Just five days after the new year, the worlds best supercross riders and their team gathered at Angel Stadium in anaheim, california, to commence the 2013 season. Monster Energy Supercross has been contested since the early 1970s, but never before has the sport seen such excellence on the track at the same time. The riders who claimed the series championship through round one looking for more. Among them, twotime defending champion Ryan Villopoto. Villopoto injured his knee after clinching the 2012 title and has worked tirelessly with his trainer returned to the game and chase title number three. If he is to do this, he must beat twotime champions chad reed and James Stewart. Both men reside inside the top five in alltime wins. And they have our respect as supercross racing legends. And then there is ryan dungey. Since the 2010 season, no other rider before ryan dungey or villopoto has won a premier class title. It is friendly, but fears. Add another group of riders with championships in the 250sx class, youre the most competitive season of racing in the sports history. The sellout crowd of 45,050 fans at the opening round had their eyes on the race. The first race of the new season would be a tale of survival and redemption. Trey canard was returning from an injury that some feared would end his career. Rockstar energy raising speech d millsaps had to prove he still had what it takes to compete with the top riders. And that could be up there in the stands and challenge those guys. To me, my expectations were a little different, but expectations were not really installed base, with all my effort and all are how i was going to ride the bike and kind of seize the day. Looking all around. It was, i was just grateful to be there. Here we go from Angel Stadium in anaheim, the Season Opener for the 2013 Monster Energy ama supercross and World Championship whos going to get the start . Looks like trey canard on the outside. Millsaps grabbed it. Benjryan dungey is in the mix. Here comes villopoto in the green kawasaki. Sporting the number one. Oh, villopoto off the track, and goes over the berm. Villopoto goes down again Ryan Villopoto, and he is limping. And villopoto was limping as he goes back to his bike. Lucky he got back up, that was a gnarly crash. You see him shaking his head. Getting his helmet and goggles right there. It is a 3rider race for the win. Suzuki and a couple of hondas. Here comes trey. Here comes trey canard making the move up the inside. Millsaps right behind him, on the honda number 41, and on the 18 of Davi Millsaps. It aint over yet, boys. He aint done yet. I put my head down and kept charging, not settle for second even though it is the first round. I have never won at anaheim before. I just had to go for it. Here is millsaps who is going to hit the cross. Millsaps is in the lead can he pull it off here tonight . And Davi Millsaps is about to do it, he wins anaheims as the season heads off to arizona for round two, twotime champs are looking to bounce back and step into the spotlight. As villopoto, stewart and reed try to stem the tides of the underdog round one winner. Monster Energy Supercross Ryan Villopoto champion [ male announcer ] lets pinch our dreams. Lets wake them up. Make them real. Lets not let anything hold us back, not even 292,000 pounds. Lets keep our head in the stars, our feet on the ground. And nothing will be beyond our reach. Toyota. Lets go places. As the series headed to round two at chase field in phoenix, a trio of former champions were looking for answers. Reed, stuart, villopoto in round one did not go very well. Stewart has been the injury. It is a real . As the day goes on, how much stress can his new take. Stuart has put in 20 solid laps without any disruption. Chad reed seems to be struggling with the bike. He is the best when it comes to get the point in the main event, he knows how to get that done. Ryan villopoto is the reigning champ. He started out outside of the top 10, bunch of crashes. He needs to get focused, he needs to go out and win. One year ago in round two, ryan dungey made history in phoenix giving them their first 450sx victory. When the gates dropped on round two, and was muscle milk honda rookie who would make history on this night. He has the lead. Millsaps in second, here we go in the opening lap. How about Davi Millsaps, another great start. He is your points leader. As canard and reed starting to go at it. So good at turning down early and accelerating out of the turn. He pushed the front and ryan dungey in ninth pushing for eighth. One of those nights you just want to get through for ryan dungey. Winner here last year. A nice pass. Justin barcia out front. Monster Energy Kawasaki Ryan Villopoto, twotime and reigning champ sitting in third. Look at all that traffic in front of our leader, Justin Barcia. Villopoto charging all the way the full 20 laps. Oh, big problems for canard villopoto goes into second trey cannot get it going. There goes villopoto. Here comes Justin Barcia, checkered flag, he went his first ever Monster Energy ama supercross World Championship points race. It was tough last week, came in here strong, the track was really strong today. I am just pumped on this race and having a really good time. I think Justin Barcia is a kid in a position where if you dont know what can hurt you, you dont think about it, right . He doesnt know he shouldnt be winning every round, so he is just out doing it and he is very fast, very effective and very good. When we return to monster Energy Supercross, the series heads back to california