SUPERCROSS
ROUND 12 / MARCH 23, 2019
CENTURYLINK FIELD / SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
P54
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS
when you're leading on the first
lap, I was going for it. I saw all
the yellows, and I made a mis-
take. I did slow down, but then I
did jump. Nothing I can do right
now. It doesn't take anything
away from my win, because right
after that, I was definitely looking
back and kind of slowing down,
and I didn't know what to do,
really. And Kenny [Roczen] was
catching me, and he was right
behind me, but I put in a solid
main, and I was really happy
about my riding, so that doesn't
take anything away."
Ken Roczen recovered from
his recent lackluster results—due
to an illness—to score his first
podium finish since the Arlington
Supercross five rounds ago,
450SX
It's almost rare nowadays that a
race in the Pacific Northwest, in
early Spring, isn't underwater,
but the 2019 Seattle Supercross
saw a dry race, one of the lon-
gest, most challenging whoop
sections of the year, and a sig-
nificant mistake by Musquin that
resulted in a penalty. Musquin's
seemingly small mental error will
very likely have massive cham-
pionship implications, as the
Frenchman failed to capitalize
on a rare off-night for his young
teammate.
Musquin admitted to his
wrongdoing. "I know what I did
wrong, and I have no excuses.
I was leading, and obviously,
and he suffered a laceration to the
leg. He scored a DNF, dropping him
out of realistic title contention. And
there's also Shane McElrath who
won Anaheim 2 earlier this year.
McElrath injured his back during
press day for the Atlanta Super-
cross, and although he was able
to tough it out at that East/West
Shootout to grab a sixth place, he
reinjured his back a week ago. He
had to get injections in his back just
to make it through practice in Se-
attle and decided it was best to sit
the event out. He'll likely be out for
the rest of Supercross regardless
of the health of his back, though,
since he's sitting on 123 champion-
ship points and would likely point
out of the class with one more solid
points-paying ride, forcing him into
Briefly...
Eli Tomac
returned to the
podium after
a two-week
absence.
