MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 11 MARCH 18, 2014 P73
over RV, but for much of the race
it was about five seconds.
The win boosted Stewart to
third in the standings, one point
ahead of Ken Roczen, although
he's still 49 points out of the lead.
"A win always helps the motiva-
tion and we've got six weeks left
and I'll see if I can get second in
the points and break this tie with
Ricky and then we'll get ready
for outdoors," said Stewart. "My
season has been pretty solid so
far and I feel I'm riding the best
I've ever ridden, it just sucks to
kind of run into bad luck. This
shows if I can get a good start I
can win races."
DOING WHAT IT TAKES
With a healthy lead in the cham-
pionship point standings and with
just six rounds remaining, all Villo-
poto needs to do is be consistent
and finish on the podium and he'll
bag a fourth-straight Supercross
title. The fiery redhead, however,
was not too happy finishing sec-
ond behind Stewart and had little
to say after the race, other than
to bemoan a mistake he made
early in the race that let Stewart
get away.
"I got off to a good start and I
was riding pretty well, I just made
Briefly...
like the guys did a great job. We've
got a few things in the works, we're
trying to get a little better on suspen-
sion, and I think we can get ahead
of that curve as we get into those
races."
(Left) The Peristyle was back in
action just like it used to be at the
old Pontiac venue.
(Below) The Detroit track added a
slight drop-off just off the start line.
