Highly-Anticipated Return Will Come at Unadilla
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.
(August 10, 2010) - MX Sports Pro Racing has released the pre-entry
list for this Saturday's Rockstar Energy Unadilla National from New
Berlin, N.Y., and as expected, a familiar and highly anticipated name
is on the form. It's been 23 months since he last completed a lap at an
AMA Motocross national event, but in just six days, San Manuel Yamaha's
James Stewart will return to the sport for his Lucas Oil AMA Pro
Motocross Championship debut on Saturday, August 14.
Since capturing the 2008 AMA
Motocross Championship with just the third perfect season in the
sport's history, Stewart shifted his focus primarily to AMA Supercross
after joining the San Manuel Yamaha team. During his absence, the
entire landscape of American motocross has shifted, with live national
television coverage, worldwide internet coverage, and a deeper, more
talented field of riders highlighted by more international stars than
ever before.
And to make the most anticipated
return in American motocross history even more exciting, all the drama
and action from New York will unfold live on NBC Sports with coverage
of the final 450 Class moto beginning at 3 p.m. ET.
The
last time James Stewart competed in the AMA Pro Motocross Championship
in 2008, he won his first premier class title after completing just the
third perfect season in history.
Courtesy Carl Stone
With millions of motocross fans
from around the globe yearning for his return (and an industry-wide
curiosity about how he'll fare), in addition to the opportunity to be a
part of the sport's continued growth, the world's most popular
motocross athlete couldn't resist the chance to come back to his roots.
With the rise of 450 Class rookie and reigning AMA Supercross Champion
Ryan Dungey, Stewart will look to end his former prodigy's stranglehold
on the premier class by competing at the final four rounds of the 2010
season: Unadilla, Southwick, Steel City, and Pala.
"We couldn't be happier to have
James Stewart return to American motocross," said MX Sports Pro Racing
Vice President Davey Coombs. "James is clearly the biggest star in our
sport, and ever since he made history en route to the 2008 title, we've
all been waiting for this day to come. The sport of motocross and this
series in particular has experienced tremendous growth in the year and
a half James has been off the tour, and with his return, it will reach
new levels that we could have only dreamed of."
"My goal is to do the best I can
in the motocross nationals," said Stewart, whose last competitive
motocross competition was the 2008 Motocross of Nations. "While I
haven't had a lot of time to test and train, I committed to running the
last four races of the series, and I feel I need to do this-for myself
as a rider, for my team, my sponsors, and my fans. I'm looking forward
to racing in Unadilla."
Stewart's
return to the nationals will also mark his debut outdoors for the San
Manuel Yamaha team. He has not competed since bowing out of the 2010
AMA Supercross season with a broken wrist.
Courtesy Steve Cox
Stewart's San Manuel Yamaha Team
Manager Larry Brooks is also supportive of his rider's return and his
team's foray into the outdoors.
"James' supercross season was cut
short this year, and this is a perfect opportunity for him to get back
on the track and race," said Brooks. "We owe it to him to support him,
as much as we do to the sponsors and fans that support our team and the
series. We look forward to racing the remainder of the motocross
nationals."
With Dungey leading the way aboard
his Rockstar/Makita Suzuki with a seven-race winning streak, Stewart
will surely have his fair share of challengers at Unadilla, including
Honda Red Bull Racing's Andrew Short, GEICO Powersports Honda's Brett
Metcalfe, Jagermeister KTM's Mike Alessi, and Troy Lee Designs/Lucas
Oil Honda's Ben Townley. There will also be some added competition, as
Belgian motocross star Clement Desalle returns to the AMA Motocross
circuit for a cameo appearance under the Rockstar/Makita Suzuki tent.
Desalle is currently ranked second in the Europe-based FIM Grand Prix
series.
