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had a solid heat race and it was cool
to represent the U.S. Navy on the
track with my sister in the stands."
BRAYTON/ANDERSON
Justin Brayton and Jason Anderson
have generated some drama already
in 2020. At Anaheim 2, Brayton was
pretty pissed off after the race and
said that Anderson blasted him. In
San Diego, Brayton returned the
favor and knocked Anderson down
as he and Anderson battled it out
at the tail end of the top 10 early in
the main event. Anderson ended up
14th, while Brayton got seventh and
a trip to the AMA truck for a talking-
to. No penalty was issued.
TICKLEBACK
Former 250SX West champ Broc
Tickle was suspended from racing
for two years following his failure
of a WADA urinalysis at the 2018
San Diego Supercross, where he
finished fifth. He was busted for an
ingredient in an over-the-counter
supplement that had a different
name on the label from the name
WADA uses on their banned-sub-
stances list. It cost him his factory
Red Bull KTM ride and two years
of his racing career. Now 30 years
old, Tickle's suspension expires
this week, and he was planning on
returning to racing on a Husqvarna
after putting together his own set
of sponsors, but with Joey Savatgy
breaking his heel during the off-
season and Freddy Noren breaking
his leg at round two of the 2020
450SX series, the JGR/Yoshimura
Suzuki Factory Racing team gave
Tickle a call. Tickle tested the bike
for a couple weeks, then in order to
give Tickle the ride, the team had
to get the okay from team sponsors
Answer Racing and Arai Helmets,
because Tickle is contracted to
wear FXR gear and Alpinestars hel-
mets. Reports are that things have
come together, though, and Tickle
will be making his JGR debut this
coming weekend in Tampa, Florida.
THE ITCH
Former amateur standout and facto-
ry Yamaha star Josh Hill retired from
racing a few years ago and spent a
few years with a real job, working
for Monster Energy, while also do-
ing testing (and occasional racing)
for now-defunct electric-motorcycle
company Alta Motors. Not happy
with the desk life, Hill—older brother
of current MotoConcepts/Bullfrog
Spas Honda racer Justin Hill—has
decided to jump back into racing.
Now 30 years old, he'll be on board
Briefly...
Championship front runners Ken
Roczen and Eli Tomac (the only two-
time winners this year) were non-
factors for the win this time.
