Villopoto's Opening Race in the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites Championship
(February 19, 2008) - This weekend the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites championship begins. Reigning Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites champion, Ryan Villopoto, will race on the East Region this year. Last year he won all but the one race en route to the first AMA Supercross Lites championship of his career. Also expected to run up front are Torco Fuels Honda's Josh Grant, of Riverside, Calif., and Tray Cannard, of Elk City, Okla., Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Branden Jesseman, of New Brighton, Pa., Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Nico Izzi, of St. Clair, Mich., and Yamaha of Troy's Ryan Morais, of Temecula, Calif.