TEDESCO MOVES UP IN SX SERIES
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ivan Tedesco brought home
another top-10 finish in the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross
Series at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.
Tedesco’s performance moves him up to ninth place overall
in the championship points standings as team mate Ricky Carmichael
did not race due to his abbreviated schedule; the 2006 AMA
Supercross and Motocross Champion will return to Supercross
at the Atlanta round later this month.
In his second heat race, Tedesco got a great start on his
Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 and finished in fourth position in the
eight-lap qualifying race. The 20-lap main event saw Tedesco
get a good start and settle into fifth place. He put in an
impressive ride, but a mid-race get-off resulted in him finishing
in eighth place.
“I got a good start in my heat race but I was struggling
with the whoops a little bit,” said Tedesco. “After
the heat race, we made some changes to the bike for the Main
and it felt more comfortable. I started out in sixth and got
up into fifth and was working my way up to the guys in front
of me, but on lap 12, I made a mistake in the whoops and crashed.
I got back up in eighth and just couldn’t get back on
it. Now I’m just focusing on getting my confidence up
for San Diego next weekend.”
Team Makita Suzuki Racing will return next week for round
seven of the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series at Qualcomm
Stadium in San Diego, California on Saturday, Feb. 17th.
Supercross Results: 1 James Stewart (Kawasaki),
2 Chad Reed (Yamaha), 3 Tim Ferry (Kawasaki), 4 Kevin Windham
(Honda), 5 Travis Preston (Honda), 6 Michael Byrne (Suzuki),
7 Heath Voss (Honda), 8 Ivan Tedesco (Suzuki), 9 Paul Carpenter
(Kawasaki), 10 David Vuillemin (Honda).
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