move through the whoops to take
the lead a second time.
By this point, Webb had fought
his way by Cianciarulo, who was
suffering from arm-pump, and he
started eating into the gap be-
tween him and Roczen. On the
final lap, Webb forced his way by
Roczen in the final turn to take
second, while Roczen ended up
with third place and a limp from
kicked, or I just missed my rear
brake, and I just rode over the
berm! I'm like, 'You gotta be kid-
ding!' Luckily, I was able to sneak
[back] on [the track] there and get
going again. After that, it was just
all-out."
Tomac got back going in sec-
ond, just in front of Cianciarulo,
then set back out after Roczen
again and used the exact same
SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5 / FEBRUARY 1, 2020
RINGCENTRAL COLISEUM / OAKL AND, CALIFORNIA
P62
32 JUSTIN COOPER
3RD 250SX
Jus n Cooper (Monster Energy/Ya-
malube/Star Racing Yamaha) lost the
points lead in Oakland to his team-
mate, Dylan Ferrandis, but a podium
finish s ll has him within two points of
the top spot. "I don't think anything's
changed," Cooper said. "Stuff's just
being thrown at me that I don't want
to go through, but it's part of racing
and I'm not going to complain. I put
myself in a good posi on in the main
by ge ng a good start, but I tangled
up with some riders in the first couple
sec ons that set me back a bit, so I'm
just happy to get back up on the box
tonight. It wasn't looking too pre y
a er the heat race..."
46 JUSTIN HILL
8TH 450SX
Jus n Hill (Smartop/MotoConcepts/
Bullfrog Spas Honda) has always done
well in Oakland, and the resul ng
boost in confidence led him to his first
heat-race win and best main-event
finish of the year. "I just like this place a
IIIMY OWN RACE:
Dylan Ferrandis
out-dueled Austin
Forkner for the
250SX West win.
