SUPERCROSS
ROUND 4 / JANUARY 26, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA / US BANK STADIUM
P56
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS
Ken Roczen (Honda HRC) and
Blake Baggett (Rocky Mountain
ATV-MC KTM) stayed close.
The four were eventually joined
by Webb's teammate Marvin
Musquin, but were never joined
by Tomac, who started outside
the top 15 in his first race with
the red plate and finished sixth.
Webb pressured Savatgy until
finally forcing a mistake and
in place for the entire race,
eventually taking the win and
the number-one qualifying
spot. In the main event, Webb
grabbed another holeshot but
was quickly passed by Tomac's
teammate Joey Savatgy. Sa-
vatgy led a freight train of
racers for more than half of the
main event, while Webb ran
second just behind him, and
Australian Hunter Lawrence was sup-
posed to have made his AMA Super-
cross debut at Minneapolis but an
injury prevented that from happening.
Lawrence injured his shoulder during
pre-season training then re-aggravat-
ed it a few weeks before Minneapolis,
preventing him from racing. So, as of
now, his debut is still on hold.
FACTORY AGAIN
The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
Factory Racing Team has recruited
Dean Wilson again as a fill-in rider for
the injured Jason Anderson. Wilson
started the season as a privateer
aboard a Husqvarna and will finish
out the SX series with the Rockstar
squad. "The night wasn't great but
not too bad, either," Wilson said. "I'm
not super pumped on it, but I came
out healthy. I think the past couple
weeks of not getting into my normal
schedule, due to the rain and resting
the week after Oakland because of
my knee, definitely had me feeling
it and it was a tough main event the
whole time. I think just trying to get
back to my normal schedule will help
a lot. It was awesome to be back with
the team this weekend and we're just
going to get better from here." Zach
Osborne, Wilson's 450SX teammate,
did not race in Minneapolis. He's
been out with in injury and is expected
back soon.
TIGHT RACE
After Minneapolis, the top four in the
450SX points standings are separated
by two points. That might be unprece-
dented, but even weirder than that, two
of those four racers haven't won a sin-
gle race so far in 2019 (Marvin Musquin
and points leader Ken Roczen), and
none of them have ever won a 450SX
AMA Supercross championship.
Briefly...
Marvin Musquin
(25) continues
to ride solidly,
finishing out
the race on the
podium.
