Toyota/Racer X Power Rankings

May 22, 2008 7:23am

The Toyota/Racer X Power Rankings are back for the 2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championships, and before the gate even drops for Round 1, we had all of our voters lock in their pre-season rankings of the top 25 motocross racers in America. A lot of our voters are still skeptical about the return of James Stewart, which is probably why he's in second place although he has the most first-place votes. The top spot in our rankings belongs to Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto, who is gunning for his third consecutive Lites National Championship. Third place going into Glen Helen is Honda Red Bull Racing's Davi Millsaps, followed by Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey and Monster Energy Kawasaki's Tim Ferry. The other rider receiving first-place votes is Honda Red Bull Racing's Ben Townley, who will be making his Honda debut this weekend in the premier AMA Motocross class. BT101 comes in at 16th. Check out the rest of the top 25 below, and stay tuned next week to see how the rankings are shuffled after this first round or racing is complete.

Ryan Villopoto is the pre-season #1

RANK	#	NAME	PTS	SPONSOR
1.	2	Villopoto (8)	599	Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki
2.	7	Stewart (16)	569	Monster Energy Kawasaki
3.	118	Millsaps	559	Red Bull Honda
4.	28	Dungey	522	Rockstar/Makita Suzuki
5.	15	Ferry	511	Monster Energy Kawasaki
6.	29	Short	503	Red Bull Honda
7.	40	Hill	477	Factory Yamaha
8.	48	Canard	456	Torco Racing Fuels Honda
9.	338	Lawrence	402	Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy Yamaha
10.	800	Alessi	384	Rockstar Makita Suzuki
11.	51	Stroupe	308	Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki
12.	9	Tedesco	286	Red Bull Honda
13.	20	Grant	278	Torco Racing Fuels Honda
14.	27	Wey	218	MDK KTM
15.	123	Metcalfe	214	Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki
16.	101	Townley (2)	211	Hond Red Bull Honda
17.	341	Izzi	184	Rockstar Makita Suzuki
18.	577	Davalos	173	MDK KTM
19.	24	Summey	164	Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota/Yamaha Yamaha
20.	32	Hahn	157	Xtreme Team Green Kawasaki
21.	12	Vuillemin	153	Rockstar/Makita Suzuki
22.	122	Reardon	119	Torco Racing Fuels Honda
23.	30	Weimer	114	Torco Racing Fuels Honda
24.	273	Gracyk	104	Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota/Yamaha Yamaha
25.	77	Jesseman	97	Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki

Total number of votes: 26

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