Rockstar Makita Suzuki Dallas Report

April 7, 2008, 8:47am

Round 13 – AMA Supercross Series
Irving, Texas
Texas Stadium
April 5, 2008

Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Nico Izzi returned to AMA Supercross Lites at Dallas’ Texas Stadium this weekend after skipping the independent Toronto, Ontario, race last week. The young rookie recently celebrated his first AMA Supercross Lites podium in Indianapolis and was hoping to reproduce the experience. This past Saturday night’s result was somewhat bittersweet, however. Izzi started the night with an impressive second-place finish in his heat race, however, a bout with food poisoning slowed the young rider in the 15-lap main event. In spite of this, Izzi put his head down and still brought home a seventh-place finish in the main.

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s David Vuillemin was unable to race in Dallas after he injured his foot in a practice crash during the week. Likewise, teammate Mike Alessi is currently recovering from a broken collarbone and did not race this weekend.

Nico Izzi:
“I was really happy with my ride in the heat race, but I wish the main had gone a little better. I got a good start on my Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z250 but about eight laps in, I started feeling really bad. After the race, I got sick and almost passed out. Later we confirmed that I had gotten food poisoning. I know that’s racing, but I’m disappointed because I felt like I had the speed to get on the podium. If I’d been 100 percent for all 15 laps, I would have been in the top-five for sure.”

Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing will race next at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday, April 12, 2008.

Mike Alessi, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing RM-Z450, #800
DNR – Dallas Supercross
15th Place – Overall Championship Points Standings

David Vuillemin, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing RM-Z450, #12
DNR – Dallas Supercross
8th Place – Overall Championship Points Standings

Nico Izzi, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing RM-Z250, #341
7th Place – Dallas Supercross Lites
5th Place -- Overall Championship Points Standings

AMA Supercross Top 10 Finishers:

1.      Chad Reed, Yamaha