Last weekend saw the first race in the 2008 AMA championship.

Bubba Stewart showed the crowd how really really good he is when he stays on the bike by winning both motos in style. If he stays consistent through the upcoming races he will definitely be hard to beat!

In the “Lites” or MX2 as we know it, Austin Stroupe took the overall win with Ryan Villopoto breathing down his neck in 2nd place.

From the looks of things, the Lites is where the main action is, with several really strong riders fighting for the top positions. Sean Hamblin is one to watch but he got 7th overall this weekend. What separates Hamblin from the rest of the top 10 is that he is a privateer!

Since there are many better writers out there than me, I’ll just throw a few links at you and end it off with a video from VitalMX asking a bunch of the top riders what they’re looking forward to this season.

A race recap on the official AMA website

A race recap discussing the lap times at RacerXill