Monster Energy Supercross Notes Package –Â Angel Stadium, Anaheim
450SX Class Stats: Anaheim
â–şThe first race was held on December 4, 1976, and Marty Smith won on a Honda
â–şThis race marks the 63rd time the gate will drop for an 450SX Class race in Anaheim
►Since 1974, Anaheim has hosted a Monster Energy Supercross race every year with the exception of ’74, ’75 ’80, ’88, ’97, and ’98
â–şWith a win this weekend, Honda can tie Yamaha on the all-time win list in Anaheim
►At this race last year, Dungey earned the 12th 450SX Class win of his career. He is tied with David Bailey and Ezra Lusk on the all-time 450SX Class win list. It was Dungey’s first win in Anaheim since January 23, 2010
â–şDungey has won races in four consecutive seasons, can he make it five this weekend?
â–şDungey and Ken Roczen gave KTM their first-ever 250SX and 450SX Class sweep last year at this race
â–şAll three of Villopoto’s titles came after being the first man to win twice. Both of Stewarts, both of Reed’s Dungey’s, and the last three of Carmichael’s. The first four of McGrath’s titles came that way.
â–şHowever, in the last 11 years (2003-2013), the first man to win two races has won the championship EVERY time.
â–şIn the history of Supercross, the first man to win two races won the championship 24 times in 40 years, which is 60 percent.
►Chad Reed’s win at the second race at Anaheim was the seventh of his career inside Angel Stadium he has 7 wins, 25 podiums, 28 top-five finishes and 31 top-10 finishes in 33 starts
►Reed’s first 450SX Class win was in Anaheim on January 4, 2003
â–şFrom 2003 to 2009, Reed finished on the podium 19 of 21 races in Anaheim (starting with the second race in Anaheim in 2005 through the third race in Anaheim in 2009), marking 14 consecutive podium finishes
â–şStewart leads all active riders with 8 wins (in 22 starts) in Anaheim
â–şStewart earned his 15th, 30th and 40th wins in Anaheim
â–şStewart also won two Western Regional 125cc Class races in Anaheim and earned an additional two podium finishes in Anaheim
â–şSince 2010, Ryan Villopoto has earned more in (34) than any other active riders. All other active riders combined have won 38 races during these 72 races. Only Ryan Dungey (13) and James Stewart (9) have won more than five in that span.
â–şEvery supercross champion since 2000 has won at least one race at Anaheim in his championship season
â–şThe last champion not to have at least one win at Anaheim was Jeremy McGrath in 2000
â–şRyan Villopoto, James Stewart and Ryan Dungey are all former supercross champions without a win at Anaheim in 2014
â–şReed’s win at Anaheim 2 made him the 4th oldest rider in history of to win a Main Event in the 450SX Class
â–şReed was 31 years, 10 months and 3 days old when he won on January 18, 2014. The oldest ever was Mike LaRocco who was 33 years, 1 month and 8 days when he won at Indy in 2004. John Dowd was 32 years 8 months and 8 days old when he won at Charlotte in 1998 and Kevin Windham was 32 years, 2 months and 3 days old when he won in Salt Lake City in 2010.
â–ş15 of the first 20 champions were also the first man to win two Main Events
450SX Class: Oakland Recap
â–şRyan Villopoto earned his 36th career 450SX Class victory in Oakland; he now has 15 consecutive top five finishes
â–şVillopoto is also the only rider to be in the top five for every race this season
â–şWith his 53rd podium in Oakland, Villopoto passed Rick Johnson on the all-time podium list
â–şJames Stewart earned his 70th career podium and is sixth on the all-time podium list
â–şChad Reed finished third and is the only rider to be on the podium for three races this season; he now has 124 career podiums and is the all-time leader in 450SX Class podium finishes
â–şRyan Dungey finished fourth in Oakland; it was his 62nd career top five finish and 19th consecutive top-six finish
â–şJustin Brayton earned a fifth-place finish in Oakland; it was his third top five of the season
►Brayton also holds the current 450SX Class’ consecutive starts streak at 35; he has 14 top-five finishes and six podiums during the streak
â–şWIl Hahn earned a career-best eighth place finish in Oakland
â–şRyan Villopoto became the first rider to win two races this season
â–şVillopoto now has a seven-point lead in season standings
â–şChad Reed and James Stewart earned back-to-back podium finishes
â–şReed is now second in season standings
â–şThrough four races, there have been three different winners
â–şThere have been eight Heat Races with seven different winners; James Stewart is the only rider to win two of them
â–şVillopoto is the only rider to set the fastest qualifying time twice
â–şEight different riders have won the eight Semi Races
â–şFour different riders have won the four LCQ Races
►Four different riders have won the four Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot Awards
450SX Class: First Time Winners in Anaheim
Gaylon Mosier 1978
Kent Howerton 1979
Donnie Hansen 1982
David Bailey 1983
Johnny O’Mara 1984
Damon Bradshaw 1990
Chad Reed 2003
Josh Grant 2009
450SX Class Wins by a Rider: Anaheim
James Stewart 8
Jeremy McGrath 8
Ricky Carmichael 8
Chad Reed 7
Ryan Villopoto 5
450SX Class Wins by Brand: Anaheim
Kawasaki 24
Honda 11
Suzuki 8
Yamaha 6
KTMÂ 5
250SX Class Stats: Anaheim
â–şThe first race was held on February 2, 1985, and Mike Healy won on a Suzuki
â–şThis will be the 55th time the gate will drop for a 250SX Class race in Anaheim
â–şCan Jason Anderson become the first two-time winner in Anaheim?
