SX Team Report
Valli Motorsports Ivan Tedesco was the top Yamaha 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 L&M 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.
Ivan Tedesco
"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."
Josh Hill in Florida
"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.
Last Years Winner: James Stewart
2010 AMA SX Jacksonville
Race 1 – 20 Laps
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 STANDINGSÂ Â Â 27/03/2010
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 STANDINGSÂ Â Â 27/03/2010
1.   Suzuki   261
2.   Kawasaki   249
3.   Honda   243
4.   Yamaha   234
5.   KTM   3
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.