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Cycle News 2020 Issue 07 February 19

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IIIMY OWN RACE: 1 COOPER WEBB 2ND 450SX Cooper Webb has come alive over the past two rounds. His bad start in Tampa kept him out of the hunt for the win, and he was quite a ways back by the me he inherited second place when Adam Cianciarulo fell. "It was tricky all day, and it was easy to make mistakes out there," Webb said. "I'm happy with a second. Obviously, I wanted to be up there for that win tonight—I felt great all day—but it's a good night overall. I felt like I rode good, and I just need to be be er on my starts." 94 KEN ROCZEN 3RD 450SX Ken Roczen carried the red plate into Tampa by one point over Eli Tomac, and despite winning his heat race, his luck turned around in the main event where a bad start, and then a fall, kept Roczen from keeping the points lead. "Of course, it's a bummer [to lose the red plate]," Roczen said. "But at the same me, we've got a lot of racing SUPERCROSS MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 7 / FEBRUARY 15, 2020 RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM / TAMPA, FLORIDA P56 Justin Hill, Roczen, Dean Wilson, Aaron Plessinger, Broc Tickle and the rest of the field. Round- one winner Justin Barcia started outside the top 15. Tomac benefitted from a rare (for him) good start and was quickly followed by Friese. "In practice, I was still getting buried [off the starts], so I was still falling off the back there," Tomac 450SX Adam Cianciarulo (Monster En- ergy Kawasaki) got out to the early lead in the 450SX main event and quickly began to put time on the field, including fast starter Vince Friese (Smartop/Motoconcepts/ Bullfrog Spas Honda). Tomac started off in third, followed by Fri- ese's teammate Malcolm Stewart, San Diego winner Cooper Webb, Eli Tomac (3) won his heat race and passed Adam Cianciarulo in the main for his third win of the season.

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