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    Name:Ryan Villopoto
    Lives In:Murrieta, California
    United States
    Hometown:Poulsbo, Washington
    United States
    Age:23
    Birthday:August 13, 1988
    Gender:Male
  • My Sports

    Motocross

  • News

    2012 Monster Energy Supercross Results: Anaheim, Round 1

    Contributed by lindsey lovell

    Monday, January 9, 2012 9:17am

    Photos by Scott Hoffman.

    It was the defending class champion Ryan Villopoto that made it look easy and ran away with the win at the opening round of the 2012 Monster Energy Supercross Series at Anaheim Stadium in Southern California. Are we going to see a repeat of Villopoto's domination at Phoenix and beyond? 12.2 seconds behind Villopoto was TwoTwo Motorsports rider Chad Reed who tried to minimize the gap but was not able to do so before the checkers. It was Red Bull KTM's Ryan..

    Lakewood Bullet Points

    Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:06am

    Bullet Points: High Point

    Sunday, June 12, 2011 12:05am

  • About

    Ryan Villpoto is a motocross and supercross racer who currently competes in the AMA Supercross series and the AMA Lucas Oil Motocross series.

    2009
    Villopoto's beginning year in the AMA Supercross Series, racing a [[Team Kawasaki]] Factory KX450. Ryan Villopoto's first win in the 450 class took place on his "hometown" track at Quest Field, Seattle, on April 18, 2009. He dominated the field and won convincingly over Chad Reed (2008 Supercross Series Champion) and James Stewart (who won 11 races and was the 2009 Series winner). Villopoto wrapped up the AMA Supercross series of 2009 with his second win in Las Vegas, NV, on May 2, 2009.


    2008
    Earned his third consecutive AMA Motocross 250cc Championship by winning eight events and finishing on the podium in 11 of 12 starts. Finished second in the AMA Supercross Lites East Region Championship with three wins and five podiums in seven starts. Claimed the MX2 championship at the Motocross of Nations helping Team USA earn the team title for the third consecutive year.

    2007
    Villopoto started the season with a dominating performance in the AMA West Supercross Lites Series, where he won seven of the eight races. He carried his momentum into motocross, winning his second-straight AMA Motocross Lites Championship. To cap off a perfect season, Villopoto became the first rider in history to win the overalls in both motos on KX250F against larger 450cc motorcycles at the Motocross of Nations.


    2006
    Villopoto began his professional career in the AMA West Supercross Lites Series at Angel Stadium for Anaheim I, where he finished second-place overall. He won his first race later in the season at Texas Stadium in Dallas and ended the Supercross Lites season third overall. Then Ryan headed to the AMA Motocross Lites Series with a little more experience stemming from his amateur days. With eight podium finishes and six first-place finishes, Villopoto proved to be unstoppable during his rookie season and became the AMA Motocross Lites Champion. That momentum was carried over into the post-season where Villopoto was selected as a member of Team USA at the Motocross of Nations in England and helped Team USA claim first place. Ryan was also named the 2006 AMA Supercross/Motocross Rookie of the Year.


    2005
    Villopoto concluded his career as a Team Green amateur racer and was honored for his many achievements as the recipient of the 2005 AMA Horizon Award. He competed in his first professional Motocross race at Binghamton’s Broome-Tioga Sports Center where he placed 15th overall. He finished up the remainder of his rookie season taking fifth overall at Steel City Raceway and second overall at Glen Helen Raceway.


    2004
    Competing in numerous amateur motocross races for Team Green and winning an impressive 12 titles. He won three races at Lake Whitney Spring National, three at the GNC Finals, two at Mammoth Motocross, and four at the NMA Ponca City Grand Nationals.


    2003
    Villopoto won 12 titles for Team Green. He won two Kawasaki Race of Champions races, four Winter Olympic SX races, four Winter Olympic MX races, and two Winter Olympics Olympiad titles.


    2002
    Ryan won the NMA 85cc Open, and placed second in both the 85cc Stock and Modified classes at the AMA Amateur National Championships as a Team Green Rider.
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  • My Videos

    Ryan Villopoto has been tagged in 9 videos on GrindTV.

    Weekly Grind 01-11-2012

    Weekly Grind 01-11-2012

    1 month ago

    4,406 views

    Ryan Villopoto Wins the Monster Million

    Ryan Villopoto Wins the Mo..