450 Class Pre-Entry List | 250 Class Pre-Entry List | ||||
# | First | Last | # | First | Last |
0 | Jason | Lawrence | 12 | Jake | Weimer |
5 | Ryan | Dungey | 17 | Justin | Barcia |
7 | James | Stewart | 19 | Tommy | Searle |
9 | Ivan | Tedesco | 20 | Broc | Tickle |
10 | Thomas | Hahn | 21 | Blake | Wharton |
14 | Kevin | Windham | 28 | Tyla | Rattray |
23 | Justin | Brayton | 31 | Matthew | Lemoine |
24 | Brett | Metcalfe | 38 | Trey | Canard |
26 | Michael | Byrne | 48 | Max | Anstie |
27 | Nicholas | Wey | 50 | Alex | Martin |
29 | Andrew | Short | 61 | Vince | Friese |
33 | Josh | Grant | 64 | Taylor | Futrell |
35 | Matthew | Goerke | 87 | Les | Smith |
41 | Kyle | Regal | 90 | Willy | Browning |
42 | Ben | Evans | 92 | Michael | Willard |
43 | Steven | Clarke | 108 | Dean | Wilson |
46 | Ryan | Sipes | 126 | Hunter | Hewitt |
55 | Kyle | Chisholm | 133 | Myles | Tedder |
57 | Jarred | Browne | 140 | Johnny | Moore |
58 | Weston | Peick | 160 | Corey | Pennington |
88 | Ricky | Renner | 166 | Dakota | Tedder |
101 | Ben | Townley | 175 | Phillip | Nicoletti |
122 | Daniel | Reardon | 185 | Killy | Rusk |
134 | Travis | Sewell | 200 | Cole | Seely |
190 | Matt | Boron | 204 | David | Gassin |
196 | Tyler | Wharton | 211 | Tevin | Tapia |
209 | Heath | Harrison | 225 | Tyler | McEwen |
216 | Jared | Boothroyd | 238 | Ben | Robinson |
236 | Sean | Kranyak | 243 | Eli | Tomac |
237 | David | Costa | 244 | Ryan | Zimmer |
241 | Derek | Anderson | 285 | Tony | Archer |
251 | Joshua | Clark | 288 | Dillon | Alexander |
261 | Jacob | Morrison | 308 | Nicholas | Jackson |
280 | Ryan | Gainey | 319 | Brian | ONeal |
292 | Austin | Howell | 330 | A.J. | Catanzaro |
300 | Kurtis | Manderscheid | 332 | James | Palmer |
309 | Spencer | Dally | 339 | Michael | Thacker |
317 | Richard | White | 341 | Nico | Izzi |
351 | Shane | Sewell | 348 | Jason | Brooks |
365 | John | Vergalito | 349 | Eric | Saunders |
366 | Thomas | Addy | 370 | Drew | Yenerich |
369 | Ryan | Shonyo | 377 | Christophe | Pourcel |
376 | Ray | Leybovich | 448 | Brandon | Conkel |
388 | Bryan | Wallace | 449 | Dakota | Kessler |
408 | Paul | Lamb | 484 | Jonathan | Ecklund |
436 | Billy | Larsen | 498 | Cody | Robbins |
451 | Rashidi | Kerrison | 505 | Sean | Lipanovich |
462 | Michael | Starace | 515 | Michael | Sottile |
463 | Clemente | Desalle | 520 | Tony | Gallo |
471 | Ryan | Zimmerman | 521 | Kyle | Gills |
509 | Kyle | Hangos | 529 | Lowell | Spangler |
514 | Anthony | Roth | 565 | Preston | Mull |
547 | Adam | Blessing | 566 | Logan | Martin |
557 | Jay | Weller | 577 | Martin | Davalos |
597 | Mitchell | Dougherty | 585 | Travis | Baker |
606 | Ronnie | Stewart | 603 | Tommy | Weeck |
612 | Ryan | Desrosiers | 622 | Christopher | Pugrab |
652 | Dustin | Pipes | 632 | Thomas | Mudgett Jr. |
663 | Michael | Hacia | 659 | Justin | Freund |
687 | Garret | Toth | 673 | Jonathan | Six |
702 | Cameron | Stone | 678 | Nicolas | Myers |
707 | Alexander | Millican | 690 | Ricky | Winters |
711 | Ronnie | Goodwin | 698 | Derek | Hall |
712 | Matt | Moss | 704 | Christopher | Akaydin |
718 | Matt | Schneider | 709 | Tyler | Bright |
724 | William | Bryant | 731 | Steve | Roman |
750 | Jared | Hicks | 739 | Nicholas | Kruger |
752 | Justin | Coley | 761 | Derek | Almy |
760 | Tyler | Wozney | 828 | Lee | Chavous |
763 | Corey | Ahl | 861 | Eric | Montreuil |
769 | Taylor | Beltz | 878 | Eric | McKay |
771 | Terren | ODell | 880 | Canaan | Barrilleaux |
774 | Robby | Marshall | 886 | Chase | Couture |
781 | Chris | Laughnane | 900 | Michael | Ross |
794 | Michael | Leavitt | 923 | Scott | Zont |
800 | Mike | Alessi | 948 | Joseph | Zambotti III |
801 | Jeff | Alessi | 950 | W. Gregg | Duffy Jr. |
804 | Jason | Langford Jr. | 961 | Josh | Emmi |
822 | John | Price | 962 | Eric | Brown |
836 | Kyle | Willis | 972 | Michael | Picone |
838 | Chris | Carr | 991 | Branden | Miller |
873 | Jack | Carpenter | 998 | Chris | Lykens |
876 | Sunny | Drake | |||
883 | Matt | Weaver | |||
933 | Zane | Hodges | |||
958 | Aden | de Jager | |||
964 | Derek | Stephens | |||
970 | Darrin | Mees | |||
987 | Matthew | Babbitt |
For tickets and fan and racing information on the 2010 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, log on to www.allisports.com/motocross.
For more information about the
2010 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, please contact media
coordinator Brandon Short via email at brandon@mxsports.com or by telephone at (949) 365-5750.
About the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship
The
Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship is the world's most
prestigious motocross series. The Series is managed and produced by MX
Sports Pro Racing, whose mission is to raise awareness of motocross
racing through the promotion of professional championship racing events
nationwide.
The series is also produced in
conjunction with Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports, a global business
that encompasses national and international action sports events,
multimedia production and a consumer-based lifestyle brand.
Alli is owned by NBC Sports and MTV Networks and represents a vast network of athletes, fans, brands and properties.
The Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross
series is sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, the premier professional
motorcycle racing organization in North America. AMA Pro Racing
operates a full schedule of events and championships across every
spectrum of motorcycle com
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