CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 56 ISSUE 18 MAY 7, 2019 P71
Husqvarna) scored fifth after
winning his first-ever 450SX
heat race earlier in the night.
Despite his obvious speed,
Tomac came up short of a title
yet again. Tomac ended the
series with six wins, to Webb's
seven, and second in the cham-
pionship.
"It's putting the whole season
together," Tomac said of what
he's missing. "I just need to
were going well, that's when
you kind of realize that, man, it
could actually happen," Webb
said of winning the 450SX title.
"So, yeah, it's incredible to
make it happen. What a journey.
It's crazy, really. I'm in shock."
Tomac was easily the class of
the field, and Webb held off a
charge by Ken Roczen (Honda
HRC) for third place, while Zach
Osborne (Rockstar Energy
try—on my Instagram. He just put, 'Go
AC' on my Instagram; really stupid.
Sometimes, American people can be
a little bit hard, but I show every time
my best, and I try to be a good rider, a
safe rider, and I never do dirty moves,
so I think people respect that. I hope
they respect it. I'm a little bit proud to
put my French name on the American
list of champions. It's really a good
accomplishment for me."
ROCZEN RE-SIGNED
Ken Roczen has signed a new deal
with Honda that will carry him through
2022. Roczen is currently in his third
year with Honda on an original con-
tract that was for three years with an
option for two more, so his signing a
three-year deal likely means it's a new
contract structure from the contract
he was already on.
REALLY TOUGH LUCK
Mitch Payton's Monster Energy/Pro
Circuit Kawasaki squad was abso-
lutely dominating the 2019 250cc
SX championships this year, looking
like the PC team of lore, but despite
winning 11 out of the 17 rounds, his
team ended up taking home neither
title after Austin Forkner blew out his
knee and Adam Cianciarulo twisted
his bike up in the Las Vegas 250SX
East/West Shootout.
TLD KTM
Mitchell Falk was the last remain-
ing healthy racer for the TLD/Red
Bull KTM team in Las Vegas, with
his teammates Jordon Smith, Shane
McElrath and Sean Cantrell all bowing
out of the event. Smith and McElrath
skipped Vegas as they were getting
ready for the outdoors, but Cantrell's
absence is a mystery for now.
Briefly...
Webb didn't back off
in Vegas. He still rode
hard and took third in
the main event.
