Josh Hill scored his fourth consecutive podium result and his second runner-up position in a week at a wet Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego for the fourth round of seventeen in the AMA Supercross series, also an FIM World Championship.

The visit to southern California was a good one for Yamaha and the 2010 YZ450F as Valli Motorsports' Ivan Tedesco rode to third place for his first piece of silverware of the season. Joe Gibbs Racing's Justin Brayton steered the third YZ inside the top five to a personal-best of 5th spot.

Mike Bell won the first San Diego SX on a Yamaha 30 years ago and Hill tried his best to add another garland in what was the 28th Main Event in the city. He was part of a five rider dice across a slippery and rutted track caused by rainfall.

While Davi Millsaps would eventually become the fourth different winner in the first five outings of the championship, Hill rode smartly to hold off the attentions of Tedesco and continue his impressive consistency since climbing aboard the YZ450F and joining the LandM crew.

 'I felt really good out there but I spent way too much time trying to pass Ivan and I think that let Davi get away a bit too far for the time I had left,' he said. 'I just coming into every week thinking about doing my best and so far that's working but I haven't won one yet. I hope to soon, and I really think I will, but I just need to put everything together at the same time.'

'I'm happy that I finally got on the box because I've been close this year but haven't gotten up here until now,' said Tedesco. 'I'm pumped, though. This is some momentum that I can build on for next week before we head east.'

Hill has gained ground on SX standings leader Ryan Dungey who could only finish 6th. The Yamaha man is just four points from the lead of the competitive AMA contest and is flying the flag for the team with defending champion James Stewart on the sidelines with a broken right scaphoid. Tedesco is 5th and Brayton 6th.

'I'm pumped to be that close in points now but I know Dungey isn't going to keep having these weekends, so I need to win soon,' commented Hill.

Jake Weimer brought home his fourth win in five races. The 22-year-old claimed the supercross lites victory and extended his points lead to 26 with just three races remaining in the West Coast season. Josh Hansen battled the track all night to finish 11th.

In the supercross class, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto was collected in a first turn pile up, but recovered to finish fourth. His teammate Nick Wey nailed the main event holeshot and finished ninth. Weimer kept his heat race streak alive capturing his fifth-straight qualifier victory. In the main event he took over the lead on the opening lap and led all 15 laps to extend his points lead. Weimer did face a challenge late in the main event with another rider coming close to challenging for the lead, but he was able to thwart off the advances and hold on for the victory.

“It’s great to be bringing a trophy back to the truck instead of a plaque,” said Weimer. “The weather made for a tough day and a slippery track. I just wanted to ride a clean race and hopefully come out on top. I may have been riding a little bit too cautious, but the race is over and it worked out.”

Villopoto backed up his win in San Francisco with a determined ride in the mud at San Diego. The Washington native used every inch of the track to work his way from 19th to fourth in the main event.The outcome could have been different if he wouldn’t have been taken down in a first turn pile up, but Villopoto dug deep and salvaged as many points as possible.

“There were some torrential downpours earlier in the day,”said Villopoto. “I had a bad start in the heat race. I got a good start in the main event but then Dungey went to the inside of the first turn kind of hot and slid out. I couldn’t go anywhere so I went down too. I was able to make some good passes and claw my way up to fourth.”

Wey got a great start in the main event and paced the field for the first two laps. The Michigan native chose a gate on the outside while most everyone else tried to stay inside. After the first couple of laps, Wey started tightening up and held on for his second top-10 finish with the team.

“My Monster Energy Kawasaki came off the gate unreal,” said Wey. “My bike has more than enough power giving me the confidence to do anything with it. I was lucky enough to get a great start and lead a couple of laps. I picked the same gate in both the heat and the main,” said Wey. “I got a good start both times and in the main I was fast enough to get the holeshot and collect the $1,500 check. I did tighten up a little bit. We’re still trying to dial in a setting for me. I’m still riding Chad’s set-up, but it is a little stiffer than I’m used too.”

Hansen had a good jump off the start, but after making some passes in the heat race, he was confident that he would be able to move up through the field. Unfortunately he collided with another riders bike when it rolled in front of him and Hansen went down. He steadily climbed up to 11that the finish, but he was looking for a better result.

“Tonight is like the story of my season,” said Hansen. “On the first lap there was a crash in front of me. (Trey) Canard picked up his bike and it rolled down right in front of me. I had nowhere to go. The track was slippery and I went down a couple of times. Tonight was tough. In my heat race I moved up from mid pack and finished third. You needed to get a good start tonight to have a chance.”

Though Weimer rode conservatively on the treacherous track,he still knew when he had to push to make sure he was on the top step of the podium. A good example was when he started to jump the 54-foot double just past the finish line midway through the race.

Ryan Dungey started off early grabbing the fastest time in practice by almost a second. The gauntlet was thrown down and the other riders were left trying to figure out how to make up eight-10ths of-a-second. He lined up for heat two with a slick track and deep ruts facing him.

At the start, it was Dungey into the first turn, but coming out, Kevin Windham cut inside him for the lead exiting turn one. Dungey had to settle into second for lap one. The track was really tricky and both Windham and Dungey were being a little careful. Dungey applied pressure the whole race and passed Windham on the next to last lap and rode to the win.

"I was being patient," explained Dungey. "Kevin was riding really good and I waited for a mistake. He lost traction coming up to the triple and that gave me the momentum to pass."

Team manager Roger DeCoster explained the incident:

"In the Main, Ryan got the start but in the first turn he hit a slick spot... the track crew had moved some dirt around and Ryan hit a slick spot with loose dirt on top of hard dirt... both wheels let loose at once and he went down."

"We have the points lead and it's a long season. Ryan is clearly fast, and there is still a long way to go". "That was a difficult race!" added Dungey. "I was feeling good and was excited for the Main, but after I fell down it was a lot of work to get towards the front. It's a long season though and we did a good job minimizing the damage. It's good to leave San Diego with the points lead still in hand and I look forward to Anaheim Three."