podium tonight. The third rider
was Pierce Brown (TLD/Red
Bull/GasGas) who also got on
the podium for the first time in
his first race back since injuring
his knee in September.
"I had some highs and some
lows during my downtime and
thought it would be a while be-
fore I was back up here," Brown
said. "But first race back and a
podium—this is awesome, and
I'm so stoked! I had a really good
start, I got shuffled back for the
or a regular knobby. "In the heat
race, I actually felt pretty good
and made the decision to go
back to the knobby for the main
event and I ripped a start! I put
down a good eight minutes out
front and started thinking about
it too much and that's when
McAdoo got around me. I didn't
want to make any rookie mis-
takes, so I decided to settle into
second and learn."
In fact, there were many smil-
ing faces on the 250SX West
believed I could be up here. I
have an amazing support group
that consistently pushed me to
be better and now we've got a
win. It's an unbelievable feeling
and I don't want it to end."
Robertson was also beaming
about his first podium. "My first
qualifying was not that great but
the second one came around
and I was feeling good," said
Robertson who, like many oth-
ers, had a tough time deciding
between running a sand rear tire
SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 9 / MARCH 6, 2021
DAY TONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAY TONA BEACH, FLORIDA
P72
Rookie Stilez
Robertson (47)
nearly pulled off the
250SX main-event
win but couldn't
hold off McAdoo
(31). Robertson
still nabbed a
well-deserved and
career high second.
