Villopoto secures second straight Supercross title
Sunday 01 April: Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto clinched his second consecutive Monster Energy AMA Supercoss, an FIM Championship title on Saturday (local time) at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s
Ryan Villopoto clinched his second consecutive Monster Energy AMA
Supercoss, an FIM Championship title on Saturday at Reliant Stadium in
Houston, Texas. On the strength of eight wins this season, Villopoto has
built an insurmountable lead in the standings and earns the crown with
four races remaining in the season.
"This is what it is all
about,” said Villopoto. "Winning championships is why every one of us
lines up behind the gate and I am so happy to win my second Supercross
title and to go back-to-back is unreal. I’m glad I got it out of the way
early, I knew I had a good chance to clinch the title here in Houston
and it feels good to have it behind me now. Everyone on the Monster
Energy Kawasaki team has worked hard this year and we showed that hard
work pays off.”
Villopoto has been a dominant rider over the last
three seasons of supercross competition. In the last 46 races, he has
won 23 times. Overall this is Villopoto’s seventh professional
championship.
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