2007 Supercross Photo Gallery

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Can you tell that RC is only part-time? - Vancouver

DV12 is on the gas this season. He could be a serious contender 16 races from now. - Vancouver

Stewart was stylish but sore. - Vancouver

Jake Weimer tries to get the cobwebs shaken out before the points begin to add. - Vancouver

Ryan Dungey has officially silenced any remaining critics with his runner-up in the kid’s first-ever Lites SX. - Vancouver

Michael Byrne shakes out his new Rockstar/WBR/Suzuki RM-Z450. - Vancouver

Tim Ferry grabbed fifth in the race and holds the same standing in the overall bracket. - Vancouver

Ryan Sipes won his first-ever supercross event in convincing fashion as he picked up the holeshot and walked steadily away. - Vancouver

Sipes and his Sobe/Samsung/Honda team hope that this isn’t the last champagne celebration of the season. - Vancouver

Chad Reed soldiered through an extraordinary amount of pain to finish third. - A1

Frenchman Christophe Pourcel made a huge splash in his American SX Lites debut. We'll be seeing more of this speedy transplant. - A1

This isn't the kind of welcoming committee Grant Langston was looking for to celebrate the opener. - A1

Ivan Tedesco looked fast early on but a cased jump put the hurt back in his tender hand. - A1

James Stewart was pumped to take an early lead in the AMA series. - A1

YOT rider Jason Lawrence is starting the 2007 season as a serious contender. - A1

Monster/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki is looking strong for this season and in future years as Pourcel is rumored to be coming full-time in 2008. - A1

Red Bull KTM rider Martin Davalos crashed out in the Big A. - A1

Ramsey looked promising early on. - A1

Stewart snuck underneath Carmichael by staying low through one of the rhythm sections and passed for the lead. - A1

Monster Energy is the new sponsor of Factory Kawasaki. - A1

Ryan Villopoto was easily the fastest rider of the night. The reigning AMA MX Lites champ took the lead early and walked away. - A1

Ricky Carmichael is running red number plates this season under the new AMA rules.

Carmichael and Stewart battled again but the outcome was the same. - Phoenix

David Vuillemin crashed his brains out and forced a red flag in the main event. - Phoenix

Tedesco is still nursing his hand. - Phoenix

Kevin Windham remains surprisingly off the pace. Hopefully he picks it up in the next few weeks as RC takes his leave. - Phoenix

Monster/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki swept the Lites podium. - Phoenix

Michael Byrne is still getting into the swing of things on his new Suzuki ride. - Phoenix

As always, Nick Wey has been a strong frontrunner in the Supercross class. Watch for the speedy privateer to earn some podiums this season. - Phoenix

In only his second AMA Supercross Lites race, Christophe Pourcel took the top honors and has established himself as the next great French import. - Phoenix

Phoenix was the last race of Carmichael's full-time career. He will miss the next round voluntarily. - Phoenix

Steve Boniface is another Frenchman who won a Heat race. He and Pourcel made it a French sweep in the qualifiers. - Phoenix

Rockstar/WBR/Suzuki is hoping for great things from Troy Adams. He should deliver as the season progresses. - Phoenix

Travis Preston has been quietly going about his business and turning in strong results in the process.

With Carmichael in the booth, Reed secured a second place position on the podium at A2. - A2

David Vuillemin rolled an 11 at A2 - he finished in 11th place and is 11th in the overall points standings. - A2

The Lites class buzzed at A2 in anticipation of the Pourcel/Villopoto showdown, but Pourcel's DNF due to a mechanical in Lap 4 secured VP51's grip on the overall points standings. - A2

Team Makita Suzuki's Ivan Tedesco finished second behind Reed in Heat Race 1, but mustered only an 8th place finish in the Main event. - A2

Stewart shot past Wey in the first lap and never looked back until he had finished with his third victory in a row. - A2

Sobe No Fear Honda rider Kevin Windham finished behind Stewart in Heat 2 but had to settle for a sixth place finish in the Main. - A2

Villopoto, Lawrence and Hill filled the Lites podium at A2. Pre-race hype anticipated Pourcel somewhere in the mix, but mechanical problems proved otherwise. - A2

Ryan Villopoto rattled off a 47.255 lap en route to a heat race victory margin of 14 seconds over Josh Hansen. - A2

Stewart, Reed and Wey topped the podium in the Carmichael-less A2.

