Supercross News

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki is excited to welcome a familiar face back to the team. Ivan Tedesco, who earned an AMA 250 Pro Motocross Championship for Mitch Payton’s iconic team in 2005, will jump back on a KX250F this summer to battle a new breed of young guns.

The rollercoaster 2012 Monster Energy/AMA Supercross Series reached its conclusion on Cinco de Mayo inside Las Vegas, Nevada’s Sam Boyd Stadium, where Monster Energy racers put the finishing touches on a strong season.

The Monster Energy Kawasaki team got some discouraging news early in the week prior to the penultimate round of the Monster Energy/AMA Supercross Series, when test results revealed that two-time and current AMA Supercross Champ, Ryan Villopoto, suffered a season-ending knee injury in his awkward fall at the Seattle Supercross. That means the defending AMA National Outdoor Motocross Champion will be forced to forfeit his title outdoors, and miss the remainder of the Supercross Series as well.

Coming off of the success that the Monster Energy contingent experienced a week earlier in New Orleans, Louisiana, the teams and racers were confident heading into Seattle, where Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson headed back into action as the Lites West series resumed after a two-month hiatus in Seattle, and Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto and Jake Weimer headed out to do battle in the 450cc class.