BullFrog Dad
04-30-2007, 01:47 PM
The Wait Is Over For Stewart 4/28/2007
An emotional James Stewart clinched his first AMA Supercross title and his second FIM World Supercross title after another dominating performance at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington, tonight. Moments after taking the checkered flag well ahead of Honda's Davi Millsaps and Sobe No Fear/Samsung/Honda's Kevin Windham, a teary-eyed Stewart got a big hug from his dad, James Sr., while over 47,000 cheering fans looked on.
"I’m definitely happy to be in the position I’m in, and I hope that I can continue to help the sport grow from here," Stewart later said from the podium. "I also hope that I can continue to kick it up that extra notch to give the fans the show they came to see. I will still be working hard as ever, because there will always be another fast guy coming up to challenge for the win."
The Seattle win was Stewart's 12th thus far (there's still one round left next week in Las Vegas).
"Our entire team puts in so much work that when we win championships like this, it's a huge payoff," Monster Kawasaki’s team manager Mike Fisher said. “Our testing staff and riders spend endless hours at the test track perfecting even the smallest of things, so this is what makes it all worth while."
Stewart’s championship means that Kawasaki won all four major Supercross titles this year, including both East and West Lites classes, and the World title.
An emotional James Stewart clinched his first AMA Supercross title and his second FIM World Supercross title after another dominating performance at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington, tonight. Moments after taking the checkered flag well ahead of Honda's Davi Millsaps and Sobe No Fear/Samsung/Honda's Kevin Windham, a teary-eyed Stewart got a big hug from his dad, James Sr., while over 47,000 cheering fans looked on.
"I’m definitely happy to be in the position I’m in, and I hope that I can continue to help the sport grow from here," Stewart later said from the podium. "I also hope that I can continue to kick it up that extra notch to give the fans the show they came to see. I will still be working hard as ever, because there will always be another fast guy coming up to challenge for the win."
The Seattle win was Stewart's 12th thus far (there's still one round left next week in Las Vegas).
"Our entire team puts in so much work that when we win championships like this, it's a huge payoff," Monster Kawasaki’s team manager Mike Fisher said. “Our testing staff and riders spend endless hours at the test track perfecting even the smallest of things, so this is what makes it all worth while."
Stewart’s championship means that Kawasaki won all four major Supercross titles this year, including both East and West Lites classes, and the World title.