with a surprise rookie and winner. Dont go away. Welcome back to the Monster Energy ama supercross midseason review. Just two rounds into the 17 race season, there was a surprise leader at the top of the points and a rookie had tied a longstanding record earning a victory in just his second career start. The defending series champ had you have to find the podium in 2013, but that did not change Ryan Villopotos approach heading into round three. The goal every week is to win, be consistent, and obviously have a good time. It hasnt gone as planned. We still scored five points, not too bad for what happened. Phoenix was definitely better. In a position i felt i could go and get the win. I got second, that is good, here we are now in race three. I think the ball is starting to roll, making progress every week we go back. A typical week. We get things as they seem to get easier. When the gates dropped for round three, the champ left little doubt he was ready to enter the battle for the points lead. Who is going to get it . Justin barcia with was a good t for a lousy date pits. Justin barcia gives up a spot. Justin barcia has big problems, he is dropping like a rock. They narrowly missed him, keeping it on two wheels. Look at the blood on his face. Change for the lead at the front of the screen as well, canard moves into the top spot. And now, villopoto gets around millsaps to take over second. Villopoto is a man on a mission tonight. Fastest qualifier. Villopoto has closed in on trey canard. I asked trey, what do you have to do to get this win done . He said i just have to complete it. Ive got the speed, just got to get it done. Villopoto wants to win as well, here he comes. The anaheim crowd on their feet im just not sure villopoto will be denied here today. He is showing why he is the reigning twotime champion. He has the flow, he is dominating his motorcycle. Here he comes, he knows this is a big one. There it is, Ryan Villopoto, he takes his first win of 2013. Tonight was pretty much perfect. Seems like we are on the right track. It has been warm, slick track dried out a lot, so really technical in that sense, so i thought it ended up being a really good race track. Im pumped. While the series started with three different winners in the first three races for the second time in as many years, the memory fans of anaheim would take away from round three was the sudden retirement of one of the sports living legends. Kevin windham supercross career began in 1995, along the way the centreville mississippi native earned a reputation as the most fluent, perfect rider on the track. During his 18 year career, the rider known by his legions of fans collected to support class titles and 18 career 450 supercross main event wins. His performance at opening ceremonies became legendary. From centreville, mississippi, riding for geico, honda, number 14, Kevin Windham. He retired in anaheim with 207 career 450 supercross stars, second alltime. However for the 34yearold, the face of racing had become too quick, the obstacles too big to negotiate with 20 other riders on the track, and the time had come to walk away. Everybody i talked to, they all said if i have these thoughts in my head, it is time. Theres no other question, quit asking yourself anything. Even today, talking to Ryan Villopoto. Talking about retirement and when to go. What is another race, another trophy, it is all great stuff, but it will be bad when it comes to an end. How greedy are you, how many times will you roll the dice . It is something i have been struggling with since the middle of 2012. Riding for the final years of his career with geico, he knows leaving behind the people who made his career will be difficult as he tries to move on to life without racing. I work with some of the best people in the world, and i can say the whole geico honda program in the industry as a whole, i felt a lot of love and a lot of respect, a lot of honor from everybody in the industry. You take that and with the fans who have been behind me 100 , the best part of my career, giving meaning to the story we reminisce and autograph signings with racers that were in 94, even 84, there are still stories coming out from time to time. It turns those trophies into a real memory, a real feeling. This retirement for me feels like a chapter. Just the next chapter. I dont know that i will ever do anything that will make me feel or give me the feeling of accomplishment for what i have already done and achieved, but it was something that eventually had to come. Today was the right day, the right time. What comes next will become clear in the upcoming weeks and it will not be far away from supercross. With Kevin Windham on the sidelines, championship moved up the coast to oakland. Former champions jim stewart, chad reed and ryan dungey were still looking for their first win of the season. Monster energy ama supercross midseason review will return after this message and a word from your local stations. But the ones you can find in your heart. Because inspiration doesnt favor those who sit still. It dances with the daring and rewards the courageous with ideas. Ideas that inspire. Ideas that take you places you never imagined. Ideas big enough to make the heart skip a beat and, in some cases, maybe two. Toyota. Lets go places. And, in some cases, maybe two. As the first of the season was coming to a close, season had been robbed by the retirement of longtime fan favorite Kevin Windham. Still the sport seems to be in a position of strength as young stars like Justin Barcia and points leader Davi