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.
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.
The current AMA Supercross and World Supercross series leader and Reigning Champion Carmichael, holeshotted the 20-lap 250 Main Event on his RM-Z450 and held a narrow advantage until one lap from home when the Kawasaki rider forced through, sending the packed 70,000 crowd wild. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael and arch rival James Stewart set the Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California alight with one of the best battles the AMA Supercross series has seen so far on a Saturday night. Throughout, the two riders were never more than one second apart and Carmichael was delighted with his performance, despite not taking the win.