Preview of the Salt Lake City Supercross 2013

Monster Energy Supercross Notes Package – Salt Lake City – courtesy of Feld Motorsports

450SX Class Stats: Salt Lake City

- The first race was held on April 28, 2001, and Ricky Carmichael won on a Kawasaki en route to the first premier class championship of his career
- This is the ninth time the gate will drop for a 450SX Class race in Salt Lake City
- From 2001-2004, Salt Lake City hosted a 450SX Class race and in 2009 the championship returned to Rice-Eccles Stadium
- There has never been a first-time winner in Salt Lake City

- At last year’s stop in Salt Lake City, Ryan Dungey earned his third win of the season and 10th of his career, tying Mike LaRocco on the all-time 450SX Class win list
- Davi Millsaps earned his fourth podium of the season with a second-place finish last year

Wins by Brand: Salt Lake City
Honda: 3
Yamaha: 3
Kawasaki: 1
KTM: 1

450SX Class: Seattle Recap

- Justin Barcia earned the second career 450SX Class victory of his career;  it was his eighth consecutive top-five finish of the season
- Ryan Villopoto extended his points lead with his ninth consecutive podium and fourth runner-up finish of the season
- Davi Millsaps earned his 10th podium of the season with a third place and moved into second place in season standings
- Ryan Dungey earned his seventh consecutive top-five finish with a fourth place
- Jake Weimer earned his third fifth place finish of the season, and first since the second race in Anaheim
- After 162 career 450SX Class starts, Chad Reed finished in 20th place for the first time in his career
- Reed is still fifth on the all-time 450SX Class starts list
- Mike Alessi made his 80th 450SX Class start and earned his second best finish of the season with a sixth place; he finished in fifth place at Oakland
- Phillip Nicoletti earned the first 450SX Class top-10 finish of his career

250SX Class Stats: Salt Lake City

- The first race was held on April 28th, 2001, and Ernesto Fonseca won on a Yamaha
- This will be the ninth time the gate will drop for 250SX Class race in Salt Lake City

- Ken Roczen can give KTM their first 250SX Class win in Salt Lake City
- Jason Anderson can give Suzuki their first win in Salt Lake City
- Eli Tomac can become the first three time winner in Salt Lake City
- There has never been a first-time winner in Salt Lake City

250SX Class: Salt Lake City Wins by Brand
Kawasaki: 4
Honda: 3
Yamaha: 1

250SX Class: Seattle Recap

- Roczen earned his fourth 250SX Class victory of his career and the third of the season; he has not finished worse than second this year
- The Red Bull KTM team now has seven wins this season and Honda has six
- GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac earned his sixth podium of the year with a second-place finish
- Zach Osborne earned his first podium finish of the season
- Cole Seely earned his fifth top-five finish of the season with a fourth; he is now third in season point standings
- Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Tyla Rattray earned a season-best fifth place

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