Dallas SX Results

April 1, 2007, 8:17am

Stewart Wins Tenth Amp’d Mobile Supercross of the Season in Dallas; Townley Victorious in AMA Supercross Lites

IRVING, TEXAS (March 31, 2007) – Kawasaki’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., picked up his tenth win of the season in the Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series before a crowd of 41,635 at Texas Stadium. Kawasaki’s Ben Townley, of Tallahassee, Fla., won the AMA Supercross Lites main event.

Honda’s Andrew Short, of Smithville, Texas, grabbed the $1,500 Progressive Direct Holeshot Award off the start. Short’s lead was short lived as Stewart went flying by at the start of lap three. Yamaha’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., kept him honest as only a few bike lengths separated the two riders for the remaining 18 laps.

In the final turn, Reed made one last attempt at the win but came up just short of sneaking inside of Stewart, who finished with a .085-margin of victory.

“I’ll take anything over last weekend,” said Stewart in reference to his poor start and come-from-behind win last week in Indianapolis. “The first two laps I was just kind of riding. The track changed a lot from the heat race to the main. I swept Texas this year (winning Houston earlier in the year) and that’s big.”

Townley earned the $1,000 Progressive Direct Holeshot Award to the start the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites main event, followed by Kawasaki teammate Darcy Lange, of Hemet, Calif., and Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn. Lange would claim the lead on the opening lap with Dungey and Townley in close tow.

Dungey took over the lead on lap four and was beginning to pull away before a crash on lap eight handed the lead to Townley. Once out front, Townley went on to the victory, his third of the season. Lange finished second while Dungey rounded out the top three.

“Darcy and Dungey gave me a good battle out there,” said Townley, who closed to within three points of series points leader Ryan Morais, of Temecula, Calif., who finished fourth. “It’s (the championship) going to go down to the wire. Detroit’s going to be an intense one. I’m just going to go home and work as hard as I can to be ready for it.”

This weekend AMA Supercross race will air on SPEED, Sunday, April 1, at 6:00 p.m. EST. The AMA Supercross Lites class race will air on SPEED Saturday, April 7, at 6:00 p.m. EST. The next round of Amp’d Mobile Supercross takes place on Saturday, April 21, at Detroit’s Ford Field.

KTM Junior Supercross Challenge

1 Jack Fowler, Dallas, Ore., KTM
2. Lane Hamlin, Moscow, Kan., KTM
3. Carter Halpain, Lubbock, Texas, KTM
4. Christon Nelson, Sulphur, La., KTM
5. Payton Whatley, Cleveland, Ms., KTM
6. Lane Rathmann, Taylor, Texas, KTM
7. Diego Strode, Marysville, Wash., KTM
8 Hannah Hodges, DeLand, Fla., KTM
9. Clayton Moody, Graham, Texas, KTM
10. Jarett Megla, Newberry Park, Calif., KTM
11. Zachary Harris, Lincoln, Neb., KTM
12. Chase Parten, Azle, Texas, KTM
13. Riley Franzel, Crestview, Fla., KTM
14. Rory Datsun, Orange, Calif., KTM
15. Parker Rothey, Breckenridge, Colo., KTM

Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP Season Standings

1. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Kawasaki, 329
2. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Yamaha, 300
3. Timmy Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki, 242
4. David Vuillemin, Menifee, Calif., Honda, 190
5. Ricky Carmichael, Tallahassee, Fla., Suzuki, 185
6. Michael Byrne, Newnan, Ga., Suzuki, 171
7. Ivan Tedesco, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki, 159
8. Heath Voss, Mico, Texas, Honda, 159
9. Paul Carpenter, Ithaca, N.Y., Kawasaki, 156
10. Jeff Gibson, Blacklick, Ohio, Kawasaki, 139

Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series Event Results, Dallas

1. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Kawasaki
2. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Yamaha
3. Tim Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki
4. Davi Millsaps, Cairo, Ga., Honda
5. Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda
6. Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda
7. Michael Byrne, Newnan, Ga., Suzuki
8. Paul Carpenter, Ithaca, N.Y., Kawasaki
9. David Vuillemin, Menifee, Calif., Honda
10. Jeff Gibson, Blacklick, Ohio, Kawasaki

Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series Season Standings

1. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Kawasaki, 310
2. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Yamaha, 275
3. Timmy Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki, 223
4. Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda, 182
5. Ricky Carmichael, Tallahassee, Fla., Suzuki, 160
6. Ivan Tedesco, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki, 158
7. Michael Byrne, Newnan, Ga., Suzuki, 158
8. David Vuillemin, Menifee, Calif., Honda, 154
9. Heath Voss, Mico, Texas, Honda, 134
10. Paul Carpenter, Ithaca, N.Y., Kawasaki, 113

Amp’d Mobile Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites Event Results, Dallas

1. Ben Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki
2. Darcy Lange, Hemet, Calif., Kawasaki
3. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki
4. Ryan Morais, Temecula, Calif., Yamaha
5. Thomas Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda
6. Matt Goerke, Lake Helen, Fla., Yamaha
7. Branden Jesseman, New Brighton, Pa., Yamaha
8. Kelly Smith, Ludington, Mich., Suzuki
9. Broc Trickle, Cary, N.C., Yamaha
10. Tucker Hibbert, Centreville, Miss., Yamaha

Amp’d Mobile Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites Season Standings

1. Ryan Morais, Temecula, Calif., Yamaha, 114
2. Ben Townley, Tallahassee, Fla., Kawasaki, 111
3. Darcy Lange, Hemet, Calif., Kawasaki, 106
4. Branden Jesseman, New Brighton, Pa., Yamaha, 88
5. Matt Goerke, Lake Helen, Fla., Yamaha, 83
6. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plain, Minn., Suzuki, 73
7. Mike Alessi, Victorville, Calif., KTM, 71
8. Justin Brayton, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Yamaha, 68
9. Billy Laninovich, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Honda, 67
10. Thomas Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Honda 64

Amp’d Mobile Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites Season Standings

1. Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 172
2. Jason Lawrence, Carlsbad, Calif., Yamaha, 135
3. Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Honda, 103
4. Christopher Gosselaar, Victorville, Calif., Kawasaki, 97
5. Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Honda, 92
6. Josh Hill, Yoncalla, Ore., Yamaha, 88
7. Josh Hansen, Lake Elsinore, Calif., KTM, 87
8. Matthew Lemoine, Pilot Point, Texas, Yamaha, 86
9. Troy Adams, Homosassa, Fla., Suzuki, 71
10. Kyle Cunningham, Springtown, Texas, Yamaha, 66

For more information about the Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, please log on to www.supercrossonline.com. For media requests, please contact Denny Hartwig at 630-566-6305 or e-mail at dennyhartwig@livenation.com.