Monster Energy Supercross Notes Package: San Diego
. By Bikeland Staff
The first race was held October 25, 1980, and Mike Bell won on a Yamaha.
This will be the 28th time the gate will drop for an AMA Supercross class race in San Diego.
David Vuillemin is the only first time winner in San Diego (2000)
Jeremy McGrath has five wins in San Diego
Jeremy McGrath and James Stewart have won in San Diego in both AMA Supercross Lites and AMA Supercross classes
Honda won 10 of 11 races in San Diego from 1985 to 1996
San Diego hosted the first stop of the 1985 AMA Supercross season
Honda has won the AMA Supercross Lites and AMA Supercross class five times in San Diego. Yamaha has done this twice.
Suzuki has never won in San Diego; Ryan Dungey can give them their first win this weekend
Wins by Brand in San Diego
Yamaha: 13
Honda: 11
Kawasaki: 2
Suzuki: 0
AMA Supercross Class Recap from San Francisco
Not since 2003 have there been three different winners in the first four races. James Stewart, Ryan Dungey, and Ryan Villopoto all earned wins this season.
Ryan Villopoto earned his third AMA Supercross class win and is tied on the all-time AMA Supercross class win list with Larry Ward and Marty Smith
Davi Millsaps earned his first podium of the season.
Josh Hill now has back-to-back second-place finishes.
Ryan Dungey and Andrew Short are the only riders to be in the top five at the first four stops
For the first time since 2004, the AMA Supercross class does not have a former class champion competing (Stewart/Reed are out with injuries)
Kawasaki has now won an AMA Supercross class race in consecutive seasons; Yamaha owns the current streak at 14 consecutive seasons
Nick Wey earned a season-best eighth place riding Chad Reed’s Monster Energy Kawasaki 450cc motorcycle.
AMA Supercross Lites Class Stats in San Diego
The first race was held January 26, 1985, and Todd Campbell won on a Kawasaki. This was the first-ever AMA Supercross Lites class race.
This weekend marks the 388th AMA Supercross Lites class race and the 23rd held in San Diego
AMA Supercross Lites Class Wins by Brand in San Diego
Kawasaki: 8
Honda: 7
Yamaha: 5
Suzuki: 5
KTM: 1
AMA Supercross Lites Class Recap from San Francisco
Trey Canard earned his first AMA Supercross Lites class win of the season and the sixth of his career.