ROUND 3/JANUARY 19, 2013
ANGEL STADIUM/ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
SUPERCROSS
P50
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM CHAMP
Ryan Sipes (21) won an
exciting 250 heat race
over Martin Davalos.
"It [the race] was exciting, it
was the toughest one yet for
sure," Tomac said. "There was
a lot of good battling going on.
The first 10 laps were heated the
whole time. At that point you're
just trying to pick lines, trying to
figure out where to pass and wait
for a mistake."
That mistake came on the ninth
lap when Roczen bobbled, leaving the door open just before the
finish line jump. A lap later Tomac
used a crafty outside-inside line
on the start straight to take the
lead from Seely.
"I was really good in the flat
corners tonight," said Tomac
"That's where I was catching
those guys a little bit."
While Roczen fought to get
around Seely, Tomac opened up
a small lead and would go on to
take the win about three seconds
ahead of Roczen, who has now
finished second to Tomac three
races in a row.
"In the heat race everything
went good," a frustrated Roczen said of his night. "That was
the first main event where I had
a good start, so I can't complain
on that, but Eli is riding a really
high pace right now. He's super
strong but we're right there, getting closer and closer every time
we go out there, so I believe in
the team, and I believe in myself,
so we are going to try our best
again next weekend, that's all we
can do and maybe one day it will
just click and here we go."
Finishing out the race a distant
fourth, almost 15 seconds behind third-placed Seely, was GEICO Honda's Zach Osborne. He
was fast in timed qualifying but
mid-pack starts once again hurt
his chance of running up front
with his teammate and the rest
of the top dogs. He moved into
fourth around lap six but by then
the pack of Seely, Roczen and
Tomac had already checked out,
pulling a 10-plus-second gap.
Local boy Jake Canada on his
MotoConcepts Honda pulled off
