2007 Amp'd Mobile Supercross Series: Anaheim 3 Photo Gallery and Results



Click the following link for a 42-photo gallery of shots from the night's racing at Anaheim 3.

That's not all! Click the following link for a 35-photo gallery of pit and practice photos from Anaheim 3.



Following the great main event racing between Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart and Chad Reed, you'd think Anaheim 3 might have been a letdown with Carmichael on the sidelines. On the contrary, as Chad Reed's speed continues to improve after his pre-season crash, and James Stewart going for a trifecta, sweeping the main event at all three rounds at Anaheim, you had the ingredients for some interesting racing.

Maybe it was the recent full moon, but in some ways, the night was actually a bit strange. There were two red flags on the evening, including the Lites main event, for riders down in different section. The cause of the restart in the Lites main, a crash by Jake Weimer, left him with a gnarly cut (to the bone) that needed stitches afterward. But in true racer style, he had the Asterisk Mobile Medical crew do a quick patch with gauze, and returned to the gate for the restart.

Of course, the big news of the night was the back-and-forth battle between James Stewart and Chad Reed in the big-bore class. Both passes were fairly aggressive, but in our opinion, far better than the solo parades at the head of the pack that many were expecting.

What was unexpected, however was the chorus of boos from the crowd that greeted James Stewart during the podium ceremonies following the race. There's no doubt that the torch that gets passed from rider to rider at the head of the Supercross pack comes with an occasional flame.

Chad and James each had their own versions of what happened, and Reed said, "I put a good pass on him, and he passed me back. What do I need to say?" After further prompting, Chad made it clear that he thought it was too aggressive when he said, "I think I was smart enough to get off the throttle a little bit and save it. He came in hot, and I feel there was one intention, and one intention only."

Remember, James is still on probation with the FIM following on-track incidents at the World Supercross GP series opener in Toronto, and he knows he's under scrutiny.

In the post-race press conference, James said, "It was a good race…a really good race. I made a few mistakes in the beginning where he caught back up to me. He was doing this double-triple thing…I did it once in practice, and I never did it again. (It was) right after the start. Apparently he was making a lot of time on me there, and at the end of the second set of whoops I was struggling, trying to get into that corner. I was kind of wondering where he was, and where he was making up the time, and they told me after the race that's where it was happening."

"I felt like I rode strong, as where nothing really rattled me at all.  I thought the AMA did a good job with the lappers, they were moving out of the way. I just had to keep my head down and focus the whole race. That's what I did."

James continued, "It seemed like we were pretty even the whole race. I would pull a little bit and make a mistake and he'd catch up. I don't know if he was making a few mistakes or what, and I'd just get a gap. I was happy with that little gap I had, and I didn't feel like he was going to come in on the corners and get me so it was comfortable."

"I felt like it was good racing, just like in Toronto. He got me first. He came in and just squared up. I didn't even see him. He got me. He went to the outside in that corner before the second set of whoops and I just went down to the inside and made a pass. I didn't see to the point where it was bad. Even his pass, I didn't take offense to it. I just thought it was good hard racing."

So what did James think of being the first rider to sweep all three Anaheim rounds? "I tried to leave that at home and not really think about it. My goal was to come here and get points. It's been like that all year long. It just feels good to win again and also to be the first person ever to do it. I think it's a tremendous accomplishment and if you think about all the people who have ridden here, from McGrath to Ricky, to be the first person to do it is a pretty good feeling."

In the Lites class, Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto did it again, taking the win for the fourth time in five tries this season, despite a cold that he'd picked up in the middle of last week. At the pace he's going, he could wrap up the title in San Diego, which would make the break before the final West round a mere formality…and give him a huge head start on outdoor testing.

