It’s Monster Energy’s Josh Hill Taking 5th Against His Monster Army Comrade, Tim Ferry, In SX Class O/A

Hill (Yamaha) stepped up in the main and scored a 4th overall to Ferry’s (Monster Energy/Kawasaki) 9th and captures the fifth and final top 5 spot

CORONA, Calif., (May 5, 2008) – A couple Monster Energy-backed supercross racers had an interesting battle going at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium this past Saturday as it came right down to the wire as to which racer – Josh Hill (Yamaha) or Tim Ferry (Monster Energy/
Kawasaki) - would earn the coveted fifth and final top five Supercross class position on Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship tour.

And in the end it would be Hill that would earn that spot, making it even more interesting as he failed to qualify in his heat race, then went out and won the LCQ by 14 seconds over Ryan Clark to take the momentum he needed into the main.

“I’m pumped with the top five spot in my first year racing the Supercross class,” said Hill. “And congrats to Timmy (Ferry) on a great year. He came back strong from injury and made things real close heading into the last race.”

Having to make up four points in the main (Ferry trailed Hill 210-206 heading into Vegas), Ferry had speed to burn coming out of the second heat race where he made the podium in 3rd. In the main event Ferry pulled a real good start and came around after the first lap in 5th, while Hill was a bit more conservative off the gate and barely cracked the top ten (9th) when the first lap was complete.

As Ferry battled a bit with Nick Wey and a hard-charging Chad Reed (the eventual race winner), Hill put his head down and started picking off riders. By lap six Hill had caught Ferry, showed him a tire, then was able to get past the veteran on lap seven. Ferry kept his sights on Hill for the next lap, then a mistake on lap nine would allow three riders – Davi Millsaps, Charles Summey and Travis Preston – to get by, leaving Ferry in 9th and four spots behind Hill (4th).

And that's how it’d remain through the checkers as Hill would take 4th and Ferry would follow his Monster Energy/Kawasaki teammate, Preston, over the finish line jump at the checkers in 9th.

The final points read: 5th Josh Hill, 228; 6th Tim Ferry, 218.

“Congrats to Josh. He rode consistent this year, stayed healthy and deserves to be in the top five,” said Ferry.

Monster Energy’s Josh Hill and Tim Ferry will now look to focus on getting their bikes set up for the opening round of the 2008 AMA Outdoor Nationals, set for May 25th at Glen Helen (San Bernardino, Calif.).

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