SUPERCROSS
ROUND 6/FEBRUARY 12, 2011
RELIANT STADIUM/HOUSTON, TEXAS
Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series, an FIM Championship
points leader James Stewart or
former Supercross champ Chad
Reed because they had both
been taken out of the picture af-
ter having crashed on the open-
ing lap. The only person left that
he had to deal with was Dungey,
the Suzuki rider who had been
Chad Reed ( 22), Ryan Dungey ( 1),
James Stewart ( 7), Trey Canard ( 41)
and Andrew Short ( 29) just millisec-
onds away from the start of the 450
main.
Malcolm In The House
Malcolm Stewart, younger brother of James
Stewart, made an encouraging showing in his
pro Supercross debut, setting the 11th-quickest
time in qualifying and finishing second in his heat
race behind eventual winner Justin Barcia. The
ARMA/Suzuki City rider was quick off the line at
the start of the Lites final, but tangled with P.J.
Larsen on the first lap and went down.
“It was my fault, I just ran it in a little too deep
and me and P.J. got caught up,” said Stewart. “I
thought he was going to shut off the gas but he
didn’t. I just wanted to make a pass and get out
front and get away from all these guys.”
Overall, the younger Stewart looked good.
“I guess I have to be pleased with the weekend,” he said. “I rode really good, but
I was just a little too excited in the main event, but I learned my lesson.”
When asked if he felt pressure being in his older brother’s shadow, Malcolm
replied: “No, it’s no pressure at all having James as a brother. I just want to do my
thing and do good... try to get out of his shadow.”
behind him from the get-go. Canard felt Dungey’s presence the
entire race, especially during the
last few laps. At one point, Dungey passed Canard for the lead,
but Canard got it right back in the
following turn. On the last lap,
with the crowd on its feet, Canard prepared for one final attack
by Dungey and was able to hold
him off to take the thrilling win by
less than a second.
“I’m excited,” the Team Honda
rider said. “Honestly, I’m at a little
bit of disbelief.”
Despite finishing second to
Canard, Dungey was pleased,
considering what had happened
