pushed the front wheel over the
choppy acceleration bumps and
went down. He remounted in
fifth place, handing the lead over
to Musquin. A few laps later he
would lose another position to
Dylan Ferrandis.
Ferrandis went on to pass
Roczen's teammate Chase Sex-
ton, putting Sexton just one spot
ahead of the number-94.
Again, we wondered if team
tactics would come into play, but
Sexton held the position and did
not let Roczen by.
forget this moment." Stewart now
sits seventh in the championship.
The biggest drama of the night
involved Roczen. He executed
a perfect start in the main event,
exactly what he needed to do,
and looked to be the man to beat
as he held onto any hope of a
450SX title. The Honda HRC
rider put a solid lead together in
the opening laps. Unfortunately
for his fans, disaster struck,
once again, just after the halfway
mark. As he exited the corner
before the whoop section, he
14 DYLAN FERRANDIS
4TH 450SX
Dylan Ferrandis struggled with bike
setup but s ll managed a top five. "It
was a tough day," he said. "We made
some changes this week to improve
the bike, and it didn't really work in
the first prac ce, so we had to keep
working on more changes, which made
it hard to get comfortable. In the heat,
we went the wrong way, but we made
another big change, and the bike was
really awesome in the main. I had a
good start, then Anderson pushed
me off the track, and I lost a couple
of posi ons. It took me a few laps to
learn the bike and to feel comfortable
on it because it was a new se ng that
I had never tried before. Then when
I felt comfortable, I pushed and gave
everything that I had. I made some
good passes on some strong riders and
I came back to fourth."
MYOWNRACE
7 AARON PLESSINGER
8TH 450SX
"The day started out a li le slow, I
wasn't really gelling with the bike in
prac ce," said Aaron Plessinger of his
quiet day. "That was kind of how it
went all day long; I was just struggling
with the bike setup and trying to get
going. I had a good heat race going but
about ripped my shroud off and then
couldn't really turn right that well and
SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
ROUND 16 / APRIL 24, 2021
RICE-ECCLES STADIUM / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
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Webb (2) and Stewart (27) had a good battle for second place.
