Anaheim 1 Notes Package

January 4, 2006, 6:10pm

Amp’d Mobile Supercross, Anaheim 1 Notes Package

17 SX Champions from ’74-‘05

1. Jeremy McGrath 7 ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00

2. Ricky Carmichael 4 ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘05

3. Bob Hannah 3 ‘77, ‘78, ‘79

4. Jeff Stanton 3 ‘89, ‘90, ‘92

5. Jeff Ward 2 ‘85, ‘87

6. Rick Johnson 2 ‘86, ‘88

7. Pierre Karsmakers 1 ‘74

8. Jim Ellis 1 ‘75

9. Jim Weinert 1 ‘76

10. Mike Bell 1 ‘80

11. Mark Barnett 1 ‘81

12. Donnie Hansen 1 ‘82

13. David Bailey 1 ‘83

14. Johnny O’ Mara 1 ‘84

15. J. M. Bayle 1 ‘91

16. Jeff Emig 1 ‘97

17. Chad Reed 1 ‘04

Can RC become the 1^st Suzuki Rider to win back to Back SX titles?

Can RC Finally get a 1^st Round win?

Past 250 Champions finishes at the opening race of their winning season

‘74 Karsmakers 1^st

75 Ellis 1^st

‘76 Weinert 3^rd
’77 Hannah 1^st

‘78 Hannah 3^rd

‘79 Hannah 2^nd

‘80 Bell 1^st

‘81 Barnett 2^nd

‘82 Hansen 1^st

‘83 Bailey 1^st

‘84 O’Mara 1^st

‘85 J. Ward 5^th

‘86 Johnson 2^nd

‘87 J. Ward 1^st

‘88 Johnson 1^st

‘89 Stanton 2^nd

‘90 Bayle 2nd

‘91 Stanton 1^st

‘92 Stanton 3^rd

‘93 McGrath 4^th

‘94 McGrath 1^st

‘95 McGrath 1^st

‘96 McGrath 1^st

‘97 Emig 6^th

‘98 McGrath 3^rd

‘99 McGrath 7th

‘00 McGrath 1^st

‘01 Carmichael 3^rd

‘02 Carmichael 21^st

‘03 Carmichael 2^nd

‘04 Reed 1sr

‘05 Carmichael 3^rd

- 29 times the champion finished in the top 5

- 3 times the champion finished outside the top 5 and fought back to win the title.

- 1997: Emig finished 6^th

- 1999: McGrath finished 7^th

- 2002: Carmichael finished 21^st, which is still the record.

