James Stewart was content with fifth in St. Louis after crashing last weekend. Image: Simon Cudby.

Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX’s James Stewart is content with his performance in the St. Loius round of Monster Energy AMA Supercross, despite missing the podium and finishing fifth for the round.

After winning his heat race Stewart had high hopes of taking a fifth podium result of the season, but his expectations were dashed from the start, before a crash left him to fight back from 18th.

“Something happened off the gate and I got a really bad start and I fell on the first lap so I was even further back but I was riding really well and got back through the pack up until Davi [Millsaps],” said Stewart.

“I got held up a little bit and kinda ran out of time. We’d been struggling all day but finally seemed to find the right setting. So, another bad start but I’m stoked with how it went after that. You bring your own luck on yourself.

“The further back I start back the more things that can possibly go wrong. That’s what happening at the moment. We go to Daytona now and it should be good. The track will be a bit longer and you gotta be in shape to ride that one.”

Stewart remains third in the standings, 53 points behind reigning champion Ryan Villopoto ahead of Daytona this Saturday night.