Record crowd expected at Georgia Dome

From Live Nation Motor Sports

AURORA, IL – Torco Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham won his first Monster Energy AMA Supercross race at Houstone's Reliant Stadium since 2005 last weekend and aims to carry the momentum into this Saturday’s race at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. Last year a record-breaking 70,649 fans packed into the Georgia Dome to watch Monster Energy Supercross.

This weekend’s AMA Supercross class race will air on CBS Sports this Sunday at Noon (EST). The AMA Supercross Lites class race will air on SPEED Saturday, March 1 at 6:00 p.m.

This weekend the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites championship begins. Reigning Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites champion, Ryan Villopoto, will race on the East Region this year. Last year he won all but the one race en route to the first AMA Supercross Lites championship of his career.

Also expected to run up front are Torco Fuels Honda’s Josh Grant and Tray Cannard, Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Branden Jesseman, Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Nico Izzi and Yamaha of Troy’s Ryan Morais.

Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps was the race’s early leader last weekend but crashed, giving the lead to Windham. Points leader Chad Reed suffered from a bad start, but the Team San Manuel Yamaha rider salvaged some points by working his way into second place on lap 11.

Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Austin Stroupe, of Corona, Calif., won the first Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites race of his career last weekend in Houston. The Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites championship heads into a break until April 26 at Seattle’s Qwest Field.

Two of the sport’s biggest names, James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael engaged in classic race last year. Carmichael, who competed on a select schedule in 2007 to begin a career in stock-car racing, chased Stewart during the 20-lap feature. On the way to his first AMA Supercross championship, Stewart held off Carmichael for his sixth win of the season.

Last year Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey competed on the Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites Series and won the main event. It was the first supercross race of Dungey’s career.

The first AMA Supercross race ever held in Atlanta was March 5, 1977, and Bob Hannah won on a Yamaha. On Feb. 22, 1986 Honda rider Keith Turpin won the first-ever AMA Supercross Lites main event.