MECHANICAL FAILURE KNOCKS JAMES OUT OF DALLAS SX
With six rounds of West Coast battles now in the books, the 2013 AMA Supercross series made its way through Dallas, Texas on Saturday night en route to its annual East Coast swing, and James was eager to use Cowboys Stadium as a springboard to greater success as he approaches familiar grounds. Unfortunately, a mechanical failure in the clutch mechanism of his Yoshimura Suzuki led to a premature ending to his night, leaving James sidelined and looking toward Atlanta for that illusive first win of the series.
A stacked gate of riders (Ryan Villopoto, Trey Canard, and Chad Reed among others) greeted James in 450SX heat one, but the determined Floridian wouldn’t be phased as he dropped the hammer and blasted through turn number one in the second spot. With nothing but a win on his mind, JS7 stalked Villopoto for a few laps while studying his lines, and then put a textbook pass on the Kawasaki rider to take the lead. Looking smooth and comfortable out front, James motored on to the heat win with authority, as Villopoto crossed the line in the second spot.
Later in the evening, as the top-20 qualifiers were busy loading into the gate for the 450SX main event, James and his mechanic (Lee McCollum) detected an unforeseen clutch issue that would prevent him from starting the race. Classy in defeat, James had this to say just before watching his competitors battle for the Dallas win…
“I’m really bummed right now, but this is not the team’s fault. Everyone has been working really hard… This is just one of those flukes. I’m already out of the championship, but I wanted to come out here and race hard for my fans and for my team. The heat race definitely gave us some confidence tonight, but we’ll just have to wait until next week for a chance at the main event win.”
450SX MAIN EVENT RESULTS
1. Ryan Villopoto
2. Davi Millsaps
3. Ryan Dungey
4. Chad Reed
5. Justin Brayton
6. Justin Barcia
7. Trey Canard
8. Matt Goerke
9. Andrew Short
10. Broc Tickle
james, you are absolutly fantastic recer!
go ahead. you can make it! just win the holeshots!!
That was no excuse the man had a bike failure, i think he would have won the main event if not for the problem. I was wondering what the rule was as far as using a back up bike, anybody know, i am sure they have more than one bike in the trailer
good luck next week in Ga, James. Smoke em.
Hey Courtney, I know you were there, how was everything (the pit, the race…). I couldn’t make it this year. Would just wait here at the Reliant Stadium.
Bubba, next race will be better.
Go luck in ATL.
Bubba 4 president !!!
Good luck in ATL…
It was a complete waste of time! This piss poor excuse of a person is a disgrace! Oh well, there is always next year. Or the year after!
James Stewart former fan for life !!!!!!
I think that you would have podiumed this week! Stay positive and next week will be even better!
How convenient… Just another excuse to be added to the ever-growing collection….
Go shove it dude!
Go suck another dick, Buddy
Great effort James – Considering your bad luck this year – I hope you race the out doors and show them your speed
A lot of self control considering the bad luck all year so far, i would have snapped and damaged something in my near vicinty.