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The Racer X Motocross Show is Back for '08
26 May 2008
The critically acclaimed Racer X Motocross Show on Motocross.com returns for a second summer this weekend as the 2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF gets underway at the 13th Annual Giant RV AMA Motocross National presented by Yamaha from Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California.
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Dungey Wins at Las Vegas Finale
07 May 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Ryan Dungey capped off the 2008 AMA Supercross Lites season by not only winning the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout for the second year in a row, but by also being honoured with the Rising Star Award as well. In the Las Vegas season finale event, Dungey finished second in his heat race and then came from behind to take the win in the 15-lap SX Lites main. Later in the weekend, he was honoured with the new Rising Star award at the Live Nation awards banquet.
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Reed 2008 Champion With Las Vegas Victory
05 May 2008
Chad Reed is the new 2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross /FIM World Championship number one after registering his ninth victory of the season in front of more than 39,000 spectators at the Sam Boyd stadium in Las Vegas last weekend. The Australian, still recovering from a broken shoulder blade, went into the final round of seventeen with a ten point lead over main rival Kevin Windham but blitzed the field once more aboard his YZ450F to clinch his second crown in the class (the other obtained in 2004).
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Reed Takes 10 Points to Season Finale, Lawrence Lites Champion
29 April 2008
A title-worthy performance from Yamaha's San Manuel rider Chad Reed, after pulling back from a first corner crash to finish second, at Qwest Field in Seattle for the penultimate round of the 2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series (also an FIM World Championship) means that the Australian carries a ten point advantage to Las Vegas in search of his second crown next week. Yamaha of Troy's Jason Lawrence claimed the West Region Lites series with his YZ250F.
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Izzi Takes 3rd In East Coast Series
25 April 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Nico Izzi wound up the AMA Supercross Lites East Coast series with an impressive third-overall in the championship points standings at St. Louis' Edward Jones Dome on Saturday night.
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Reed 2nd In St Louis To Keep Title Dream Alive
21 April 2008
Yamaha’s Chad Reed battled through the pain of his fractured shoulder to take a decent second position to main title rival Kevin Windham in front of almost 49,000 fans last weekend at the Edward Jones Dome in St Louis for the fifteenth round of seventeen in the Monster Energy AMA Supercross championship, also an FIM World Championship.
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Izzi Races To 4th Place in Detroit
16 April 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Nico Izzi celebrated an impressive fourth-place finish in front of his home crowd at Saturday night's AMA Supercross Lites race at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
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Top 10 For Izzi In Texas
08 April 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Nico Izzi returned to AMA Supercross Lites at Dallas' Texas Stadium this weekend after skipping the independent Toronto, Ontario, race last week.
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Dungey Podiums at Minneapolis
21 March 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Ryan Dungey scored his first podium in the AMA/ FIM Supercross class on Saturday night with a strong second-place finish at the HHH Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Reed Back on Top with Yamaha 1-2 in Indianapolis
03 March 2008
After missing the top five in an AMA Supercross event for the first time in 88 starts last week Yamaha’s Chad Reed bounced back to record his sixth victory of the season and finished ahead of brand-mate Josh Hill at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis last weekend. The Australian headed a YZ450F ‘1-2’ on the podium of the ninth round from seventeen in the series – an FIM World Championship - to give Yamaha their fourth win at the venue and first since 2002.
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Reed Podium Streak Curtailed in Atlanta
26 February 2008
Yamaha’s Chad Reed finished off the AMA Supercross podium for the first time this year after a crash during the main event of round eight of the series at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta meant that the Australian crossed the finish line in sixth position.
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Vuillemnin In Atlanta Top 1
26 February 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's David Vuillemin celebrated another strong AMA Supercross result on Saturday night in Atlanta's Georgia Dome.
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Reed Maintains Podium Record with 2nd Position in Houston
19 February 2008
San Manuel Yamaha rider Chad Reed saw his run of five consecutive victories come to an end in Houston for the seventh round of seventeen in the 2008 AMA Supercross series, a FIM World Championship, but the Australian continued his 100% podium record with second position and guards a 32 point lead in the competition.
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Vuillemin Records Best SX Result
16 February 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's David Vuillemin celebrated his best result of the 2008 AMA Supercross season with a seventh-place finish at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on Saturday night.
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Third Straight AMA-SX Sweep for Yamaha
16 February 2008
Yamaha owned the top steps of the podiums in both the AMA Supercross and Lites West Coast classes last Saturday in San Diego. Chad Reed clinched his fourth victory in succession on the San Manuel YZ450F, and fifth from the six rounds of seventeen held so far. Jason Law steered the Yamaha of Troy YZ250F to his third win on the trot and of his career.
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USA Dominate 61st Motocross Of Nations
24 September 2007
Kawasaki enjoyed a successful afternoon at the biggest and most prestigious Motocross event of the year as Ryan Villopoto and Tim Ferry guided their KX250F and KX450Fs to help Team USA celebrate their eighteenth capture of the Chamberlain trophy in the 61st edition of the international Nations competition. Team GPKR’s Sebastien Pourcel was part of the French trio that gained second place. From the nine riders on the final podium, one third steered KX motorcycle technology.
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Villopoto Crowned 2007 AMA Motocross Lites Champion
19 September 2007
Ryan Villopoto was crowned the AMA Motocross Lites championship on Sunday (9 September) at Glen Helen Raceway capping off an amazing season that saw Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki riders win all three major titles in the AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross Lites classes.
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Makita Suzuki Signs Alessi
01 August 2007
Team Makita Suzuki Racing has signed former amateur champion Mike Alessi to race the all-new Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 in the AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross series beginning in 2008. "I could not be more excited about the opportunity to become part of the American Suzuki racing family for the 2008/ 2009 seasons," said Alessi. "The results that Suzuki's racing teams have earned in the past several years, in all forms of racing in the U.S., speak for themselves. To have the opportunity to work with professionals like Roger DeCoster, Ray Tetherton and the entire team is something I'm really looking forward to."
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Vuillemin Signs For Suzuki
14 July 2007
American Suzuki Motor Corp. announced today that Team Makita Suzuki Racing has signed former World Supercross Champion and French Supercross Champion David Vuillemin to race the Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 in the 2008 AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross series.
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A Big Showdown In Store At Las Vegas AMA SX Finale
03 May 2007
The season finale of the 2007 Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas this Saturday, May 5, will feature one race of celebration and another a highly anticipated showdown. Monster Energy Kawasaki’s James Stewart clinched the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series title last weekend in Seattle and will attempt to go for his 13th win of the season. His Las Vegas race will be a coronation run for Stewart, who has dominated the season with 12 wins in the 15 rounds leading up to Saturday’s finale. Stewart’s 2007 season joins Jeremy McGrath’s 1996 and Ricky Carmichael’s 2001 season as one of the best performances in the history of the series.
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