RV2 Continues His Dominance in 2012

San Diego, CA Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., won the Anaheim opener of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, before a sold-out crowd of 45,050 fans at Angel Stadium. Troy Less Designs/ Honda's Cole Seely, of Murrieta, Calif., dominated the opening race of the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class race en route to victory.

Villopoto, the defending class champion, opened the Supercross Class main event with the Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot with Dodge/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington Racing's Ivan Tedesco and TwoTwo Motorsports/Honda's Chad Reed following in second and third, respectively. Red Bull/KTM's Ryan Dungey shot past Tedesco on the second lap as Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX's James Stewart made up for a mid-pack start to secure fourth place.

While riding in third place, Dungey crashed and gave Stewart third place, but on lap 11, Dungey swung back around Stewart. Stewart once again found his way around Dungey on lap 14 before crashing on the following lap. Villopoto cruised to his second consecutive Anaheim opener win with a 12.2-second victory. Reed finished second and Dungey finished third.

Villopoto made us look silly out here tonight, said Reed. I am just happy to get second place tonight in this field of riders.

It was a phenomenal night for me, said Villopoto. I didnt have the heat race I wanted, so I didnt have a great gate pick. Once I was out front I wanted to lay down fast laps and make no mistakes. I did make one small one, but overall, it was a great race for me.

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