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Rockstar Energy Drink U.S.Open NotesPackage

AURORA,Ill.(Oct. 10,2007)

Past Winners US Open Winners
’98: Damon Huffman, Kawasaki
’99: Jeff Emig, Yamaha
’00: Ricky Carmichael, Kawasaki
’01: Ricky Carmichael, Honda
’02: Mike LaRocco, Honda
’03: Chad Reed, Yamaha
’04: Chad Reed, Yamaha
’05: Ricky Carmichael, Suzuki
’06: James Stewart, Kawasaki

2007 Rockstar Energy Drink US Open Stats

Carmichael holds the most wins at the U.S. Open with three. Chad Reed can tie the record this weekend.
Reed and Carmichael are the only riders to win the U.S. Open in back-to-back years.
Carmichael, Reed and Stewart are the only riders to win the U.S. Open in the same years they earned AMA Supercross championships.
Stewart, Emig, LaRocco, Reed and Carmichael are the only riders to have won the World Supercross GP championship as well as the U.S. Open.
U.S. Open wins by brand:Kawasaki: 3; Yamaha: 3; Honda: 2, Suzuki: 1
Huffman and LaRocco are the only past U.S. Open winners that have not won an AMA Supercross classtitle.
In 2005, Carmichael became the only rider in history to win the grandslam by sweeping the U.S. Open, AMA Supercross, World Supercross GP, AMAMotocross and Motocross of Nations championship in the same season.
Seven-time AMA Supercross champion Jeremy McGrath’s best finish at the U.S. Open was second in 2001.
LaRocco, Emig and Carmichael are the only riders to win an AMA Motocross championship and a U.S. Openchampionship.
Huffman’s only major AMA Supercrossclass championship is the U.S. Open.
Stewart is the only rider to win the mini class and AMA Supercross class championships in U.S. Open history.
Emig, LaRocco and Huffman will race in the first-ever past champions rematch race on Friday and Saturday.

Other Rockstar Energy Drink US Open News

The 2007 Rockstar Energy Drink U.S.Open will air on CBS Sports Saturday, October 20, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. EST. Ralph Sheheen and Jeff Emig will be is handling the play-by-play color respectively during the broadcast and Erin Bates will handle pit reporting.

The pre-race press conference will be web cast live Thursday, October 11, from Noon-2:00 at www.ussx.com, featuring Chad Reed and Tim Ferry.
Each night of racing will be web cast starting at 7:00 p.m. PST on www.ussx.com.
The Trifecta bonus program is offering $250,000 to the winner of all six events through out the weekend. Toyota will sponsor the super pole portion of the race, posting $10,000 each night.
The track layout will be completely different from Friday to Saturday night:http://www.ussx.com/track07.asp
The nation’s top amateurs will be competing this Sunday in the seventh-annual Amateur Arenacross World Finals.