Star Racing Supercross Round 3 Race Report:

Los
Angeles, Ca.
(January 22, 2011) Round three of the 2010 AMA Supercross series made
its way back to California for the inaugural visit to Dodgers
Stadium. After multiple years of three Anaheim rounds, history was
made by having a Supercross event at this venue in front of 41, 107
fans. DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha’s west coast squad
comprised of #35, Kyle Cunningham and our newcomer to professional
Supercross #72, Nick Paluzzi took to the track in timed qualifying
confidently, setting the 5^th
and 11^th
fastest times.

Heat
#2 had both Cunningham and Paluzzi lined up, getting out of the gate
in good fashion would be Paluzzi who held down 2^nd.
Cunningham was closed out coming into the first turn, and in the
early laps he made some smart moves to insure the netting of a
transfer position. The excitable, aggressive riding of Paluzzi saw
him take his Yamaha to the lead on lap one and turn the heads of
everyone in attendance. Riding solidly as the leader Nick fought off
several attempts to overtake him until lap five, when a small bobble
slated back to a 4^th
place finish at the end of six laps. Cunningham kept his cool and
pushed the limits against the competition, as he worked his way up
through the field. Holding down the 7^th
spot with a couple of laps left, the Texas native was still hard at
work. In doing so, Cunningham took a hold of 6^th
before the qualifier closed out and secured himself in the main
event.

Main
Event time was exciting right away; Cunningham put together a good
start and was in the mix of the top five. Unfortunately, on the third
lap a block pass went bad as he was drug down by the other rider’s
bike and hit the ground. He was able to remount, however it was in a
distant 16^th.
Starting around tenth, Paluzzi’s first laps were spent making
moves, and inside of three laps he held down the 8^th
spot. At halfway both teammates were making strides to move forward,
Paluzzi was hanging tough inside the top ten, setting some of his
best lap times and continued with a calculated performance.
Cunningham was putting on a great comeback by this point, sitting
13^th
he could see that a top ten was feasible. On lap thirteen, Kyle had
reeled in and passed for 11^th,
and set his sights ahead. Moving forward to the final moments in the
race, Cunningham would continue to soldier on right until the
checkers, and mustered up a finish of 10^th.
Slipping back into 9^th,
Paluzzi regained his form and went on to finish 9^th
in only his third Supercross race.

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