How many in a row will Stewart win this year? - A2

Nick Wey managed to podium without Ricky Carmichael around. He is the first to take advantage of RC's limited racing schedule. - A2

Jason Lawrence scored another podium, this time in second, to prove that the first wasn't a fluke. - A2

RC, Stewart and Reed have become a popular sight on the podium so far this season. - SF

You could hear the 'Ooh's' of the crowd when Jason Lawrence took a spill on Lap 7. - SF

Josh Grant had to fight his way through the LCQ to get to the main event, but put together a solid run to finish 2nd behind Villopoto. - SF

RV, Josh Grant and Jake Weimer took the top spots in Frisco. - SF

Nick Wey on his Xyience MDK Honda couldn't repeat last week's podium finish as fifth place is the best he could muster in SF.

RC throws his hands up in victory as he bids adieu to San Francisco. - SF

Reed gave Carmichael a run for the money until a crash in Lap 10 cost him what could have been his first victory of the season. -SF

Ivan Tedesco and Tim Ferry battle it out in the sloppy conditions in SF. - SF

Villopoto was in the lead by the end of the first lap and checked out from there. - SF

The expression says it all. James Stewart will not go undefeated in AMA SX this season thanks to the heroics of RC in SF. - SF

Heath Voss - San Francisco

Josh Grant rode to the second-place podium victory - San Francisco

Time will tell if the next Ricky Carmichael is amongst this group of junior racers. - A3

Honda's Josh Grant came around turn one in second but could never quite catch Villopoto.- A3

Sobe No Fear Honda rider Kevin Windham garnered a seventh-place finish in A3 and sits in sixth-place overall with 66 points. - A3

Honda's Nick Wey won the Progressive Direct $1,500 Holeshot Award but got squeezed out of a podium finish.- A3

Chad Reed put the pass on Stewart and rode probably his best race of the SX season so far. - A3

Chad Reed gave James Stewart all he could handle at A3 and finished only 1.6 seconds behind the winner. - A3

Kawasaki’s James Stewart became the first rider in history to sweep all three Anaheim Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series races at Angel Stadium.- A3

Stewart hoists the trophy flanked by Yamaha's Reed and Kawasaki's Ferry. - A3

Monster Energy Kawasaki's Tim Ferry worked his way to a third-place showing at A3. -A3

Tim Ferry sits in third in the overall series point standings with 90. - A3

Villopoto fought off the flu and all contenders as he captured first again at A3 and established himself further as No. 1 in the Lites division. - A3

Reed and Ferry took the second and third spots in Houston, with Monster Energy's Ferry taking home a cool $1,500 for his holeshot. - Houston

After Houston's results, Stewart holds an 18-point lead over Reed in the Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP standings. - Houston

The Monster Energy Kawasaki's are dialed in as Ferry's been clocking fast laps and Stewart continues his winning ways. - Houston

Ryan Villopoto has been so dominant in the Lites he can clinch the Supercross Lites West Title next week in San Diego. - Houston

After his holeshot, Villopoto led for the first five laps until a crash in lap six handed the lead to Lawrence. - Houston

Jason Lawrence held the lead for awhile but Villopoto eventually tracked him down to capture his fifth victory of the season. - Houston

Josh Hill made his charge from seventh to fourth but just couldn't quite crack his way onto the podium. - SD

Yamaha’s Jason Lawrence, who had a mid-pack start, blitzed his way through the field to finish in second place. - SD

Ivan Tedesco's hand must finally be on the mend as he was able to put together his best run yet of the SX season. - SD

San Diego was not kind to Stewart as he wrecked on lap 8, ejecting him off his bike after launching off the finish line jump. - SD

