VOL. 55 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 18, 2018 P91
C
oming into the 2018
season, Jason Anderson
was rarely touted as the
likely Supercross champion by
the end of the series. That rheto-
ric was reserved primarily for
Marvin Musquin and Eli Tomac.
That's not to say that nobody
thought he'd be a contender, but
he wasn't the likely pick.
But after just two races, it
all changed. At round one, he
snatched second place after
Tomac crashed out of the lead
and then pulled out of the race.
Musquin took the win. At round
two in Houston, Musquin fol-
lowed suit, crashing out of the
race during the second heat.
Tomac did not suit up, still feel-
ing the effects of his crash the
weekend before. Anderson went
on to win the main event. By the
time the gate dropped for round
three, back at Anaheim, the
two favorites to win the title had
scored a total of three DNFs be-
tween them, and Anderson had
the red plate. He would never
relinquish it.
"Those first two rounds, I
was able to kind of put myself in
the spot to be a title contender
right away," Anderson said. "I
was able to carry it through the
season. I did have less wins
than people and stuff like that,
but at the same time, as far as
the whole season went or even
once those guys got healthy,
Jason Anderson might've flown under the radar
going into the 2018 Supercross Championship,
but he was flying high when it was all over.
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BY STEVE COX
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB COY, SIMON CUDBY AND KIT PALMER
