Friday, May 25, 2007

AMA Opens With AMSOIL as Official Oil

AMSOIL opened up the 2007 AMA Outdoor Nationals motocross event in Sacramento, Calif. this past weekend as the Official Oil of the AMA Outdoor Nationals. On hand to represent AMSOIL was the AMSOIL/Factory Connection team with Kevin Windham, Josh Grant and Jake Weimer leading the way while Team Sobe/No Fear/Samsung/Honda racer Kevin Windham was sixth.

Windham took part in the 450 Motocross class, and used his technical riding style to his advantage. In front of 25,000 fans, Windham finished sixth overall after scoring a fourth in the first moto and a ninth in the second.

The Motocross Lites division was highly competitive. Grant lead the 40-rider pack off the gate and through the first turn dogleg in moto number one with reigning National Champ Ryan Villopoto nipping at his red rear fender. Grant would hold the point for the first four circuits around the 40-turn track before finally allowing Ryan Villopoto through and into the lead. On lap number eight, Villopoto fell and Grant reclaimed the lead. Villopoto regained the lead and Grant fell back to fourth. In the second moto, Grant finished in sixth and took home a fourth overall. Teammate Weimer also rode strong in Hangtown, finishing 15th in the first moto and improving to ninth in the moto 2 for tenth overall.

The AMA Outdoor Nationals will be back in action this weekend at the High Point Raceway in Mt. Morris, Penn. The entire AMA motocross season will be airred on SPEED.
Until then, we'll see you at the races,
Jeremy Meyer
AMSOIL Racing Coordinator