Supercross Pre-Race Press Conference Webcast on Friday

May 3, 2006, 10:06am

AURORA, Ill. (May 2, 2006) – The pre-race press conference for Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium Friday, May 5 will be webcast LIVE on Supercross LIVE! (www.supercross.cc.com) at 9:00 a.m. PST. The featured riders are Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed and James Stewart, who will each speak individually to the media (See schedule below). Honda’s Millsaps and Kawasaki’s Langston will represent the AMA Supercross Lites class.

Individual Rider Interviews:
Ricky Carmichael: 9:00-9:20 a.m.
Chad Reed: 9:20-9:40
James Stewart: 9:40-10:00

“Anything can happen,” said Stewart. “It has been an amazing year and I’m really happy with what I have accomplished this year. To be honest, I feel like I’ve won a lot more races than I thought I would.”

Carmichael, the winner of 13 AMA national championships, is tied with Yamaha’s Chad Reed for the AMA Supercross Series championship at 316.

“Obviously, I think the championship is going to cross all of our minds,” said Carmichael. “That’s what we all have set out to do.”

For the first time in history, Saturday night’s AMA Supercross and Supercross Lites races will be broadcast LIVE on SPEED May 6 at 10 p.m. ET.