(c) CoxMX.com

Steve Cox of Grindtv.com got a chance to catch up with James Stewart after his third place, come from behind finish at A1.  Prior to that, James had spent nearly a year not racing his dirt bike, spending most of the off season relaxing and filming his reality TV show, Bubba’s World.  Despite all the time off, James still proved that he is one of the fastest riders out there; setting the fastest lap in practice, winning his heat race, then traveling from the back of the pack to finish on the podium.  This is what James had to say about it:

“Like I said, I’m happy.  Coming from 17th to third, I think that’s pretty good and it just lets me know that I still have the speed. Get a couple good starts and I think we’ll be right there.  I feel like overall I got the job done for me.”

Find out what else James had to say at Grindtv.com.

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At Anaheim, the old James was back, scrubbin’ and making quick work of his competition. Dang it looked good!

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(c) Red Bull / Matt Pavelek

In front of a packed house at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, the most highly anticipated race of any Supercross season—the Anaheim 1 series opener—went off without a hitch, and Red Bull’s James Stewart finished third after a hard-fought battle from the back of the pack. After retiring from the 2010 series early due to a career-threatening wrist injury, a podium at A1 was exactly what JS7 needed to kick off 2011 with confidence. Here’s how the night unfolded…

SUPERCROSS QUALIFYING HEATS
•    After rounding turn one in the fifth spot to start Heat #2, San Manuel/Yamaha/Red Bull’s James Stewart methodically picked his way through the pack to take over the lead by the end of lap five. The rest was history, as JS7 motored on to an impressive heat win.
•    Stewarts heat (Heat #2) was nearly ten seconds quicker than Heat #1.

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SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT
•    When the gates dropped, Stewart got pinched off heading into turn one, and eventually rounded the opening lap in the 12th spot.
•    By the midway point, Stewart had worked his way into fourth place.
•    On the final lap, James closed the gap on the second-place rider (defending champ Ryan Dungey) to within two seconds, but was unable to challenge for the position before the wave of the checkers.
•    In his first Supercross since Anaheim 2 last year, JS7 finished an impressive third place to kick of the 2011 racing season.
•    Stewart set the fastest lap time in the main event by almost a full second.

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SUPERCROSS RESULTS
1.    Ryan Villopoto
2.    Ryan Dungey
3.    James Stewart
4.    Trey Canard
5.    Chad Reed
6.    Kevin Windham
7.    Ivan Tedesco
8.    Brett Metcalfe
9.    Josh Grant
10.    Andrew Short

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