AMA-SX: Arlington sees Stewart 4th and holding onto title shot

AMA-SX UNITED STATES - ROUND 13     Cowboys Stadium AMA-SX Race Report - 04/04/2011 Arlington sees Stewart 4th and holding onto title shot The thirteenth round of seventeen in the 2011 AMA Supercross series (also an FIM World Championship), saw San Manuel Yamaha's James Stewart overcome a difficult week and also an off-track excursion through a tricky whoops section in Dallas to post fourth position. The Cowboys Stadium saw over 51,000 spectators take-in the latest instalment of the most unpredictable and utterly-engrossing AMA title chase in recent memory. Stewart was tussling for second place on his YZ450F midway through the Main Event when he lost control through the whoops and clattered into Chad Reed. Both riders were able to remount and Stewart regained composure to score his second consecutive fourth position in a row. "There have just been some unfortunate incidents here and there, just with the racing; Jacksonville, Daytona, Atlanta... You know, it's definitely been tough, for sure, but like I said, I think the positive is that I've been riding good, and we'll just keep fighting," said Stewart. "My thing wasn't a blatant take-out, so I can't really fix that, you know?" he said regarding the run-in with Reed. "I swapped through the whoops and thank god he was there because I would probably have been eating popcorn in the stands." "With everything that happened I was still here this weekend trying my best," he summarized. "And again, things didn't go right in the race but I'll be there next week and will keep it going." Thomas Hahn recorded his best finish of the season with seventh on the Motoconcepts Yamaha and Austin Stroupe also made it into the top ten with ninth. Although he has gone three rounds without a podium celebration, Stewart still retains a slim chance of the championship with just a 21 point deficit to Ryan Villopoto at the top of the table and maximum of 100 left to win. Justin Brayton is eighth and Davi Millsaps ninth. In the penultimate round of the East Coast Lites series Ryan Sipes led the field on his YZ250F and battled with points-leader Justin Barcia. Some tough moves between the pair finally ended up with Sipes on the floor and unable to restart. The DNA Shred Stix Star Racing rider is still 3rd in the standings with just one meeting remaining. Visits to St Louis, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas will take place in the coming weeks as the indoor spectacle draws to a close. The Edward Jones Dome in Missouri is next this coming Saturday. 2011 AMA-SX United States Cowboys Stadium 04/04/2011 20 Laps race I 1 Trey Canard Honda USA 17'34.505  2 Ryan Villopoto Kawasaki USA 0'02.151  3 Ryan Dungey Suzuki USA 0'02.673  4 James Stewart Yamaha USA 0'15.016  5 Kevin Windham Honda USA 0'24.634  6 Andrew Short KTM USA 0'36.231  7 Thomas Hahn Yamaha USA 0'50.698  8 Chad Reed Honda AUS 0'57.363  9 Austin Stroupe Yamaha USA -1Laps  10 Mike Alessi KTM USA -1Laps  11 Weston Peick Yamaha USA -1Laps  12 Fabien Izoird Kawasaki FRA -1Laps  13 Chris Blose Kawasaki USA -1Laps  14 Michael Byrne Suzuki AUS -1Laps  15 Ivan Tedesco Kawasaki USA -1Laps  16 Kyle Regal Yamaha USA -2Laps  17 Justin Brayton Yamaha USA -16Laps  18 Nicholas Wey Yamaha USA -18Laps  20 David D Millsaps Yamaha USA -20Laps  AMA-SX World Standing Rider Standings After Race 13 of 17 1. Ryan Villopoto Kawasaki USA 255 2. Chad Reed Honda AUS 249 3. Ryan Dungey Suzuki USA 248 4. Trey Canard Honda USA 239 5. James Stewart Yamaha USA 234 6. Andrew Short KTM USA 174 7. Kevin Windham Honda USA 150 8. Justin Brayton Yamaha USA 141 9. David D Millsaps Yamaha USA 129 10. Ivan Tedesco Kawasaki USA 114 11. Nicholas Wey Yamaha USA 112 12. Brett Metcalfe Suzuki AUS 107 13. Mike Alessi KTM USA 94 14. Chris Blose Kawasaki USA 76 15. Kyle Regal Yamaha USA 65 16. Fabien Izoird Kawasaki FRA 53 18. Kyle Chisholm Yamaha USA 46 19. Weston Peick Yamaha USA 44 21. Austin Stroupe Yamaha USA 42 22. Thomas Hahn Yamaha USA 31 27. Vince Friese Yamaha USA 12 36. Jeff Alessi Yamaha USA 3 37. Antonio Balbi Yamaha BRA 2 Circuit Length: n/a Crowd: 51, 509 Weather: Dry Last Years Winner: Ryan Dungey Manufacturer Standings 04/04/2011 1 Honda 282 2 Kawasaki 270 3 Yamaha 260 4 Suzuki 259 5 KTM 184

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