AMA

SUPERCROSS: World: San Francisco summary

Suzuki's Carmichael Makes Triumphant Return to Amp'd Mobile Supercross Kawasaki's Villopoto Wins Third of the Season in AMA Supercross Lites SAN FRANCISCO (January 27, 2007) -- Suzuki's Ricky Carmichael made a triumphant return to the Amp'd ...

Edited: Dec 21, 2009, 6:28 AM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Suzuki's Carmichael Makes Triumphant Return to Amp'd Mobile Supercross

Kawasaki's Villopoto Wins Third of the Season in AMA Supercross Lites

SAN FRANCISCO (January 27, 2007) -- Suzuki's Ricky Carmichael made a triumphant return to the Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series with a spectacular win tonight before a crowd of 37,462 at AT&T Park. Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto won the AMA Supercross Lites main event.

Yamaha's Chad Reed grabbed the $1,500 Progressive Direct Holeshot Award to start the 20-lap main event. Series rivals James Stewart and Carmichael settled in behind, setting up a three-man battle for the lead. The opening laps of the race would see five lead changes as each of the three riders took turns in the top spot. Two crashes by Stewart and another by Reed, ultimately cost them a shot at a win as Carmichael ended up with the hard-fought victory.

Stewart brought his Kawasaki home to a second place finish, while Reed ended up third.

"These guys were riding buck wild out there tonight," said Carmichael in reference to the crashes by Stewart and Reed. "The track was pretty rutty and I was just laying back and taking advantage of what was happening in front of me. I'm happy to win again in San Francisco and the next time you'll see me is at Atlanta."

Kawasaki's Chris Gosselaar earned the $1,000 Progressive Direct Holeshot Award to start the AMA Supercross Lites main event but was quickly dropped to the number two position by his teammate Villopoto, who shot to the lead. Once out front, Villopoto began to pull away and was later aided by a crash that took out Gosselaar and KTM's Martin Davalos, who was running in third.

Villopoto took the win, his third of the season, while Honda's Josh Grant and Jake Weimer finished second and third, respectively.

Tonight's AMA Supercross race will air on CBS Sports, Sunday, January 28, at 12:00 p.m. EST. The AMA Supercross Lites class race will air on SPEED Sunday, February 3, at 6:00 p.m. EST. Amp'd Mobile Supercross continues next Saturday, February 3, for the last of three races at Anaheim's Angel Stadium.

<pre> KTM Junior Supercross Challenge 1. Cobe Lehnertz, Lodi, Calif., KTM 2. Mikiah Morgan, Fellows, Calif., KTM 3. Michael Mosiman, Sebastopol, Calif., KTM 4. Max Provine, Antioch, Calif., KTM 5. Devin Kjaer, Aptos, Calif., KTM 6. Christian Beatty, Ventura, Calif., KTM 7. Treysen Barretto, Kapaa, HI, KTM 8. Trevor Conley, Wheatfield, Ind., KTM 9. Jack Valdez, Orlando, Fla., KTM 10. Mason Campbell, Murrieta, Calif., KTM 11. Cole Malinowski, Martinez, Calif., KTM 12. Collin Cramer, Olathe, Kan., KTM 13. Jordan Gleckler, Cheyenne, Wy., KTM 14. Jason Wagner-Jauregg, San Jose, Calif., KTM 15. Tyler Gallis, San Jose, Calif., KTM

Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP Season Standings 1. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Kawasaki, 139 2. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Yamaha, 127 3. Ricky Carmichael, Tallahassee, Fla., Suzuki, 116 4. Timmy Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki, 102 5. Nicholas Wey, Murrieta, Calif., Honda, 90 6. David Vuillemin, Menifee, Calif., Honda, 79 7. Travis Preston, Hesperia, Calif., Honda, 69 8. Heath Voss, Mico, Texas, Honda, 66 9. Michael Byrne, Newnan, Ga., Suzuki, 64 10. Jeff Gibson, Blacklick, Ohio, Kawasaki, 61

Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series Event Results, San Francisco 1. Ricky Carmichael, Tallahassee, Fla., Suzuki 2. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Kawasaki 3. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Yamaha 4. Timmy Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki 5. Nick Wey, Murrieta, Calif., Honda 6. David Vuillemin, Menifee, Calif., Honda 7. Travis Preston, Hesperia, Calif., Honda 8. Michael Byrne, Newnan, Ga., Suzuki 9. Jeff Gibson, Blacklick, Ohio, Kawasaki 10. Kevin Windham, Centerville, Miss., Honda

-credit: www.supercrossonline.com.

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article CHAMPCAR/CART: Champ Car racers Daytona 24 report

Next article Red Bull RB3 breaks cover at Barcelona

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

NASCAR explains why they penalized Zane Smith after latest clash with Carson Hocevar

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Phoenix II

7 h

NASCAR explains why they penalized Zane Smith after latest clash with Carson Hocevar

Porsche boss Laudenbach says he is "not happy" with how things were handled by IMSA in 2026

IMSA

IMSA IMSA 7 h

Porsche boss Laudenbach says he is "not happy" with how things were handled by IMSA in 2026

Five things to watch out for at the F1 United States GP

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

7 h

Five things to watch out for at the F1 United States GP

KTM sees MotoGP 2027 as a fresh start: “We never had the chance to build a new bike”

MotoGP

MGP MotoGP 8 h

KTM sees MotoGP 2027 as a fresh start: “We never had the chance to build a new bike”

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts