VUILLEMIN RECORDS BEST SX RESULT
 Rockstar
Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's David Vuillemin celebrated
his best result of the 2008 AMA Supercross season with a seventh-place
finish at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on Saturday night.
The Frenchman got a good start on his RM-Z450 and charged
hard through the 20-lap main to bring home a top-10 finish.
Vuillemin's Supercross-class team mate Mike Alessi experienced
a nasty crash and broke his collarbone on the right side during
practice and was unable to race.
In the Supercross Lites class, Ryan Dungey is preparing for
the last few rounds of the West Coast events. On Saturday
night he was again blisteringly fast in his heat race and
took the win. He had some bad luck in the main, however, and
fell several times and had to work his way up from the back
of the pack but still took sixth position.
David Vuillemin:
"We have been working on bike set-up at the track and
making the bike better in practice. I did pretty well in practice
and that really helped my confidence. I didn't do quite as
well in my heat race because I got a bad start and couldn't
pass anyone. But I got a much better start in the main and
I felt like I rode 20 strong laps, and my lap times on the
Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 were really good. I ended up
seventh, which is the best I've done all year. And it felt
really good to get that result, especially after all the injuries
and bad luck of the last two months. I'm looking at this as
a good stepping stone to better results for the rest of the
season."
Ryan Dungey:
"This is the third week in a row where things haven't
really gone our way. At the same time, I've been riding fast,
I've been riding strong and I've been riding consistent, but
I've been making some small mistakes here and there in the
main and that's costing me. I just need to relax and stay
focused on riding smart in these last few rounds. We're only
a few points behind in the championship and that's the goal
that we're working toward."
Supercross result: 1 Chad Reed (Yamaha),
2 Tim Ferry (Kawasaki), 3 Davy Millsaps (Honda), 4 Andrew
Short (Honda), 5 Kevin Windham (Honda). 7 David Vuillemin
(Rockstar Makita Suzuki).
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