Millsaps were staking their claim to the lions share of attention. When the gates dropped in round four at oakland, the mantra of the 70s and plus the 80s were on their mind before the gates dropped. Just win, baby. Watch the gates dropped. How about the shot, whos going to get it . It is villopoto. Stuart is in there, bunch of riders are bunched up including trey canard. He is holding his right leg. The member, he has a problem with his knee. His right knee had ligament damage, he is frustrated comedy can tell by the body language. Two former champions. Justin barcia right there. For many of the contenders coming opportunity for a momentum shifting winds whipped away at the end of lap number one. And everyone had their own story of how it went down. Speaker usually after the first turn, all of us were going in on the gas hot. All on the edge next to the hay bales. The incident happened on that side, i had that speed going, i went flying into the shoulder, took it pretty hard hit. It was definitely not fun at all. I kind of saw reed coming out, ended up hitting my front tire. I stuck in his back wheel and drug into it and ended up taking half the field with us. Millsaps and i are fighting for the lion, he just beat me there. Elected my front wheel, sent me off to the right. And then we were pretty much out of control. Drove it up into the middle of the turn and it affected everybody else. He cut across, ended up hitting Davi Millsaps and ended up collecting grant and that sent him back into me. So i was innocent bystander did at the top of the firm. Out front and leading it and pulling away. And the champ is picking up where he left off one week ago. He has been flying all day long. And here is dungey fighting over forth. Ryan keeps on getting closer to the front. Dungey making the moves. Trey canard has some problems. Canard tries to pass, there is a poll, a tough block. He rebounds quickly, but watch this, really aggressive. Actually landed on the tough rocks. Watch right here. He tries to turn down and dungey is fair, that is going to cost him. A couple of more obstacles and Ryan Villopoto will have his second win of 2013. Here he comes, villopoto lights the candles in oakland. The twotime champ is a twotime winner in 2013. The win in oakland gave Ryan Villopoto two wins in a row. The point standings still showed millsaps and canard at the top, but the defending champ had climbed within Single Digits of the lead it had reminded everyone as to why he is considered the best rider in the world. A third trip to and chaim fittingly came on groundhog day essay list to keep villopoto for making it three straight victories. While millsaps remained consistent, the momentum belongs to the champ after his wins in round three and four. Somebody had to step up and break the spell is cast over the fielfields in the past two even. That someone would be ryan dungey. Although he would earn his first minivan victory of 2013 in a very unusual fashion. And ryan dungey with problems. A problem with the shock. He has to trust them ahead of him. Thi the 30second board went, trying to get the bike warmed up, felt a little bit of a snag in the rear. The bikes are wrapped up, caused some air to leak out. I knew right away, so i pulled back. Only two riders begin t makeo the main event from the last chance qualifier, in this race did not start much better than the heat race for the rider. Is way on the outside, he does not get the whole shot. And a huge pileup, massive read cars are going down everywhere in there. You can see on the 85. Sometimes i find myself on the ground, it is easy to give up. I am not a person to give up, when youre on the ground and in 13th place, it only takes two guys in six laps, that is an easy way to get frustrated and to give up. A different story when it is your last chance in the top guys are going to the main event and i am not. I cannot afford that right now, nor do i ever want to. It is critical at this point in the season. Dungey right now listed in 12th. Just the top two go. He moves up to ninth. Have to get after it and make aggressive moves. Here is one, that will put him in fifth. In and around into force. That is forth. What can he do now . Going on third. He has to get one more. I got to third place, so moved up really quick. The first and second, they had five or six seconds on me. I knew i could catch them, but it was that last lap that i knew making the pass was going to be difficult. It could have gone better the way things worked out. He is guarding inside. There is dungey oh, he blocks him can he get him on the inside . Full throttle, these got its hes going to go for the checkered, hes going to get the win here. And dungey is going to the main. After being the last rider to qualify for the main event, dungey was stuck with the final gate all the way on the outside. The former champ made it work and was more than ready to accept a little bit of good fortune to come his way. Villopoto gets boxed in on the inside. On the 800 around the outside. And chad reed is right there. He is down. Two weeks in a row. Villopoto coming from the back of the pack. Villopoto got stuck in there, and dungey around the outside is now second, and this one is upside down going for the lead is dungey. Coming inside on it. The red bull rider has the lead. And he gets tossed off of his bike villopoto working great, oh, no. He gathers it back up, loses ground. Stewart to the inside. Got a little kick coming down the drag. Lets see how Davi Millsaps, our points leader, response to this. Dungey out in front right now. Three