St. Louis SX Results
Yamaha’s Reed Picks Up First Win in St. Louis and Shakes Up Point
Standings in Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA
Supercross Series
St. Louis (February 18, 2006) – Yamaha’s Chad Reed, of Dade City, Fla.,
put himself back into the championship hunt with his first victory of
the season tonight before a crowd of 52,022 at the Edward Jones Dome.
Honda’s Davi Millsaps, of Cairo, Ga., won the opening round of the
Eastern Region AMA Supercross Lites.
Honda’s Jacob Saylor, of Knoxville, Tenn., won the Progressive Direct
Holeshot Award to start the 20-lap main event. Suzuki’s Ivan Tedesco
shot to the early lead as front runners James Stewart and Ricky
Carmichael struggled with bad starts. Kawasaki’s Stewart, of Haines
City, Fla., was held up in the first turn and found himself back in
12th place. Carmichael, of Tallahassee, Fla., found his fate much worse
after a first turn crash caused apparent damage to his Suzuki that
forced him to not finish the race.
With Tedesco out front, and Carmichael out of the race, the attention
turned to Stewart, who had worked his way up to third behind Reed. Only
a bike length separated each rider as Tedesco crossed the finish line
to start lap 10. On the ensuing lap, Reed slipped by Tedesco and took
over the top spot.
Stewart’s night took a turn for the worse a couple turns later when he
spun out and crashed. It took him more than a minute to get his bike
restarted, which, like Carmichael’s, had suffered major damage in the
crash. The damaged motorcycle caused Stewart to finish the race on
sub-par equipment; however, he did finish the race in a disappointing
17th place.
Once out front, Reed cruised to the win. Tedesco finished second while Honda’s Ernesto Fonseca, Murrieta, Calif., was third.
“Today I was horrible,” said Reed explaining his poor lap times during
practice and the disappointing third place finish in the heat race.
“I’ve had my head in my behind the whole season. I needed this as a
confidence booster. Our whole team worked hard and I have to thank them
for being patient.”
Kawasaki’s Chris Gosselaar, of Victorville, Calif., won the Progressive
Direct Holeshot Award off the start of the AMA Supercross Lites main
event. KTM’s Josh Hansen, of Lake Elsinore, Calif., jumped out to an
early lead ahead, while Millsap began his charge through pack after a
seventh place start.
Hansen held the lead until the beginning of lap nine when Millsaps made
the move into the lead. Millsaps led next six laps en route to his
third career win. Gosselaar was second and Yamaha’s Branden Jesseman,
of New Brighton, Pa., was third.
“Unfortunately I wasn’t up front at the start, but I was able to get
around traffic early,” said Millsaps. “I saw that the top guys were up
front and I knew I had to pass them to get into the lead. It didn’t
take me long to get used to my new bike and I guess I got it off to a
good start.”
Tonight’s race will air on CBS Sports on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at
Noon EST. A tape-delayed, one-hour television broadcast of the AMA
Supercross Lites racing will air on SPEED on Saturday, Feb . 25 at 6
p.m. EST.
Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP Season Standings
Ricky Carmichael, Havana, Fla., Suzuki, 192
James Stewart, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 191
Chad Reed, Dade City, Fla., Yamaha, 189
Ivan Tedesco, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki, 155
Nicholas Wey, Dewitt, Mich., Honda, 148
Michael Byrne, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki, 148
Jason Thomas, Melrose, Fla., Honda, 110
Jeff Gibson, Blacklick, Ohio,, Honda, 101
Ryan Clark, Waddell, Ariz., Honda, 98
Tyler Evans, Corona, Calif., Suzuki, 81
Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series Event Results, St. Louis
Chad Reed, Dade City, Fla., Yamaha
Ivan Tedesco, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki
Ernesto Fonseca, Murrieta, Calif., Honda
Nicholas Wey, Dewitt, Mich., Honda
Travis Preston, Hesperia, Calif., Honda
Michael Byrne, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki
Michael Brown, Johnson City, Tenn., Suzuki
Tim Ferry, Largo, Fla., Honda
Ryan Clark, Waddell, Ariz., Honda
Jason Thomas, Melrose, Fla., Honda
Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series Season Standings
Chad Reed, Dade City, Fla., Yamaha, 149
Ricky Carmichael, Tallahassee, Fla., Suzuki, 140
James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Kawasaki, 132
Ivan Tedesco, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki, 108
Nicholas Wey, Dewitt, Mich., Honda, 103
Michael Byrne, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki, 103
Mike LaRocco, Corona, Calif., Honda, 95
Ernesto Fonseca, Murrieta, Calif., Honda, 94
Travis Preston, Hesperia, Calif., Honda, 79
Jeremy McGrath, Encinitas, Calif., Honda, 67
Amp’d Mobile Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites Event Results, St. Louis
Davi Millsap, Cairo, Ga., Honda
Chris Gosselaar, Victorville, Calif., Kawasaki
Branden Jesseman, New Brighton, Pa., Yamaha
Josh Hansen, Lake Elsinore, Calif., KTM
Steve Boniface, Lewisville, Texas, Honda
Teddy Maier, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Kawasaki
Robert Kiniry, Lafayette, N.Y., Honda
Kyle Chisholm, Seminole, Fla., Kawasaki
Chad Johnson, Rhinelander, Wis., Yamaha
Kevin Johnson, Albuquerque, N.M., Yamaha
Amp’d Mobile Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites Season Standings
Davi Millsap, Cairo, Ga., Honda, 25
Chris Gosselaar, Victorville, Calif., Kawasaki, 22
Branden Jesseman, New Brighton, Pa., Yamaha, 20
Josh Hansen, Lake Elsinore, Calif., KTM, 18
Steve Boniface, Lewisville, Texas, Honda, 16
Teddy Maier, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Kawasaki, 15
Robert Kiniry, Lafayette, N.Y., Honda, 14
Kyle Chisholm, Seminole, Fla., Kawasaki, 13
Chad Johnson, Rhinelander, Wis., Yamaha, 12
Kevin Johnson, Albuquerque, N.M., Yamaha, 11
Amp’d Mobile Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites Season Standings
Andrew Short, Murrieta, Calif., Honda, 118
Grant Langston, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki, 116
Nathan Ramsey, Menifee, Calif., KTM, 107
Billy Laninovich, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Honda, 99
Mike Alessi, Victorville, Calif., KTM, 95
Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 94
Brett Metcalfe, Murrieta, Calif., Yamaha, 91
Paul Carpenter, Ithaca, N.Y., Honda, 78
Darcy Lange, San Jacinto, Calif., Kawasaki, 55
Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 52
KTM Junior Supercross Challenge Results
Mason Bryan, Elizabethtown, Ky., KTM
Chase Rocke, Cottonwood, Calif., KTM
Dalton Henzler, Waxahachie, Texas, KTM
Travis West, Murrieta, Calif., KTM
Trevor McMullen, Topeka, Kansas, KTM
Corey Scroggins, Staunton, Ill., KTM
Bailey Gilbert, Market Tree, Ark., KTM
Mason Kershaw, Glen Carbon, Ill., KTM
Jacob Bailey, Waxahachie, Texas, KTM
Zachary Williamson, Owasso, Okla., KTM
Rollin Petersen, Oakfield, Wis., KTM
Nicholas Haut Woodbury, Minn., KTM
Jacob Schmidt, Springfield, Mo., KTM
Cole Cloughley, Gardner, Kan., KTM
Mitchell Harrison, Brighton, Mich., KTM
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