IIIMY OWN RACE:
3 ELI TOMAC
5TH 450SX
"I said this last week but starts are so
important this year," said Eli Tomac,
who rounded the first lap of the main
event in 11th place. Earlier in the night,
Tomac captured his first heat-race
win of the year. "I'm not going to beat
myself up too much because my speed
is there...but it's up to me now to make
the right adjustments at the gate. I'll be
traveling back home this week to put
in some extra work on my starts and
be er prepare myself for our next race
in Orlando."
9 ADAM CIANCIARULO
10TH 450SX
Adam Cianciarulo (Monster Energy
Kawasaki) was bogged down by a
fallen rider at the start of the main and
struggled to make passes on the tricky
track, finishing 10th. "My day started
well," Cianciarulo said. "I was fastest in
qualifying...and was feeling ready for a
good night. I took the momentum from
qualifying into my heat race and came
away with a solid third-place finish but
come main-event me I was feeling
flat. I know I have more in me, but we
have a lot of racing le . I have a great
team suppor ng me and we're going
to figure this out; it's only a ma er of
me."
SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 7 / FEBRUARY 13, 2021
CAMPING WORLD STADIUM / ORL ANDO, FLORIDA
P52
Instead, Honda HRC's Jett Law-
rence would do that, but runner-
up Nichols did accomplish what
he set out to do and that was to
finish ahead of Craig, who took
third, to pad his championship
lead by another couple of points,
now eight, with just one round
to go.
Unfortunately, we're going to
have to wait 10 weeks before we
learn who will wear the number-
one plate next year, as it is now
time for the 250SX West Cham-
pionship to fire up for the start of
their nine-race series.
For the first time in 14 years,
Supercross racing returned to Or-
lando's Camping World Stadium
for the first of two back-to-back
stops on the 2021 tour. To cele-
brate its return, the Orlando track
was an exact replica of the last
Orlando layout from 2007 when
Ricky Carmichael raced the final
AMA Supercross of his career.
Webb showed a lot of
poise for not bending
under the pressure with
Ken Roczen this close
for most of the race.
