VOL. 50 ISSUE 4 JANUARY 29, 2013
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made a little mistake on the second or third lap and gave me a bit
of breathing room. But he slowly
caught back up to me, he was
running a really fast pace, and
I just did what I could and rode
as fast as I could for as long as I
could and came home with second."
Meanwhile, Anderson jumped
up to fifth in points after failing
to qualify for the Phoenix rounds
with his podium finish.
"I got a good start and I made
a pass at the beginning and just
hung out in third the rest of the
race," said Anderson. "I was hoping I would progress a little sooner than this, I felt like I could have
had a couple of better races, but
I'm happy with tonight and where
we're going right now, I think
we're heading in the right direction."
After winning the first three
rounds
rather
impressively,
Tomac came into Oakland riding
a wave of confidence. But as it's
been all year, the start is ever so
important and the GEICO Honda
rider has been struggling in this
department since Anaheim I.
Once again, Tomac failed to get
a good start, and while he's been
able to overcome that by working
his way through traffic at the first
three rounds, this time it bit him.
Trying to make up ground, Tomac
crashed twice on the opening
lap, the second one coming in
the whoops. It was a hard fall that
slammed him to the ground. He
was slow to his feet, obviously
sore and shaken up. He thought
about finishing off the race but
couldn't because of his bent up
motorcycle.
"It was a frustrating night, for
sure," Tomac said. "I didn't get
the kind of start that I wanted and
wound up getting in a big pile up.
I was able to get back up from
that but a little while later I just
lost it in whoops."
For Tomac, this season is
looking a whole lot like last year's
when he had to come back from a
bad race. With five races remaining on the schedule, Tomac now
trails new leader Ken Roczen by
15 points and second place Cole
Seely by four points in the West
division.
"The competition is so close in
this class that you can't afford to
have bad nights like this," Tomac
said. "I'll just head back, focus on
my starts and get ready for next
week. It's a bump in the road, but
there's still time to come back
and get the red plate back." CN
RESULTS
450 MAIN
1. Ryan Villopoto (Kaw)
2. Davi Millsaps (Suz)
3. Ryan Dungey (KTM)
4. Trey Canard (Hon)
5. Mike Alessi (Suz)
6. Andrew Short (Hon)
7. Matt Goerke (KTM)
8. Broc Tickle (Suz)
9. Vince Friese (Hon)
10. Justin Brayton (Yam)
250 WEST MAIN
1. Ken Roczen (KTM)
2. Cole Seely (Hon)
3. Jason Anderson (Suz)
4. Martin Davalos (Kaw)
5. Malcolm Stewart (KTM)
6. Joey Savatgy (KTM)
7. Kyle Cunningham (Yam)
8. Austin Politelli (Hon)
9. Christian Craig (Hon)
10. Zach Osborne (Hon)