Two Wheel Dirt News

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.

Brad Anderson has broken through for his first Monster Energy MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship, victory of the season at Wonthaggi in Victoria this weekend, 28-29 April.

The CP377 Monster Energy Pro Circuit racer thrilled 17,000 Italian fans soaking up the sunshine close to the coast in eastern Italy with a titanic battle with fellow Kawasaki rider Gautier Paulin in the first moto.

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.