450SX Class: Houston Stats:
- The first race was on March 15, 1974, and Pierre Karsmakers won on a Yamaha
- This will be the 47th time the gate will drop for a 450SX Class race in Houston
- Houston, along with Daytona, are the only two original markets from the 1974 championship and have never missed a year of action
- In 1977, Houston became the second market to host a double-header race
- In 1978 and 1979, Bob Hannah swept both double-header races
- In 1981 and 1982 Mark Barnett became the second rider to sweep the double-header races in back-to-back seasons
- Jeff Ward won four consecutive races in Houston from ‘85-‘88
- KTM has never won in Houston, can Ryan Dungey change this?
450SX Class: Houston Wins by Brand
Yamaha: 15
Kawasaki: 12
Honda: 11
Suzuki: 6
Can-Am: 2
First time 450SX Class Winners: Houston
Broc Glover: 1980
Jimmy Weinert: 1976
Trey Canard: 2011
450SX Class: Toronto Recap:
- Villopoto earned his seventh win of the season; it was the 31st of his career
- For the second time in his career, Villopoto has won four-consecutive races; he had a four-race win streak from Indianapolis to New Orleans in 2012
- Davi Millsaps earned his fourth runner-up finish of the season and eighth podium
- Ryan Dungey earned his eighth podium of the season with a third-place finish
- Chad Reed made the 160th 450SX Class start of his career, which ties him for fifth with Jeff Ward on the all-time 450SX Class start list
- Reed earned his ninth top five of the season; it was his 138th-career 450SX Class top-five finish
- Muscle Milk Honda’s Justin Barcia earned his eighth top five of the season with a fifth
- Jake Weimer finished sixth; it was his best finish since the second race at Anaheim, where he finished fifth
- James Stewart earned a seventh-place finish; it was his ninth top 10 of the season
- Stewart will make his 100th 450SX Class start in Houston
- Broc Tickle tied his best finish of the season with an eighth
250SX Class Stats: Houston:
- The first race was held on April 20, 1985, and Eddie Warren won on a Kawasaki
- This will be the 29th time the gate will drop for a 250SX Class race in Houston
- In 2001, Travis Preston gave Husqvarna its one and only 250SX Class win
- Kevin Windham and Christophe Pourcel are the only two 250SX Class riders to win Houston in back-to-back seasons
- Damon Huffman is the last Suzuki rider to win a 250SX race in Houston. That was all the way back in 1995. Can Blake Wharton change this?
- Ken Roczen gave KTM their first 250SX Class win of the season last year in Houston
250SX Class: Houston Wins by Brand
Kawasaki: 12
Suzuki: 5
Yamaha: 5
Honda: 4
Husqvarna: 1
KTM: 1
250SX Class: Houston First Time Winners
Willie Surratt: 1986
Jeff Emig: 1990
Jimmy Gaddis: 1993
Shae Bentley: 2000
Travis Preston: 2001
Matt Walker: 2002
Austin Stroupe: 2008
250SX Class: Toronto Recap
- Marvin Musquin became the first KTM rider to win three-consecutive 250SX Class races; the three wins are the first of his career
- KTM now has five 250SX Class wins this season; they are one win away from Honda’s six 250SX Class wins
- Wil Hahn earned his sixth podium in as many races; it was his second runner-up finish of the season
- Blake Wharton earned his third podium of the season with a third and is third in season standings
- Rookie Jeremy Martin finished fourth; it was his fourth top-five finish
- Vince Friese earned the first top-five finish of his career with a fifth
- Cole Thompson earned a career-best sixth-place finish in Toronto
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