SUPERCROSS
ROUND 5 / FEBRUARY 3, 2019
PETCO PARK / SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
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only eight points behind leader
Tomac. In between are Musquin
and Roczen who are now tied for
second place.
Tomac will wear the red plate
next week in Minneapolis.
well in the mud and was chasing
his teammate Musquin when he
went over the bars and had to
regroup.
Cooper slipped back to fourth
in the championship but is
do well in San Diego.
It wasn't a great night for Coo-
per Webb who was the points
leader coming into the race. He
finished eighth after running as
high as fifth. Webb actually rode
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS
iii My Own Race:
64 JIMMY DECOTIS 3RD 250SX WEST
Jimmy Decotis (JGR/Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing) scored his first
podium of 2019, and must've made fellow New Englanders (and amazing
mud riders in their day) John Dowd and Doug Henry proud. "I actually had
no clue [I got third place]. I actually had my head down on my bars and
I was like, 'Man, I just got another fourth place," Decotis said. "I'm over
fourth place. Then Mikey G. [his mechanic] came over and said, 'Dude,
you got third!' I had no clue. I guess Dylan's bike died right there at the
end. So, I really didn't even know at all. I was just trying to do my best to
stay up; with my little legs, when I'm dabbin' and struggling, it's tough. I
was just trying to stand up and stay focused and hit my marks, and tonight
that was good enough for a third, so I'm thankful for it."
31 RJ HAMPSHIRE 15TH 250SX WEST
RJ Hampshire (Geico Honda) took a heavy shot in the 250SX West point
standings after having a strong start to the season. It started off well for
Hampshire who won his heat race and got a good start in the main, but
things quickly went downhill from there. "I won my heat which was cool,"
said Hampshire. "Got a good start in the main and probably crashed in
the worst spot on lap two. I was stuck for almost an entire lap! Really I'm
just glad that's over and ready for this break." He is still fifth in the cham-
pionship but is now 27 points behind fourth place Ferrandis and closely
chased by James Decotis, his teammate Cameron McAdoo, Garrett
Marchbanks and Chris Blose.
