News Release
What a crazy race at Daytona. The skies opened up and turned the Daytona Moto Speedway infield into a rutted and sloppy mess reminiscent of the race there in 2008; a race that was won by Kevin Windham. Except this time it was a James Stewart runaway. Stewart has been saying all along that if he could get a start he could win. He proved that at Daytona, where the JGRMX/Toyota/Yamaha rider went a long way towards turning his season around with a dominating win in difficult conditions. Stewart topped a shortened practice session by nearly three seconds over the field, and then grabbed the holeshot in his heat race. In the shortened final (shortened from 20 laps to 16), Stewart was beat out on the start by only his JGR teammate Davi Millsaps, who ended up turning in his best ride in two years. Perhaps it was a turning point for the entire JGR team. According to team manager Jeremy Albrecht, there has been a lot going on behind the scenes… with Stewart; and with the bike.
“Yeah, James has been struggling, and I think it’s been a little bit of everything, confidence, getting used to the bike, a little bit of both,” said Albrecht. “If the first race doesn’t go the way you expect it to you then you start to wonder and it works on your confidence [talking about Anaheim 1]. And we’ve been working on stuff on the bike and we’ve definitely improved a lot of things. The tires have gotten better too, so we just keep improving everything the best we can and that all builds confidence.”
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Official Supercross Results
Supercross/450 Results:
1. James Stewart (Yam)
2. Davi Millsaps (Yam)
3. Kevin Windham (Hon)
4. Marvin Musquin (KTM)
5. Ryan Villopoto (Kaw)
6. Mike Alessi (Suz)
7. Jake Weimer (Kaw)
8. Broc Tickle (Kaw)
9. Matt Goerke (Suz)
10. Brett Metcalfe (Suz)
Lites/250 Results:
1. Justin Barcia (Hon)
2. Blake Baggett (Kaw)
3. Darryn Durham (Kaw)
4. Ken Roczen (KTM)
5. Blake Wharton (Suz)
6. Jake Canada (Hon)
7. Kyle Cunningham (Yam)
8. Malcolm Stewart (KTM)
9. Cole Thompson (Hon)
10. Tommy Weeck (Suz)
