saved his best for last when it
counted most—in the main event.
While Cooper Webb and
Roczen were having some she-
nanigans in the first turn, Tomac
snuck through on the inside,
blitzed into the lead and never
looked back, leading all of what
would be an 18-lap race. He had
the fastest lap time of the race, a
Tomac dominated the 20-min-
ute-plus-two-lap final. He wasn't
stellar leading up to the race,
however, qualifying third (behind
Ken Roczen and Dylan Ferrandis)
for the evening program. He then
placed third (behind Roczen and
Malcolm Stewart) in his heat race
and ultimately qualifying sixth for
the main event. Instead, Tomac
IIIMY OWN RACE:
25 MARVIN MUSQUIN
DNF 450SX
Marvin Musquin felt his chances were
good to get his first win of the season
at Daytona and was looking good un l
unexpectedly pulling out of the main
event on lap 14. "The riding was good
today," he said. "I made a mistake and
got passed by two guys but I fought my
way back up to Ken [Roczen] and Coo-
per and unfortunately, I started hearing
noise in the engine. I didn't know what
was wrong, and I couldn't keep going
and take risk with that without know-
ing what was going on, so unfortu-
nately, I had to DNF. It's heartbreaking,
I can't believe it. Those situa ons are
tough to accept."
14 DYLAN FERRANDIS
11TH 450SX
Dylan Ferrandis had a promising start
a er qualifying second, but things
fizzled out for the Frenchman. He was
fi h in his heat and ended up 11th in
the main. "I felt good during prac ce,"
he said. "I had a good start in the main
event, but I got tangled up in the first
turn, and then I had a small crash in
the sand. It was another frustra ng
night for me."
SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 9 / MARCH 6, 2021
DAY TONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAY TONA BEACH, FLORIDA
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It looked as
though Aaron
Plessinger (7) had
Cooper Webb's
number on the
night, but Webb
passed AP for
second place with
the checkered
flag in sight.
