Houston AMA Supercross 2011 - Flashback to Round 6
Bet you don't remember who won his first ever 450 AMA Supercross Race at Houston? Here's a hint - it wasn't Ryan Villopoto, or James Stewart, or Chad Reed, or Ryan Dungey, or Kevin Windham. Give up? Read on!
Trey Canard wins his first ever Supercross Main Event! Justin Barcia wins 250 East Regional Supercross Main Event! Round six of the 2011 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series, an FIM World Championship, at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Ryan Villopoto takes over Supercross series points lead.
Reliant Stadium
Supercross Series heads east! Will James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto will continue their personal battle for the 2011 Championship? 16 year old Ken Roczen will give the Supercross class a try on the KTM 350. And it's the first round of the East Regional Lites - Justin Barcia, Dean Wilson, Malcolm Stewart (James younger brother), Blake Baggett, Ian Trettel, PJ Larsen, and more!
In the first timed practice of the day for the the Supercross class, it was James Stewart with the quickest lap time - 48.60 seconds, on a track that looks great, has moist dirt, and started to develop some ruts in the corners. Second fastest in the Supercross class - defending Champion Ryan Dungey 48.67. Then Ryan Villopoto, Trey Canard, Kyle Chisholm, Justin Brayton, Andrew Short, Davi Millsaps, Chad Reed, Kevin Windham, Brett Metcalfe, Ivan Tedesco, Thomas Hahn, and Ken Roczen. Roczen's time - 50.5.
In the East Supercross Lites Region first practice - it was Blake Baggett with a 50.344 lap as quickest ... but Australasian Lites Supercross Champion P. J. Larsen also had a 50.344 lap time. Then Dean Wilson at 50.5, then Justin Barcia, Ryan Sipes, Darryn Durham, Blake Wharton, and Ian Trettel.
In the second timed practice, the East Lites had Ryan Sipes on Yamaha on top with 49.58, Blake Baggett at 49.97, Dean Wilson at 49.99 ... then Durham (on a Honda), Izzi (on Honda), PJ Larsen, Matt Lemoine (on Kawasaki), Wharton, Trettel, Barcia, and then J Anderson (Trettel's team-mate on Rockstar Suzuki).
In the second timed practice for the Supercross class, James Stewart on top with 48.56, Ryan Villopoto next with 48.7, Ryan Dungey 48.8, Trey Canard at 49 seconds, Then Kyle Chisholm, Andrew Short, Kevin Windham, Ken Roczen, Chad Reed, Brett Metcalfe, Davi Millsaps, Justin Brayton, Mike Alessi, and Ivan Tedesco.
The crowd is filling nicely as the first 250 East Lites Heat race of 2011 takes off. There is a big pile up in the first corner, but the early leader is Justin Barcia (17) on the GEICO Honda team. Bubba's younger brother Malcolm Stewart, riding the 139 Suzuki is running second in his first ever professional supercross race and Nico Izzi is third. Blake Baggett was involved in that first corner mishap, but is moving thru the pack quickly.

Barcia has stretch out a big lead already as they complete lap four of this six lap qualifier. Malcolm Stewart in second, Nico Izzi third, Blake Wharton is next and Blake Baggett on the Pro Circuit team has moved up to 11th.
At the finish it's Justin Barcia with the win, second goes to Malcolm Stewart, then Nico Izzi, Blake Wharton, T Futrell, and A Cantanzaro on Honda. Blake Baggett finishes ninth.
Source: http://www.supercross.com/features/houston-ama-supercross-2011-flashback-to-round-6