AMA-SX: Tedesco earns top five finish in Jacksonville

Valli Motorsports Ivan Tedesco was the top YZ450F runner at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida for the twelfth round of seventeen in the 2010 AMA Supercross series, also and FIM World Championship. The veteran took 5th position after seizing the Holeshot and enduring an intense battle with Davi Millsaps to the flag. Over 38,000 spectators enter the open-roofed stadium and witnessed some exciting action across a challenging circuit that offered grippy terrain. While Tedesco enjoyed a brief run at the front and vied for his second podium result of the season, San Manuel LandM Yamaha's Josh Hill was also trying to gain as many points as possible in his fight back to fitness. The 20 year old was able to take 7th and remains one of just two riders to have taken a top ten classification in all events to-date. 'We've been working on the bike a lot lately, and I think it's starting to pay off,' commented Tedesco, who had recovered from a complaint with his right index finger. 'It's no excuse, but this deal with Valli Motorsports came together pretty late, so I feel like we've been playing catch-up since round one. But with more rides like this, maybe it will show that we've caught up. I want to put this thing back up on the box before we head outdoors.'

'I haven't been riding that much during the week because I've been trying to heal up,' said Hill 'this coming week off is going to do me a lot of good. I hope I'm feeling a little better for Houston because I want to end this series more like how I started it.' Muscle Milk JGR's Justin Brayton was 9th in Jacksonville and Michael Byrne was another Yamaha rider in 10th place. Reigning champion James Stewart - still out of action with an injured wrist - won the first ever SX main event at Jacksonville on a YZ450F last year. Stewart was however present at the meeting in his home state to publicise his new reality TV show 'Bubba's World' that aired for the first time on the channel Fuel TV Sunday evening. In the championship standings Hill keeps third place and is 34 points away from Ryan Villopoto in second spot. Hill had earlier taken five consecutive rostrum finishes on the 2010 YZ450F but has struggled to break into the leading group since his crash and rib ailment five races ago. After twelve weeks without respite the AMA juggernaut rolls to a stop for Easter weekend and will commence once more with the thirteenth race of the campaign in Houston on April 10th.

Circuit Length: NA Crowd: 38, 321 Weather: Dry

Last Years Winner: James Stewart

2010 AMA-SX Jacksonville 29/03/2010

Race 1 - 20 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
1	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki	USA	16'19.516
2	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki	USA	0'05.978
3	Trey Canard	Honda	USA	0'07.590
4	Kevin Windham	Honda	USA	0'07.732
5	Ivan Tedesco	Yamaha	USA	0'12.603
6	David D Millsaps	Honda	USA	0'12.942
7	Josh Hill	Yamaha	USA	0'29.127
8	Thomas Hahn	Suzuki	USA	0'30.918
9	Justin Brayton	Yamaha	USA	0'33.192
10	Michael Byrne	Yamaha	AUS	0'38.134
11	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha	USA	0'40.912
12	Nicholas Wey	Kawasaki	USA	-1Laps
13	Matt Boni	Honda	USA	-1Laps
14	Chris Blose	Honda	USA	-1Laps
15	Justin Keeney	Kawasaki	USA	-1Laps
17	Weston Peick	Yamaha	USA	-1Laps
19	Jason Lawrence	Yamaha	USA	-16Laps
20	Kyle Regal	Yamaha	USA	-20Laps

Rider Standings

27/03/2010

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Points
1.	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki	USA	261
2.	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki	USA	240
3.	Josh Hill	Yamaha	USA	206
4.	David D Millsaps	Honda	USA	189
5.	Kevin Windham	Honda	USA	179
6.	Justin Brayton	Yamaha	USA	164
7.	Ivan Tedesco	Yamaha	USA	159
8.	Nicholas Wey	Kawasaki	USA	131
9.	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha	USA	115
10.	Thomas Hahn	Suzuki	USA	113
11.	Michael Byrne	Yamaha	AUS	110
12.	Trey Canard	Honda	USA	103
13.	Chris Blose	Honda	USA	86
14.	Andrew Short	Honda	USA	69
15.	Grant Langston	Yamaha	RSA	67
17.	James Stewart	Yamaha	USA	51
19.	Jason Lawrence	Yamaha	USA	42
22.	Dan Reardon	Yamaha	USA	25
27.	Weston Peick	Yamaha	USA	17
39.	Kyle Regal	Yamaha	USA	2
40.	Josh Grant	Yamaha	USA	1

Manufacturer Standings

27/03/2010

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1.	Suzuki	261
2.	Kawasaki	249
3.	Honda	243
4.	Yamaha	234
5.	KTM	3

AMA-SX: Tedesco earns top five finish in Jacksonville