SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUNDS 14-15 / APRIL 13 & 17, 2021
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY / ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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open to the finish line. Webb
claimed the victory by just 0.957
seconds at the checkers.
"When I saw he went down,
I felt like I had a shot to win the
race," said Webb. "That's when I
figured out the whoops and was
able to get through them there at
the end."
Webb also noted that while
testing mid-week, his crew made
a shock and triple-clamp change
and credited his win in part to
those adjustments.
Roczen claimed during his
crash that he "dumped the bike
right on the handlebars to where
they were a little tweaked," and
said it took him a few laps to get
used to.
stop. He dismounted uninjured
but dropped the bike heavily on
the left side of the handlebars.
He jumped back on board, but
Webb, Tomac and Plessinger
had cut the once-sizable lead in
half.
Cooper saw his chance and
chased down Roczen and made
a pass stick with only two laps
left. The two had now resorted
to jumping through the whoop
sections, feet off and swapping
through their final two passes.
Webb cased one of the final
rhythm sections and nearly
handed the lead back to Roc-
zen.
Roczen did close and the two
would hold the throttles wide
ATLANTA 3
Saturday night's race looked to
be another repeat, as Roczen
got out front early and looked
to make a break for it. He made
quick work of holeshot-winner
Aaron Plessinger and knew it
was go-time. A win over title-rival
Webb would swing another three
points minimum this way. Roc-
zen executed as needed and
broke away from the field, his
lead growing as the clock wound
down. Then, disaster struck.
After holding down the top
spot for three-quarters of the
race, Roczen made a costly
mistake in the whoops. His
bike swapped back-and-forth,
eventually coming to a complete
While a lot of attention was being
focused on other riders, Justin
Cooper (32) went about his
business of padding his points lead
in the 250SX West Championship.
It's now his to lose with a 20-point
lead going into the final round.