Suzuki’s Ivan Tedesco won his first $1,500 Progressive Direct Holeshot Award of the season, beating Reed and Stewart through turn one. - SD

Second no more! Reed took advantage of Stewart's wreck and claimed his first SX victory of the season. - SD

RV 51 lit up San Diego by not only winning the race but by putting the clamps on the SX Lites West crown. - SD

Over 60,500 SX fans turned out at Qualcomm Stadium to watch Villopoto put the hammer down on his competition in the SX Lites class. - SD

VP, Chris Gosselaar and Martin Davalos arc high above the ground in a graceful demonstration of Supercross at its finest. - SD

K-Dub backed up his solid performance at Houston with a podium finish in San Diego. - SD

Mike Alessi showed that he’s still one of the best starters in the game with this holeshot at the opening East Coast round. – Atlanta

Ryan Dungey has been utilizing the tutelage offered by his Makita Suzuki teammates. - Atlanta

It was good to have Davi Millsaps back in action. His Supercross debut didn’t go as well has the Factory Honda team was hoping for, but at least he’s back in the game. - Atlanta

When Chad Reed went down so did his hopes of a repeat victory. He still managed to rebound for a podium finish. - Atlanta

Reed pulled the holeshot but it didn’t take long for James Stewart to move by for the lead. – Atlanta

Even with Ricky Carmichael on the grid, James Stewart won his sixth race of the season. - Atlanta

A picture says a thousand words. - Atlanta

Ryan Dungey has made the switch from answering critics on the track to answering reporters from the podium. We’ll see if he can back up his Atlanta win with another strong performance in Missouri.

Ryan Dungey threw away a perfectly good chance at extending his points lead and instead is in trouble for the title chase. - St. Louis

Matt Goerke has started the East Coast series with a pair of third-place finishes. - St. Louis

Ben Townley was stylin’ until his motor went near the half-way mark. – Atlanta.

Chad Reed wasn’t a fan favorite in St. Louis and when it was all said and done he wound up in third – again. – St. Louis.

Carmichael doesn’t look like he’s missed a single round even though he’s only raced a handful of events. – St. Louis

The main event got off to an exciting start and it looked like RC was in trouble after the first turn. Luckily for him, things got better in a hurry when Stewart and Reed collided. – St. Louis

Fans at The Lou love their Goat. – St. Louis

After getting shut out of a couple record-breaking wins this season, RC finally became the all-time leader in St. Looey. He’s won four times in the Edward Jones Dome. – St. Louis

After the checkers fell, Stewart made it clear that he wasn’t happy with Reed. – St. Louis

Stewart and Reed only moments before going down. Both riders initiated contact in this turn. – St. Louis

This move allowed Carmichael to run and hide for the win. It also sparked some serious controversy over dirty riding. – St. Louis

It’s doubtful these two are congratulating one another. Too bad those chin guards prevent us from reading lips. – St. Louis

Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey had a night he’d probably rather forget. After stacking himself up throughout practice, Dungey was riding a strong third in the main until he crashed and couldn’t restart his bike. – St. Louis

Darcy Lange (105) and Ben Townley (101) went at it all night. If they were holding back any because of their status as teammates, we’d love to see what they would do as rivals. – St. Louis

Factory Honda rider, Tommy Hahn, crashed and signaled to the medics that something was wrong with his right arm. Apparently it wasn’t too bad because he came back to race later in the evening. – St. Louis

The racing was never much further apart than this throughout the Lites main event. – St. Louis

Jeff Alessi has been very impressive as he makes his return from a year off the bike. He and brother, Mike, will be a force to reckon with as the tour moves outdoors. – St. Louis

The whole 15 laps culminated in this moment where Lange tried a bonzai move for the win. Fortunately, he didn’t get hurt in the massive endo but he finished a deceiving sixth place. – St. Louis

Millsaps improved on his result from last weekend in Atlanta, but only just. Finishing 16th isn’t indicative of what this rider has to offer and his results will continue to strengthen right along with his tender leg.