â–şCole Seely won the fourth 250SX Class of his career in Anaheim
â–şRookie Cooper Webb scored the first podium of his career in Anaheim
â–şMalcolm earned his first podium of the season in Anaheim
â–şAnderson only non-win was fourth-place finish in Anaheim
â–şKawasaki has the all-time win record in Anaheim with 24, can Wilson make it 25?
250SX Class: Oakland Recap
â–şWith Dean Wilson finishing second and Justin Hill finishing third, Pro Circuit Kawasaki earned their first podiums of the season
â–şJason Anderson earned his fourth 250SX Class victory with his Oakland victory
â–şAnderson is now tied with Roczen for second in 250SX Class wins in a season on a KTM; Marvin Musquin is first with four
►Can Anderson break Musquin’s record and become KTM’s all-time winningest 250 Class rider in one season?
â–şKTM now has 21 250SX Class wins
â–şWith Dean Wilson finishing second and Justin Hill finishing third, Pro Circuit Kawasaki earned their first podiums of the season
â–şThere have been four different riders to win the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot Award
â–şWilson is the only rider to post the fastest qualifying twice
â–şWilson’s qualifying time in Oakland was fastest in both classes, 54.6 second to Villopoto’s 54.8
250SX Class Wins by Brand: Anaheim
Kawasaki 24
Honda 11
Suzuki 8
Yamaha 6
KTMÂ 5
450SX Class Laps Led
Ryan Villopoto: 35
Justin Brayton: 13
Ken Roczen: 12
James Stewart: 11
Ryan Dungey: 6
Chad Reed: 3
250SX Class Laps Led
Cole Seely: 40
Dean Wilson: 8
Jason Anderson: 6
Justin Hill: 6
450SX Class Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot Award
Anaheim Race 1: Ryan Villopoto
Phoenix: Matt Moss
Anaheim Race 2: Ryan Dungey
Oakland: Vince Friese
250SX Class Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot Award
Anaheim Race 1: Jason Anderson
Phoenix: Cooper Webb
Anaheim Race 2: Cooper Webb
Oakland: Dean Wilson
450SX Class Fastest Qualifying Time
Anaheim Race 1: Justin Barcia
Phoenix: Ryan Villopoto
Anaheim Race 2: Justin Brayton
Oakland: Ryan Villopoto
250SX Class Fastest Qualifying Time
Anaheim Race 1: Dean Wilson
Phoenix: Jason Anderson
Anaheim Race 2: Jason Anderson
Oakland: Dean Wilson
450SX Class Heat Race 1 Winner
Anaheim Race 1: Mike Alessi
Phoenix: Jake Weimer
Anaheim Race 2: Justin Brayton
Oakland: James Stewart
450SX Class Heat Race 2 Winner
Anaheim Race 1: Justin Barcia
Phoenix: Ryan Dungey
Anaheim Race 2: James Stewart
Oakland: Ryan Villopoto
250SX Class Heat Race 1 Winner
Anaheim Race 1: Malcolm Stewart
Phoenix: Dean Wilson
Anaheim Race 2: Dean Wilson
Oakland: Jason Anderson
250SX Class Heat Race 2 Winner
Anaheim Race 1: Jason Anderson
Phoenix: Jason Anderson
Anaheim Race 2: Jason Anderson
Oakland: Dean Wilson
450SX Class Semi 1 Winner
Anaheim Race 1: Wil Hahn
Phoenix: Weston Peick
Anaheim Race 2: Matt Moss
Oakland: Andrew Short
450SX Class Semi 2 Winner
Anaheim Race 1: Ken Roczen
Phoenix: Andrew Short
Anaheim Race 2: Josh Hill
Oakland: Justin Brayton
450SX Class LCQ Winner
Anaheim Race 1: Kyle Partridge
Phoenix: Vince Friese
Anaheim Race 2: Jimmy Albertson
Oakland: Ivan Tedesco
250SX Class LCQ Winner
Anaheim Race 1: Zackery Freeberg
Phoenix: Darryn Durham
Anaheim Race 2: Chris Howell
Oakland: Aaron Siminoe
MMI Top Tech Award
Anaheim Race 1: Kelly Lumgair
Phoenix: Rene Zapata
Anaheim Race 2: Lars Lindstrom
Oakland: Ollie Stone
450SX Class Results: Oakland
1. Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki
2. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Suzuki
3. Chad Reed, Dade City, Fla., Kawasaki
4. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., KTM
5. Justin Brayton, Cornelius, N.C., Yamaha