seconds. Lets talk about stewart for a second. That will do it in a hurry. Here comes millsaps. With all the diversity he has had. With all the adversity stewart has had to face this year how frustrating is for a rider like stewart basically has gone for the win and to be laboring through this season with horrible finishes, no top five and now to be out there right now, this is a pretty strong right for him tonight. He misses the triple. And that opens the door for Davi Millsaps. There you go. Millsaps into second. That ought to do it for him now. Right here. Really quick, the last lap around he took a stab at stewart, cost him. And there goes Justin Barcia. Ryan dungey, the former champ car making it take statement. An unbelievable up and down night. Battling through. Here he is, ryan dungey lights the candles in anaheim with an amazing win. Crossing the finish line and winning, it was pure excitement. When a rider or a team is facing adversity, how well they can come through it and get back on top. With nearly one third of the season complete, Rockstar Energy raising Davi Millsaps had extended his points lead, but for different riders on four different brands had one main events with the final race in california coming up, the 2013 season had the markings of a fight to the finish. Welcome back to Monster Energy ama supercross midseason review. In his fiveyear career, justin has proved himself to be a podium contender. Racing is just one of the riders that came to the stadium from a hard world of arena cross raci racing. Every young riders dream is to be under the bright lights of supercross. Ricky carmichaels road to supercross revives a simulated environment that will help riders get better prepared as they bridge the gap between the arena cross and monster Energy Supercross. A rider must earn three roads of supercross points and write a minimum of three cross events in a season in order to receive a supercross endorsement from the ama. This new system provides the best training and opportunity for riders who are working hard to make the starting gate of monster Energy Supercross. It gets them in that environment before they get to monster Energy Supercross series because no matter how much time you spend on the test track in the offseason, no matter how many laps you put in, nothing prepares you for being in an environment like that, it closed in stadium, racing is really tight, everything is coming up so quick, doing tv interviews, being on the podium, autograph sessions, lots of other little things. That is really what it is all about. Is an excellent job helping to prepare for the supercross career. That is always a huge goal. The track is tight, have to be little bit more determined. Supercross to hear a lot of the guys complaining it is too tight, not a lot of passing. I am proud to be a part of the arena cross. For the future of both sports, it is a great step in the right direction. I really cannot wait to see the effects of it and how it will work. A month and a half of west coast races would come to an end with around six in san diego. For australian chad reed, to meet his best chance to gain tharelevance. With events in qualcomm stadium, san diego stock had the feel of home turf. But Davi Millsaps had tasted success at the former Southern California stop. Road to victory here in 2010. These two riders would set the early pace when the gate dropped on round six. Millsaps with the lead, the points leader gets the whole shot, and the magic continues its chad reed upfront. Chad reed with six victories at qualcomm stadium, he loves this joint. And look at stewart, splitting the gap and that is all up inside the top five. Here comes villopoto. That is going to put ryan in seventh. There is millsaps, and reed is right there. I am telling you. This is proof right here, chad did not have a good day. Here he is shrinking millsaps stay. He is thinking about seven times here in san diego. Oh, reed goes down, he loses the front end gets it going. He cant get it fired, now the honda comes to life. Stewart goes by, villopoto goes by. Tough rake for the australian. Suzuki has never won here in san diego, and Davi Millsaps taking them to the top of the paipodium. Winning here in san diego. Wiretowire win. Fighting all the way to the checkers. That was for six, seventh and eighth. And reed had a shot at the win and ends up in fifth. At san diego, millsaps made his 100th consecutive supercross start. His consistency and dedication has paid off. He rode onto his second win of the season in san diego. Having won the first race and then podium and podium and winning another one, it is just, words cant explain it. With california in the rearview mirror, Rockstar Energy raising Davi Millsaps continued to be the point at the early season favorite you have to find an answer for the rejuvenated 24yearold to have the look of a champion. When our coverage of monster Energy Supercross continues on cbs, the series had this to Cowboy Stadium in texas for round seven. Dont go away. Six short weeks ago, 2013 monster Energy Supercross championship was forecasted has been the fiercest battle in the sports history. Four former champions lead the way as villopoto, dungey, stewart and reed were deemed favorites. The return of his teammate, trey canard, had fans across the country cheering for the oklahoma native in his comeback from injury. As the season was one third complete, it was all but forgotten former 250 champion that led the way. A man who has battled silently through his own injuries and disappointment. At the start of the