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Ronnie Stewart
450 SX / 19TH
IMAGE / MPG WORDS / ARMSTRONG DESIGN / WILSON
>> The Princeton NJ native of Ronnie Stewart has been doing the series
for a few years now and even though he may not be the fastest Stewart to race the series or even the fastest Stewart in his class right now he has no shortage of fans. Ronnie competes in the whole series each year and after making his first main event of the year at just the second race in San Diego it looked like it could’ve been a break through season. Since then Ronnie has struggled to get his MicroBilt/ PRBC/ Yoshimura Suzuki back to a main. That is until last weekend at his home race in New Jersey where all of his friends and family where there to cheer him on. Ronnie was able to carry the momentum to the final round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross tour to Vegas where he places a seasons high 19th. Ronnie was running a strong 12th in his heat race before dropping back to 17th. In the Semi Ronnie bat- tled back and forward between 12th and 14th position before making some big moves to finishing 6th (one place out of a direct transfer). R.Stewart got a 3rd place start in his Last Chance Qualifier and made his way to 2nd by the end of the first rhythm section. Alex Ray was able to reclaim 2nd Ronnie managed to keep a safe distance from 4th and was on route to his 3rd main event this year. Stewart battled most of the main event with Dakota Tedder and Scott Champion before finishing 19th.
100 GRITMOTO • MAY 7, 2017