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bones but bruising to his pelvis.
Webb, who had started outside
the top 10, had worked his way
up into a battle with the day's fast
qualifier, Motoconcepts/Bullfrog
Spas Honda's Justin Hill, inside the
top five, when the crash occurred.
Tomac sped off with the win
over Anderson, Hill, Anderson's
teammate Zach Osborne and
Barcia.
of the second main event when
defending champ Webb made
a nearly identical error over the
same dragon's back that took
Cianciarulo out. Webb did a front-
flip onto his lower back directly
onto the concrete floor that lined
the track. Webb was transported
to a local hospital for observation,
and he later reported on Insta-
gram that tests show no broken
gulley between that obstacle and
the next jump, which sent them over
the bars into the face of the triple.
It's rare when one obstacle takes
out three of the sport's stars in one
night.
WEBB OKAY
Also, as mentioned above, defend-
ing 450SX champ, Red Bull KTM's
Cooper Webb, went down during
the second of three main events
off the dragon's back obstacle and
landed viciously on his lower back
on the concrete that lined the racing
surface. He went to the hospital
and reported on his Instagram page
that, remarkably, he has nothing
broken, but does have hematomas
on his pelvis and sacrum. With noth-
ing broken, one may assume he
could be back in action again in At-
lanta this coming weekend, but with
such a vicious hit, and considering
the location of the injuries, he may
need a little more time before he
gets back after it. Right now, he's
third in points, 26 behind Eli Tomac.
BRAYTON'S
TOUGH NIGHT
Honda HRC's Justin Brayton had
five big crashes in one day in Arling-
ton, but it was the final one, in the
whoops in the first main event of the
night, that ended the night early for
him. He should be ready to go for
Atlanta next weekend after healing
up his many bumps and bruises
during the week.
DAVALOS DOWNFALL
Team Tedder/Monster Energy
KTM's Martin Davalos had a good
day going in Arlington. He quali-
fied third overall during the day and
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