Ryan Villopoto’s incredible second half in this year’s Monster Energy Supercross Series propelled him to his third-straight championship title. He’s just the fourth racer in Supercross history to earn three titles. While Villopoto was certainly a favorite coming into this year after back-to-back Supercross titles, he stumbled early in the season, and was playing catch-up to Davi Millsaps, who proved to be this season’s biggest surprise. Millsaps held the series lead for the first 10 races, proving he’s a force to be reckoned with. But once Villopoto caught fire at the midway point of the season, it seemed only a matter of time before the gap would be closed. And sure enough, he passed Millsaps at stop No. 10 in Daytona Beach, Florida, and never looked back. Millsaps and Ryan Dungey, a former Monster Energy Supercross champion, continued to nip at Villopoto’s heels, but now that Villopoto has secured the championship, they’ll be in a fierce battle for second place overall during this weekend’s finale in Las Vegas.
Institutional memory can be a funny thing. Sometimes short, sometimes selective, it always makes us wonder just how much effort was put in looking backwards before sending out press releases trumpeting a “first ever” product or event.
Case in point, the FIM has just announced the “first ever race for electric motocross bikes”: the E-MX. While we can understand the desire to unremember unaffiliated happenings, such as … More
After an 11-year run, the X Games are skating, riding and revving away from LA.
ESPN announced Tuesday that from 2014 to 2016 the U.S. edition of its action sports extravaganza will be held in Chicago, Detroit, Austin, Texas, or Charlotte, N.C.
The X Games’ deal with Anschutz Entertainment Group, the Los Angeles entertainment giant behind Staples Center … More
After an intense three-rider battle that lasted the entire Main Event, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto secured his third consecutive Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, on Saturday night in front of a crowd of 43,149 inside Salt Lake City’s Rice-Eccles Stadium. Villopoto needed his 450SX Class-leading ninth win of the season, and the 33rd win of his career, in order to achieve the feat. Rockstar Energy Racing’s Jason Anderson broke through to win his first career 250SX Class Main Event on a wild night in the Western Regional Championship.
Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey was the first rider out of the gate in the 450SX Class Main Event, claiming the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot Award with Villopoto alongside. The champion wasted little time in … More