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Dungey Re-Assumes Control of Premier Class Title Fight As Monster Energy Supercross Returns to Jacksonville



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Stroupe Continues to Close
in on
Pourcel in Lites Eastern Regional Championship






AURORA, Ill
(March 22, 2010) – After capturing his
fourth win of the 2010 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, and FIM World
Championship, season, Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey carries a
24-point
lead in the AMA Supercross class as the series makes its second visit to
Jacksonville, Fla., and Jacksonville Municipal Stadium this weekend.
Defending
AMA Supercross Lites Eastern Regional Champion Christophe Pourcel still
holds a
five-point lead in the standings despite a pair of rough outings over
the past
two races.



 




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Dungey
(5) and
Villopoto (2) Bring Their Intense Premier Class Battle to Jacksonville

Photo
Credit: Brian
Robinette



Last
weekend at the series’ debut from
Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Dungey brought Monster Energy Kawasaki rider
Ryan
Villopoto’s two-race win streak to a halt and gained seven points over
his
rival with six races remaining.




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  Dungey’s
Fourth Win
Gave Him His Biggest Points Lead of the Season at 24

Photo
Credit: Brian
Robinette






“This was a
big win for me tonight, but there
are still a lot of races left to go,” said Dungey. “The track got really
rough
tonight, so that kept me on my toes. I am looking forward to going to
Jacksonville next weekend.”






After a
poor start, Villopoto battled back to
bring home a fourth place finish.






After
winning the first three races of the
eight-race Eastern Regional season, Pourcel has had to overcome
adversity over
the last two rounds, but his ability to bounce back from misfortune has
allowed
him to maintain his edge over Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Austin Stroupe.







For the
second week in a row, a first-time
winner stood atop the podium in the AMA Supercross Lites class as
Rockstar
Energy Suzuki rookie Blake Baggett made a late-race pass to capture his
first-career professional victory.


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Supercross
Rookie
Blake Baggett Became the Third Different Lites Winner This Season

Photo
Credit: Brian
Robinette






“This is a
dream come true,” said Baggett. “I
was following Ryan (Sipes) and he didn’t make any mistakes, so I had to
be
patient. Time was starting to run out and I dove inside and made the
pass for
the win.”






A
first-turn crash left both Pourcel and
Stroupe well behind after the first corner. Stroupe posted a fifth place
finish
while Pourcel could only race back to seventh.






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  Christophe
Pourcel
Looks to Rebound and Protect His Lites Class Points Lead This Weekend

Photo
Credit:
Hoppenworld.com







Last
season, at the Monster Energy Supercross
debut from Jacksonville Municipal Stadium before 31,653 fans, San Manuel
Yamaha’s James Stewart captured a big win and narrowed his deficit to
AMA
Supercross class point leader Chad Reed to just five. Just one week
after
clinching the 2009 AMA Supercross Lites Eastern Regional championship,
Pourcel
won his fifth main event of the season.






Mike
Alessi started the AMA Supercross class
main event by winning the holeshot, followed closely by Reed, who moved
past
Alessi in turn two and secured the lead while Stewart snuck into second
place.






Stewart
tried to set Reed up in a few
different sections but the Australian held his ground. Stewart stalked
Reed for
13 long laps before he made a pass. Reed promptly answered back and took
over
the lead on the same lap. Just one lap later, Stewart re-passed Reed and
rode
to his 10th victory of the season. Reed finished second and
GEICO
Powersports Honda’s Kevin Windham was third.






“I had fun
out there tonight,” said Reed. “I
tried to be smooth and consistent out there. This was a great race, and
we have
three more left on the season. It’s time for me to get up there and go
to
battle.”






“It was a
great race, and we actually
collided over the triple jump, but that’s racing,” said Stewart. “I look
forward to the next race.”






Daytona
was the first city in Florida in to
host an AMA Supercross race back in 1974. In 1983 Orlando hosted its
first race
where Ron Lechein won his first-ever AMA Supercross main event. From
1991-1996,
Orlando was the site of the championship’s opening race.






In 1987,
the city of Miami hosted its
first-ever AMA Supercross race with Ricky Johnson winning the main
event. Two years
later in Miami, Johnson won the last AMA Supercross class main event of
his
career.






Tampa
hosted its first AMA Supercross race in
1988 and Johnson won that race as well. The following year, Daytona,
Miami and
Tampa were all on the 1989 season schedule. In 1996, Jeremy McGrath
swept all
of the Florida races with wins in Daytona, Orlando, and Tampa.
Jacksonville
will continue the Florida tradition this Saturday for its second Monster Energy
Supercross race.






CBS will
broadcast the AMA Supercross class
at 12:00 p.m. EST on
Sunday, March 28
.  SPEED will broadcast the AMA Supercross
Lites class on Sunday,
March 28 at 6:00 p.m. EST
.






