Villopoto takes St.Louis

Villopoto took this weeks race at St.Louis with Yoshimura Suzuki's James Stewart standing on the number two spot and TwoTwo Motorsports Chad Reed taking the number three spot.  This race made it the big number four for Villopoto this season.  On the first start Villotopoto did not get out of the gate in a position he wanted, he was back around mid-pack.  The race then was red flagged because of JGRMX's Kyle Chisholm pertaining to an injury he received during the race. They then lined up for a second restart and Stewart aging got off the line with Villopoto getting off the line in fourth.  He then battled his way past Reed in third and Barcia in second.  Finally he had his eyes set on Stewart and by the end of the eleventh lap Villopoto had slid his way into first place taking it from Stewart and never looked back.  Stewart then held down second place having another good run two weeks in a row.  Millsaps is still holding down the points lead but Villopoto seems to be closing the gap between the two of them.  He is now only twelve points behind Millsaps.

New contender for the points lead?

Is Millsaps going to be able to hold down the points lead? or is Villopoto going to keep tightening up the score between himself and Millsaps? As of right now Millsaps has 174 point, Villopotto with 152, and Dungey with 148.  Its a tight battle between 2nd and 3rd place, its anyone's spot at this time.  All Villopotto has to do is keep putting pressure on Millsaps and riding solid and he will be up fighting for the top spot before he knows it.

Start of something new for Stewart?

The same question is going around with everyone, is James Stewart going to come back and be on the top again? Did he finally find his rhythm and will go back to dominating the sport? Well in my eyes if he can ride every weekend like he did last weekend at Atlanta he will be turning some heads and be battling for that top position.  Personally i believe he is too far behind in the points to take the championship this year, but I could definitely see him making a dash towards the front of the points before the season is over. His race at Atlanta was the first race since the 2010 season where he actually looked like himself, riding calm, not making a mistake ever lap, and staying on his bike. Ever since he started riding with Yamaha he has made quite a name for himself, and not a good one. Every time you watched a race he would be over his handle bars, on the ground, or so far back he should have just pulled off. Come back in a couple of weeks and there may be a new heading reading "Stewart is back on top!!!" Only time will tell.

Stewart finally stays on bike to take the W!

The well known James Stewart finally finds a way to the finish line first at Atlanta.  As many of you know Stewart has had many problems trying to stay on his bike throughout the course of the night.  Not on February 23, he looked almost as good as he did when at the top of the podium.  He started off the day by setting the fastest lap times in practice which led him to have some confidence in his heat.  He timed the drop of the gate in his heat perfectly to grab the holeshot and ride to get the win in the heat race.  After that he felt pretty confident that he would be towards the front in the main on his yoshimura suzuki.  He then was at the gate for the main, he timed the gate drop perfectly once again which led him to get the holeshot for the second time that night.  He then looked like a whole new man on the yoshimura suzuki by riding a very easy calm race and taking the checkered with hardly any competition   Yes Villopoto was not too far behind him the whole race but he never gave Stewart a real battle for the win.  Is this going to be a breaking point for Stewart??

Tragic loss to supercross community

As many of you know we have lost a very appreciated member of the motocross member in the xgames, Caleb Moore.  Caleb started his career out racing quads until he got introduced to the snowmobile world.  He instantly picked it up and loved it.  Moore had a pretty bad snowmobile crash in Freestyle at the xgames in Aspen, Colorado. He stayed down for quite some time, before walking off with help and going to a hospital for treatment of a concussion. He then developed bleeding around his heart and was flown to a hospital in Grand Junction for surgery. The family later said that Moore also had a complication involving his brain.  Moore actually got up and walked away from the crash.  After doing this, everyone just assumed he would be alright.  Although when being treated for a concussion, Dr.s found that it was not just a concussion that he had.  He had bleeding around the heart then later found bleeding around the brain also.

Stewart's switch to Suzuki

As many of you know Stewart came into the 2013 supercross not on his JGRMX Yamaha but on a fresh new Suzuki.  He claimed that he was not happy with his JGR Yamaha or with his Pirelli tires.  He said that his Yamaha bike just was not cutting it for him.  He also claimed that one race he didn't even use his sponsors Pirelli tires, he instead used a Dunlop tire.  The story goes that Stewart had tested out a Suzuki before signing with JGRMX and Yamaha and liked the Suzuki much better but still went with Yamaha because they offered him a better deal than Suzuki did.  Stewart is now signed with the Yoshimura Suzuki team with a multi-year contract and will be riding Suzuki for the remained of the 2013 MX season.  Stewart signed with Suzuki within 24  hours after dropping the Joe Gibbs Racing MX Yamaha team.

Dungey's suspension failure at Anaheim III

Dungey's KTM team had been doing numerous tests following up to the official indoor supercross season.  These tests were on the new and improved all air suspension that FOX thought would be the next best suspension in the sport.  The suspension was doing Dungey wonders all the way up to his heat race at Anaheim III.  Here he was lined up for the drop of the gate for his heat race and his rear shock just gave out.  He couldn't make it for the heat race so his mechanics took the bike in and put a whole new suspension on the bike.  He then came out battled his way through the LCQ after being in 12th after the first turn and clenched the last starting spot in the main.  He then knew he had what it would take to win the main and that's just what he did.  He ended up winning the main and taking the number 1 spot on the podium.  His performance impressed alot of people by doing what he did.