CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 56 ISSUE 15 APRIL 16, 2019 P65
work to get my lower back moving.
I'm definitely riding in a lot of pain,
but I'm getting through it. I feel like I
will be better for that, as soon as I'm
back to 100 percent health!"
EARLY START
To accommodate NBCSN's cover-
age of the NHL hockey playoffs,
the Denver Supercross ran one
hour earlier than initially planned,
with the night program starting at 5
p.m. locally. "I actually liked today's
schedule," Honda HRC's Cole
Seely said. "It wasn't super early
like when we do day races, but be-
ing done by 8:30 was really nice. I
wouldn't mind all the races starting
an hour early."
COLD GUARDS
Ken Roczen, once again, fitted his
factory Honda CRF450R Works
Edition with hand guards, not to
protect his hands from flying rocks
but from the cold air.
Briefly...
250SX West
Cianciarulo (Monster Energy/
Pro Circuit Kawasaki) came into
Denver—the penultimate round
of the 250SX West Supercross
Series—with a five-point lead
over Ferrandis (Monster Energy/
Star Racing Yamaha). Ferrandis
came into Denver controlling his
own destiny: If he won the final
two rounds, he would win the
championship. However, the story
of Ferrandis's season is that his
starts need to be a lot better. That
story carried through in Denver, as
Ferrandis started at the tail end of
the top five and could only man-
age to catch up to second at the
finish, behind Cianciarulo, who
dominated the main event—at least
after he was finally able to get
by Michael Mosiman (Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna) for the lead
during the first half of the race.
"It's crazy," Cianciarulo said.
"At altitude here, we have to start
in first gear, which we're not usu-
ally used to, which means, for
me, I have to shift to second real-
ly fast—especially being a little bit
of a bigger guy. The problem with
that is trying to get my foot on the
peg while still staying forward,
so I have to either double-clutch
or wheelie. So, the first obstacle
was to get the start out of the
way, and, man, Michael Mosi-
man's been riding really good the
last couple weeks. Shout out to
him. Man, he really battled me
for that win—a little bit more than
I wanted to! But it's great to see
him not scared and not backing
down out there. But I feel like
I'm always at my best when my
back's against the wall, and I
couldn't be more proud of myself,
couldn't be more proud of the
team, and we've got one more
to go. I've got a good record in
Vegas, so I'm really confident
there, but I've got to keep the foot
on the pedal. But I'm not going
to lie, it's good to get this one off
my chest, for sure. It was a great
night all around."
Adam Cianciarulo
scored a big win in the
250SX West main.
