SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 17 / MAY 4, 2019
SAM BOYD STADIUM / LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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POINTS SHUFFLE
Besides the 450SX Champion-
ship being decided in Las Vegas,
so were a few other positions. By
sitting out the final with a leg injury,
Joey Savatgy surrendered seventh
in the series to Cole Seely, who
came into the final sitting in eighth,
where Savatgy now permanently re-
sides for 2019. Justin Brayton (11th
on the night) squeaked into the top
10 after leap-frogging over injured
riders Justin Barcia and Chad Reed
who did not compete. Justin Hill
ended up 11th in the championship
just one point behind Brayton. In
the 250SX East Championship, the
injured Austin Forkner held on to
third in the championship, just three
points ahead of Martin Davalos.
Alex Martin finished another nine
points back in fifth. After getting off
to a hot start to the season, Colt
Nichols finished out the 250SX
West Championship in third, well
clear of fourth-place finisher RJ
Hampshire. Cameron McAdoo
rounded out the top five.
IN A FOREIGN LAND
New 250SX West Supercross
Champ, Dylan Ferrandis, became
the fifth Frenchman to win a regional
SX title, following Mickael Pichon
(1995-1996), Stephane Roncada
(2000), Christophe Pourcel (2009-
2010) and Marvin Musquin (2015),
but it's never easy for Frenchmen
in the USA. This was demonstrated
yet again before the Las Vegas
Supercross. "I feel a little bit proud
because it's really tough for a non-
American rider to race in America,"
Ferrandis said. "It's not easy. Just
yesterday, I got a really bad com-
ment from a guy in the industry—a
really important guy in the indus-
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