Rookie AMA Supercross Rider Tastes First Career Victory
March 25, 2010
Supercross tickets are still in demand for all races in all classes, and recently we had a landmark win for a newbie. In front of a huge number of fans – 49,082 – at the Monster Energy AMA Supercross at the new Cowboys Stadium, Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey raced to win his fourth AMA supercross class main event and the crowd went wild. Bet they were glad they bought their Supercross tickets now, huh?! An even bigger deal in some ways was that a rookie rider raced to a career first victory in a major race, when Rockstar Suzuki’s Blake Bagget won the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites class main event. Baggett has plenty of reasons to be proud of himself, not least which for the way he won the race, coming from behind at the end to claim the prize. He beamed on the podium and said the win was “a dream come true”.
But it is Dungey they are all looking at now. He finished ahead of Millsaps and Canard who finished second and third, respectively.
“This was a big win for me tonight, but there are still a lot of races left to go. The track got really rough tonight, so that kept me on my toes. I am looking forward to going to Jacksonville next weekend,” said Dungey, eagerly looking ahead to the rest of the season.
Most amazingly, almost the whole field fell in the first turn of the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites class, anmd then on the next lap, two riders, Adams and Moss collided, and both were forced to withdraw from the field. At this piont Bagget went into second place. Shortly afterward he overtook Sipes and victory belonged to the rookie. Sipes came in second and Honda’s Justin Barcia finished third. Pourcel finished seventh and still holds a five point lead in the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites class championship.