SX: Toronto Supercross Notes And Numbers

Facts and figures ahead of this weekend's Monster Energy Supercross event in Canada.

Media Release | Posted March 20, 2013 Toronto (CAN)

(Photo: Simon Cudby)

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 12 of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship from Toronto, Canada will air LIVE on SPEED on Saturday, March 16th at 7:30pm ET.

450SX Class: Toronto Stats

The first race was held on December 3, 2004, and Ricky Carmichael won on a Suzuki

Toronto is the only international stop on the circuit

In 2005, James Stewart won on a Kawasaki

In 2006, Chad Reed won on a Yamaha

Reed became the first two time winner in Toronto with his win in 2008. Ryan Villopoto and Stewart have since joined Reed as two-time winners in Toronto.

Honda and KTM have not won in Toronto; Honda’s Justin Barcia and KTM’s Dungey can change this

If Reed makes the start this weekend, he will tie Jeff Ward for fifth on the all-time 450SX Class start list with 160

Ryan Villopoto won the seventh race of his season in Toronto last year and the 22nd of his career

Justin Brayton’s second place finish last year in Toronto marked the first time in his career that he earned back-to-back second-place finishes.

Davi Millsaps earned his fifth consecutive top-10 finish last year in Toronto

Last year Kyle Chisholm earned a season-best seventh-place finish in Toronto

250SX Class rider Marvin Musquin finished sixth last year in Toronto

450SX Class: Toronto Wins by Brand and Last Win

Yamaha: 2, 2009
Kawasaki: 2, 2012
Suzuki: 1, 2011

450SX Class: Indianapolis Recap

Villopoto earned his 30th career 450SX Class victory. It was his sixth of the season. He is now alone in fifth on the all-time 450SX Class win list.

Villopoto is one of five riders to win 30 450SX Class races. He earned 30 victories in 69 starts. He is the fourth fastest out of the five riders to accomplish this.

Stewart was the quickest to 30, doing it in 46 starts. McGrath follows him with 52 starts and Carmichael did it in 67. Reed did it in 89 starts.

For the fourth year in-a-row, Villopoto has won at least six 450SX Class races; he has helped Kawasaki to 121 victories

Just as he did in 2011 and 2012, Villopoto became the first rider in 2013 to win three consecutive races

After finishing 16th at the season opener, Villopoto has recovered to take over the points race by nine over Davi Millsaps

Dungey earned his second consecutive runner-up finish. He now has 60 career starts and 42 podium finishes, which gives him a 70% career podium percentage

Stewart made the 98th career 450SX Class start, earning his third podium of the season with a second place. He now has 68 career podium finishes.

Stewart has been on the podium in three of the four past races

Millsaps now has 105 consecutive 450SX Class starts and has nine top-five finishes this season

Justin Barcia earned his seventh top five of his rookie 450SX Class season with a fifth

Reed made his159th career 450SX Class start, and finished in sixth place; he has had a top-10 finish in 10 of the 11 races this season

Andrew Short earned his ninth top-10 finish of the season with a seventh; it was his best finish since his sixth at the third race in Anaheim

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