ROUND 3 - ANGEL STADIUM - JANUARY 23rd
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 24th, 2010)
- For the second consecutive week, Team San Manuel Yamaha's Josh Hill
finished on the podium, moving up to a second place finish, while
teammate and current Supercross Champ, James Stewart finished third.
After more than a solid week of record level rainfall in Southern
California, Round 3 of the 2010 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM
World Championship, started Saturday afternoon
with clear skies and a remarkably dry track. Before a crowd of
die-hard race fans, enduring rare chilly 40-degree evening temps at
Anaheim's Angel Stadium, both Stewart and Hill ran Heat Race #1 of the
evening providing an uncanny preview of what the evening's Main event
would bring. With fans on their feet, Stewart led the Heat race while
Hill moved his way up from a 4th place start to pass Stewart on lap 6 -
Heat Race #1 finish - Hill 1st and Stewart 2nd.
Although coming off of a week of intensive physical therapy due to the
jarring crash suffered in Phoenix just last weekend, Stewart looked
strong in the Main and was quick off the start to take the lead on the
first turn of lap 1, Hill running 4th. By lap 5, Hill had moved into
second just behind Stewart and passed Stewart to take the lead on lap
6. An exciting, thrill-a-minute race to watch although being run on
deep rutted track due to the past week's soaking, Team San Manuel
Yamaha's Hill and Stewart ran 1st and 2nd until lap 13 when Ryan Dungey
passed the two to take the lead, ultimately finishing the 20-lap race
in that order.
Post-race, second place finisher, Josh Hill had this to say. “I really
just tried to run my own race and I think this is the fastest race I've
ever run!” “I gotta say these past 2 weekends have been real
confidence builders for me and working with Larry Brooks and Team San
Manuel - I don't think there could be a better place for me right now!”
Visibly in pain and certainly extremely sore Stewart conceded, “After
about lap 8 it was hard to even hold on. I gave it my best…but Ryan
and Josh rode great races.”
Team Manuel Yamaha Highlights / Anaheim [2] - Round 3 -
James Stewart - Heat Race 1 - 2nd
Josh Hill - Heat Race 1 - 1st
James Stewart - Season to Date: 1 win; 1-3rd; 1-15th
Josh Hill - Season to Date: 1-2nd; 1-3rd; 1-6th
James Stewart - Championship Points - 51
Josh Hill - Championship Points - 57
About Team San Manuel
Team San Manuel is a unique partnership between the San Manuel Band of
Mission Indians and L&M Racing, LLC, with the sole purpose of
reaching out to Native and
non-Native communities and sharing with them the value of perseverance
and dedication. Building a winning team comprised of top-notch talent
and community service, Team San Manuel honors the Serrano belief of
caring for our community. (www.sanmanuelracing.com)
About the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians is a federally
recognized American Indian tribe located near the city of Highland,
California. The Serrano Indians are the indigenous people of the San
Bernardino highlands, passes, valleys and mountains who share a common
language and culture. The San Manuel reservation was established in
1891 and recognized as a sovereign nation with the right of
self-government. Despite challenges and hardships, the San Manuel
tribal community has continued to progressively maintain and enhance
its unique form of government - focusing all efforts on providing a
better quality of life for its citizens. Through economic
diversification, both on and off the reservation, the tribe has been
forward thinking in its efforts to build infrastructure, maintain civil
services and promote social, economic, educational and governmental
units including the departments of fire, public safety, education and
environment and continues to pursue opportunities for future
generations.
About L & M Racing
L&M Racing was formed in 2006 by Owner/Team Manager Larry Brooks
and partner Mike Kranyak. Operating as Team San Manuel Yamaha, this
illustrious team has garnered 2 Supercross Championship titles in just
three professional race seasons. For the 2010 race season, 2009
Supercross Champion James Stewart anchors Team San Manuel as he
vehemently defends his title and is joined by 2008 Supercross Rookie of the Year
Josh Hill. In 2009, Team San Manuel's James Stewart won his second
Supercross Championship, his first coming in 2007, and second for
L&M Racing's independent effort. Rookie Kyle Chisholm rounded out
Team San Manuel's 2009 team. In 2008 team, Team San Manuel Yamaha,
consisted of 2004 Supercross Champion Chad Reed and former West Coast
Lites Champion Nathan Ramsey -- the newly-formed endeavor garnered its
first championship title that season. Led by Larry Brooks, the driving
force behind the Jeremy McGrath / Chaparral Racing team's three-year
championship reign in Supercross, Brooks' then race effort yielded the
first and only indie team to ever win an AMA Supercross Series
Championship. L&M Racing is headquartered within an 8,000 square
foot, state-of-the-art race facility in Southern California and is one
of the most successful independently owned and operated teams in
professional Supercross racing today.
Television Coverage Schedule
CBS SPORTS - January 24, 2010 - 10:00 am PST/1:00 pm EST
Next Race
January 30th - AT&T Park - San Francisco, CA
1/26/2010 10:56am
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