SX: San Diego Notes And Numbers

The Monster Energy Supercross Championship will make its final stop of the year in California this Saturday in San Diego.

Media Release | Posted February 06, 2013 Aurora, IL

TwoTwo Motorsports' Chad Reed (Photo: Honda Powersports)

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 6 of the 2013 Monster Energy Supercross Championship from San Diego, CA will air LIVE on SPEED on Saturday, February 9nd at 10:30pm ET.

450SX Class: San Diego Stats

The first race was held on October 25, 1980, and Mike Bell won on a Yamaha

This will be the 30th time the gate will drop for a 450SX Class race in San Diego

The only first time winner in San Diego is David Vuillemin, who won on a Yamaha in 2000

Suzuki has never won in San Diego, can Davi Millsaps or James Stewart get Suzuki their first win?

Chad Reed holds the all-time win record in San Diego at six

Jeremy McGrath has five wins in San Diego

McGrath, Stewart, and Ryan Villopoto have won in San Diego in both the 250SX and 450SX Classes, can Ryan Dungey join them?

Honda has won 10 of 11 races in San Diego from 1985 to 1996

San Diego hosted the season opener in 1985

Honda has had five event sweeps in San Diego, Yamaha has had two. Kawasaki swept the event last season with Villopoto and Dean Wilson.

Millsaps will be making his 100th career and 100th consecutive 450SX Class start, tying him with Kevin Windham on the all-time consecutive start list. He would become the 18th racer in 450SX Class history with 100 starts.

Villopoto won the 118th race of his career last year in San Diego

In winning last year’s Main Event in San Diego, Villopoto became the first rider to win two consecutive races on the season

450SX Class: Wins by Brand in San Diego

Honda: 13
Yamaha: 13
Kawasaki: 3
Suzuki: 0
KTM: 0

450SX Class: Anaheim 3 Recap

KTM’s Ryan Dungey earned the 12th 450SX Class win of his career. He is tied with David Bailey and Ezra Lusk on the all-time 450SX Class win list. It was Dungey’s first win in Anaheim since January 23, 2010.

Dungey’s win gives him a victory in four consecutive seasons

For the first time in history KTM earned an event sweep; Dungey won the 450SX Class and Ken Roczen won the 250SX Class

It was Dungey’s fifth-career win aboard a KTM; KTM has now won a 450SX class race in two consecutive seasons

Millsaps earned his fourth podium of the season and fifth top five with a second-place finish. It was his 99th consecutive start.

Honda’s Justin Barcia earned his second podium of the season after back-to-back last place finishes

Stewart earned his first top five of the season with a fourth place. In 93 career starts Stewart has 73 top-five finishes.

Chad Reed earned his fourth top five of the season with a fifth-place finish. It was his 133rd career top five.

Andrew Short earned a sixth-place finish; he now has a top-10 finish in every race

Trey Canard finished seventh, marking his fifth top-10 finish of the season, breaking his three-race podium streak

Broc Tickle now has two back-to-back top-10 finishes with a ninth place

Justin Brayton earned his fourth top-10 finish of the season with a 10th place

Yamaha has gone 16th consecutive seasons with a win, can it continue in 2013?

Matt Lemoine earned a career-best 11th-place finish

For the sixth time in 450SX Class history, there has been four different winners in five races

Six different riders have finished on the podium

Four different brands have won, marking the fourth time in history this has happened

There has already been two event sweeps, one by Honda and one by KTM

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