AMA
Supercross Class Results: Arlington



1.            
Ryan
Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki



2.            
Davi
Millsaps, Tallahassee, Fla., Honda



3.            
Trey
Canard, Shawnee, Okla., Honda



4.            
Ryan
Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki



5.            
Justin
Brayton, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha



6.            
Josh
Hill, Carlsbad, Calif., Yamaha



7.            
Kevin
Windham, Centerville, Miss., Honda



8.            
Kyle
Chisholm, Valrico, Fla., Yamaha



9.            
Jason
Lawrence, Carlsbad, Calif., Yamaha



10.         
Tommy
Hahn, Alvord, Texas, Suzuki





AMA
Supercross Class Season Standings



1.            
Ryan
Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki, 239



2.            
Ryan
Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 215



3.            
Josh
Hill, Carlsbad, Calif., Yamaha, 192



4.            
Davi
Millsaps, Murrieta, Calif., Honda, 174



5.            
Kevin
Windham, Centerville, Miss., Honda, 161



6.            
Justin
Brayton, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha, 152



7.            
Ivan
Tedesco, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha, 143



8.            
Nick
Wey, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki, 122



9.            
Kyle
Chisholm, Valrico, Fla., Yamaha, 105



10.         
Tommy
Hahn, Alvord, Texas, Suzuki, 100





Eastern
Regional AMA Supercross Lites Class Results: Arlington



1.            
Blake
Bagget, Grand Terrace, Calif., Suzuki



2.            
Ryan
Sipes, Vine Grove, Ky., Yamaha



3.            
Justin
Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda



4.            
Martin
Davalos, Cairo, Ga., Yamaha



5.            
Austin
Stroupe, Lincolnton, N.C., Suzuki



6.            
Matthew
Lemoine, Collinsville, Texas, Suzuki



7.            
Christophe
Pourcel, Groveland, Fla., Kawasaki



8.            
Mike
Willard, Newark, Ohio, Honda



9.            
Tyler
Futrell, Clinton, N.C. KTM



10.         
Steven
Clarke, Cairo, Ga., Suzuki





Eastern
Regional AMA Supercross Lites Class Season Standings



1.            
Christophe
Pourcel, Groveland, Fla., Kawasaki, 109



2.            
Austin
Stroupe, Lincolnton, N.C., Suzuki, 104



3.            
Justin
Barcia, Ochlocknee, Ga., Honda, 84



4.            
Ryan
Sipes, Vine Grove, Ky., Yamaha, 77



5.            
Brett
Metcalfe, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Honda, 75



6.            
Blake
Baggett, Grand Terrace, Calif., Suzuki, 71



7.            
Dean
Wilson, San Jacinto, Calif., Kawasaki, 71



8.            
Martin
Davalos, Cairo, Ga., Yamaha, 47



9.            
Nico
Izzi, Albany, Ga., Yamaha, 41



10.         
Kyle
Cunningham, Fort Worth, Texas, Honda, 40






2009
Jacksonville Results





AMA
Supercross Class Results, Jacksonville




  1. James
    Stewart,
    Haines City, Fla., Yamaha

  2. Chad Reed,
    Tampa, Fla., Suzuki

  3. Kevin
    Windham,
    Centreville, Miss., Honda

  4. Josh Hill,
    Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha

  5. Andrew
    Short,
    Smithville, Texas, Honda

  6. Mike
    Alessi,
    Victorville, Calif., Suzuki

  7. Thomas
    Hahn,
    Decatur, Texas, Kawasaki

  8. Kyle
    Chisholm,
    Valrico, Fla., Yamaha

  9. Heath
    Voss,
    Mico, Texas, Honda


  10. Billy
    Laninovich, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Kawasaki




Eastern
Regional AMA Supercross Lites Class
Results, Jacksonville




  1. Christophe
    Pourcel,
    Corona, Calif., Kawasaki

  2. Wil Hahn,
    Decatur, Texas, KTM

  3. Austin
    Stroupe,
    Lincolnton, N.C., Kawasaki

  4. Darryn
    Durham,
    Wildomar, Texas, Yamaha

  5. Blake
    Wharton,
    Pilot Point, Texas, Honda

  6. Broc
    Tickle,
    Holly, Mich., Yamaha

  7. Branden
    Jesseman, New Brighton, Pa., Kawasaki

  8. Matt
    Lemoine,
    Collinsville, Texas, Yamaha

  9. Matthew

    Goerke, Lake Helen, Fla., Suzuki

  10. Steven

    Clarke, Cairo, Ga., Suzuki


Past
Winners in Jacksonville







AMA
Supercross

April
4, 2009                  James Stewart







AMA
Supercross Lites

April
4, 2009                  Christophe Pourcel





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