Press Release

PIRELLI AND TEAM JGRMX IN PODIUM POSITION HEADED INTO SECOND HALF OF 2012 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES

ocscottie
3/4/2012 7:19pm

St. Louis, Missouri, March 4, 2012 –
After a podium win for James “Bubba” Stewart last week in Atlanta, team
JGRMX transitioned to St. Louis, Missouri where a record high 59,742
fans congregated at the Edward Jones Dome for round nine of the 2012
Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship.

Racing
on sand-based dirt for the first time this season, Stewart and Davi
Millsaps were prepared with Pirelli’s Scorpion MX family of tires. Both
JGRMX/ Toyota/ Yamaha riders easily qualified for themain event, with
Stewart winning his seventh heat race of the season. Millsaps started
the main event strong and settled into second place on lap three.
Stewart broke into the top 10 by lap five despite a collision early on.
Stewart finished the race fifth with Millsaps right behind him in sixth.
The two JGRMX riders are currently third and ninth in overall series
points, respectively.

The
tenth round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship will be
held March 10 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The event will air live on SPEED at 7:30 p.m. (EST).FUEL TV will
broadcast the re-cap from Daytona at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on March 11.

 

POS.

#

Name

Bike

Overall POS

Points

1

1

Ryan Villopoto

Kawasaki KX450F

1

205

2

5

Ryan Dungey

KTM 450 SX-F

2

192

3

10

Justin Brayton

Honda CRF450

7

116

4

14

Kevin Windham

Honda CRF450R

5

123

5

7

James Stewart

Yamaha YZ450F

3

152

6

18

David Millsaps

Yamaha YZ450F

9

109

7

21

Jake Weimer

Kawasaki KX450F

6

120

8

24

Brett Metcalfe

Suzuki RM-Z450

8

113

9

38

Marvin Musquin

KTM 350 SX-F

 

12

10

27

Nicholas Wey

Kawasaki KX450F

14

66

11

25

Broc Tickle

Kawasaki KX450F

13

69

12

87

Matthew Goerke

Suzuki RM-Z450

18

26

13

800

Mike Alessi

Suzuki RM-Z450

10

98

14

81

Robert Kiniry

Yamaha YZ450F

16

31

15

82

Justin Sipes

Kawasaki KX450F

 

12

16

11

Kyle Chisholm

Kawasaki KX450F

12

82

17

617

Gavin Faith

Honda CRF 450

 

8

18

48

Jimmy Albertson

Suzuki RM-Z450

 

10

19

34

Cole Seely

Honda CRF450

 

17

20

100

Joshua Hansen

Kawasaki KX450F

11

87

 Pirelli
Tire North America designs, develops, manufactures and markets tires
for passenger vehicles in both the original equipment and replacement
markets as well as markets and distributes tires for motorcycles and
motorsports. Located in Rome, Georgia, Pirelli’s Modular Integrated
Robotized System (MIRS) employs state-of-the-art technology to
manufacture tires for both export and domestic markets.  For more
information please visit www.us.pirelli.com.

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