Five Things to Look for at the Los Angeles Supercross

Feld Motorsports AMA Monster Energy Supercross, an FIM world championship, will be holding an event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for the first time on Saturday night. The first two rounds have been nothing less than exciting while showcasing the world?s most talented Supercross riders. Here are a few things to look for at Saturday?s Supercross:

1. Same faces - trading places

The first round of the Supercross class saw Villopoto, Stewart, Canard, Dungey and Reed in the top five. The same five riders were the top five at last week?s event in Phoenix. Ivan Tedesco has made an appearance up there, but has faded back as the race progresses. It is a pretty safe bet that we will see the same faces on the box again, but they may be swapped around - the start seems to be the key. The best lap times in Phoenix for the top 5 riders are less than a second apart. Despite the fact that there are fifteen other guys charging out of the gate in the main event, there will not be anyone else on top of the podium.

Source: http://www.supercross.com/features/five-things-to-look-for-at-the-los-angeles-supercross-2011

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Women?s Motocross Pro Vicki Golden Prepares to Join the Men

While the 2011 AMA Arenacross Series Championship continues to be dominated early by TUF Honda’s Jeff Gibson, a new storyline is developing as the Arenacross Lites Western Regional Championship returns to action this weekend in Denver. In recent years, the female contingent of the sport of motocross has grown considerably to the point that women have [...]

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RJ Says: Defending a Supercross Championship and season review

After watching the first three supercross races of the 2011 season, I'll share with you what I see at this point.

Two riders that have really impressed me so far are Ryan Villopoto and Trey Canard. Looking at their fitness, their riding technique, their ability to get thru traffic on the race track, both are far beyond what I thought they would be.

I knew Ryan would be fast. But when a rider has been away from racing for a while, as he has, sometimes it takes a while to knock off the rust. Ryan has looked great after his heat races - obviously the training with Aldon Baker has helped him a lot. I can see his fitness, how much he is sweating, and his ability to retain his breath and breathing after both his heats and main events. It's visible that Ryan has leaned down together with Aldon, and he's in awesome condition.

I thought it would take Trey Canard at least half a season in the premiere Supercross class to where he was really comfortable. As I watch Trey in these first three races, there are certain section of the different tracks where he is faster than either Villopoto or James Stewart. Once Trey puts together the whole track, and an entire 20 laps like that - look for him to win some races this year.

Source: http://www.supercross.com/rj-says/rj-says-defending-a-supercross-championship-and-season-review

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