SUPERCROSS
ROUND 14 / APRIL 7, 2019
NISSAN STADIUM / NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
P58
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS
out of the race and into the LCQ
(which he won).
Then, in the main event, Webb
grabbed the holeshot and was
immediately under pressure
from his teammate and closest
points rival Marvin Musquin,
but Musquin went down in the
whoops on the second lap and
remounted nearly last. Webb
then came under pressure from
Savatgy, who had Honda's Ken
Roczen hot on his heels, but
then Savatgy lost the front end
going into a corner, taking Roc-
zen down with him.
Webb eventually succumbed
to pressure from LCQ winner
Tomac, who went on to win
the main event, while Webb
Ronnie Stewart and his family, I hope
he makes a full recovery also."
CHAMPIONSHIP WOES
Between Forkner's tough luck in
Nashville and his teammate Adam
Cianciarulo's similar (although not
nearly as costly) luck a week earlier
in Houston, the last two races have
been really tough on the Monster
Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki team.
Especially after a year that has,
up until this point, signaled what
seemed to be a return to the team's
dominance in years past. Forkner
may not be able to return to action
in time to finish what started out to
be one of the most dominant 250SX
seasons we've seen in many years,
and Cianciarulo now only carries a
five-point lead on his closest rival,
Dylan Ferrandis, out West. Ciancia-
rulo's situation is much better than
Forkner's, though, at least on paper,
as Cianciarulo is at least healthy as
he heads into the last two rounds of
the 250SX West, this weekend in
Denver, Colorado, followed by the SX
series finale in Vegas for the second
and final East/West Shootout of the
year in early May.
CURSED?
After injuring his foot at the last race,
Ken Roczen returned to action in
Nashville and qualified at the top of
the charts. He then went out and
dominated his heat race, setting the
fastest heat of the night. He was
shredding through the field toward
Briefly...
If it wasn't for bad luck… Ken Roczen was poised to
perhaps claim his first SX win since 2017. Then Joey
Savatgy fell in front of him and spoiled the party.
