he only thing that could have made
the opening two rounds of the
Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP
Series In Canada a little _ _ for
James Stewart would have been If
the Canadian rounds also offered points
towards the AMA Series, which gets under way
In a few short weeks In Anaheim, California.
Otherwise, Stewart could not have asked for
anything more than sweeping the Toronto and
Vancouver rounds of the World GP Series in
convincing style.
In the spacious B.C. Place stadium In
Vancouver, Stewart had an easy time of it, jumpIng out to an early lead in the 20-Iap final and run·
ning off to victory In what turned out to be a very
uneventful race, a lot of which had to do with
T
Stewart's maln rivals, Ricky Carmichael and
Chad Reed, getting bad starts, which enabled
Stewart to get away Immediately and open up a
commanding lead that no one, not even
Carmichael, could do anything about.
For Stewart, the two wins are a big confi·
dence booster. In just his second race aboard the
factory-backed Kawasaki 10<4501; he already has
a perfect record, and he feels that things still are
not quite as good as they can be, which is not
good news for his competitors.
"People forget that I really haven't raced the
450, it's [my] second-ever race on It, I'm stili
getting used to the bike [and] getting used to
changing my riding style [for the 450]," Stewart
said. "It's been a good two weeks, but It's a long
series. I know that we still have a lot of work to
