VOLUME 57 ISSUE 24 JUNE 16, 2020 P47
Wednesday and Sunday, to clinch the title at the
next round, which is another Wednesday race.
Tomac now leads Roczen by 24 points, and
there are 26 points up for grabs at each race.
The 250SX West class got back to action
Wednesday and Sunday which produced a lot of
bumping and grinding both days. When the push-
ing and shoving was over, it was Austin Forkner
(Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki) who was
still standing both times. Forkner is chipping away
at Dylan Ferrandis' points lead, which has slipped
to just seven with one more race to go.
Anderson crashed out of Sunday's
race. Nine points now separate
Barcia from Anderson.
THE OTHER COOPER
Justin Cooper's chances of earn-
ing the 250SX West number-one
plate have pretty much vanished.
He came into Wednesday's race
right in the hunt, but two non-
podiums since have severely hurt
his chances. Technically, he's
still in contention but he's now
17 points out of first place. A bad
start Sunday resulted in a devas-
tating (for him) sixth. "I got a ter-
rible start in the main, which really
hurt me," Cooper said. "It made it
really tough to come through the
pack, and I was just not aggres-
sive enough to get by the people
that I needed to in the early laps. I
can't expect to be up front battling
when I start outside the top 10."
FASTER THAN EVER
One rider who seems to have
stepped it up a notch over the long
250SX West break is Monster
Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's
Cameron McAdoo. He finished on
the podium Wednesday and almost
did it again Sunday. "I worked really
hard during the downtime with the
team, my trainer Nick Wey and
Adam Cianciarulo, who is arguably
one of the best riders in the 450SX
class," McAdoo said after Wednes-
day's third place. "I was so excited
and ready to get back to riding,
and even more excited to grab
another podium. That's my second
career podium."
Briefly...
(Left) Zach Osborne
(Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna) continues to
ride well. He ran third for
much of Wednesday's
race, and then he
moved into second
and stayed there after
getting around Roczen.
Osborne finished fourth
on Sunday and is eighth
in the standings, just
three points out of
seventh which is held
by his teammate Dean
Wilson.
