Brayton makes 5th in championship as SX ends in Vegas

The 2010 AMA SX series/FIM World Championship came to an end with the seventeenth and final round of the year taking place at the Sam Boyd stadium in Las Vegas last weekend. Kyle Cunningham was the surprise top runner on the Valli Motorsports YZ450F with 4th position but Muscle Milk Joe Gibbs Racing's Justin Brayton finished 8th and was able to rise into the top five of the season standings. Texan Cunningham had a career-best race in just his third event in the premier class since taking the vacated seat of the injured Ivan Tedesco. The 21 year old, who had secured 8th place in the East Coast Lites series, had scored 13th and 11th in his two previous outings before coming to Nevada. "I knew I could ride the 450, I just hadn't put a whole race together," he said. "Something just kept happening. Plus, the other two races [seattle and Salt Lake City] were just crazy conditions. But here, with normal conditions, I felt great. I caught a flow about halfway through and I just rode it on in to the finish. I'm pumped." Kyle Chisholm was 7th ahead of Brayton and Michael Byrne managed 11th. Josh Hill was able to score two points more than his two previous outings with 17th place and end a nightmare-ish second half of the campaign in which a rib injury has affected his race stamina. Four Yamaha's finished in the final top ten of the standings with Brayton 5th, Hill 6th, Tedesco in 9th and Kyle Chisholm claiming 10th. 2009 champion James Stewart etched the sole victory for Yamaha at Anaheim 1 but has been out with a broken scaphoid since round four. The AMA Motocross Nationals will now begin in two weeks with the first event taking place at Hangtown in Sacramento, California.

Circuit Length: n/a Crowd: NA Weather: Dry

Lap Record: 0'52.030 (Kevin Windham, 01/01/2004) Last Years Winner: Ryan Villopoto

2010 AMA-SX Las Vegas, NV 10/05/2010

Race 1 - 20 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
1	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki	USA	20'54.883
2	Chad Reed	Kawasaki	AUS	0'05.034
3	Kevin Windham	Honda	USA	0'20.098
4	Kyle Cunningham	Yamaha	USA	0'25.155
5	Andrew Short	Honda	USA	0'27.330
6	David D Millsaps	Honda	USA	0'28.730
7	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha	USA	0'33.921
8	Justin Brayton	Yamaha	USA	0'35.887
9	Thomas Hahn	Suzuki	USA	0'49.306
10	Nicholas Wey	Kawasaki	USA	0'51.067
11	Michael Byrne	Yamaha	AUS	0'53.306
12	Matt Boni	Honda	USA	-1Laps
13	Chris Blose	Honda	USA	-1Laps
14	Josh Demuth	Honda	USA	-1Laps
15	Weston Peick	Yamaha	USA	-1Laps
17	Josh Hill	Yamaha	USA	-1Laps
19	Jake Anstett	Yamaha	USA	-3Laps

Rider Standings

08/05/2010

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Points
1.	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki	USA	363
2.	Kevin Windham	Honda	USA	293
3.	David D Millsaps	Honda	USA	268
4.	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki	USA	266
5.	Justin Brayton	Yamaha	USA	238
6.	Josh Hill	Yamaha	USA	233
7.	Nicholas Wey	Kawasaki	USA	197
8.	Thomas Hahn	Suzuki	USA	186
9.	Ivan Tedesco	Yamaha	USA	183
10.	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha	USA	177
11.	Michael Byrne	Yamaha	AUS	170
12.	Andrew Short	Honda	USA	150
13.	Chris Blose	Honda	USA	120
14.	Trey Canard	Honda	USA	103
15.	Jason Thomas	Suzuki	USA	79
18.	Grant Langston	Yamaha	RSA	67
19.	Jason Lawrence	Yamaha	USA	62
20.	James Stewart	Yamaha	USA	51
23.	Kyle Cunningham	Yamaha	USA	36
26.	Weston Peick	Yamaha	USA	30
27.	Dan Reardon	Yamaha	USA	25
38.	Kyle Regal	Yamaha	USA	7
45.	Jake Anstett	Yamaha	USA	2
46.	Josh Grant	Yamaha	USA	1

Manufacturer Standings

08/05/2010

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1.	Suzuki	367
2.	Honda	357
3.	Kawasaki	341
4.	Yamaha	323
5.	KTM	3