The Sports Syndicate's Ryan Villopoto captured his second straight Daytona Supercross at Daytona International Speedway. Early race leader James Stewart took a spill on his Yamaha and Villopoto inherited the lead on Lap 4 and led the remaining 17 laps for a 6.506 second victory. After taking the lead, the rider of the No. 2 Kawasaki put his head down and maintained a solid pace. “Once I got in the lead, I kept putting in some hard laps,” Villopoto said. “With the track being as long as it was, it was a pretty brutal track and it wasn’t that easy. I was just trying to be smooth and keep an eye on where second and third was.” Villopoto’s win was the first time a rider has repeated as a Daytona Supercross champion since Ricky Carmichael in 2003. It was the fourth AMA Supercross win of the year for Villopoto and he expanded his championship lead to 23 points over Stewart going into the next race at Indianapolis.
