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The 2009 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross kicks off at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., this Saturday for the first of three races! Rockstar Makita Suzuki Supercross champion Chad Reed will defend his championship against the top racers in the world, including James Stewart, who returns from injury, Kevin Windham, who was runner-up last year and Ryan Villopoto, who is one of the world’s top young racers.
Reed dominated in Anaheim last year, WINNING ALL THREE RACES en route to his second Supercross title. The three-race sweep marked the first time the Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider had won at the legendary Angel Stadium since 2004! He joins former Supercross class champion Stewart as the only riders to sweep all three races in Anaheim.
Stewart, who missed most of the 2008 Monster Energy® Supercross season due to a knee injury, will be the main Reed’s main challenge for the number-one plate.
Like it has shown in years past, this season’s Supercross Lites class is expected to be stacked with talent including Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, who was runner up in the 2008 Western Regional Supercross Lites class and won two of the three main events in Anaheim last year.
“The field is so deep in the lites class that I could probably name off a couple dozen guys that are going to be fast next year,” said Dungey. “I’m just going to train this off season and work toward being 100 percent for the start of the season. We’ll see who is lined up on the gate at that time.”
Past Rockstar Makita Suzuki Winners in Anaheim
AMA Supercross Class
Chad Reed
January 5, 2008
January 19, 2008
February 2, 2008
January 3, 2004
January 17, 2004
January 04, 2003
Ricky Carmichael
January 21, 2006
February 04, 2006
January 22, 2005
February 5, 2005
January 18, 2003
February 01, 2003
February 02, 2002
February 03, 2001
AMA Supercross Lites Class
Ryan Dungey
January 5, 2008
January 19, 2008
January 19, 2008
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