The Toyota/Racer X Power Rankings are back for the 2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championships, and before the gate even drops for Round 1, we had all of our voters lock in their pre-season rankings of the top 25 motocross racers in America. A lot of our voters are still skeptical about the return of James Stewart, which is probably why he's in second place although he has the most first-place votes. The top spot in our rankings belongs to Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto, who is gunning for his third consecutive Lites National Championship. Third place going into Glen Helen is Honda Red Bull Racing's Davi Millsaps, followed by Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey and Monster Energy Kawasaki's Tim Ferry. The other rider receiving first-place votes is Honda Red Bull Racing's Ben Townley, who will be making his Honda debut this weekend in the premier AMA Motocross class. BT101 comes in at 16th. Check out the rest of the top 25 below, and stay tuned next week to see how the rankings are shuffled after this first round or racing is complete.
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| RANK |
# |
NAME |
PTS |
SPONSOR |
| 1. |
2 |
Villopoto (8)
|
599 |
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki |
| 2. |
7 |
Stewart (16)
|
569 |
Monster Energy Kawasaki |
| 3. |
118 |
Millsaps |
559 |
Red Bull Honda |
| 4. |
28 |
Dungey |
522 |
Rockstar/Makita Suzuki |
| 5. |
15 |
Ferry |
511 |
Monster Energy Kawasaki |
| 6. |
29 |
Short |
503 |
Red Bull Honda |
| 7. |
40 |
Hill |
477 |
Factory Yamaha |
| 8. |
48 |
Canard |
456 |
Torco Racing Fuels Honda |
| 9. |
338 |
Lawrence |
402 |
Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy Yamaha |
| 10. |
800 |
Alessi |
384 |
Rockstar Makita Suzuki |
| 11. |
51 |
Stroupe |
308 |
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki |
| 12. |
9 |
Tedesco |
286 |
Red Bull Honda |
| 13. |
20 |
Grant |
278 |
Torco Racing Fuels Honda |
| 14. |
27 |
Wey |
218 |
MDK KTM |
| 15. |
123 |
Metcalfe |
214 |
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki |
| 16. |
101 |
Townley (2)
|
211 |
Hond Red Bull Honda |
| 17. |
341 |
Izzi |
184 |
Rockstar Makita Suzuki |
| 18. |
577 |
Davalos |
173 |
MDK KTM |
| 19. |
24 |
Summey |
164 |
Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota/Yamaha Yamaha |
| 20. |
32 |
Hahn |
157 |
Xtreme Team Green Kawasaki |
| 21. |
12 |
Vuillemin |
153 |
Rockstar/Makita Suzuki |
| 22. |
122 |
Reardon |
119 |
Torco Racing Fuels Honda |
| 23. |
30 |
Weimer |
114 |
Torco Racing Fuels Honda |
| 24. |
273 |
Gracyk |
104 |
Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota/Yamaha Yamaha |
| 25. |
77 |
Jesseman |
97 |
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki |
Total number of votes: 26
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