VOLUME 57 ISSUE 10 MARCH 10, 2020 P63
BLOSS BACK
Benny Bloss raced the first half of the
AMA Supercross series out of the Cy-
cleTrader/Rock River Yamaha truck,
but after Rocky Mountain ATV-MC
KTM lost Justin Bogle due to a con-
cussion at the Arlington Supercross,
they came calling. Bloss raced with
the team for a few years before 2020
and returned to action with them at
Daytona, where the team's familiarity
with his settings helped Bloss grab
12th—his best finish of 2020.
CUNNINGHAM OUT
HEP Motorsports Suzuki's Kyle
Cunningham had a big crash early
in the race at Atlanta last weekend
and suffered a Grade 3 separation
of his AC joint in his left shoulder.
After consulting multiple specialists,
he will be immobilizing it for about a
month or so before reassessing, but
he hopes to be back at the races in
about five weeks. The injured Max
Anstie is on the HEP Suzuki team, as
well, but has not made his debut yet.
However, Anstie, who suffered a pre-
season ankle injury, is training again,
so he may be back on the bike to
make his HEP Suzuki debut shortly.
JORDON SMITH
UPDATE
Jordon Smith got into it with Shane
McElrath on the opening lap of
the 250SX main event at Daytona.
McElrath tried to shove Smith wide,
and then Smith countered and put
both himself and his former KTM
teammate, McElrath, on the ground.
McElrath got up quickly and ended
up fifth in the main event, while
Smith was helped off the track
with a hurting right knee. Smith will
be getting an MRI on his twisted
Briefly...
Garrett Marchbanks, who
snatched his first-ever 250SX
win, leading every lap of
competition. Marchbanks was
spectacular all night after domi-
nating his heat race then going
on to win the main event over
the defending champ, Chase
Sexton, who had his chance
but couldn't run down the Ka-
wasaki rider.
450SX
Tomac and Ken Roczen (Honda
HRC) came into round 10 of the
17-round Monster Energy AMA
Supercross Series tied atop the
points standings at 200 points.
They qualified 1-2 in daytime
qualifying on the Ricky Car-
michael-designed track, and
Daytona almost seemed set up
to be a test of Tomac's super-
