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.

2013 Supercross Schedule

Angels Stadium	Anaheim, CA	February 2, 2013
Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, CA	February 9, 2013
Cowboys Stadium	Arlington, TX	February 16, 2013
Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	February 23, 2013
Edward Jones Dome	St.Louis, MO	March 2, 2013
Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL	March 9, 2013
Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, IN	March 16, 2013
Rogers Centre	Toronto, Canada	March 23, 2013
Reliant Stadium	Houston, TX	April 6, 2013
Metrodome	Minneapolis, MN	April 13, 2013
Century Link Field	Seattle, WA	April 20, 2013
Rice-Eccles Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	April 27, 2013
Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	May 4, 2013

The top 5 races for the remainder of the season will be in Atlanta, Daytona Beach, Toronto, Seattle, and the last race of the season in Las Vegas.  As of right now Millsaps is looking very solid and Ryan Dungey has been putting down some pretty impressive lap times also.  Dungey had an outstanding weekend at Anaheim 3 after he bounced back from having technical difficulties with his newly innovated rear air shock.  He had this happen to him at the starting gate to his heat race.  He had to race his way back through the LCQ into the main.  He then went on to winning the A Main that night. I would keep my eye on those two riders as they will be battling it out until that last race in Las Vegas.  After the first five events David Millsaps is holding down the points lead with 107 points.  Not far behind him is both Ryan Dungey and Trey Canard.