    4 months ago

    11,739 views

    Weekly Grind 08-17-2011

    Weekly Grind 08-17-2011

    6 months ago

    38,174 views

    After Phoenix: Ryan Villopoto video interview

    After Phoenix: Ryan Villop..

    1 year ago

    13,861 views

    2010 Monster Energy AMA Supercross - Anaheim 1 Wrap up

    2010 Monster Energy AMA Su..

    2 years ago

    21,851 views

  • My Photos

    Ryan Villopoto has been tagged in 5 photos on GrindTV.

    A2 was truly an impressive display by Dungey. After he pulled a convincing heat race win over Ryan Villopoto, he then stalked both Josh Hill and James Stewart in the main event before pouncing and dropping them both like last week’s garbage. Now it must be said that James was clearly ailing more than just a little bit, but he was certainly charging hard as he put up fights against both Hill and Dungey. Regardless, the way in which Dungey was able to get by and forget about the both of them was just plain impressive and that’s not even mentioning all of the other fast guys he didn’t even have to deal with because he was so much faster than them.
    A future rivalry in the making, Jake Weimer and Ryan Villopoto discuss bike setup with THOR’s Victor Sheldon following practice. Weimer seems to be the undisputed cream of the crop this season in the Lites West class, which is a good thing since he’ll have to move up to the big boys next season. When he does, RV will be there waiting for him so any friendships that are forming now may be tested on a regular basis. Phoenix was probably the turning point for Villopoto, where he will start truly pushing for the win every time he hits the track for the rest of the season. Despite fearing he’d broken his wrist earlier in the week, Ryan #2 pushed the leader’s pace (Ryan #5) for over half of the main before finally making just a couple of small mistakes that allowed a gap to form. For Weimer, he too was riding somewhat injured in his races after he’d tweaked his foot pretty good early in the practice sessions during the day. He did seem a bit patient as he worked up from a bad start, but after following Wharton and Morais around for much of the main, he finally made his move and went in for the win. Jake’s possibly going to have his foot looked at this week, so stay tuned to whether or not he’ll be near 100% for this weekend (apparently he doesn’t really need to be).
    We spotted this butt patch on Villopoto on the pants he wore in the main event. Referencing an old Jay-Z tune “99 problems†(Play song from iLike.com), RV was likely putting to rest a lot of mumbling in the pits lately that his girlfriend may have a bit too tight of hold on him which could be affecting his attitude/results/etc. more than she should be. Of course we aren’t here to judge Ryan on his relationships, but here’s to hoping he continues to improve over the next few weeks so he can keep pushing Dungey’s pace for the entire 20 laps.
    It was a little surreal to watch Villopoto and Stroupe battle it out on big 450’s in supercross after having followed them through their entire amateur and pro careers. Both wunderkids on the Team Green program, they both entered the pro ranks under the tutelage of Mitch Payton at Pro Circuit. One flourished, the other did not, and here they are together, floating through the air. Stroupe put up a good battle, but eventually succumbed to Villopoto, who was hell bent on winning his heat race.
    This is Glen Helen, 2007 I think, maybe 2006, but the year that they had the truly ridiculous and massive uphill triple/step-up thing that only those with the largest cajones were willing to hit. RV’s testicles are much larger than most, and infinitely harder, and even he had to stretch it out to clear it. I love watching this kid ride – even in this situation he’s got the balls of his feet on the pegs! Even his feet have balls! (Jeff Kardas Photo)
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    moto x freak 99

    Posted by moto x freak 99 November 21, 2009 11:05am PSTReply | Report Abuse

    Hi my name is colin alexander and my dad is vernon alexander is friends with damian campos and when i went to damians old house that ur living in now i saw u but didnt kno who u were :( ...hope to c u again cuz ur my favorite rider

    alex gully kx85 61

    Posted by alex gully kx85 61 October 24, 2009 09:31am PDTReply | Report Abuse

    HEY MY NAME IS ALEX AND ME AND MY DAD BOUGHT 2 KX85 THAT THE THE GUY SAID THEY WERE YOURS IT HAS PROCIRCIT SUSPENSHION ANN TEAM KAWASAKI GRAPHICS AND PROCIRCIT TRIPLE CLAMP

    Jowett817

    Posted by Jowett817 January 12, 2009 06:55pm PSTReply | Report Abuse

    You are the best rider EVER! I love you!

    crazydirtbikeinggurll77

    Posted by crazydirtbikeinggurll77 September 16, 2008 05:44pm PDTReply | Report Abuse

    YO WHAT UP

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