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SUPERCROSS ROUND 17 / MAY 4, 2019 SAM BOYD STADIUM / LAS VEGAS, NEVADA P64 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS iii My Own Race: 44 CAMERON MCADOO 3RD 250SX Cameron McAdoo got a fill-in ride for the Geico Honda team at the start of the sea- son after it was determined that Jeremy Martin wouldn't be able to race this year, and in Vegas, he grabbed his first podium. "I was struggling in qualifying, heat race wasn't good," McAdoo said. "I started fourth in the main, I got into second. I saw Ferrandis in front of me and instead of saying, 'Let me try to latch onto this guy,' I thought, 'Let's try to get him. Let's try to pass him.' Thinking that way helped me so much. All of a sudden, before I knew it, there was six minutes to go. It was just a mindset. Mentally this is one of the biggest jumps I've ever made in my career." 32 JUSTIN COOPER 8TH 250SX "It was all about getting a good start tonight since the track ended up being really one-lined in the main event," said Justin Cooper. "It was a bummer to not execute that start in the main and with everyone so close out there, it was hard to sit there and follow everyone around. We had a good supercross season as a whole, and we'll bring all this knowledge and experience into next year." 73 MARTIN DAVALOS 9TH 250SX If the rules don't change, the Las Vegas Supercross very likely marked the final 250SX race for Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Martin Davalos after a record 101 starts in the class. "I am really proud of what I've accomplished throughout my career," Davalos said. "I would have liked to end this part of my career with a podium, but I'm leaving here healthy and ready for outdoors. I've been so blessed to be a part of the best team in the pits, and they really feel like family to me. I'm excited to see what the future holds for me, and we'll take it all as it comes." 94 KEN ROCZEN 4TH 450SX Ken Roczen race to a quiet fourth-place in the final SX of the year. "I'm pretty happy with how tonight went," Roczen said. "I struggled in the heat, but we went back to an earlier setting and things were a lot better in the main. I still didn't get the best start but made some passes pretty quick, working my way into fourth. I actually felt good throughout the whole race and didn't lose steam, which is what I've been fighting a lot this season. We're still trying to fully figure out what was or is going on, but it seems to be a little better than before. I'm so happy to make it through a whole supercross season and am looking forward to heading into outdoors." 16 ZACH OSBORNE 5TH 450SX Zach Osborne, coming off of his first-ever 450SX podium a week earlier in New Jersey, won his first-ever 450SX heat race in Las Vegas and ended up fifth in the main event. "The track was really tough to make a move on tonight, and I ended up getting passed myself in the main event to finish fifth place," Osborne said. "It was a solid night. I'm making some headway and moving into the outdoors, I'm pretty happy with my fitness and my riding, so we'll just keep plugging away." 14 COLE SEELY 6TH 450SX "Vegas as a whole went pretty well," Cole Seely said of his day. "Going into the main, I knew if I could get a good start I'd be able to end the season on a posi- tive note. Unfortunately, I didn't get the start I wanted and ended up just outside the top 10. I had a good a flow going though, so I knew if I just put my head down and hit my marks that I could end up in a good position. I just started picking my way through the pack. I felt like I wasn't using a ton of energy, so I was able to maintain my pace throughout the whole race more than normal. I was really happy with how I was riding and ended up sixth."