Much like Washougal, where Tedesco finished 7^th, he had to mount a feverous charge from 32^nd place after the first lap in the first moto to finish 11^th to open Millville. With his back against the wall Tedesco stepped up in the second moto and reeled off a smokin’ race, enjoying a great battle early in the race with Grant Langston and coming up just short of the podium (three seconds) – but 20 seconds ahead of factory Honda’s Andrew Short.

“Coming back like that in the first moto motivated me for the second moto,” said Tedesco. “Our goal now it to put two motos together and get this Makita/Suzuki up on the podium.”

Next up for Monster Energy’s Ivan Tedesco and the Makita/Suzuki team is Round Ten of the 2007 AMA Toyota Motocross Championships at Steel City (Delmont, Pa.), Aug. 26^th.