SUPERCROSS
ROUND 7 / FEBRUARY 16, 2019
AT&T STADIUM / ARLINGTON, TEXAS
P54
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS
450SX
Up to this point, in the stan-
dard, single-race main events
that Webb has won, he has
done it from the front. He's
been out front, or close to it,
from the very start of those
races. But at round seven of
the 17-round championship at
AT&T Stadium, Webb came
from deep in the field to make
a pass in the final few feet of
the 20-minute-plus-one-lap
main event to take his fourth
win of the series and take over
the points lead.
Roczen grabbed the hole-
shot to start the 450SX main
event, but Tomac took the
lead from him right away and
looked ready to sprint away,
but Roczen was able to reel
STAYING POSITIVE
Ken Roczen seems to keep finding
the positives despite having come
close but just not getting the wins
lately. "Obviously, I want the win,
especially since earlier I said, 'If the
win is right there, I'll be happy to
take it,' and it was right there, and I
didn't. But honestly, I'm having a lot
of fun. I haven't been in a champion-
ship chase in a long time. We're all
super-close, and most important, it's
really good racing. We've been doing
good with our starts and keeping our
head down, and obviously good rac-
ing. There's always room to improve,
but all in all, I'm just doing my thing.
I don't have a win yet, but even com-
ing into this race, there's a reason
we had the red plate, and we've got
to keep it that way. The tough part
is, like Cooper [Webb], he's being
consistent and getting wins on top
of that, so there's not a whole lot of
room for error, that's for sure."
LEARNING YEAR
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Thomas
Covington had to go to Europe to
prove himself worthy of an AMA fac-
tory ride, and he slugged it out over
there for years until he started winning.
He has what it takes to fight through
adversity. That said, his weakness has
always been supercross, and it seems
that's still the case. The team is hoping
he'll learn from supercross this year,
be healthy for outdoors (where he has
what it takes to contend for the cham-
pionship) and then come into AMA
Supercross in 2020 looking for a title.
But he didn't qualify for the main event
in Arlington, which is unacceptable
for a factory racer, and he knows it. "It
Briefly...
Roczen led most of the
race until Webb got
him right at the finish.
