IIIMY OWN RACE:
7 AARON PLESSINGER
10TH 450SX
Aaron Plessinger had what could turn
out to be a breakthrough night in San
Diego. For the first me this year, he
was able to start with the frontrunners,
and he seemed very comfortable run-
ning the leaders' pace, although a small
fall cost him, as it shuffled him back
to 10th at the finish. "It felt normal!"
Plessinger said. "It felt really, really good
to get up there and flow, and cruise,
and ride with Coop [Webb] again. It was
awesome. It felt like my normal pace
that I ride at the prac ce tracks. It was a
big step in the right direc on today, and
I think next week, if not top five, maybe
a podium. [Laughs] It might take a week
or two to get used to being up there,
but I think I can do it."
52 AUSTIN FORKNER
2ND 250SX WEST
This is the second me in a row that
Aus n Forkner led early only to finish
second. "We're all always trying to get
faster; faster for longer," Forkner said.
"So, we'll work maybe a li le bit with
the bike, a li le bit with me, and we're
probably going to start a li le bit of out-
door tes ng because I'm a year behind.
But knowing that I s ll have a li le bit to
work on for supercross, we're going to
try not to get too caught up in outdoor
stuff and keep the focus on supercross,
because I feel like we're right there in
SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / FEBRUARY 8, 2020
PETCO PARK / SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
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few battles and it was honestly a
fun main event. It's cool to walk
away with the win, for sure."
Tomac came in fourth from
well behind after a knock-down,
drag-out battle with Justin Barcia
(Monster Energy Yamaha), who
finished fifth, and current points
leader Ken Roczen (Honda
HRC) came in a frustrated sixth,
also from way behind.
posed to skimming the whoops].
But I was pretty comfortable all
day and had a great main. Adam
was really riding well. I wasn't
making up any time, especially
early, and as the track dete-
riorated. It's hard when you're
leading, because you want to
try things but you don't want to
make a mistake, so that situa-
tion's tough, for sure. We had a
