Jason Anderson also had his breakout ride of the 2021 season
at Arlington one. The 2018 series champion started the night
off with a win in his heat race and put himself in a good posi-
tion for the main event. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider
moved through the pack with aggression, rubbing elbows with
Malcom Stewart and Dylan Ferrandis along the way. Both of the
Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha riders found themselves on
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After crashing in the main event, Dylan
Ferrandis called it an early night. The
Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha
rider was riding well up to that point
but another crash ended his night.
"The day started off well, I had a good
start in both my heat and main event,"
Ferrandis said. "Unfortunately, I got
kicked out by another rider which
made me crash. I hit my leg pretty
hard and it was too painful to finish the
race."
THUMBS DOWN
Coming off a podium finish last Satur-
day at Daytona, Pierce Brown (TLD/
Red Bull/GasGas) was hoping for a
repeat. However, a small tip-over dur-
ing free practice resulted in a fractured
thumb and despite an attempt to still
qualify, Brown and the team made the
tough decision to sit out the remainder
of the day and re-evaluate the injury
on Monday. "It's a bummer because
I came into today super confident,"
Brown said. "I just had a small tip-over
in free practice and messed up my
thumb a little bit. We weren't sure what
was wrong with it, so we just kept on
trucking through the day, but it was
bothering me all day so we got an x-ray
after the last practice and found out
that it was fractured. We're going to get
it reviewed on Monday and hopefully
we'll be back soon."
NO MCELRATH
Shane McElrath did not suit up at Ar-
lington. "I've been having some slight
problems with my back for about three
months and have been able to manage
it and then on Thursday night flying to
Dallas my back locked up and haven't
been able to do much since," he said.
"I'm trying to figure it out and I'll be
back out there when I do."
Briefly...
450SX Arlington 1 Highlights
