venerdì 22 marzo 2013

Preview of the Toronto Supercross 2013

Monster Energy Supercross Notes Package – Toronto – courtesy Feld Motorsports




450SX Class: Toronto Stats

· The first race was held on December 3, 2004, and Ricky Carmichael won on a Suzuki
· Toronto is the only international stop on the circuit
· In 2005, James Stewart won on a Kawasaki
· In 2006, Chad Reed won on a Yamaha
· Reed became the first two time winner in Toronto with his win in 2008. Ryan Villopoto and Stewart have since joined Reed as two-time winners in Toronto.
· Honda and KTM have not won in Toronto; Honda’s Justin Barcia and KTM’s Dungey can change this
· If Reed makes the start this weekend, he will tie Jeff Ward for fifth on the all-time 450SX Class start list with 160
· Ryan Villopoto won the seventh race of his season in Toronto last year and the 22nd of his career
· Justin Brayton’s second place finish last year in Toronto marked the first time in his career that he earned back-to-back second-place finishes.
· Davi Millsaps earned his fifth consecutive top-10 finish last year in Toronto
· Last year Kyle Chisholm earned a season-best seventh-place finish in Toronto
· 250SX Class rider Marvin Musquin finished sixth last year in Toronto

450SX Class: Toronto Wins by Brand and Last Win
Yamaha: 2, 2009
Kawasaki: 2, 2012
Suzuki: 1, 2011

450SX Class: Indianapolis Recap

Villopoto earned his 30th career 450SX Class victory. It was his sixth of the season. He is now alone in fifth on the all-time 450SX Class win list.
Villopoto is one of five riders to win 30 450SX Class races. He earned 30 victories in 69 starts. He is the fourth fastest out of the five riders to accomplish this.
Stewart was the quickest to 30, doing it in 46 starts. McGrath follows him with 52 starts and Carmichael did it in 67. Reed did it in 89 starts.
For the fourth year in-a-row, Villopoto has won at least six 450SX Class races; he has helped Kawasaki to 121 victories
Just as he did in 2011 and 2012, Villopoto became the first rider in 2013 to win three consecutive races
After finishing 16th at the season opener, Villopoto has recovered to take over the points race by nine over Davi Millsaps
Dungey earned his second consecutive runner-up finish. He now has 60 career starts and 42 podium finishes, which gives him a 70% career podium percentage
Stewart made the 98th career 450SX Class start, earning his third podium of the season with a second place. He now has 68 career podium finishes.
Stewart has been on the podium in three of the four past races
Millsaps now has 105 consecutive 450SX Class starts and has nine top-five finishes this season
Justin Barcia earned his seventh top five of his rookie 450SX Class season with a fifth
Reed made his159th career 450SX Class start, and finished in sixth place; he has had a top-10 finish in 10 of the 11 races this season
Andrew Short earned his ninth top-10 finish of the season with a seventh; it was his best finish since his sixth at the third race in Anaheim

450SX Class: Toronto Wins by Brand and Last Win
Yamaha: 2, 2009
Kawasaki: 2, 2012
Suzuki: 1, 2011

250SX Class: Toronto Stats

This will be the fifth time the gate will drop for an 250SX Class Race in Toronto
Christophe Pourcel won the first 250SX Class’ points paying race in Toronto in 2009 on a Kawasaki.
Barcia won in 2010 and 2012 on a Honda and Dean Wilson won in 2011 on a Kawasaki
· Barcia earned his fifth win of the season and his ninth-career 250SX Class victory in Toronto last year
· KTM’s Ken Roczen earned his second runner-up finish and third podium of the season last year in Toronto
· Blake Wharton earned his third podium of the season last year in Toronto and moved into second place in the points standings

250SX Class: Toronto Wins by Brand (last win)
Honda: 2, 2012
Kawasaki: 2, 2011

250SX Class: Indianapolis Recap

Marvin Musquin became the second rider in KTM’s history to win two consecutive races in the 250SX Class; he now has two Main Event wins to his name
Musquin joins Roczen in this category; he accomplished this in the Western Regional 250SX Class earlier this season
KTM now has 15 250SX Class victories
KTM tied their all-time wins in a season with four; the last time they had four wins in a season was 2005
Kyle Peters earned the first podium of his career with a second-place finish
Wil Hahn is the only Eastern Regional 250SX Class rider to finish on the podium at every race this year
Hahn has a nine-point lead in season standings over Musquin
A.J. Catanzaro finished a career-best best fourth place. His previous career-best finish was 11th.
Justin Hill earned the second top-five finish of his career
Mitchell Oldenburg earned a career-best seventh place finish.

2013 250SX Class East/West Wins by Brand
Honda: 6
KTM: 4
Kawasaki: 1

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