2008 AMA MX Championship: Hangtown

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The traveling circus that makes up the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship moved north to the Prairie City SRVA (better known as Hangtown) for round two of the 2008 season. Monster Energy Kawasaki’s James Stewart put in another dominating performance to grab his fourth straight moto win, and second straight overall, and judging by his speed, that number will grow as we go through the season. Behind him, his hard-charging teammate (and fellow Floridian), Timmy Ferry put in two great rides to come through the pack both times for second. Honda Red Bull Racing’s Ivan Tedesco made his first podium appearance in quite some time to grab third overall via a 4-3 score.

Stewart now has a 20-point lead over Ferry in MX1 after two races (100 to 80), and Davi Millsaps occupies third in the standings four points behind Ferry.

In the Lites class, it was more green, with current AMA MX2 champ, Ryan Villopoto (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) showing some dominance of his own, powering away to big leads in both motos. His closest pursuer this week was Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, whose 2-3 beat out the 5-2 turned in by Jason Lawrence (Boost Mobile Yamaha of Troy).

The points are much tighter in the MX2 division, with Ryan Villopoto holding a nine-point advantage over Jason Lawrence. Austin Stroupe completes the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki bookend, and is only two points behind Lawrence.

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MX1
1. James Stewart (Kawasaki) 1-1

2. Timmy Ferry (Kawasaki) 2-2

3. Ivan Tedesco (Honda) 4-3

4. Davi Millsaps (Honda) 3-5

5. Steve Boniface (Honda) 6-6

6. Ben Townley (Honda) 8-7

7. Mike Alessi (Suzuki) 16-4

8. Michael Byrne (Suzuki) 9-10

9. Josh Hill (Yamaha) 11-9

10. Andrew Short (Honda) 14-8

11. Jeff Alessi (Honda) 7-15

12. Nick Wey (KTM) 10-14

13. Cody Cooper (Suzuki) 13-12

14. Sean Collier (Kawasaki) 5-21

15. Ryan Clark (Honda) 37-11

16. Chris Blose (Honda) 17-16

17. Sean Hamblin (Yamaha) 15-18

18. Charles Summey (Yamaha) 12-35

19. Juss Laansoo (Honda) 38-13

20. Michael Blose (Honda) 32-17

21. Bobby Bonds (Kawasaki) 18-39

22. Jarred Browne (Suzuki) 36-19

23. Kyle Partridge (Honda) 19-28

24. Adam Chatfield (Suzuki) 34-20

25. Antonio Balbi (Honda) 20-36

26. Ryan Abrigo (Yamaha) 25-22

27. Tyler Bright (Honda)24-23

28. Gavin Gracyk (Yamaha) 33-24

29. Colton Udall (KTM) 30-25

30. Kevin Rookstool (Honda) 23-26

31. Jack Carpenter (Honda) 22-27

32. Adam Metzler (Honda) 26-29

33. Nathan Tierney (Honda) 31-30

34. Ryan Ferris (Honda) 40-31

35. Mitch Dougherty (Honda) 28-32

36. Cole Siebler (Honda) 27-33

37. Kyle Summers (KTM) 21-34

38. Dennis Stapleton (Honda) 29-37

39. Cale Wallace (Honda) 35-38

40. Justin Sipes (Suzuki) 39-40

MX2
1. Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki) 1-1

2. Ryan Dungey (Suzuki) 2-3

3. Jason Lawrence (Yamaha) 5-2

4. Austin Stroupe (Kawasaki) 3-4

5. Brett Metcalfe (Kawasaki) 4-5

6. Trey Canard (Honda) 11-6

7. Jake Weimer (Honda) 7-10

8. Branden Jesseman (Kawasaki) 6-12

9. Ryan Sipes (KTM) 12-7

10. Dan Reardon (Honda) 15-8

11. Matt Goerke (KTM) 14-9

12. Kyle Cunningham (Honda) 10-13

13. Broc Tickle (Yamaha) 9-14

14. Kyle Chisholm (Kawasaki) 18-11

15. Nico Izzi (Suzuki) 8-38

16. Justin Brayton (KTM) 17-16

17. Jake Moss (Yamaha) 19-15

18. Tommy Hahn (Kawasaki) 13-34

19. Wil Hahn (Yamaha) 16-35

20. Sean Borkenhagen (Honda) 22-17

21. Tye Hames (Suzuki) 21-18

22. Andrew McFarlane (Kawasaki) 28-19

23. Michael Willard (Yamaha) 37-20

24. Tyler Bowers (Yamaha) 20-30

25. Adam Miller (KTM) 26-21

26. Willy Browning (Suzuki) 29-22

27. Kyle Gills (Suzuki) 38-23

28. Robert Kiniry (Honda) 32-24

29. Janolav Lunewski (Suzuki) 24-25

30. Charles Castlook (Kawasaki) 39-26

31. Topher Ingalls (Yamaha) 34-27

32. Hunter Meyer (Honda) 35-28

33. Brad Kelly (Yamaha) 33-29

34. Corey Pennington (Honda) 36-31

35. Ryan Beat (KTM) 23-32

36. Justin Workman (Honda) 27-33

37. Ryan Smith (Honda) 25-36

38. Todd Gosselaar (Honda) 30-37

39. Matt Lemoine (Yamaha) 31-39

40. Phil Nicoletti (Kawasaki) 40-40