A capacity crowed filled Pole Position Raceway in Corona, California on Jan 13 2009 night for the first-ever Supercross vs. Freestyle Invitational Grand Prix. The extreme sports event also drew athletes from other sports including skateboarder and MTV's "Life of Ryan" star Ryan Sheckler, 2007 N.A.H.A. Hillclimb World Champion Robie Peterson, and U.S. Indoor Kart Champion Truman Godfrey. Ricky James, a paraplegic who finished second at this year's X-Games in Adaptive Moto-X qualified on the pole for the 14-driver main event. James led the first few laps until he was passed by Peterson and former World & National Motocross Champion Grant Langston. Peterson ended up winning by 0.86 seconds ahead of James. Langston spend the late stages of the race battling with defending AMA Supercross Series Champion Chad Reed. The two collided in the second turn on the 12th lap which sent Langston into a wall. Reed quickly recovered to finish fourth ahead of Kevin Windham.
"It was the best kart race I've ever been in," ...
