ROUND 6 / FEBRUARY 12, 2022
ANGEL STADIUM OF ANAHEIM / ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
P52
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
MYOWNRACE
25 MARVIN MUSQUIN
5TH 450SX
The results sheets won't show how good
Marvin Musquin looked on Saturday
night. The KTM rider ran third and stalked
Anderson and Tomac for the first few laps
but went on to tag a lapper's rear wheel
and go down. He gave up two spots but
eventually finished fi h. "I felt like I was
right there all day—the speed was good
and the feeling was good. In the main, I
got a decent start and put myself in a great
posi on in third behind Tomac. Unfor-
tunately, I went into the inside and hit a
lapper and went down and lost a lot of
ground. I'm really happy with the way that
I fought and rode but without the mistake
it would have been a podium tonight. It
hurts a li le, but we have to look at the
posi ve, which was the speed and the
fight I had."
14 DYLAN FERRANDIS
6TH 450SX
A er a hard crash off the start of the heat
race, where he was prac cally trampled
by the pack going into the first turn, Dylan
Ferrandis was set up for a difficult night.
The Star Yamaha team rushed to de-man-
gle his YZ450F in me for the LCQ, which
the Frenchman handily won before going
on to finish sixth in the main event. A sixth
an advantage, as he quickly put a gap on
everyone but Monster Energy Star Racing
Yamaha's Eli Tomac. The championship
duo, ironically on new equipment for 2022,
squirted away in the opening laps.
Anderson held tough though. In fact, he
led every lap of the 22-lap main event and
fended off one close call from Tomac. The
two momentarily exchanged passes for the
lead, but Anderson reacted quickly and
held a tight grip on the top spot. The gap
to Tomac would close, then open up, then
close again as both riders made a number
of bobbles in the track's long whoop sec-
tion. They kept it upright every time, and in
the end, it was all Anderson. The Kawasaki
rider claimed his second win of the 2022
season and jumped to second in the over-
all points.
"It's not always easy to have that pres-
sure at the beginning and then handle it for
22 laps," Anderson said. "That's something
Eli Tomac was again
strong at A3. But
a close call in the
treacherous whoops
let Anderson slip
away. Tomac leads the
championship by 12
points over Anderson.
