayton (KTM 250SXF) 00:49.288
6. Jake Weimer (Honda CRF250R) 00:49.557
7. Tommy Hahn (Kawasaki KX250F) 00:49.649
8. Kyle Cunningham (Honda CRF250R) 00:50.038
9. Brett Metcalfe (Kawasaki KX250F) 00:50.104
10. Dan Reardon (Honda CRF250R) 00:50.306
Torco Fuels Honda's Kevin Windham last week at San Diego
pics from tedescophoto.com
Reed out to maintain Houston podium record
Chad Reed has never finished out of the top three in Houston and the
Australian Supercross star has vowed to maintain his perfect record when
Round 7 of the 2008 Monster Energy® Drink AMA Supercross, an FIM
World Championship, heads to Reliant Stadium on Saturday February 16.
In his five visits to the Texan event he has won twice, finish second twice
and third once.
This season is fast becoming Reed’s most successful yet and the
dominating Australian has achieved a number of personal milestones.
Last weekend, Reed celebrated his 31st career win, his fourth consecutive
and fifth of the season, he also became the first Supercross rider to sweep
all of the races held in California.
Reed is currently 35 points ahead of his nearest rival Kevin Windham but
stated he would not be resting on his laurels come Saturday.
“I am in a very good position right now,” said Reed. “But I can’t afford to
get complacent, I need to make sure I treat each and every race the
same.”
“While the championship title is the priority, I will be going all out for
another race win come Saturday.”
“Houston has been good to me. I have never finished off the podium here
so I plan to make sure that record remains in tact,” Reed continued.
Of the 115 Main Event laps contested in the six rounds of the series so far,
Reed has led 80 of them. fullnoise.com.au
pic from motocross.com
Grant Langston Interview on Motocross.com -ozzy go-
After winning the 2007 Las Vegas U.S. Open and grabbing
second overall at the Paris Bercy Supercross, Grant Langston
was poised to give Chad Reed a run for his money in this year’s
Monster Energy Supercross series. After a fourth place finish at
Anaheim I, it seemed as though Langston was merely off to a
slow start. But as the series progressed, things began to take a
turn for the worse for GL, and at Anaheim III the South African
made the difficult decision not to race due to blurred vision in
his left eye. For Langston, the problem has proven to be more
than just a bump in the road or in motocross terms, a rut in the
track, it’s turned into something that he has to get fixed. read
the interview on motocross.com
Chad Reed RacerX Wallpapers -ozzy go-
2008 « Why Not? Energy Drink » Fantasy SX Rankings
Points Standings after San Diego stop #6 top-20
1. Chad Reed (Yamaha) 280
2. Kevin Windham (Honda) 218 +1
2. Jason Lawrence (Yamaha) 218 +1
4. Ryan Dungey (Suzuki) 216 -2
5. Tim Ferry (Kawasaki) 189
6. Andrew Short (Honda) 177
7. Davi Millsaps (Honda) 171 +1
8. Brett Metcalfe (Kawasaki) 160 -1
9. Josh Hill (Yamaha) 145 +4
10. Austin Stroupe (Kawasaki) 144 +1
11. Justin Brayton (KTM) 141 +1
12. Dan Reardon (Honda) 136 -3
13. Tommy Hahn (Kawasaki) 134 +3
14. Mike Alessi (Suzuki) 123 -4
15. Jake Weimer (Honda) 114 +2
16. Nathan Ramsey (Yamaha) 106 +5
16. Nick Wey (KTM) 106 +6
18. Ivan Tedesco (Honda) 104 -4
19. Broc Hepler (Yamaha) 103 -4
20. Wil Hahn (Yamaha) 102 +4