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AMA Supercross Class Stats – Las Vegas
-First race was held on March 17th, 1990 and Jeff Matiasevich won on a Kawasaki.
-This will be the 18th time the gate will drop for an AMA Supercross class race in Sam Boyd Stadium.
First time winners: Jeff Matiasevich (1990); Mike LaRocco (1991); Jeff Emig: (1995)
-Jeremy McGrath won his first ever Supercross at Sam Boyd, He won the Lites class on a Kawasaki.
-Jeremy McGrath has won in Las Vegas seven times, three in the Lites class and four in the AMA Supercross class.
-From 1993-2002, there were 156 rounds of AMA Supercross raced. McGrath missed only one race, which happened to be in Las Vegas 1995.
-From 1996-2002, McGrath made 110 consecutive starts.
-In 1997, Doug Henry made history when he won the Las Vegas supercross on a Yamaha four-stroke motorcycle. That was the first time a four-stroke motorcycle won an AMA Supercross event.
Wins by Brand in Las Vegas
Yamaha-7
Honda-5
Kawasaki-4
Suzuki-1
-Mike LaRocco gave Suzuki their only win in Las Vegas back in 1991.
-For only the fifth time in AMA Supercross history there are 17 races on the schedule.
Riders to Win Vegas in Both Classes
McGrath
Windham
Carmichael
Stewart
AMA Supercross
-Kevin Windham earned his fourth race win of the year, the 16th of his career.
-Honda earned their fifth win of the season.
-Chad Reed earned his 85th career podium.
-Reed will be making his 97th consecutive start, 13 races shy of McGrath’s record.
AMA Supercross Lites Stats – Las Vegas
-First race was held on March 17th, 1990 and McGrath would won on a Kawasaki.
-This is the 18th time the gate will drop for an AMA Supercross Lites race in Las Vegas.
-In 1995, this race became the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout.
-In 12 shootout races the East has won six and the West has won six.
-Since the shootout started in 1995, four times has a newly crowned AMA Supercross Lites champion won the main event: Windham (1997); Carmichael (1998); 1999, Ramsey (1999); Stewart (2004);
Wins by Brand
Kawasaki-7
Suzuki-5
Honda-3
Yamaha-2
AMA Supercross Lites Class Notables – Seattle
-Jason Lawrence won his first AMA Supercross Lites title.
-Yamaha won their fifth West/Lites title, their first since Ernesto Fonseca
-Yamaha now has nine total Lites championships.
-For only the sixth time since 1991 Pro Circuit did not win a Lites title.
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