MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
Stewart rolled into Motor City's
Ford Field after a tough outing
the week before at Daytona and
put a pinch on the best Super-
cross riders in the world by tak-
ing a dominating victory on one
of the most demanding tracks of
the season. The win was the Yo-
shimura Suzuki rider's third Su-
percross victory of the season,
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Briefly...
Ken Roczen had a miserable night.
The former MX2 World Champion
suffered a bad start in his heat and
missed a transfer by one position.
He returned for the semi where he
got fourth and then experienced bike
trouble in the main. A rock jammed
the rear brake of his Red Bull KTM
at the start of the main event and
lost a full lap before he could get go-
ing again. By that time it was all he
could do to salvage as many points
as he could, unfortunately he could
only pick up just one point with a
20
th
place. "Unfortunately, I just had
some bad luck with a rock getting
stuck in my brake and it ruined my
night. I was able to return to racing
but was a lap down and could not
gain enough time on the other rid-
ers. I am just hoping for better luck
next week."
Once again, Dean Wilson was fast-
est in qualifying on the Discount Tire
Racing/TwoTwo Motorsports Kawa-
saki, and he was holding onto third
during the early going in the 450
main. Just like at Daytona, though
"Deano" started dropping back at
about the 12-lap mark and ended
the race in 12
th
overall. "We continue
to learn each week," said Wilson. "I
know I have the speed to be a po-
dium guy, I just need to continue to
work on maintaining that speed for
the full 20 laps. I'm enjoying my time
in the 450SX class and look forward
to next week and learning more."
The Detroit course featured a few
interesting sections, including the
peristyle section, which took the
riders up into the stands then back
down after a tight and tricky turn at
the top. It was reminiscent of the old
Supercross races at Pontiac. It was
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James Stewart captures 48
th
career Supercross win at Detroit
Stewart Motors