Even coming off of a busted femur, Davi Millsaps (118) is capable of running with the leaders – at least for a short time. The rest of this season is just to get riding time before the Nationals come around. As far as a championship goes, Davi is way out of the picture.

You won’t see many factory stars pushing their own bike to the starting line. Millsaps’ and Windham’s bikes are mechanical works of art.

Andrew McFarlane will return to action at Daytona's SX Lites race after missing the West Coast series due to an injury back in November.

Yamaha Factory racer Grant Langston will make his return to the Supercross season in Daytona since being out with a collarbone injury he suffered at A1.

Kevin Windham navigated the rough-yet-technical Daytona layout for a top-5 finish. We want to see K-dub on the podium. - Daytona

Chad Reed just can’t seem to get out of third place when RC is around. - Daytona

Reed must have knocked himself pretty good to get that kind of bruise on his forehead. - Daytona

Ricky couldn’t make it six victories in the premier class, but he gave it a respectable shot. Things might have been different if he had started up front. - Daytona

Ryan Morais is the new points leader in the Lites class, but has yet to win a race. - Daytona

Mike Alessi got on the podium for the first time this season. The outdoor-style track suited the Red Bull KTM rider. – Daytona

Andrew McFarlane looked like he hadn’t missed a beat as he led the 250F class early on. It didn’t last long, however, as the fitness levels aren’t up to snuff just yet. - Daytona

Where’s Billy Laninovich? That’s the question people have been asking early in the East Coast Lites series. Lano’s results have been sub-par so far, but he showed up in Daytona and missed the podium by one spot. - Daytona

Daytona is a tough venue when a rider is full-strength, much less coming off an injury. Grant Langston toughed it out for seventh place. - Daytona

Darcy Lange finished sixth for the second week in a row. - Daytona

American Honda’s Tommy Hahn rode to a strong runner-up. The CRF pilot could win one of these things if he plays his cards right. - Daytona

Carmichael and Reed never gave themselves a chance after this mediocre start. Stewart ran away out front. - Daytona

These three men have all sat in the middle chair at Daytona. Stewart held the position of honor this time around. - Daytona

Branden Jesseman overtook Laninovich in lap six and never looked back in earning his first SX Lites win of the season.

Though they compete like gladiators on the course, now that Carmichael's SX career has concluded, Stewart can let his guard down and show a little love. - Orlando

It was a sad day for Supercross fans as the GOAT graced the track with his competitive spirit for the final time. - Orlando

Team Rockstar/Suzuki rider Kelly Smith finished fourth in Heat Race 1 yet faltered in the Main and made it through only 14 laps for an 18th-place finish. - Orlando

Thomas Hahn (52) is back up and on his bike first after this four-man pileup during the Lites main event. - Orlando

Oversized checks and shiny trophies. RC, Stewart, and Reed receive their dues for hard work well-done. - Orlando

RC and Stewart gave the crowd its money's worth with an epic battle in Orlando. - Orlando

Cameras flashed and the Orlando crowd roared its appreciation for the Greatest of All Time, Ricky Carmichael. - Orlando

Without Carmichael in contention, does Reed have the ability to raise his game to the level needed to challenge Stewart? - Orlando

Ryan Morais has been riding consistently and leads the SX Lites East Coast overall points standings. - Orlando

Stewart was having no part of a story-book ending to RC's career as he came out competitively and denied RC the win in Orlando. - Orlando

Ivan Tedesco earned a hard fought fourth place finish in Orlando and sits in sixth place in the overall SX points standings with 136. - Orlando

Andrew Short returned to action at Indy and looked pretty good despite his long absence. - Indy

Justin Brayton finished top-5 but couldn't chase down the podium. - Indy

Ben Townley (right) congratulates Ryan Dungey (left) on his return to form. - Indy

This is about as good as it gets for Chad Reed in his quest to defeat James Stewart. A holeshot for Number 22 and a terrible gate from Stewart still wasn't enough. - Indy

Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey led all 15 laps inside the RCA Dome. - Indy

Dungey and the entire Makita Suzuki camp were relieved to be back in the winner's circle. - Indy

