Supercross 2011 is finally here! It has been a long and event-filled off-season. “The Man” left a 15 year relationship with Suzuki and went to KTM, who will try to increase their American presence in 2011. As part of that effort they signed Andrew Short, who left the American Honda team. Rockstar Makita Suzuki added 2010’s second place finisher in the AMA Pro Motocross Championship, Brett Metcalfe, to go alongside the 2010 champ of both Supercross and Motocross, Ryan Dungey. Josh Grant took Short’s place at Honda. Davi Milsaps took Grant’s place with JGR. Trey Canard moved up from the 250 class to ride with Honda. Jake Weimer signed a deal with Kawasaki and then broke his arm in practice. James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto will be back from injuries. Chad Reed started his own team. Christophe Pourcel has yet to sign a deal and the Supercross class will more than likely be without one of the world’s top riders. It is shaping up to be quite the 2011 Supercross season! So what can you expect when the gates drop Saturday night at A-1? Here are my top five things to look for:

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