Team Makita Suzuki Racing finished off the 2007 Amp'd Mobile AMA  Supercross season with style at Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night.  Supercross rider Ivan Tedesco brought home an impressive fourth-place finish.

 

In the Supercross class, Tedesco was heading toward a second-place finish in his heat race when a get-off resulted in his going to the Last Chance Qualifier. Ever the professional, Tedesco holeshot and won the LCQ and advanced to the main. 

 

"Today's first practice didn't feel great," said Tedesco.  "I was kind of off the pace so we made a few changes to the Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 and second practice felt better.  In my heat race, I was riding really well but I lost the front end right before the finish line... I had to go to the LCQ, which turned out to be pretty good because we tested a front tire in the LCQ and that's what I ended up running in the main.  It was a plus in the end."

 

The 20-lap main event saw the Makita Suzuki rider get a good start and settle into fourth position.   Although he moved into fifth place for a portion of the race, he regained the lost position and brought home his fourth fourth-place finish of the season.

 

"In the main event, I was all the way on the outside but I made something happen on the start," said  Tedesco.  "I felt like I rode well tonight.  I just wanted to stay off the ground because I've been crashing a lot.  My goal was just to finish where I needed to finish and not crash."

 

Team Makita Suzuki Racing will return for round one of the AMA Toyota

Motocross Championship at Hangtown Raceway in Sacramento, Calif., on May 19-20, 2007

 

 

Ivan Tedesco, Team Makita Suzuki Racing RM-Z450, #9

4th Place - Supercross class, Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series

5th Place - Overall Championship Points Standings

 

 

Supercross Class Top 10 Finishers:

1.             James Stewart, Kawasaki (holeshot)

2.             Chad Reed, Yamaha

3.             Kevin Windham, Honda

4.             Ivan Tedesco, Team Makita Suzuki Racing

5.             Andrew Short, Honda

6.             Timmy Ferry, Kawasaki

7.             David Vuillemin, Honda

8.             Josh Summey, Honda

9.             Heath Voss, Honda

10.          Michael Byrne, Suzuki