CHAMPIONSHIP
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shot and lead for a few laps but
my arms locked up after I got
passed," Peters said, "so I didn't
put in my best riding after that."
Even so, Forkner was just too
strong for Peters and the 20 other
riders. Forkner took the checkers
in the 14-lap, nearly 17-minute-
long race, 5.9 seconds ahead
of Chase Sexton (Geico Honda),
and another 10 seconds ahead of
Justin Cooper (Monster Energy/
Star Yamaha Racing).
"It was all about not making
he was down after his third-place
finish in Atlanta washed away at
Daytona. Forkner bounced back
and was as dominant as ever.
He did, however, have to fight
his way around a rejuvenated
Kyle Peters (JGRMX/Yoshimura
Suzuki), who actually passed
holeshotter Forkner right after
the start and held him at bay for
two impressive laps (keep in mind
these are long Daytona laps) be-
fore slipping back to seventh.
"It felt good to get the hole-
Musquin, while Roczen, who
was second in points coming into
Daytona, leaves in fourth place,
21 points behind Webb.
250SX EAST
Normalcy returned in the 250SX
East class. After seeing his
perfect season come to an end
last weekend in Atlanta, Austin
Forkner (Monster Energy/Pro
Circuit/Kawasaki) got back to his
winning ways. Any chance of his
rivals perhaps kicking him while
