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Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes - AMA Monster Energy Supercross Race Advance - Phoenix‏


Dodge Motorsports Race Advance
AMA Monster Energy Supercross Series
Chase Field - Phoenix, Ariz.
Round 2 of 17
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012
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DODGE TEAMS WITH HART & HUNTINGTON.
·
  Dodge Motorsport and Hart & Huntington will field four
Dodge/Sycaun Casino/Hart & Huntington/Bell-Ray Racing Kawasaki 450s
in Saturday night’s event at Phoenix.  The riders are Ivan Tedesco, Josh
Hansen, Kyle Partridge and Josh Hill.
·   Hansen and Tedesco
advanced to the Main Event in the season-opening event last week at
Anaheim with Hansen finishing 10th and Tedesco 13th.  Tedesco ran in the
top five through the first 17 laps before an on-track incident dropped
him eight positions with three laps remaining.

THE DODGE BOYS
·   Dodge Motorsports is entering its second season with the Hart & Huntington Kawasaki team.
·   Dodge Motorsports riders earned one top-five and eight top-10 finishes in 2011.
·   Ivan Tedesco led the Dodge Motorsports/H&H team with seven top-10 finishes in 15 AMA starts in 2011.

FAST FACTS: PHOENIX
·
  Ivan Tedesco posted the fourth best time in qualifying, led three
laps before finishing 14th in last year’s Main Event at Phoenix.  He was
the Supercross Lites winner in the Valley of the Sun in 2004, holding
an 8.231-second advantage at the finish.
·   Josh Hansen was the
winner in Supercross Lites at Phoenix last year.  He qualified first and
led eight laps en route to his second consecutive win.
·   Josh Hill will make his first Phoenix start since 2010 when he finished third.
·   SPEED will televise the event live from Chase Field.  Coverage begins at 9:30 p.m. (ET).  

TALKING PHOENIX
“I’m
stoked about heading to Phoenix this weekend.  We gained a lot of
momentum from our 10th-place run at Anaheim last weekend.  We’ve had a
good week of practice and we’re heading to one of my favorite tracks on
the circuit.  Phoenix is my favorite race of the season.  I love the
crowds.  I love the dirt because it’s hard packed and it really fits my
style of racing.  It’s just a cool place.  We need to start strong, bang
out some laps and run hard at the end.”
Josh Hansen, No.100 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington/Bel-Ray Racing

Ivan Tedesco                                                                            
No. 9 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington/Bel-Ray Racing
Birthdate: 08/12/1981                                 
Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M.                  Mechanic: Tony Berluti

Highlights
·   Finished 13th in last week’s season-opening event at Anaheim
·   Entering his fifth season in AMA Supercross competition
·   Finished 11th in the 2011 AMA rider standings
·   Best 2011 finish came at Jacksonville, the 11th race of the season, he started sixth and finished sixth

Josh Hansen                                                                           
No.100 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington/Bel-Ray Racing
Birthdate: 02/16/1984                                 
Hometown: Simi Valley, Calif.                   Mechanic: Derek Brush
Highlights                                                    

·   Finished 10th in last week’s event at Anaheim  
·   Posted career-best Supercross finish of eight at Phoenix and Anaheim 2 during the 2008 season
·   First year racing with Hart & Huntington/Dodge Motorsports
·   Gold medal winner in Supercross (2008/09) in the ESPN X Games

Kyle Partridge                                                                        
No. 83 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington/Bel-Ray Racing
Birthdate: 11/26/1986                                 
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.                      Mechanic: Sean Trihey

Highlights
·   Seeking first 2012 Supercross Main Event start
·   First Supercross start was at Salt Lake City in 2009
·   Career best finish of 13th came at Salt Lake City in 2010
First season with the Hart & Huntington/Dodge Motorsports

Josh Hill                                                                                    
No. 75 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington/Bel-Ray Racing
Birthdate: 07/30/1989                                 
Hometown: Portland, Ore.                          Mechanic: Shawn Bell

Highlights
·   Seeking first 2012 Supercross Main Event start
·   Earned his first win at Minneapolis in 2008
·   In addition to a win, has 15 top-five and 29 top-10 finishes in 46 starts
·   Finished fifth in 2008 Supercross standings
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