Stewart moved by Reed cleanly and then motored away for another Supercross class win. - Indy

Grant Langston (far left) would have liked to have a re-do on the 450 Main Event start. Andrew Short (29) snagged the holeshot. - Texas

Mike Alessi exited the Texas Stadium circuit prematurely - Texas

Ryan Dungey (62) and Darcy Lange (105) are two of the newest youth movement we all love to watch battle – Texas

Dungey (down) was racing for the win until this spill cost him a couple positions - Texas

Tim Ferry proved why he’s the third-fastest guy by passing Davi Millsaps (118) and Andrew Short – Texas

He still hasn’t won a race, but fourth in Dallas was enough to hold onto the points lead for Ryan Morais - Texas

American Honda’s Andrew Short (29) had a lot of speed behind him after holeshotting the 20-lap main – Texas

Ferry has plenty to smile about as he easily controls third place in the championship standings - Texas

Ben Townley collected his third win of the season and put himself in the perfect place to steal the East Coast Lites title two weeks from now - Texas

Ryan Morais was being hounded by Ben Townley on the track and in the point standings.

Once Townley got around Billy Laninovich (50) it was clear sailing to his first AMA championship.

Your new 2007 East Coast Supercross Lites champion.

Stewart with the holeshot? That's bad news for everyone else.

David Vuillemin is well on his way to earning U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Pro Privateer Challenge as the top privateer in the AMA Supercross paddock - Detroit

This is the kind of battle that Seattle fans were hoping to see. The top Northwest riders, Josh Hill (58) and Ryan Villopoto (51), squared off for the main event win. - Seattle

Yamaha's Josh Hill took his first heat race win at Qwest Field. - Seattle

Ivan Tedesco (9) barely took the holeshot over Jeff Gibson (40). Tedesco would crash moments later. - Seattle

Ivan Tedesco could have been in podium contention if not for a first-lap crash. - Seattle

Davi Millsaps (118) overcame his fellow Honda rider Kevin Windham to lock in second place. - Seattle

Kyle Partridge was litterally at the finish line jump when Martin Davalos (577) needlessly took him out. Both riders were disqualifed for the rest of the evening for fighting. - Seattle

Seattle's favorite rider didn't disappoint them. Ryan Villopoto took an easy win for his hometown fans. - Seattle

James Stewart celebrated double titles with his entire crew. - Seattle

Capturing the WSX and AMA championships in one fell swoop was enough to draw this emotional response from Stewart. - Seattle

Michael Willard gave 2-stroke fans one last hurrah when he qualified for the main on his KTM 125 SX. - Seattle

Kevin Windham took the checkers in his heat race where his lap times were equal to Chad Reed's. - Seattle

Ryan Dungey topped the 250F podium with Jake Weimer (left) in second and Martin Davalos (right) in third. – Las Vegas.

It was nice to see Kevin Windha (right) on the box again. – Las Vegas

In what was one of the best battles all night, Paul Carpenter made this pass on Eric Sorby to qualify for the main event. – Las Vegas

Makita Suzuki got an East/West Shootout win from the promising Dungey. – Las Vegas

Sarah Lipert was crowned Miss Supercross 2008. – Las Vegas

Kevin Windham (14) chased down Chad Reed (22) and was able to put a pass on for second, but Reed stole it right back. – Las Vegas

Ricky Carmichael waved goodbye to Supercross in his banquet speech. – Las Vegas

This was as close as Chad Reed would get to James Stewart all night. – Las Vegas

James Stewart brought home plenty of new hardware from his successful SX season. – Las Vegas

East champion, Ben Townley, reattached his chain by hand and continued the race but his team pulled him off the track for safety reasons. – Las Vegas

Townley got the holeshot and it looked like it would be a classic battle between champions before both title holders succumbed to mechanical problems on the first lap. – Las Vegas

Grant Langston

Chad Reed came out on top on night one at the Rockstar Energy Drink US Open at the MGM Grand.

James Stewart took the win from Chad Reed at A3.

Stewart Takes the lead at Detroit.