season, they turned their back on Davi Millsaps, now theyre all looking up at him as the points leader. It is one of the coolest and freshest stories monster Energy Supercross. Youre used to title contenders the preseason coming into the season and delivering. The guys to talk about throughout the season going from anaheim to las vegas. Here is a guy who is completely off the radar from the preseason conversations and all the sudden he wins the biggest race, the Season Opener, he is held the points lead all the way through california and i dont want to say unbeatable, whether these other guys dont step up their game pretty quick, they wont beat him and he could be the champion before we are all done. The former champions, trey canard, guys like that have to be more consistent and consistently great off of the start. This season Davi Millsaps has been consistent, kept himself out of trouble. Every other one of the riders who have had some sort of problems off of the start at one time or another. They can master the start, a lot of guys are fast enough to win. With all of these guys doing with Davi Millsaps and how great he has been, number one they have to start winning races and they cannot make mistakes. That has been their achilles heel in the first half of the series and it will happen as time runs down this opportunity to take advantage of that will pass them by. They will simply run out of time. They have to start planning now and hope he has some bad races. As the riders prepare for their practice lap, they were not ready as they worked previously on the suzuki, it would be obvious James Stewart would not be able to compete in the event. Making his way out of Cowboy Stadium. Frustration all over James Stewarts face. Your suffering a mechanical problem, can you explain what is happening . Something happened to the clutch. It is not these guys fault, just a freak accident. It is a bummer, we felt good. I felt like tonight was my night. The gate would drop with stewart on the sidelines and the defending champ out front. Try to come from the inside, will it be millsaps . It is. Chad reed will come across in second. Dungey sits in fourth. The victory here a year ago. Cutting to the inside. So, Davi Millsaps, the points leader with the red number plate moves himself into second. That overhead shot, can really see the racing line. He stands up reed to have a hard time in the saddle, and moved up a spot, puts himself in third. Gained a couple more points over villopoto. Villopoto going for win number three. Here he comes. Checkered flag, Ryan Villopoto lights the candles again for the third time in 2013, and for the second time here at Cowboy Stadium, Ryan Villopoto will stand at the top step of the podium. It was his third of the season and it proved to him a relaxed and happy rider is the most effective rider. Everybody knows this sport is stressful, but you still have to have fun with it. We have to start thinking that way. Putting our self up on the pedestal and when things dont go our way, we corrected. When we return on cbs, round number eight. The georgia dome always provides a bigtime atmosphere as the riders try to grab momentum as the seasons first half officially comes to a close. [ male announcer ] lets pinch our dreams. Lets wake them up. Make them real. Lets not let anything hold us back, not even 292,000 pounds. Lets keep our head in the stars, our feet on the ground. And nothing will be beyond our reach. Toyota. Lets go places. Welcome back to monster Energy Supercross midseason highlights show. The path to las vegas. Officially consider the Halfway Point of the 17 race campaign, the race in the georgia dome brought a wildcard to the next for title hopefuls. Making his 2013 debut on a 450 machine in round eight. The best way to spend it is racing. I get experience on it bike. I cannot wait to get out and race. Trying to get the inside, who is going to get there . Stewart on the suzuki. Villopoto is there from second. He was determined to improve on his sixth place finish last week at dallas. Unfortunately, the expense of the yamaha rider. With James Stewart racing out to a Comfortable Lead over Ryan Villopoto, current points leader still had work to do. Rockstar energy racer Davi Millsaps caught and passed Monster Energy kawasaki rider to secure his podium finish. In his debut ride, eli tomac would come home with a respectable seventh place. But after 350 days, the longest drought of his career, James Stewart returned to the top step of the podium. Here he comes, James Stewart has one here at the georgia dome. Look ahead at the Upcoming Schedule shows us three more rounds of monster Energy Supercross are heading your way on cbs with shows from st. Louis, minneapolis and seattle as the path to las vegas rolls on. And join us the day after the Season Finale for a full recap of all the action that makes the 2013 monster Energy Supercross with the most compelling and competitive in history. Another pvr 15 15 bucking battle. The top roles and the top riders square off. After eight rounds, Rockstar Energy racing Davi Millsaps holders in the lead over the most challenging riders ever assembled. With the Ryan Villopoto, chad reed, still in contention, to pose the greatest challenge of millsaps career. For each of these men and the 15 others who line up at the start gate, the path to las vegas is all about the trophy. And opportunity to know you competed in the Worlds Toughest motorsport and have emerged Monster Energy ama supercross, and fim world champion
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