First round wins by Brand

Honda 10

Yamaha 9

Kawasaki 8

Suzuki 3

Canada Am 1

Where past winners of the 1^st round finished in the points

74 Karsmakers-1^st

75 Ellis-1^st

76 Distefano-5^th

77 Hannah-1^st

78 Ellis-5^th

79 Weinert-2^nd

80 Bell-1^st

81 Homerton-3^rd

82 Hansen-1^st

83 Bailey-1^st

84 O’Mara-1^st

85 O’Mara-5^th

86 Bailey-2^nd

87 Ward-1^st

88 Ward-3^rd

⁸⁹Johnson-9^th

90 Bradshaw-8^th

91 Stanton-3^rd

92 LaRocco-6^th

93 LaRocco-In July outside top 10

94 McGrath-1^st

95 McGrath-1^st

96 McGrath-1^st

97 Albertyn-5^th

98 Tortelli-left for Europe

99 Lusk-2^nd

00 McGrath-1^st

01 McGrath-2^nd

02 Vuillemin-2^nd

03 Reed-2^nd

04 Reed-1^st

05 Windham

250 SX Titles by Brand

Honda-15

Yamaha-9

Kawasaki-5

Suzuki-2

Can Am- 1

Runner up Finish in Points

Honda- 10

Yamaha-11

Kawasaki-6

Suzuki-5

1st 250cc SX title by brand, year, and rider

Yamaha 1974 Karsmaker

Can-Am 1975 J. Ellis

Kawasaki 1976 J. Weinert

Suzuki 1981 M. Barnett

Honda 1982 Donnie Hansen

250 SX wins by brand

Brand # of Wins Year of 1^st SX Win Rider

Honda 185 1976 Marty Smith

Yamaha 135 1974 P. Karsmakers

Kawasaki 69 1976 J. Weinert

Suzuki 40 1976 T. Distefano

Can-Am 7 1975 J. Ellis

Bultaco 1 1974 J. Pomeroy
CZ 1 1974 Jaroslav Falta

All Records from 1974-2005

Total Rounds: 438

Different Riders to win a 250 SX Title: 17

Different Brands to win a 250 SX Race: 7

Different States SX has raced in: 24

History

In 1976, there was 6 rounds of 250 SX, in 4 different states 4 different winners, Jim Weinert on a Kawasaki was Champion.

In 1986, there was 12 rounds of 250 SX, in 7 different states 3 different winners, Rick Johnson on a Honda was Champion.

In 1996, there was 15 rounds of 250 SX in 11 different states 2 different winners, Jeremy McGrathon a Honda was the Champion.

In 2006, there will be 16 round of 250 SX in 12 different states.

In 1996, McGrath became the 1^st rider to win 13 rounds in a row.

The letter “J” was big in 250 SX, now it’s the letter “R”0.

Anaheim 250 SX stats

- This is the 39^th time the gate will drop for a 250 SX in Anaheim

- Anaheim is the only season to host 3 rounds in one season.

- 1^st race December 4^th 1976, Morty Smith on a Honda won.

- 8 riders won their 1^st race in Anaheim: Mosier 1978, Bailey 1983, Bradshaw 1990, Hansen 1982,

- Howerton 1979, O’Mara 1984, McGrath 1993, Reed 2003. 5 of these riders went on to win the

- 250 SX title- Bailey, Hansen, O’Mara, McGrath, Reed.

- This is the 16^th Season that SX will kick off at Anaheim.

- LaRocco has 221 career 250 starts.

- Carmichael has 93 career 250 starts.

- McGrath has won Anaheim 8 times.

- Carmichael has won Anaheim 6 times, but never a 1^st round 250 SX race..

- Carmichael has never won a 1^st Round 250 SX race, 3 podiums.

- Carmichael has become the first rider to win the 250 SX title on 3 brands: Kawasaki, Honda, and

Suzuki.

- Carmichael became the first rider to win WSXGP and AMA SX titles in the same season.

- Riders who get there first 250 SX win at the 1^st round:

Karsmakers ’74, Ellis ’75, Distefano ’76, Hannah ’77, Hansen ’82, Bailey ’83, O’Mara ’84,

Bradshaw.

Past Winners Round by Round, Year by

Round		2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
1	Windham-Honda		Reed-Yamaha	Reed-Yamaha	Vuillimen-Yamaha	McGrath-Yamaha
2	Carmichael- Suzuki		Windham-Honda	Lusk-Kawasaki	Vuillimen-Yamaha	Carmichael-Kawasaki
3	Carmichael- Suzuki		Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	LaRocco-Honda	McGrath-Yamaha
4	Carmichael- Suzuki		Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
5	Carmichael-Suzuki		Windham-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
6	Carmichael-Suzuki		Reed-Yamaha	Reed-Yamaha	Vuillimen-Yamaha	Carmichael-Kawasaki
7	Reed- Yamaha		Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
8	Carmichael- Suzuki		Windham-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
9	Carmichael-Suzuki		Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
10	Reed-Yamaha		Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
11	Reed-Yamaha		Reed-Yamaha	Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
12	Stewart- Kawasaki		LaRocco-Honda	Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
13	Reed-Yamaha		Reed-Yamaha	Reed-Yamaha	Ramsey-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
14	Stewart-Kawasaki		Reed-Yamaha	Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
15	Stewart-Kawasaki		Windham-Honda	Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
16	Reed-Yamaha		Windham-Honda	Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki
Champ	Carmichael-Suzuki		Reed-Yamaha	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Honda	Carmichael-Kawasaki