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Results: Anaheim 3

Supercross Lites Heat Race 1


  1. Martin Davalos
  2. Chris Gosselaar
  3. Kyle Cunningham
  4. Daniel Sani
  5. Steve Boniface
  6. Chris Blose
  7. Jason Lawrence
  8. Jake Weimer
  9. Joaquim Rodrigues

Supercross Lites Heat Race 2


  1. Ryan Villopoto
  2. Josh Grant
  3. Josh Hansen
  4. Troy Adams
  5. Kyle Partridge
  6. Michael Lapaglia
  7. Dusty Klatt
  8. Bradley Graham
  9. Logan Darien

Supercross Heat Race 1


  1. Chad Reed
  2. Ivan Tedesco
  3. Tim Ferry
  4. Travis Preston
  5. David Vuillemin
  6. Heath Voss
  7. Tyler Evans
  8. Ryan Clark
  9. Manuel Rivas

Supercross Heat Race 2


  1. James Stewart
  2. Kevin Windham
  3. Michael Byrne
  4. Nathan Ramsey
  5. Nick Wey
  6. Jeff Gibson
  7. Paul Carpenter
  8. Eric Sorby
  9. Cole Siebler

Supercross Lites LCQ


  1. Josh Hill
  2. Matt Lemoine
  3. Michael Willard
  4. Adam Chatfield

Supercross LCQ


  1. Josh Summey
  2. Bryan Johnson

Supercross Lites Main Event


  1. Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki)
  2. Josh Grant (Honda)
  3. Jason Lawrence (Yamaha)
  4. Josh Hill (Yamaha)
  5. Josh Hansen (KTM)
  6. Jake Weimer (Honda)
  7. Chris Gosselaar (Kawasaki)
  8. Kyle Partridge (Honda)
  9. Kyle Cunningham (Yamaha)
  10. Matt Lemoine (Yamaha)
  11. Martin Davalos (KTM)
  12. Dusty Klatt (Yamaha)
  13. Michael Lapaglia (Yamaha)
  14. Daniel Sani (Honda)
  15. Steve Boniface (Kawasaki)
  16. Joaquim Rodrigues (Kawasaki)
  17. Bradley Graham (Kawasaki)
  18. Logan Darien (Honda)
  19. Michael Willard (KTM)
  20. Chris Blose (Yamaha)
  21. Troy Adams (Suzuki)
  22. Adam Chatfield (Yamaha)

Supercross Main Event


  1. James Stewart (Kawasaki)
  2. Chad Reed (Yamaha)
  3. Tim Ferry (Kawasaki)
  4. Nick Wey (Honda)
  5. Michael Byrne (Suzuki)
  6. Nathan Ramsey (Yamaha)
  7. Kevin Windham (Honda)
  8. Heath Voss (Honda)
  9. Paul Carpenter (Kawasaki)
  10. Ivan Tedesco (Suzuki)
  11. Travis Preston (Honda)
  12. David Vuillemin (Honda)
  13. Jeff Gibson (Kawasaki)
  14. Manuel Rivas (Kawasaki)
  15. Tyler Evans (Suzuki)
  16. Cole Siebler (Honda)
  17. Ryan Clark (Honda)
  18. Bryan Johnson (Honda)
  19. Josh Summey (Honda)
  20. Eric Sorby (Kawasaki)

AMA Supercross Lites West Point Standings (after five of eight rounds)


  1. Ryan Villopoto 122
  2. Jason Lawrence 91
  3. Jake Weimer 74
  4. Chris Gosselaar 65
  5. Josh Grant 64
  6. Matt Lemoine 63
  7. Josh Hansen 62
  8. Steve Boniface 61
  9. Josh Hill 52
  10. Kyle Partridge 51
  11. Christophe Pourcel 48
  12. Troy Adams 47
  13. Kyle Cunningham 42
  14. Michael Lapaglia 37
  15. Martin Davalos 34
  16. Justin Keeney 32
  17. Dusty Klatt 22
  18. Adam Chatfield 18
  19. Richie Owens 16
  20. Michael Willard 15

AMA Supercross Point Standings


  1. James Stewart 122
  2. Chad Reed 104
  3. Tim Ferry 90
  4. Michael Byrne 73
  5. Ricky Carmichael 69
  6. Kevin Windham 66
  7. Nick Wey 60
  8. Travis Preston 60
  9. Heath Voss 55
  10. Ivan Tedesco 53
  11. David Vuillemin 51
  12. Nathan Ramsey 45
  13. Paul Carpenter 45
  14. Jeff Gibson 42
  15. Josh Summey 25
  16. Tyler Evans 25
  17. Manuel Rivas 24
  18. Eric Sorby 15
  19. Cole Siebler 14
  20. Jeff Dement 13
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